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Wicked Newport - Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea (Paperback): Larry Stanford Wicked Newport - Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea (Paperback)
Larry Stanford; Illustrated by J Bailey
R477 R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Founded by a small band of religious freedom seekers in 1639, Newport, Rhode Island, subsequently became a bustling colonial seaport teeming with artists, sailors, prosperous merchants and, perhaps most distinctively, the ultra-rich families of the Gilded Age. Clinging to the lavish coattails of these newly minted millionaires and robber barons was a stream of con artists and hangers-on who attempted to leech off their well-to-do neighbors. From the Vanderbilts to the Dukes, the Astors to the Kennedys, the City by the Sea has served as a sanctuary for the elite--and a hotbed of corruption. Local historian Larry Stanford pulls back the curtain on over 350 years of history, uncovering the real stories behind many of Newport's most enduring mysteries, controversial characters and scintillating scandals.

Tombstone - The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Paperback): Tom Clavin Tombstone - The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Paperback)
Tom Clavin
R509 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Remembering Hudson's - The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing (Paperback): michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon Remembering Hudson's - The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing (Paperback)
michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon
R510 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R91 (18%) Out of stock

The J. L. Hudson Company redefined the way Detroiters shopped and enjoyed leisure time. Many Detroiters share memories of times spent shopping and enjoying spectacular events sponsored by Hudson's. A solid and lofty icon built by businesspeople who believed in their passion, Hudson's defined Detroit's downtown, creating trends and traditions in consumer culture that still resonate with us today. Now and in the future, as Hudson's boxes, shopping bags, and artifacts are discovered in closets, attics, basements, and flea markets, many will remember that it was once as solid a civic fixture as the City-County Building or the Detroit Public Library.

Reasonable Doubt - The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen (Paperback): Peter Manso Reasonable Doubt - The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen (Paperback)
Peter Manso
R522 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Olympic Mountains (Paperback): Jefferson County Historical Society Olympic Mountains (Paperback)
Jefferson County Historical Society
R605 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Olympic Mountains rise up from the sea with moss-draped forests growing right to the water's edge. Glaciers crown steep slopes while alpine meadows and lush valleys teem with elk, deer, cougars, bears, and species known nowhere else on earth. The Olympic National Park was created in 1938 to protect the grandeur of the Olympic Mountains. The rugged coastal area was added in 1953. To further protect this remnant of wild America, Congress designated 95 percent of the park as the Olympic Wilderness in 1988. Today it is recognized as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site and one of the most popular wilderness destinations in North America. It is a place that changed the people who would conquer it. Farmers gave up; miners found no riches; loggers reforested. Tourism came early and endures.

Fort Greene (Paperback): Howard Pitsch Fort Greene (Paperback)
Howard Pitsch
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the lively neighborhood of Fort Greene in downtown Brooklyn, Native Americans and early Dutch and British settlers were largely agrarian. Over time, the neighborhood sprouted into an energetic enclave in which multiple ethnicities thrive today. From the East River's Wallabout Bay, a navy yard grew into a mass of floating arsenals, including the USS Missouri, aboard which the Japanese surrendered in World War II. Mole holes were dug out beneath Fort Greene to serve as transit ways to greater New York. The 20th century brought a variety of arts, such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, featuring the likes of Enrico Caruso, Isadora Duncan, Paul Robeson, and Rudolph Nureyev. Popular arts equally flourished as vaudeville merged into cinema and jazz and rock ricocheted out of the Fox and Paramount.

Andre Laurendeau - French Canadian Nationalist 1912-1968 (Hardcover, New): Donald J. Horton Andre Laurendeau - French Canadian Nationalist 1912-1968 (Hardcover, New)
Donald J. Horton
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Andre Laurendeau was the most widely respected French-Canadian nationalist of his generation. The story of his life is to a striking degree also the story of French-Canadian nationalism from the 1930s to the 1960s, that period of massive societal change when Quebec evolved from a traditional to a modern society. The most insightful intellectual voice of the nationalist movement, he was at the tumultuous centre of events as a young separatist in the 1930s; an anti-conscription activist and reform-minded provincial politician in the 1940s; and an influential journalist, editor of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, in the 1950s. At the same time he played an important role in Quebec's cultural life both as a novelist and playwright and as a well-known radio and television personality. In tracing his life story, this biography sheds indispensable light not only on the development of Laurendeau's own nationalist thought, but on his people's continuing struggle to preserve the national values that make them distinct.

George Washington's Journey - The President Forges a New Nation (Paperback): T.H. Breen George Washington's Journey - The President Forges a New Nation (Paperback)
T.H. Breen
R491 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unitarians and Universalists of Washington, D.C. (Paperback): Bruce T Marshall Unitarians and Universalists of Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
Bruce T Marshall
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Unitarians established a church in the nation's capital in 1821, and the first Universalist sermon in Washington was presented at city hall in 1827. Since these beginnings, Washington-area Unitarians and Universalists have created congregations that affirm ideals of religious liberalism: a commitment to religious freedom, a reasoned approach to faith, a hopeful view of human capacities to create a better world, and the belief that God is most authentically known as love. Images of America: Unitarians and Universalists of Washington, D.C. features prominent figures such as Robert Little, an English Unitarian who fled his native land and became minister of First Unitarian Church of Washington; political rivals John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun, both founding members of the congregation; and Clara Barton, who organized the American Red Cross after her experiences on the battlefields during the Civil War. In 1961, Unitarians and Universalists joined together, and the story continues as Unitarian Universalists interpret the values of religious liberalism for each new generation.

Franklin (Paperback): Joe Johnston Franklin (Paperback)
Joe Johnston
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Students of the Civil War know Franklin, Tennessee, for the major battle that happened here, but there is a lot more to the story. In fact, Main Street in Franklin is a glimpse into 250 years of history. Within a few blocks surrounding the public square, some of the city's original buildings now house the newest and most popular shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues in Middle Tennessee. Franklin has been a center for agriculture and manufacturing. It is a place where families can enjoy small-town life on the interstate. It is home to a college. It has always been the seat of Williamson County. Franklin's small businesses have a habit of sticking around for decades, often passing through generations of the same family. Franklin is as quaint and picturesque as it is exciting and progressive, because it continues to attract the kind of people who have always made it that way.

Filipinos in Washington, D.C. (Paperback): Rita M Cacas, Juanita Tamayo Lott Filipinos in Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
Rita M Cacas, Juanita Tamayo Lott
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Filipinos arrived in the Washington, D.C., area shortly after 1900 upon the annexation of the Philippines to the United States. These new settlers included students, soldiers, seamen, and laborers. Within four decades, they became permanent residents, military servicemen, government workers, and community leaders. Although numerous Filipinos now live in the area, little is known about the founders of the Filipino communities. Images of America: Filipinos in Washington, D.C. captures an ethnic history and documents historical events and political transitions that occurred here.

Access to History: Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 for OCR Second Edition (Paperback): Nicholas Fellows, Mike Wells Access to History: Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 for OCR Second Edition (Paperback)
Nicholas Fellows, Mike Wells
R891 Discovery Miles 8 910 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Exam board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level) Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge and better grades for over 30 years. Updated to meet the demands of today's A-level specifications, this new generation of Access to History titles includes accurate exam guidance based on examiners' reports, free online activity worksheets and contextual information that underpins students' understanding of the period. - Develop strong historical knowledge: in-depth analysis of each topic is both authoritative and accessible - Build historical skills and understanding: downloadable activity worksheets can be used independently by students or edited by teachers for classwork and homework - Learn, remember and connect important events and people: an introduction to the period, summary diagrams, timelines and links to additional online resources support lessons, revision and coursework - Achieve exam success: practical advice matched to the requirements of your A-level specification incorporates the lessons learnt from previous exams - Engage with sources, interpretations and the latest historical research: students will evaluate a rich collection of visual and written materials, plus key debates that examine the views of different historians

Making Marriage Modern - Women's Sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II (Hardcover): Christina Simmons Making Marriage Modern - Women's Sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II (Hardcover)
Christina Simmons
R1,418 Discovery Miles 14 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The nineteenth-century middle-class ideal of the married woman was of a chaste and diligent wife focused on being a loving mother, with few needs or rights of her own. The modern woman, by contrast, was partner to a new model of marriage, one in which she and her husband formed a relationship based on greater sexual and psychological equality. In Making Marriage Modern, Christina Simmons narrates the development of this new companionate marriage ideal, which took hold in the early twentieth century and prevailed in American society by the 1940s.
The first challenges to public reticence to discuss sexual relations between husbands and wives came from social hygiene reformers, who advocated for a scientific but conservative sex education to combat prostitution and venereal disease. A more radical group of feminists, anarchists, and bohemians opposed the Victorian model of marriage and even the institution of marriage. Birth control advocates such as Emma Goldman and Margaret Sanger openly championed women's rights to acquire and use effective contraception. The "companionate marriage" emerged from these efforts. This marital ideal was characterized by greater emotional and sexuality intimacy for both men and women, use of birth control to create smaller families, and destigmatization of divorce in cases of failed unions. Simmons examines what she calls the "flapper" marriage, in which free-spirited young wives enjoyed the early years of marriage, postponing children and domesticity. She looks at the feminist marriage in which women imagined greater equality between the sexes in domestic and paid work and sex. And she explores the African American "partnership marriage," which often included wives' employment and drew more heavily on the involvement of the community and extended family. Finally, she traces how these modern ideals of marriage were promoted in sexual advice literature and marriage manuals of the period.
Though male dominance persisted in companionate marriages, Christina Simmons shows how they called for greater independence and satisfaction for women and a new female heterosexuality. By raising women's expectations of marriage, the companionate ideal also contained within it the seeds of second-wave feminists' demands for transforming the institution into one of true equality between the sexes.

Lampasas County (Paperback): Lampasas County Museum Foundation Inc Lampasas County (Paperback)
Lampasas County Museum Foundation Inc
R623 R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

About an hour's drive northwest of Austin, Lampasas County is located in the center of the state of Texas, on the northern edge of the Hill Country. Native Americans were the first to discover the area, and they told settlers about the natural sulfur springs there. In the 1850s, Moses Hughes and his ailing wife, Hannah, traveled to the region to drink and bathe in the medicinal waters of the springs. The sulfur cured Hannah, and word traveled quickly. In 1856, Lampasas County was created. The Santa Fe Railroad completed its line from Galveston to the county seat in 1882, and with hotels and bathhouses booming, Lampasas became known as the "Saratoga of the South." In towns such as Lometa and Kempner, ranchers raised goats and sheep for mohair and wool and cattle for beef. Though fires and floods struck the county on several occasions, Lampasas soldiered on and continues to thrive today.

A Cades Cove Childhood (Paperback): Margaret McCaulley, J C McCaulley A Cades Cove Childhood (Paperback)
Margaret McCaulley, J C McCaulley
R473 R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Save R37 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The remote Smoky Mountain community of Cades Cove still lives in the memory of J.C. McCaulley, one of the few remaining former residents, who offers an exclusive glimpse into a childhood in the Cove. His stories, compiled by his wife Margaret, are a testament to a way of life long abandoned a life before automobiles, television and perhaps too much exposure to the outside world; a life of hard work and caring for your neighbors. Join the McCaulleys in their quest to preserve the beauty, tranquility and traditions of this pristine community, and dare to dream of a way of life that encouraged independence, integrity and the courage to overcome adversity

Washington D.C.'s Deanwood (Paperback): The Deanwood History Committee Washington D.C.'s Deanwood (Paperback)
The Deanwood History Committee
R610 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Located in the far northeastern edge of the city, Deanwood is one of Washington, D.C.'s oldest, consistently African American neighborhoods. Rooted in slave-based agriculture on white-owned land, the community began its transition from rural to urban development with the 1871 arrival of a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad along its western boundary. This period after the Civil War offered blacks the opportunity to become landowners. Since this time, many notable Washingtonians of various ethnicities have been residents and frequent visitors to the area. In the early 1920s, it was home to Suburban Gardens, the only permanent amusement park ever to be housed within the city limits. Many of Deanwood's families have lived in the community for generations, which makes it stable and close-knit.

New Castle Revisited (Paperback): Michael Connolly New Castle Revisited (Paperback)
Michael Connolly
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since its founding in 1651 on the western shore of the Delaware River, New Castle and its residents have shared in the making of American history. Known as the first capital of the first state, this charming town watched European powers clash over its control; welcomed William Penn when he first set foot on American soil; participated in the drama of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War; and reaped the benefits of new technologies like the railroad, steam engine, and aviation. Eventually, trade and commerce moved elsewhere, leaving New Castle preserved and intact. Today, the people of New Castle take great pride in their community's heritage and enjoy sharing the story of this National Historic Landmark District with others.

The Road to Yorktown: Jefferson, Lafayette and the British Invasion of Virginia (Paperback): John R. Maass The Road to Yorktown: Jefferson, Lafayette and the British Invasion of Virginia (Paperback)
John R. Maass
R570 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cereal Killer Chronicles of Battle Creek (Paperback): Jenn Carpenter The Cereal Killer Chronicles of Battle Creek (Paperback)
Jenn Carpenter
R536 R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The British Are Coming - The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (Paperback): Rick Atkinson The British Are Coming - The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (Paperback)
Rick Atkinson
R558 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R55 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant (Paperback): John Oharenko, With the Homan Arthington Foundation Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant (Paperback)
John Oharenko, With the Homan Arthington Foundation
R510 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Save R92 (18%) Out of stock

Located on the site of the original Sears Tower, the historic Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog plant is one of the nation's most unique landmarks. Representing American ingenuity at its best, Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald combined technology, commerce, and social science with bricks and mortar to build "the World's Largest Store" on Chicago's West Side. Completed in 1906, the plant housed nearly every conceivable product of the time: clothing, jewelry, furniture, appliances, tools, and more. The complex employed 20,000 people, and merchandise orders were processed and delivered by rail -- within the same day. During the first two decades of the 20th century, almost half of America's families shopped the over 300 million catalogs published in that era. WLS (World's Largest Store) Radio broadcasted the Gene Autrey show from the top of the tower, and the first Sears retail store opened here on Homan Avenue and Arthington Street. In 1974, Sears moved to the current Sears Tower. Thanks to many individuals who fought to save these architecturally and historically important treasures, the administration building, the original Sears Tower, the catalog press-laboratory building, and the powerhouse remain today. There are currently plans for redeveloping these buildings into housing, office, and retail space. A new Homan Square Community Center stands on the site of the merchandise building.

History of the Shuey Family in America, from 1732 to 1876 (Paperback): Dennis Boeshore Shuey History of the Shuey Family in America, from 1732 to 1876 (Paperback)
Dennis Boeshore Shuey
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent (Paperback): George Bancroft History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent (Paperback)
George Bancroft
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky - During an Expedition from St. Louis, Through the Vast Regions Between... The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky - During an Expedition from St. Louis, Through the Vast Regions Between That Place and the Pacific Ocean, and Thence Back Through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, During Journeyings of Six Years; in Wh (Paperback)
James Ohio Pattie
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Sketch of the History of Wyoming (Paperback): Isaac A. Chapman A Sketch of the History of Wyoming (Paperback)
Isaac A. Chapman
R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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