Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection

Forty Classic Stories of Gilded Age Ambition, Tenement Life, Romance, and Urban Reinvention

par Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Jr. Alger, Edgar Fawcett, Grace Livingston Hill, H. C. Witwer, Myra Kelly, Clara Morris, Louis Tracy, Basil King, Arthur Stringer, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Montague Glass, Emma Speed Sampson, A. M. Williamson, C. N. Williamson, Cosmo Hamilton, Robert W. Chambers, H. C. Bunner, Louis Joseph Vance, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Anthony Hope, John Bell Bouton, Gilbert Parker, George Barr McCutcheon, Owen Johnson, Ernest Poole, Lemuel Ely Quigg ...

Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection assembles a capacious literary portrait of the city as metropolis, social theatre, immigrant crossroads, and imagined stage for ambition. Across realism, sentimental romance, adventure, detective fiction, satire, melodrama, and tales of upward mobility, the volume traces changing urban manners and class relations. Its memorable contrasts—between drawing ... En savoir plus

$2.99 CAD

Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection assembles a capacious literary portrait of the city as metropolis, social theatre, immigrant crossroads, and imagined stage for ambition. Across realism, sentimental romance, adventure, detective fiction, satire, melodrama, and tales of upward mobility, the volume traces changing urban manners and class relations. Its memorable contrasts—between drawing
... En savoir plus
Knowing Him by Heart

African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

par Rodney O. Davis, Douglas L. Wilson, Michael Burlingame, Richard Carwardine, Edna Greene Medford, James Oakes, Matthew Pinsker0, Gerald J Prokopowicz1, John R Sellers2, Jennifer L Weber3, Frederick Douglass4, H. Ford Douglas5, Thomas Hamilton6, Robert Hamilton7, Jabez P Campbell8, Henry McNeal Turner9, Daniel Alexander Payne0, Henry Highland Garnet1, Philip A Bell2, Edward M Thomas3, Alfred P Smith4, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper5, George B Vashon6, Thomas Strother7, Ezra R Johnson8, Alexander T CPS9, James Smith0, Alexander T Augusta1, Jeremiah B Sanderson2, Osborne P Anderson3, Thomas Morris Chester4, James H Hudson5, John Proctor6, Robert Purvis7, Hannah Johnson8, Leonard A Grimes9, Jeremiah Asher0, John Willis Menard1, Henry African Civilization Society2, William Florville3, Henry Johnson4, Thomas R Street5, John H Morgan6, Mattild Burr7, Amos G Beman8, Richard H Cain9, Jean Baptiste Roudanez0, Arnold Bertonneau1, George E North Carolina Freedmen2, Don Carlos Rutter3, George E Stephens4, James W.C Pennington5, S.W. "Africano"6, Annie Davis7, S.W. Chase8, Sojourner Truth9, Martin Delany0, George Washington1, Isaac J Hill2, Alexander H Newton3, Jacob Thomas4, Angeline R Demby5, Henry O Wagoner6, George W Le Vere7, Elizabeth Keckley8, Paul Trevigne9, Thomas N.C Liverpool0, H Cordelia1, George Washington Williams2, Emmanuel K Love3, William S Scarborough4, John Mercer Langston5, Peter H Clark6, EWS Hammond7, Charles W Anderson8, Booker T Washington9, Harriet Tubman0, Julius F Taylor1, Ida B Wells-Barnett2, Paul Laurence Dunbar3, Elizabeth Thomas4, Archibald H Grimke5, Elizabeth Keckly6, William A Sinclair7, Jesse Max Barber8, Mary Church Terrell9, T. Thomas Fortune0, Reverdy C Ransom1, W. E. B Du Bois2, William Monroe Trotter3, Maude K Griffin4, Hightower T Kealing5, Silas X Floyd6, George L Knox7, Thomas S Inborden8, George W Henderson9, William Pickens00, Kelly Miller01, Etta M. T. Cottin02, John M Gandy03, Fred R Moore04, Sylvanie F Williams05, Harry C Smith06, James H Magee07, James L Curtis08, John W. E. Bowen Sr09, Cora J Ball10, Thomas Nelson Baker11, Josephine Silone Yates12, James Weldon Johnson13, William H Lewis14, John H Murphy Sr15, Robert R Wright Sr16, Theophile T Allain17, Oliva Ward Bush-Banks18, Richard W Gadsden19, Edward A Johnson20, Alice Dunbar-Nelson21, Hubert H Harrison22, Carter G Woodson23, Robert R Moton24, Georgia Douglas Johnson25, LANGSTON HUGHES26, Charles Chesnutt27, Walter White28, Lamar Perkins29, Samuel A Haynes30, William E Lilly31, Robert L Vann32, William Lloyd Imes33, Eugene Gordon34, Arthur W Mitchell35, Grace Evans36, Aaron H Payne37, Claude McKay38, Roscoe Conkling Simmons39, Joel A Rogers40, Mary McLeod Bethune41, John Hope Franklin42, Ella Baker43, Luther Porter Jackson44, Willard Townsend45, Ralph J Bunche46, Roy Wilkins47, Mordecai W Johnson48, Carl J Murphy49, Jackie Robinson50, Martin Luther King Jr51, Thurgood Marshall52, Edith Sampson53, Benjamin Quarles54, St. Clair Drake55, Charles H Wesley56, Daisy Bates57, Julius Malcolm X58, Gwendolyn Brooks59, Julius Lester60, Lerone Bennett Jr61, Henry Lee Moon62, John H Sengstacke63, Norman E. W. Hodges64, Arvarh E. Strickland65, Mary Frances Berry66, Vincent Harding67, Clarence Thomas68, Barbara Jeanne Fields69, Henry Louis Gates Jr70, Barack Obama71 ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the
... En savoir plus
New York Narratives: A 40-Book Library of Old New York Stories & Novels

Forty Tales of Gilded Age Society, Immigrant Life, Tenements, and Wall Street

par Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Horatio Jr. Alger, Edgar Fawcett, Grace Livingston Hill, H. C. Witwer, Myra Kelly, Clara Morris, Louis Tracy, Basil King, Arthur Stringer, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Montague Glass, Emma Speed Sampson, A. M. Williamson, C. N. Williamson, Cosmo Hamilton, Robert W. Chambers, H. C. Bunner, Louis Joseph Vance, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Anthony Hope, John Bell Bouton, Gilbert Parker, George Barr McCutcheon, Owen Johnson, Ernest Poole, Lemuel Ely Quigg ...

New York Narratives gathers a capacious archive of imagined city life, tracing Old New York through social realism, domestic fiction, romance, melodrama, crime adventure, satire, and tales of aspiration. Its range moves from the moral pressures of wealth and class to immigrant encounter, theatrical culture, commercial ambition, and the changing architecture of urban desire. Canonical visions of ... En savoir plus

$2.99 CAD

New York Narratives gathers a capacious archive of imagined city life, tracing Old New York through social realism, domestic fiction, romance, melodrama, crime adventure, satire, and tales of aspiration. Its range moves from the moral pressures of wealth and class to immigrant encounter, theatrical culture, commercial ambition, and the changing architecture of urban desire. Canonical visions of
... En savoir plus

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

par Various Authors ...

How much real comfort every one might enjoy if he would be contented with the lot in which heaven has cast him, and how much trouble would be avoided if people would only "let well alone." A moderate independence, quietly and honestly procured, is certainly every way preferable even to immense possessions achieved by the wear and tear of mind and body so necessary to procure them. Yet there are ... En savoir plus

$8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

How much real comfort every one might enjoy if he would be contented with the lot in which heaven has cast him, and how much trouble would be avoided if people would only "let well alone." A moderate independence, quietly and honestly procured, is certainly every way preferable even to immense possessions achieved by the wear and tear of mind and body so necessary to procure them. Yet there are
... En savoir plus
And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

par Jon Meacham ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio
Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Thorndyke Cases, Bulldog Drummond, Detective Standish…

par Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Ethel Lina White, Annie Haynes, R. Austin Freeman, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Richard Marsh, Émile Gaboriau, Arthur J. Rees, William Le Queux, Carolyn Wells, Frank L. Packard, Fred M. White, Allan Pinkerton, Anna Maynard Barbour, A. E. W. Mason, Louis Tracy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Cleveland Moffett, Louis Joseph Vance, Jackson Gregory, E. M. Delafield, Anton Chekhov, James Hay, Melville Davisson Post, Anna Katharine Green, Ambrose Bierce, John R. Coryell, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Arthur Cheney Train, S. S. Van Dine ...

The 'Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers' stands as a monumental anthology that spans a broad spectrum of the genre, encapsulating the evolution and diversity of mystery writing from the classic detective tales of the 19th century to the intricate plots of the early 20th century. This collection showcases a rich variety of literary styles and ... En savoir plus

$2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

The 'Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers' stands as a monumental anthology that spans a broad spectrum of the genre, encapsulating the evolution and diversity of mystery writing from the classic detective tales of the 19th century to the intricate plots of the early 20th century. This collection showcases a rich variety of literary styles and
... En savoir plus
Lincoln

par David Herbert Donald ...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio
The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written

A Treasury of Victorian Detectives, Locked Rooms, Golden Age Whodunits, and Gothic Crime

par Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Ethel Lina White, Annie Haynes, R. Austin Freeman, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Richard Marsh, Émile Gaboriau, Arthur J. Rees, William Le Queux, Carolyn Wells, Frank L. Packard, Fred M. White, Allan Pinkerton, Anna Maynard Barbour, A. E. W. Mason, Louis Tracy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Cleveland Moffett, Louis Joseph Vance, Jackson Gregory, E. M. Delafield, Anton Chekhov, James Hay, Melville Davisson Post, Anna Katharine Green, Ambrose Bierce, John R. Coryell, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Arthur Cheney Train, S. S. Van Dine ...

The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written surveys the formative pleasures and formal ingenuity of detective fiction, gathering locked rooms, poisoned clues, country-house crimes, urban conspiracies, and investigations shaped by psychological suspense. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational plotting to the brisk procedural, the gentleman-thief adventure, and the modern puzzle ... En savoir plus

$2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written surveys the formative pleasures and formal ingenuity of detective fiction, gathering locked rooms, poisoned clues, country-house crimes, urban conspiracies, and investigations shaped by psychological suspense. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational plotting to the brisk procedural, the gentleman-thief adventure, and the modern puzzle
... En savoir plus
Lincoln Reconsidered

Essays on the Civil War Era

par David Herbert Donald ...

A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham ... En savoir plus

$17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham
... En savoir plus
Abe

Abraham Lincoln in His Times

par David S. Reynolds ...

**Now an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln's Dilemma, airing February 18, 2022.One of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year | A Washington Post Notable Book | A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Abraham Lincoln Prize and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award"A marvelous cultural biography that captures Lincoln in all his ... En savoir plus

Prix courant $14.99 CAD Maintenant $11.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

**Now an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln's Dilemma, airing February 18, 2022.One of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year | A Washington Post Notable Book | A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Abraham Lincoln Prize and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award"A marvelous cultural biography that captures Lincoln in all his
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio
THE MURDER CASE - Ultimate Mystery Collection

Classic Detective Tales, Gothic Crimes, Locked Rooms, Espionage, and Golden Age Puzzles

par Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Ethel Lina White, Annie Haynes, R. Austin Freeman, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Richard Marsh, Émile Gaboriau, Arthur J. Rees, William Le Queux, Carolyn Wells, Frank L. Packard, Fred M. White, Allan Pinkerton, Anna Maynard Barbour, A. E. W. Mason, Louis Tracy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Cleveland Moffett, Louis Joseph Vance, Jackson Gregory, E. M. Delafield, Anton Chekhov, James Hay, Melville Davisson Post, Anna Katharine Green, Ambrose Bierce, John R. Coryell, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Arthur Cheney Train, S. S. Van Dine ...

THE MURDER CASE—Ultimate Mystery Collection surveys the murder mystery from its formative nineteenth-century experiments to the polished puzzles, police investigations, sensation narratives, and thriller-inflected tales of the early twentieth century. Its varied modes encompass deductive ratiocination, locked-room enigmas, courtroom and criminal-underworld fiction, espionage, psychological ... En savoir plus

$2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

THE MURDER CASE—Ultimate Mystery Collection surveys the murder mystery from its formative nineteenth-century experiments to the polished puzzles, police investigations, sensation narratives, and thriller-inflected tales of the early twentieth century. Its varied modes encompass deductive ratiocination, locked-room enigmas, courtroom and criminal-underworld fiction, espionage, psychological
... En savoir plus
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, all 7 volumes in a single file

par Abraham Lincoln ...

The complete writings -- thousands of items, with links to all of them. According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected ... En savoir plus

$1.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

The complete writings -- thousands of items, with links to all of them. According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected
... En savoir plus

Kobo Rakuten

Liseuses

Applis

Accessoires

Qu'est ce que les Kobo Super Points ?

Faites-vous plaisir

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Votre panier est vide

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Recommandé pour vous

« edith sampson53 »

Tales of Old New York: A 40-Book Collection

Knowing Him by Heart

New York Narratives: A 40-Book Library of Old New York Stories & Novels

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

And There Was Light

Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers

Lincoln

The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written

Lincoln Reconsidered

Abe

THE MURDER CASE - Ultimate Mystery Collection

The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, all 7 volumes in a single file

Liseuses

Applis

Accessoires

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Votre panier est vide

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Disponible:

1 livre audio par mois

+ Essai GRATUIT de 30 jours

Recommandé pour vous

« edith sampson53 »

Afficher :

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé