Zbirka: Ameriška zgodovina
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Rise to Globalism(2012) AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.,BRINKLEY, DOUGLAS G.Offers an informative overview of the evolution of American foreign policy from 1938 to the present, focusing on such pivotal events as World War II, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and 9/11. This title examines how American economic aggressiveness, raVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Big Oyster(2007) KURLANSKY, MARKWhen Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal hVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Blue Tattoo(2011) MIFFLIN, MARGOTIn 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroiVezava: Mehka28,26 € -
Phoenix Squadron(2010) WHITE, ROWLANDJanuary 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with imminent invasion by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroops.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Assassins' Gate(2007) PACKER, GEORGEThe Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where heVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
One Minute To Midnight(2009) DOBBS, MICHAELOctober 27, 1962, a day dubbed Black Saturday in the Kennedy White House. Dobbs's thrilling narrative features a cast of characters - including Soviet veterans never before interviewed by a western writer - with unique stories to tell, witnesses to one ofVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Bright Shining Lie(1998) SHEEHAN, NEILLt Colonel John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, but soon became appalled by the slaughter, leaking his pessimistic assessments to the US press corps in Saigon. Neil Sheehan was among them, and became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him, and foVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
My Life(2005) CLINTON, PRESIDENT BILLPresident Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid self-portrait of a world leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the people of America and the entiVezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Access to History: Prosperity, Depression and the New Deal: The USA 1890-1954 4th Ed(2008) CLEMENTS, PETEREnsure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series.Vezava: Mehka51,32 € -
Exploration Fawcett(2010) FAWCETT, COL. PERCYA lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Careless People(2014) CHURCHWELL, SARAHA fascinating look at the autumn of 1922, when F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda returned to New York and the seeds for The Great Gatsby were sownVezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Salem Witch Trials(2004) ROACH, MARILYNNE K.Presenting the events of Salem's witch hysteria in 1692 and 1693 in a chronological format, this authorative book makes use of previously unknown court records and documents.Vezava: Mehka30,88 € -
White Rock(2010) THOMSON, HUGHOne man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland.Vezava: Mehka19,62 €
