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  • The Wrong Stuff

    How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

    A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science.In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But the underdog Soviets scored a series of victories—starting with the 1957 launch of Sputnik and ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Village

    400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village

    Cultural commentator John Strausbaugh's The Village is the first complete history of Greenwich Village, the prodigiously influential and infamous New York City neighborhood.From the Dutch settlers and Washington Square patricians, to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and Prohibition-era speakeasies; from Abstract Expressionism and beatniks, to Stonewall and AIDS, the connecting narratives of The ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Straw

    Finding My Way

    "Darryl has written a profound book on the meaning of celebrity, sports and manhood . . . a riveting and memorable account." — David ConeFormer New York Met and Yankee slugger Darryl Strawberry has subtitled his autobiography Straw, "Finding My Way"—and his path was never easy. A National League Rookie of the Year, eight-time MLB All Star, and four-time World Series Champion, Strawberry's baseball ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • City of Sedition

    The History of New York City during the Civil War

    The definitive spellbinding story of the huge—and hugely conflicted—role New York City played in the Civil War."Populated by an epic cast of characters lurching through evocative tableaux at a breakneck pace, Mr. Strausbaugh's book stands alone, but never still."― The Wall Street JournalWinner of the Fletcher Pratt Award for Best NonfictionNo city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and t... ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • Black Like You

    Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture

    A refreshingly clearheaded and taboo-breaking look at race relations reveals that American culture is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel.Black Like You is an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture. Particularly compelling is Strausbaugh's eagerness to tackle blackface-a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $13.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD

  • Victory City

    A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II

    From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era.New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs; of Nazi, Fascist, and Communist sympathizers; of war protesters and conscientious objectors; of gangsters ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

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    The Wrong Stuff

    How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

    Lu par LJ Ganser ...

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    8 heure 36 min

    A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science.In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But the underdog Soviets scored a series of victories—starting with the 1957 launch of Sputnik and ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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    Victory City

    A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II

    Lu par Robert Petkoff ...

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    19 heure 27 min

    From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era.New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs; of Nazi, Fascist, and Communist sympathizers; of war protesters and conscientious objectors; of gangsters ... En savoir plus

    $50.99 CAD

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    City of Sedition

    The History of New York City during the Civil War

    Lu par Mark Boyett ...

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    16 heure 20 min

    In a single definitive narrative, City of Sedition tells the spellbinding story of the huge-and hugely conflicted-role New York City played in the Civil War.No city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort, or more of a hindrance. No city raised more men, money, and materiel for the war, and no city raised more hell against it. It was a city of patriots, war heroes, and ... En savoir plus

    $50.99 CAD

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    Redemption

    The Last Battle of the Civil War

    par Nicholas Lemann ...
    Lu par Michael Prichard ...

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    8 heure 56 min

    A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. This is the story of the terrorist campaign that took them away.Nicholas Lemann opens his extraordinary new book with a riveting account of the horrific events of Easter 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana, where a ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

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    Dr. Benjamin Rush

    The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation

    Lu par Robert Petkoff ...

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    9 heure 4 min

    A gripping, often startling biography of the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot--an America of women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, Quakers, indentured workers, the poor, the mentally ill, and war veteransNinety percent of Americans could not vote and did not enjoy rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness when our Founding Fathers proclaimed, ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

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    Truth Has a Power of Its Own

    Conversations About A People’s History

    par Howard Zinn ...
    Lu par Jeff Zinn ...

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    4 heure 58 min

    Truth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of never-before-published conversations with Howard Zinn, conducted by the distinguished broadcast journalist Ray Suarez in 2007, that covers the course of American history from Columbus to the War on Terror from the perspective of ordinary people—including slaves, workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans.Viewed through the lens of ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD