Catálogo de libros: Historia regional y nacional

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  • Did Beatniks Kill John F. Kennedy?
    Rob Johnson
    For forty years, George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman beat his oil barrel drums and improvised songs to the delight of sidewalk audiences in Houston, Galveston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.  On the morning of November 22, 1963, he was playing at the infamous beatnik nightclub 'The Cellar' in Fort Worth, and his music became part of the soundtrack of the Kennedy assassination.  Rob Johnso...
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    11,87 €

  • Solamente en San Miguel
    Judith Gille
    Solamente en San Miguel: A Literary Celebration Volume III offers a dazzling array of short stories, poetry and personal essays by fifty authors. From tales of a secret tunnel beneath San Miguel, a calamitous train ride through northern Mexico or a humorous nine-year quest to gain Mexican citizenship to poetry and essays about learning to cook Mexican-style, exploring Mexican-A...
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    20,86 €

  • Penny Savannah
    Jim Jordan
    The War Between the States changed everything for Southerners—mostly for the worse. James McBain of Savannah, owner of the prosperous Heritage plantation that made Savannah Grey bricks, was already despondent by the time his son Joseph departed for the battlefields of Virginia in May 1861. His daughter Amy had recently moved to New York with her husband, as had Joseph’s wife wi...
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    15,75 €

  • The 1980 Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
    Don J Easterbrook
    On March 27, 1980 St. Helens suddenly began to erupt steam and ash. These eruptions continued sporadically for the next seven weeks and Dr. Easterbrook made frequent flights to the mountain to observe the eruptive activity. On May 18, 1980, he flew to St Helens at 5:30 a.m. and flew in tight circles a few hundred feet above the summit crater for 2-1/2 hours, photographing the s...
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    17,46 €

  • Dying to Tell
    Anne Butler / C. Murray Henderson
    In fascinating detail, Dying to Tell gives us an in-depth look at different kinds of criminal deaths: …the absolutely senseless slaying of a young correctional officer under the guise of racial retribution in a tragic situation unthinkably manipulated for personal gain … three deaths in the prison homosexual protection dormitory underscoring just how far lonely inmates will g...
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    15,60 €

  • State Facts for Fun! Texas
    Wyatt Michaels
    Far from boring, State Facts for Fun! Texas is an educational and entertaining experience for the whole family. Kids will love the humor and pictures that are contained within; while parents will love that their children are learning (and enjoying every minute of it). Kids will learn fascinating facts from subjects like history and geography, and will remember them well because...
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    7,71 €

  • One Hundred Years of Women Police in Australia
    Tim Prenzler
    In 2015 Australia celebrates the centenary of the country’s first appointment of women police. This fascinating book presents for the first time the story of 100 years of Australian women police. A vital contribution to Australian history as well as modern policing and policy, the book concludes with a simple recipe for eliminating discrimination and optimising the contributio...
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    45,38 €

  • Jews in Service to the Tsar
    Lev Berdnikov / Nora Favorov
    Benjamin Disraeli advised, “Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.” With Jews in Service to the Tsar, Lev Berdnikov offers us 28 biographies spanning five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each portrait opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe’s Jews, illuminating dark corners and challenging widely-held conceptions about th...
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    22,05 €

  • Reform and Reaction
    Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownback’s red-state policies in the 2016 and 2018 elections. The Kansas that emerged from the reapportionment decisions and the overhaul of state government in the 1960s and ...
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    42,75 €

  • Half a Hero (Esprios Classics)
    Anthony Hope
    Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, 'minor classics' of English literature, are set in the co...
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    24,44 €

  • The Great New Zealand Lockdown
    Kimberly Stewart
    On the 28th of February 2020, New Zealand has its first confirmed case of Covid-19. By the 26th of March, the country had gone into one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. As other countries tried to keep their economies going alongside trying to quell the deadly virus, the economy in New Zealand completely shut down as five-million New Zealanders were told to stay at hom...
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    15,45 €

  • 41 South
    Robert Bettelheim / Robert J Bettelheim
    High above Wellington, New Zealand, a sentient radar station continues to sweep the skies long after the collapse of civilisation. Ricky, Stack, Tubs and Zoz play up at the old station, imagining a world of aircraft and faraway places - better places. For Stack, Tubs and Zoz it’s just a cool escape from the relentless desperation of life in the remaining communities of Wellingt...
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    18,28 €

  • A Fanny Fern Reader
    Fanny Fern
    The most complete collection of works by the nineteenth century’s most famous and groundbreaking woman journalist. ...
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    126,80 €

  • Theatres of Value
    Danielle Rosvally
    Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City. ...
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    126,91 €

  • African Uhuru
    Roger McKenzie
    'African Uhuru: the fight for African freedom in the rise of the Global South' - Roger McKenzie’s latest writing - addresses several distinct but complementary audiences.In focussing on the radical tradition of African self-liberation he draws attention to the most dynamic aspect of the decolonisation process, the unstoppable impetus to overthrow the shackles of imperial domina...
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    20,36 €

  • Joseph Byrne
    Georgina Phelan
    Joseph Byrne was born in Victoria at the height of the Victorian gold rush and his short and turbulent life would see him become one of the most notorious outlaws in the history of Australia. A talented wordsmith, expert horseman and ruthlessly pragmatic, Byrne would be remembered as Ned Kelly’s right-hand man. Through meticulous research Georgina Phelan brings Byrne out of Ned...
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    39,93 €

  • Kiwi Birds Coloring Book
    PaperLand
    Kiwi Birds Coloring Book, Adult Crafts Hobbies Books, Floral Mandala Pages, Stress Relief Rowi Zentangle Picture, Freestyle Drawing PageIt was made for Kiwi Birds lovers or someone who likes to relax while coloring.Kiwi Birds in zentangle pattern style with heartwarming quotes.It makes the perfect gift for your friends who are Kiwi Birds lovers.This book has a total of 42 pages...
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    19,02 €

  • Common Sense To Save Democracy
    Steve Kramer
    A Blueprint to Save Democracy: Renewing Paine’s Vision for Success.In the monumental year marking the 250th birthday of the United States, Common Sense To Save Democracy emerges as an illuminating guide authored by seasoned Litigation Attorney Steve Kramer. Within the turbulent political landscape of our times, this concise yet powerful blueprint offers a rejuvenating vision fo...
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    14,82 €

  • White Power
    George Lincoln Rockwell
    George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) was that rarest of individuals: a man who embodied intelligence, wisdom, integrity, and courage. He was, in every sense of the word, a great communicator and a great leader. He harbored a vision of greatness for the White race, and he did everything in his power to realize that goal. Had he not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet at the age...
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    24,51 €

  • HISTORICAL STUDIES ON COMFORT WOMEN IN SHANGHAI
    Fei Yao / Lifei Chen / LIFEI CHEN FEI YAO & XIE’ ZHILIANG SU / Zhiliang Su
    This book examines the history of the military comfort women system in China. It aims to give readers a deeper insight into the origin, establishment, and operations of comfort stations, as well as tell the sufferings of comfort women, many of whom were coerced into service. It does so by providing historical evidence gathered over 25 years of field studies from 172 comfort sta...
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    190,39 €

  • Tragic Loves
    Phillips Tahuer
    It is a pleasure to present to you my new book titled 'Tragic Loves', a work that explores the depths of human relationships and the dark abyss to which unbridled passions and irreconcilable conflicts can lead us. In its pages, I have compiled 30 cases of famous and world-known crimes, committed by couples who, wrapped in a whirlwind of love and hate, brought their stories to a...
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    10,66 €

  • Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; delivered during the summer of 1858
    Jefferson Davis
    Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; delivered during the summer of 1858, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future g...
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    15,88 €

  • THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE Lee Kreindler and Lockerbie
    Chris Angermann / Ruth Kreindler
    This gripping account of the civil litigation regarding theLockerbie terrorist bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 - the most significant air disaster case of the 20th century - features conspiracies, surprising discoveries, intense negotiations, and riveting courtroom drama. Along the way, it commemorates Lee Kreindler, a deeply passionate attorney who was willing to risk everything ...
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    40,44 €

  • Crossing the Centuries
    Brenda Hammon
    To help fulfill my purpose in this life, I must find out about my past.Two hundred years. Interviews with one hundred and sixty-five spirits. Two years of writing. You are about to read a memoir unlike any other!Have you ever wondered why you are you? Where you fit in you long line of ancestors?Writer, psychic and intuitive medium, Brenda Hammon, wondered about her ancestors an...
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    30,52 €

  • 1000 American History Facts and 101 True Tales
    Ahoy Publications
    Discover America’s Rich History with Amazing Facts and StoriesTwo manuscripts in one book:American History: 1000 Interesting Facts About the United StatesAmerican History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from the United States’ PastDive into the diverse and exciting history of the United States with this two-part book that offers a treasure tro...
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    19,70 €

  • The Lost Village
    Gina S. Goff
    During the winter of 1777, Reuben Law strapped on snowshoes and walked from Massachusetts into the wilderness of New Hampshire, pulling a sled with all his worldly possessions. He was the first of many settlers to arrive at a ’slip’ of land that didn’t have a name of its own until years later. The men and women who made a home in what was to become the Town of Sharon were rugge...
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    46,81 €

  • Kinship Worldview
    Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Authors Going Deeper with Holistic Education is a collection of essays and poems offering testimony to the holism of original traditional Indigenous ways of knowing, teaching and learning. Each chapter describes an Indigenous orientation to holistic education that explores deeply into the sacred interconnectedness of all life on Mother Earth. This ...
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    72,17 €

  • Kinship Worldview
    Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Authors Going Deeper with Holistic Education is a collection of essays and poems offering testimony to the holism of original traditional Indigenous ways of knowing, teaching and learning. Each chapter describes an Indigenous orientation to holistic education that explores deeply into the sacred interconnectedness of all life on Mother Earth. This ...
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    128,44 €

  • Native American History Trivia
    Ahoy Publications
    Get over 200 fun, informative, and unique trivia questions about Native Americans!Are you a trivia buff? Do you love to learn new things? Have you always wanted to know more about Native American culture?If so, then this is the book for you!You can match your skills against challenging trivia questions about topics like Native American leaders, major battles, artwork, religions...
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    20,75 €

  • 1000 American History Facts and 101 True Tales
    Ahoy Publications
    Discover America’s Rich History with Amazing Facts and StoriesTwo manuscripts in one book:American History: 1000 Interesting Facts About the United StatesAmerican History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from the United States’ PastDive into the diverse and exciting history of the United States with this two-part book that offers a treasure tro...
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    28,67 €


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