Western History – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 8

James Mallery

City of Vice

James Mallery explores the implications of such social constructs as gender, race, and class for the development of San Francisco from the gold rush through World War I.

Joe Kloc

Lost at Sea

A deeply personal nine-year account of the lives of the "anchor-outs"--an unhoused community living off the California coast on abandoned boats--that explores the struggles and resilience of those survivi…

William Gow

Performing Chinatown

"In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who perform…

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Verdacht

Kommissär Bärlach liegt im Krankenhaus. Todkrank liest er einen Artikel über den berüchtigten KZ-Arzt Nehle. Der Mann auf dem Foto kommt ihm bekannt vor. Kommissär Bärlach liegt im Krankenhaus. Todkrank l…

William Gow

Performing Chinatown

"In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who perform…

Eva Walker, Jacob Uitti

The Sound of Seattle

"Both a love letter and love song to the city, The Sound of Seattle is a visual guide organized by decade, with seminal songs profiled and paired with inventive design reminiscent of a favorite zine or co…

Brian G Shellum

Buffalo Soldiers in California

Brian G. Shellum follows the experiences of Captain Charles Young and the Ninth Cavalry in California, from life at the Presidio of San Francisco to summers patrolling Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks …

Sara Kehaulani Goo

Kuleana

Set in one of the world's most beautiful landscapes, Kuleana is the story of award-winning journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo's family saga to hold on to her family's ancestral Hawaiian lands-and find herself …

Olivier Bocquet,

Ladies with Guns. Band 2

Die »Ladies with Guns« sind auf der Flucht! Die fünf wagemutigen Damen werden von Kopfgeldjägern verfolgt, die mit der vermeintlich einfachen Aufgabe geködert wurden, eine Handvoll wehrlose Frauen einzusa…

Laurence Blair

Patria

An adventurous, dazzling and original history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating present to life 'Romantic, adventurous and thrilling ... remarkable' Telegraph 'Vivid, fast-paced and w…

Peter Nuyten

Apache Junction. Band 4

Nach einem Jahr im Versteck in Mexiko beschließt Roy Clinton, gemeinsam mit Ann Bentley in die USA zurückzukehren. Ann wurde dort als Komplizin ihres Mannes verurteilt, eines verstorbenen Südstaaten-Offiz…

Frei Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)

Missa Secundi Toni

Lucy Morrell (Orgel), Choir of Girton College Cambridge, Historic Brass of the Royal Academy of Music, Gareth Wilson, Jeremy West

Benjamin E Park

American Zion

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the n…

Richard Gazarik

Gun Smuggling, Castro's Cuba and the Pittsburgh Mafia

A Thrilling Lost Chapter of Mob Rule Western Pennsylvania's New Kensington was in the grips of Mafia control throughout the 1950s, with a bevy of bookie joints, gambling casinos and brothels. An outgrowth…

Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan

This book enables readers to understand contemporary Japanese society and culture. Since it is written by experts, it allows readers to start with any chapters they are interested in. It also provides a u…

Minutemen

Double Nickels On The Dime

John Dowd, Bea Dowd

Escape to Clayoquot Sound

"A couple's affectionate retrospective of their decade spent living off the grid, in a coastal paradise for paddlers, whale watchers, and naturalists."--

Leslie Patten

Ghostwalker

After encountering mountain lion tracks near her home outside Yellowstone National Park, Leslie Patten began a journey to learn above these elusive, unseen animals by collecting anecdotal information and …

Nathanael Homewood

Seductive Spirits

"Pentecostalism, Africa's fasting growing form of Christianity, has long been preoccupied with the business of banishing demons from human bodies. Among Ghanaian Pentecostals, deliverance is primary among…