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  • Emerging from the Shadows
    Richard M. Yon
    First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era. ...
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    126,35 €

  • A Face Illumined
    Edward Payson Roe
    'A Face Illumined' is an ancient romance story book written by Edward Payson Roe. It’s basically an affair and redemption tale with an exam of social conventions and expectancies. The narrative worries Maurice Wynne, a younger guy disappointed through the shallowness of his affluent society. When he meets the alive Faith Gilbert, he will become attracted to her true kindness an...
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    19,50 €

  • República e civilização: um olhar brasileiro
    Gabriel Cohn
    São as exigências e dificuldades da vida civilizada e republicana em contexto como o brasileiro que formam o núcleo dos artigos aqui recolhidos, escritos em diferentes momentos. Isso se aplica desde o mais abrangente deles, sobre civilização, cidadania e barbárie, até o mais específico sobre o fascismo em sua possível versão brasileira, passando por uma mescla de reflexão mais ...
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    12,48 €

  • The Story of the 1881 Cumberland Valley Cook and General Recipe Book
    Thomas Kelchner
    In 1875, J.B. Morrow, editor of the Newville Pennsylvania Star and Enterprise, got the idea for a cookbook. He would solicit readers of his newspaper for their recipes and give a free copy of the proposed Newville Cook and General Recipe Book to the contributors. He got swamped. Readers sent him over 700 recipes!Half a year into the effort Morrow realized it wasn’t going to be ...
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    11,98 €

  • Did The Catholic Church Order Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination?
    James Battell
    Dive into the riveting world of historical intrigue with 'Did The Catholic Church Order Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination?' as it unravels a compelling narrative that challenges conventional wisdom. In this thought-provoking exploration, the author delves into the shadowy corridors of history, meticulously examining the conspiracies and controversies surrounding one of America’s ...
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    10,84 €

  • The Underground Railroad in Bedford County Pennsylvania
    Kevin Mearkle
    The Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission sponsored a study of the Underground Railroad in 2000. The study noted, 'of all the counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, Bedford County probably had the most active free black population and rigorous Underground Railroad traffic.' Several factors influenced the flow of freedom seekers. Two slave states were nearby. Bedford County ...
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    45,91 €

  • Gates County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1794-1799. (Volume #2)
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1984, reprinted 2024, 154 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-182-1.  Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansem...
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    41,53 €

  • Gates County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1800-1805. (Volume #3)
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1985, reprinted 2024, 148 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-183-8.  Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansem...
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    41,44 €

  • Gates County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1818-1823. (Volume #6)
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1987, reprinted 2024, 190 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-186-9.  Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansem...
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    48,41 €

  • Gates County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1812-1817. (Volume #5)
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1986, reprinted 2024, 172 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-185-2.  Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansem...
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    44,31 €

  • Hertford County, North Carolina Inventories and Sales of Estates, 1832-1834. (Volume #2)
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1989, reprinted 2024, 154 pages, 8 1/2' x 11', soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-197-5.  Hertford County was created in 1759 from parts of Bertie, Chowan, and Northampton Counties and later itself gave up parts of itself to help create Gates County. Hertford County is a BURNED County. These are some of the few earlier records that have been preserved....
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    41,53 €

  • Gates County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1828-1831. (Volume #8)
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1990, reprinted 2024, 164 pages, Index, 8 1/2' x 11', soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-188-3.  Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C....
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    44,21 €

  • Abstracts from the State Gazette of North Carolina, 1792-1795, Volume #2
    Fouts / Raymond Parker Fouts
    By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1982, reprinted 2024, 140 pages, Index, 8 1/2' x 11', Second Edition, ISBN #978-1-63914-202-6. This newspaper was located New Bern, NC which is a town located in Craven County, NC. which is in the eastern portion of the state. Craven County is the parent county to: Carteret, Johnston, and New Hanover. It is the second oldest town settled by Europe...
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    30,90 €

  • Shackled Again?
    Tony Watkins
    Tony Watkins, in his second book, brings us these powerful women who are in this incredible collection of first-hand accounts. Each have a unique fingerprint within the Civil Rights Movement. Their contributions to this country are impeccable, and it is time that we all learn who they are. In this historically accurate work, Tony, through interviews, recordings, and transcripti...
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    30,61 €

  • Trois ans dans l’Amérique du sud
    Albert Gras
    ... Généralement pieds nus, le gaucho chausse pourtant volontiers des bottes européennes achetées dans une pulperia ; mais les botas de potro font l’objet de sa prédilection : une jument est abattue, les pattes de derrière sont écorchées sans fendre la peau, cette peau est rasée et amincie au couteau, puis frottée dans les mains pour la rendre souple ; la partie d’en bas, resté...
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    10,54 €

  • Americans Recaptured
    Molly K. Varley
    It was on the frontier, where 'civilized' men and women confronted the 'wilderness,' that Europeans first became Americans-or so authorities from Frederick Jackson Turner to Theodore Roosevelt claimed. But as the frontier disappeared, Americans believed they needed a new mechanism for fixing their collective identity; and they found it, historian Molly K. Varley suggests, in ta...
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    42,80 €

  • Cherokee History and the Spirit Family
    James Neil Barnes
    Thoroughly researched and eloquently told by author and Spirit family descendant James Barnes, this resonant, non-fiction history showcases the amazing resiliency of a people who refuse to let suffering keep them from maintaining joy, love, and cultural identity. Follow the Spirit family from 1826-1910, through one of the darkest periods of cultural persecution in our nation’s ...
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    37,45 €

  • 1862 Diary of Rebecca Marilla Hine Sackett
    Jeffrey Randall
    Rebecca Marilla Hine Sackett was a young married woman raising her family in western Connecticut during the Civil War, after briefly living in Iowa. Married to Henry Eldred Sackett, with one living child, Clara, she began a diary in 1862, writing regularly from January 1 until September 1. This is a transcription of that diary, with additional notes to add context to her fami...
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    29,55 €

  • Jump
    Jim Serger
    In 1984, five teenagers and two adults were given more than what they expected at a Van Halen concert. Forty-years ago, a band from Pasadena, California delivered one amazing concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. Van Halen gave these kids an experience that would last for years, one that they can recall instantly, especially when they hear the song, JUMP. Van Halen not only gave them an...
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    21,81 €

  • From the Mountains to the Prairies
    George Holloway
    This historical book, based on real events and persons, follows the tumultuous journey of one family--that of John and Elizabeth Holloway--from colonial South Carolina to North Carolina and then to the Natchez District governed by Spain before, during, and after the American Revolution. From the extensive research done by the author and other ancestors of this family, including...
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    18,20 €

  • Killing over Land
    Robert M. Owens
    In early America, interracial homicide-whites killing Indians, Indians killing whites-might result in a massive war on the frontier; or, if properly mediated, it might actually facilitate diplomatic relations, at least for a time. In Killing over Land, Robert M. Owens explores why and how such murders once played a key role in Indian affairs and how this role changed over time....
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    63,33 €

  • Treasure Express
    Neill C. Wilson
    Treasure Express, first published in 1938, is an exciting account of the heady early days of the Wells Fargo offices and its paddlewheel, stagecoach, and express services. The book chronicles the story of Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) who incorporated Wells, Fargo & Company in California in 1852, providing express services from the gold fields to financial c...
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    20,27 €

  • Hidden From History, Volume 1
    Danica De La Mora
    The 'Hidden From History' series is a compilation of letters, documents, flyers, pamphlets, ads, newspaper clippings, quarterly publications, cartoon illustrations, and other anti-suffrage memorabilia that are in the public domain, but often are difficult to find. With inquiries about the history of suffrage, an official narrative is the dominant, accessible story, but there is...
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    74,51 €

  • BOLÍVAR. Ensayo de una interpretación bibliográfica a través de sus documentos
    Tomás POLANCO ALCÁNTARA
    Esta nueva edición de la obra del profesor Tomás Polanco Alcántara, sobre 'Simón Bolívar, Ensayo de una interpretación biográfica a través de sus documentos,' es uno de sus más importantes trabajos biográficos que ahora sus herederos presentan al público lector con el apoyo de la Editorial Jurídica Venezolana International. Polanco, fallecido en 2002, fue autor de numerosas bio...
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    34,03 €

  • Reflections of a Colored Girl
    Martha R Bireda
    'August 8, 2023: ’In my life, I have found myself as a colored, a negro, a Black, an African American, and a person of color. This is my reflection as a colored girl.’ This phrase opens each essay heard on WGCU FM from Martha R. Bireda, Ph.D. Dr. Bireda is a writer, lecturer, and living history performer with over 30 years of experience as a lecturer, consultant and trainer for...
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    19,20 €

  • Slapping Leather
    Elyssa Ford / Rebecca Scofield
    Unapologetically brings gay rodeo out of the closetCampy and competitive, gay rodeo offers a community of refuge that straddles the urban and rural. Since the mid-1970s, gay rodeos have provided space to both embrace and challenge the idealized masculinity associated with the iconic cowboy of the US West. Slapping Leather traces the history and growth of gay rodeo over the deca...
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    134,71 €

  • Slapping Leather
    Elyssa Ford / Rebecca Scofield
    Unapologetically brings gay rodeo out of the closetCampy and competitive, gay rodeo offers a community of refuge that straddles the urban and rural. Since the mid-1970s, gay rodeos have provided space to both embrace and challenge the idealized masculinity associated with the iconic cowboy of the US West. Slapping Leather traces the history and growth of gay rodeo over the deca...
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    38,02 €

  • Stigma Cities
    Jonathan Foster
    Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that he loved, Jonathan Foster was forced to come to grips with its reputation for racial violence. In so doing, he began to question how other cities dealt with similar kinds of stigmas that resulted from behavior and events that fell outside accepted norms. He wanted to know how such stigmas changed over time and how they affected a c...
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    42,60 €

  • Homeschool American History
    Sterling Education
    Thousands of students use Sterling to achieve academic success!Comprehensive content book for homeschooling American History. From the founding of the United States of America to the present-day political and societal challenges, this comprehensive text is a perfect study guide to learn about our nation’s history and its democracy. Student learn historical figures and important...
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    51,82 €

  • The Miracle That Made Us USA A 'UNITED' NATION
    Betty Lou Rogers
    This passage outlines the American colonies’ journey towards independence from English rule and the formation of theUnited States. It highlights key events and figures, including the imposition of taxes leading to colonial unrest, the Boston Tea Party, John Hancock, the Revolutionary War, the challenges faced by the newly formed United States, and the writing of the Constitutio...
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    10,22 €