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  • Hue and Cry

    Stories

    par James Alan McPherson, Edward P. Jones ...
    The classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPhersonHue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated and most original writers. McPherson's characters -- gritty, authentic, and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Breach

    Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy

    par Alan McPherson ...
    A president defying Congress. Disrespect for the law. Attacks on the press. Evasion in the courts. The privatization of war. Quid pro quos with foreign nations. The mounting dangers to American democracy have long been with us. But all these perils first emerged together during the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan-Bush era. This opaque foreign policy mess has receded from history, a minor ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

  • Matar a Letelier

    El crimen que puso en el banquillo al régimen de Pinochet

    par Alan McPherson ...
    Traduit par Jaime Collyer ...
    El 21 de septiembre de 1976, una autobomba en la capital de Estados Unidos asesinó al excanciller de Salvador Allende, Orlando Letelier, y a su colaboradora, la estadounidense Ronni Moffitt. El atentado causó impacto mundial, pues ocurrió a catorce cuadras de la Casa Blanca y acabó con la vida de uno de los opositores más activos a la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet. En un tranquilo barrio de ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean

    par Alan McPherson ...
    Collections series Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
    A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day.Engages in debates about the economic, military, political, and cultural motives that shaped U.S. interventions in Cuba, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Haiti, ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Elbow room

    par James Alan McPherson, FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS ...
    A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD

  • On Becoming an American Writer

    Essays and Nonfiction

    par James Alan McPherson ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Nonpareil Books
    Discover the unique mind and humane vision of an under-recognized American author. Encompassing themes of race, education, fame, law, and America’s past and future, these essays are James Alan McPherson at his most prescient and invaluable.Born in segregated 1940s Georgia, McPherson graduated from Harvard Law School only to give up law and become a writer. In 1978, he became the first Black author ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The Longest Night

    A Military History of the Civil War

    par David J Eicher ...
    A riveting, indispensable history of the Civil War, told chronologically—from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender in the summer of 1865—a conflict that James McPherson in the Foreword calls "the most dramatic, violent, and fateful experience in American history."In this compelling account of the American Civil War, noted historian David Eicher gives us an authoritative history of ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Espacio vital

    par James Alan McPherson, Rashid Johnson, Maielis González ...
    Traduit par Gemma Deza Guil ...
    Collections Livre 28 - El origen del mundo
    Espacio vital —publicado originalmente como Elbow Room en 1977— es el epítome de lo que James Alan McPherson significó para la literatura de su tiempo, que es también el nuestro. Ser un escritor negro en los Estados Unidos marcó tanto la escritura de McPherson como la percepción que de él tuvo el mundillo literario que le tocó vivir, un mundillo en el que, a golpe de codazos, supo abrirse un ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Ghosts of Sheridan Circle

    How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet's Terror State to Justice

    par Alan McPherson ...
    On September 21, 1976, a car bomb killed Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean ambassador to the United States, along with his colleague Ronni Moffitt. The murder shocked the world, especially because of its setting — Sheridan Circle, in the heart of Washington, D.C. Letelier’s widow and her allies immediately suspected the secret police of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eliminated ... En savoir plus

    $20.79 CAD

  • The Invaded

    How Latin Americans and Their Allies Fought and Ended U.S. Occupations

    par Alan McPherson ...
    In 1912 the United States sent troops into a Nicaraguan civil war, solidifying a decades-long era of military occupations in Latin America driven by the desire to rewrite the political rules of the hemisphere. In this definitive account of the resistance to the three longest occupations-in Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic-Alan McPherson analyzes these events from the perspective of the ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • The World and U2

    One Band's Remaking of Global Activism

    par Alan McPherson ...
    The Irish rock band U2, and especially its frontman Bono, are among the most effective activists ever. U2 has convinced wealthy governments to forgive tens of billions of dollars in loans while spreading its activist messages to billions of people, helping save millions of lives. So how did four boys from one of the poorest countries in the West achieve this? Who and what influenced them? What ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Turning Leaves

    Indiana Autumn

    par Alan McPherson ...
    Turning Leaves is a celebration of the colors of autumn in Indiana. The content encourages the reader to open their senses to this fleeting, color-filled transition between summer and winter, when autumn brings picturesque beauty and a magnificence of its own. This regional book includes the science of fall foliage color, a listing of the most colorful trees, shrubs and vines, their distribution ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD