First ladies of the united states

First Ladies of the United States

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United States and the First World War

Now in its second edition, The United States and the First World War draws on the most recent scholarship to examine the significance of World War I i

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United States Presidential Election of 2020

This edited volume is the first comprehensive text to provide an evidence-based (i.e. emphasizing the practical application of the findings of the bes

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History of Mathematics in the United States and Canada

Offers a comprehensive history of the development of mathematics in the US and Canada. This first volume of a two-volume work takes the reader from th

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Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States

This volume offers the first book-length consideration of American religious freedom advocacy from a rhetorical perspective. In it, fifteen scholars c

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German Jews and Migration to the United States, 1933–1945

This collection of mostly unpublished first-person accounts documents the flight and exile of German Jews from Nazi Germany to the USA. The thematic a

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United Kingdoms

The United Kingdom is weakening. Alvin Jackson examines the UK in the light of the experience of similar union states elsewhere, offering the first su

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Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century

A foundational, accessible overview of space policy in the United States. The book provides readers with the first comprehensive overview of major spa

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Writing on the Wall

The first concerted effort of writing studies scholars to interrogate isolationism in the United States, Writing on the Wall reveals how writing teach

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Mariachi in the Twenty-First Century

This Element contributes to the interdisciplinary study of mariachi, especially in the United States, by focusing on two areas that have yet to receiv

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Warren Austin, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and the Cold War at the United Nations, 1947–1960

This book provides a history of the early period of the Cold War through the framework of the United States’ first two ambassadors to the United Natio

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Making History: The First World War

Covering one of the most catastrophic events in human history, Making History: The First World War offers a strategic level experience in a turn-based global game of conflict. It’s a war between the Great Powers of the age, each straddling to one degree or another, the old world and the new. This is the moment when the industrialization of warfare became fully reali...

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Making History: The First World War (PC)

Covering one of the most catastrophic events in human history, Making History: The First World War offers a strategic level experience in a turn-based global game of conflict. It’s a war between the Great Powers of the age, each straddling to one degree or another, the old world and the new.This is the moment when the industrialization of warfare became fully re...

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Penguin Readers Level 3: The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama (ELT Graded Reader) - neuveden

Anotace: Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introduci...

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Secret History of the Five Eyes

The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations.

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Secret History of the Five Eyes

The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations.

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Secret History of the Five Eyes

The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations.

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Black Masculinity and the Cinema of Policing

This book offers a critical survey of film and media representations of black masculinity in the early twenty-first-century United States, between Pre

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Twice-Divided Nation

The first thoroughly interdisciplinary study to examine how the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Britain helped shape the conf

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Twice-Divided Nation

The first thoroughly interdisciplinary study to examine how the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Britain helped shape the conf

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U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation

U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation is the first collection to examine the history of museums in the United States through the le

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Murder in the Neighbourhood

Through the Gate explores the story of the first recorded mass shooting in the United States.

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Sense of Beauty

The editor of this new edition, John McGormick, reminds us that The Sense of Beauty is the first work in aesthetics written in the United States. Sant

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On the Margins

War and disaster have shaped the first years of the twenty-first century, both in the United States and throughout the world. This title includes work

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Long Shadow of Default

Rethinking the causes and consequences of Britain’s default on its First World War debts to the United States of America

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Anatomy of Victory

This groundbreaking book provides the first systematic comparison of America’s modern wars, analyzing how and why the United States has moved from suc

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Women Who Run With the Wolves - Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman - Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Anotace: "Women Who Run With The Wolves isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows.' Alice Walker In the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells us about the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For c...

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On the Waves of TSF / Na vlnách TSF - Jaroslav Seifert

<p>The famous modernist manifesto Revolutionary Anthology Devětsil, published in the winter 1922, lists two editors, Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986) and Karel Teige (1900–1951). Similarly, we should preface the 1925 collection Na vlnách TSF (On the Waves of TSF) with the names of these two authors, leading representatives of the Czech avantgarde between the two World W...

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Countdown to Darkness: The Assassination of President Kennedy Volume II

Anotace: The book´s first chapter contains new revelations about how Oswald was a witting false defector to the USSR in a CIA plan to surface a KGB mole in the CIA. The second volume in a series on the assassination of President Kennedy, "Countdown to Darkness" describes events during a dangerous quickening of the Cold War. The race for a long-range delivery system for n...

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Acts Of War - Tom Clancy

Anotace: A group of terrorists destroy a dam in Turkey, threatening the water supply of their homeland. It's the first step in a plan: force all-out war in the Middle East. This will draw elite troops out of the capital of Damascus, leaving the Syrian president unprotected- and an easy target for assassination.<br><br>What the terrorists don't know ...

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Acts Of War - Tom Clancy

<p>A group of terrorists destroy a dam in Turkey, threatening the water supply of their homeland. It's the first step in a plan: force all-out war in the Middle East. This will draw elite troops out of the capital of Damascus, leaving the Syrian president unprotected- and an easy target for assassination.</p><p>What the terrorists don't know is that a ne...

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Antisemitism Before the Holocaust Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the history of antisemitism in the United States and Germany in a novel way by placing the two countries side by side for a sustained comparison of the anti-Jewish environments in both countries from the 1880s to the end of the Second World War. Antisemitism Before the Holocaust is an essential volume for students and scholars alike interested in Europ...

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Countdown to Darkness: The Assassination of President Kennedy Volume II - John M. Newman

<p>The book’s first chapter contains new revelations about how Oswald was a witting false defector to the USSR in a CIA plan to surface a KGB mole in the CIA. The second volume in a series on the assassination of President Kennedy, “Countdown to Darkness” describes events during a dangerous quickening of the Cold War. The race for a long-range delivery system for nu...

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To the Castle and Back - Václav Havel

<p>From the former president of the Czech Republic comes this first-hand account of his years in office and the transition to democracy following the fall of Communism. A renowned playwright, Vaclav Havel became one of Czechoslovakia's most prominent dissidents under Communist rule and the president after the Velvet Revolution, making him a key player in European po...

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Dying of Politeness: A Memoir - Davis Geena

Anotace: `I adored this book. It`s so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read` Emma Thompson A Times Film and Theatre Book of the Year 2022 From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, Dying of Politeness is the candid, surprising tale of her journey from her epically polite childh...

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Dying of Politeness: A Memoir - Geena Davis

<p>'I adored this book. It's so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read' Emma Thompson A Times Film and Theatre Book of the Year 2022 From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, Dying of Politeness is the candid, surprising tale of her journey from her epically polite c...

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Killing of Osama Bin Laden - Hersh Seymour M.

Anotace: In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama`s first term and played a major part in his reelection victory of the following year. But much of the story of ...

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Killing of Osama Bin Laden - Seymour M. Hersh

<p>In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama's first term and played a major part in his reelection victory of the following year. But much of the story of t...

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America Is Not the Heart - Elaine Castillo

<p>How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she's already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and ...

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The Wind Knows My Name - Allende Isabel

Anotace: THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDEPRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR`A grand storyteller` - KHALED HOSSEINI`A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat` - DAILY MAIL`What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time` - COLUM MCCANNNo, we`re not lost.The wind knows my name.And yours too.Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five year...

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Chloe and the Kaishao Boys - Coyiuto Mae

Anotace: When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese Filipina girl in Manila whose father sets her up on a marathon of arranged dates in hopes of convincing her to stay close to home for college."A sweet and refreshing story about family, first love, and chasing your dreams. The way Coyiuto writes romance will completely swee...

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Assetto Corsa Competizione - The American Track Pack

The American Track Pack DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione features three of the most iconic circuits from the United States of America. COTA - Circuit of the Americas The project for the first US-based circuit aiming to cater for all major track racing series started back in 2010, in Austin (Texas). The circuit features some highly complex sections, driven at very high a...

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Nepantla

The first major literary anthology for queer poets of color in the United States

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Pennies for Heaven

The first book-length treatment of how synagogues are financed in the United States

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The New York Times The Complete Front Pages 1851-2 - Bill Keller

<p>New edition of the national blockbuster and New York Times bestseller—with more than a dozen new front pages, including Obama's election and inauguration, his first trip abroad, the financial meltdown, Madoff, and more. One of the most popular gift books of the 2008 holiday season now includes the history-making Obama front pages and so much more. The book and th...

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Ansel Adams in the Canadian Rockies - Ansel Adams

<p>The first book of Ansel Adam's early photographs of the Canadian Rockies.</p> <p>'These mountains are breathtaking - utterly different than anything we have seen. The peaks and forest and 'tone' fulfill almost every ideal I have had of what 'my' mountains could be. . . These are the great mountains we dream about.'- Ansel Adams to his wife Virginia, 1...

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Angelou Maya

Anotace: A beautiful new edition of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, the iconic, beloved and deeply moving first volume of Maya Angelou`s autobiography. The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou`s memoir paints a portrait of `a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman` BARACK OBAMA`I write about being a Black American woman, however, I...

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The Queen : Quotes to live by - Orange Hippo!, Orange Hippo!

Anotace: Queen Elizabeth II is a force of stability in a turbulent, changing world. Revered for her calm dignity and sense of duty, the queen has rarely put a foot wrong in her 68 years - and counting - on the British throne. Her extraordinary reign has seen many changes: in 1953, the year of her Coronation, Winston Churchill was prime minister, Harry Truman President of...

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The Queen : Quotes to live by - Hippo! Orange

<p>Queen Elizabeth II is a force of stability in a turbulent, changing world. Revered for her calm dignity and sense of duty, the queen has rarely put a foot wrong in her 68 years - and counting - on the British throne. Her extraordinary reign has seen many changes: in 1953, the year of her Coronation, Winston Churchill was prime minister, Harry Truman President of ...

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Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table - Vicky Lowry

<p> </p> <p>The first and only monograph on the life and work of the iconic Danish-American mid-century furniture designer Jens Risom – an unsung hero of Mid-Century Modern design</p> <p>Jens Risom, a key figure in mid-century modern design, was one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design to the United States and his highly co...

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Geena Davis: Dying of Politeness. A Memoir - Geena Davis

<p>‘Something’s crossed over in me and I can’t go back,’ says Geena Davis’s Thelma to Susan Sarandon’s Louise. The path to empowerment never did run smooth …</p> <p>From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, Dying of Politeness is the candid, surprising tale of her journey from her epically polite childhood to the roles that put her ...

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Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval - Gaia Vince

<p>Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, the Zócalo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing 'Gaia Vince's new book should be read not just by every politician, but by every person on the planet' ObserverAn urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where - and how ...

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Assetto Corsa Competizione - The American Track Pack (PC)

The American Track Pack DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione features three of the most iconic circuits from the United States of America.COTA - Circuit of the AmericasThe project for the first US-based circuit aiming to cater for all major track racing series started back in 2010, in Austin (Texas). The circuit features some highly complex sections, driven at very high ave...

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Imogen Cunningham - A Retrospective

Thoroughly researched and beautifully produced, this catalogue complements the first comprehensive retrospective in the United States of Imogen Cunnin

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Free, Melania

The first behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most enigmatic first lady in United States history, from CNN's East Wing reporter.

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Breaking Glass Ceilings

This book tells the story of Clara Stanton Jones, the first woman to direct a major public library system in the United States and the first African A

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Forging Global Fordism

A new global history of Fordism from the Great Depression to the postwar eraAs the United States rose to ascendancy in the first decades of the twenti

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Forging Global Fordism

A new global history of Fordism from the Great Depression to the postwar eraAs the United States rose to ascendancy in the first decades of the twenti

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Race in a Godless World

This is the first historical analysis of the racial views of atheists and freethinkers. Focusing on Britain and the United States in the second half o

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Forever Prisoners

The first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States, Forever Prisoners narrates the stories of immigrants locked up by the US governme

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