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A Guide to Southern Arizona's Historic Farms & Ranches - Rustic Southwest Retreats (Paperback): Lili DeBarbieri A Guide to Southern Arizona's Historic Farms & Ranches - Rustic Southwest Retreats (Paperback)
Lili DeBarbieri
R517 R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Experience southwestern heritage, culture and cuisine while learning to rope and herd cattle, trail ride through the wilderness or make prickly pear syrup. With roots dating back to the mid-1800s, southern Arizona's historic guest ranches and farm stays include Spain's first mission in the continental United States, a former World War II prison camp and boys' boarding school and a Butterfield Stagecoach stop. Intimately connected to Arizona's land and legacy, these unparalleled retreats have hosted countless artists, movie stars and politicians and continue to enrich their present-day communities through food, education and conservation. Pack your bags and join travel writer Lili DeBarbieri for a journey into the rural west south of the Gila River.

Historic Taverns of Rhode Island (Paperback): Robert A. Geake Historic Taverns of Rhode Island (Paperback)
Robert A. Geake
R581 R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Save R97 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"This book chronicles a number of Rhode Island's historic taverns and the stories contained within their walls.

Some of the taverns include: The Mowry Tavern, which was the site of political gatherings, protests and religious observances under Roger Williams; The Benedict Arnold Tavern built in 1693; The White Horse Tavern, which soon became the meeting place for Rhode Island legislators; and the Ruff Stone Tavern in North Providence was an establishment with a long history, having served as a pub, a stop on the Underground Railroad and a speakeasy during prohibition.

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How to Catch a Lobster in Down East Maine (Paperback): Christina LeMieux Oragano How to Catch a Lobster in Down East Maine (Paperback)
Christina LeMieux Oragano
R535 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book will tell the history and story of Down East Maine lobster fishing. Author Christina Lemieux's family has been lobster fishermen for four generations, and the book draws from their personal recollections and documentation. It will then bring to life the experience of Down East Maine lobster fishing and living in a lobster fishing community. The book details how one goes about catching lobster, the seasons of lobster fishing and the perils of such a physically grueling job. It also talks about "lobster culture" some of the unique pastimes of lobster fishermen, such as the sport of Maine lobster boat racing. Finally, the book will give a brief overview of how to properly cook Maine lobster and provide some of the area's favorite lobster recipes.

African Americans in Glencoe - The Little Migration (Paperback): Robert A Sideman African Americans in Glencoe - The Little Migration (Paperback)
Robert A Sideman
R551 R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The village of Glencoe has a proud history of early African American settlement. In recent years, however, this once thriving African American community has begun to disperse. Robert Sideman, a thirty-year Glencoe resident, relates this North Shore suburb's African American history through fond remembrances of Glencoe communities such as the St. Paul AME Church, as well as recounting the lives of prominent African Americans. At the same time, Sideman poses a difficult question: how can the village maintain its diverse heritage throughout changing times? "African Americans in Glencoe" reveals an uplifting history while challenging residents to embrace a past in danger of being lost.

A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado - Pioneers, Gunslingers & Cattle Kings on the Eastern Plains (Paperback): Jolie... A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado - Pioneers, Gunslingers & Cattle Kings on the Eastern Plains (Paperback)
Jolie Anderson Gallagher
R599 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R110 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt (Paperback): Jennifer Hale Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt (Paperback)
Jennifer Hale
R526 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Once the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to the region's proud heritage. Join author Jennifer Hale as she explores the history of seventeen of the finest plantation homes in Alabama's Black Belt. This book chronicles the original owners and slaves of the homes and traces their descendants, who have continued to call these plantations home throughout the past two centuries. Discover why the families of an Indian chief and a chief justice feuded for over a century about the land on which Belvoir stands. Follow Gaineswood's progress as it grew from a humble log cabin into an opulent mansion. Learn how the original builder and subsequent owners of the Kirkwood Mansion are linked by a legacy of exceptional and dedicated preservation. "Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt" recounts the elegant past and hopeful future of a well-loved region of the South.

Southern Oregon Timber: - The Kenneth Ford Family Legacy (Paperback): R. J. Guyer Southern Oregon Timber: - The Kenneth Ford Family Legacy (Paperback)
R. J. Guyer
R577 R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Haiti - The Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation (Paperback): Philippe Girard Haiti - The Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation (Paperback)
Philippe Girard
R487 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R87 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this full narrative history of the Caribbean nation, historian Philippe Girard offers insight into Haiti's complex and layered past, showing that its current state as the poorest country in the western hemisphere was not inevitable. This highly readable and accessible history takes the reader back two hundred years to a time when Haiti was so prosperous it was known as the Pearl of the Antilles. Haiti was the only country in the Americas to pull off a successful slave revolution, yet today its survival is completely dependent on foreign aid. As all eyes turn to watch what happens to Haiti, author Girard provides the necessary context for envisioning its future--including a detailed account of the quake's consequences, an assessment of the benefit and cost of an American intervention, and commentary on what Haiti must do to rebuild for a brighter future"--

Hidden History of the Finger Lakes (Paperback): Patti Unvericht Hidden History of the Finger Lakes (Paperback)
Patti Unvericht
R594 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R111 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Martha's Vineyard: - A History (Paperback): Thomas Dresser Martha's Vineyard: - A History (Paperback)
Thomas Dresser
R581 R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Save R97 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch - The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse (Paperback): Jayme Lynn Blaschke Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch - The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse (Paperback)
Jayme Lynn Blaschke
R721 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R105 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shenandoah County in the Civil War - Four Dark Years (Paperback, New): Hal F. Sharpe Shenandoah County in the Civil War - Four Dark Years (Paperback, New)
Hal F. Sharpe
R553 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shenandoah County, in the years prior to the Civil War, was a prosperous place. Nestled within the Shenandoah Valley, it was a haven for agricultural commerce fueled by slave labor. Integral railways and transportation routes passed through Shenandoah County, feeding its impressive agricultural output throughout the Virginia. With the outbreak of Civil War, all of that would change. Four major battles took place in and around Shenandoah County New Market, Toms Brook, Fishers Hill, and Cedar Creek. Although the proceedings of these historic battles have been well-documented, the effect the combat had on residents of Shenandoah County has receded into the background. Now, author Hal Shape brings the lives of county residents to fore, recounting how their spirits were tested during this dark hour of American history.

Architects of an American Landscape - Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America's... Architects of an American Landscape - Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America's Public and Private Spaces (Paperback)
Hugh Howard
R582 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R83 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A dual portrait of America's first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted--and their immense impact on AmericaAs the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Biltmore's parkland in Asheville, dozens of parks across the country, and the preservation of Yosemite and Niagara Falls. Yet his close friend and sometime collaborator, Henry Hobson Richardson, has been almost entirely forgotten today, despite his outsized influence on American architecture--from Boston's iconic Trinity Church to Chicago's Marshall Field Wholesale Store to the Shingle Style and the wildly popular "open plan" he conceived for family homes. Individually they created much-beloved buildings and public spaces. Together they married natural landscapes with built structures in train stations and public libraries that helped drive the shift in American life from congested cities to developing suburbs across the country. The small, reserved Olmsted and the passionate, Falstaffian Richardson could not have been more different in character, but their sensibilities were closely aligned. In chronicling their intersecting lives and work in the context of the nation's post-war renewal, Hugh Howard reveals how these two men created original all-American idioms in architecture and landscape that influence how we enjoy our public and private spaces to this day.

AsiaTown Cleveland - From Tong Wars to Dim Sum (Paperback): Alan F Dutka AsiaTown Cleveland - From Tong Wars to Dim Sum (Paperback)
Alan F Dutka; Foreword by Johnny Wu
R581 R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Save R97 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Union Station in Denver (Paperback): Rhonda Beck Union Station in Denver (Paperback)
Rhonda Beck
R577 R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Brockton Tragedy at Moosehead Lake (Paperback): James E. Benson, Nicole B Casper The Brockton Tragedy at Moosehead Lake (Paperback)
James E. Benson, Nicole B Casper; Foreword by Colonel Joel T Wilkinson Maine Warden Service
R563 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blood and Ink - Ignacio Ellacuria, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America (Paperback): Robert... Blood and Ink - Ignacio Ellacuria, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America (Paperback)
Robert Lassalle-Klein
R1,034 R836 Discovery Miles 8 360 Save R198 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In November 1989, six members of the Jesuit community of the University of Central America in San Salvador, including the rector, Ignacio Ellacuria, were massacred by government troops. Twenty-five years later, this book provides the definitive account of the path led to that fateful day, focusing on the Jesuits' prophetic option for the poor, their role in the renewal of Salvadoran church and society, and the critical steps that caused them, as Archbishop Romero would put it, to "share the same fate as the poor." Drawing on newly available archival materials and extensive interviews, Robert Lassalle-Klein gives special attention to the theological contributions of Ellacuria and Jon Sobrino, who survived the massacre, and the emergence among the Jesuit community of a spirituality that recognized the risen Christ in what Ellacuria called "the crucified people of El Salvador." This insight led, in turn, to the development of the most important advance in the idea of a Christian university since the time of Cardinal Newman. Blood and Ink tells a vital story of a religious and university community's conversion and renewal that speaks to the ongoing challenge of discipleship today.

The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads (Paperback): Nancy E Sheppard The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads (Paperback)
Nancy E Sheppard
R591 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R97 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Legends & Lore of East Tennessee (Paperback): Shane S Simmons Legends & Lore of East Tennessee (Paperback)
Shane S Simmons
R613 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R108 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Roots of Resistance - A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras (Paperback): Suyapa G Portillo Villeda Roots of Resistance - A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras (Paperback)
Suyapa G Portillo Villeda
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Winner of the 2021 Sara A. Whaley Prize of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) A first-of-its-kind study of the working-class culture of resistance on the Honduran North Coast and the radical organizing that challenged US capital and foreign intervention at the onset of the Cold War, examining gender, race, and place. On May 1, 1954, striking banana workers on the North Coast of Honduras brought the regional economy to a standstill, invigorating the Honduran labor movement and placing a series of demands on the US-controlled banana industry. Their actions ultimately galvanized a broader working-class struggle and reawakened long-suppressed leftist ideals. The first account of its kind in English, Roots of Resistance explores contemporary Honduran labor history through the story of the great banana strike of 1954 and centers the role of women in the narrative of the labor movement. Drawing on extensive firsthand oral history and archival research, Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda examines the radical organizing that challenged US capital and foreign intervention in Honduras at the onset of the Cold War. She reveals the everyday acts of resistance that laid the groundwork for the 1954 strike and argues that these often-overlooked forms of resistance should inform analyses of present-day labor and community organizing. Roots of Resistance highlights the complexities of transnational company hierarchies, gender and race relations, and labor organizing that led to the banana workers' strike and how these dynamics continue to reverberate in Honduras today.

A History of Virginia Wines - From Grapes to Glass (Paperback): Walker Elliott Rowe A History of Virginia Wines - From Grapes to Glass (Paperback)
Walker Elliott Rowe; Foreword by Richard Leahy; Photographs by Jonathan Timmes
R511 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Go beyond the bottle and step inside the minds- and vines- of Virginia's burgeoning wine industry in this groundbreaking volume. Join grape grower and industry insider Walker Elliott Rowe as he guides you through some of the top vineyards and wineries in the Old Dominion. Rowe explores the minds of pioneering winemakers and vineyard owners, stitches together an account of the wine industry's foundation in Virginia, from Jamestown to Jefferson to Barboursville, and uncovers the fascinating missing chapter in Virginia wine history. As the Philip Carter Winery's motto explains, 'Before there was Jefferson, there was Carter.'

Rowe goes behind the scenes to interview migrant workers who toil daily in the vineyards, makes the rounds in Richmond with an industry lobbyist and talks shop with winemakers on the science and techniques that have helped put the Virginia wine industry on the map. Also included are twenty-four stunning color photographs from professional photographer Jonathan Timmes and a foreword by noted wine journalist Richard Leahy.

The Big Screen - The Story of the Movies (Paperback): David Thomson The Big Screen - The Story of the Movies (Paperback)
David Thomson
R530 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R74 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The definitive story of the medium that defines our times
"The Big Screen "tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence over us, and the technology that made the screen as important as the images it carries.
But "The Big Screen "is not another history of the movies. Rather, it is a wide-ranging narrative about the movies and their signal role in modern life. The celebrated film authority David Thomson takes us around the globe, through time, and across many media to tell the complex, gripping, paradoxical story of the movies. He tracks the ways we were initially enchanted by movies as imitations of life--the stories, the stars, the look--and how we allowed them to show us how to live. At the same time, movies, offering a seductive escape from everyday reality and its responsibilities, have made it possible for us to evade life altogether. The entranced audience has become a model for powerless and anxiety-ridden citizens trying to pursue happiness and dodge terror by sitting quietly in a dark room.
Does the big screen take us out into the world or merely mesmerize us? That is Thomson's question in this grand adventure of a book, vital to anyone trying to make sense of the age of screens--the age that, more than ever, we are living in.

Baltimore's Bygone Department Stores - Many Happy Returns (Paperback): Michael J. Lisicky Baltimore's Bygone Department Stores - Many Happy Returns (Paperback)
Michael J. Lisicky; Foreword by Rebecca A. Hoffberger
R572 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Michael J. Lisicky is the author of several bestselling books, including Hutzler's: Where Baltimore Shops. In demand as a department store historian, he has given lectures at institutions such as the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Milwaukee County Historical Society, the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Jewish Museum of Maryland. His books have received critical acclaim from the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Pittsburgh Post Gazette. He has been interviewed by national business periodicals including Fortune Magazine, Investor's Business Daily and Bloomberg Businessweek. His book Gimbels Has It was recommended by National Public Radio's Morning Edition program as "One of the Freshest Reads of 2011." Mr. Lisicky helps run an "Ask the Expert" column with author Jan Whitaker at www.departmentstorehistory.net and resides in Baltimore, where he is an oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Continuity & Change - The Lure of North American Railroads (Hardcover): Scott Lothes, Alexander Craghead Continuity & Change - The Lure of North American Railroads (Hardcover)
Scott Lothes, Alexander Craghead
R2,073 R1,714 Discovery Miles 17 140 Save R359 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors Paperback (Paperback): Frances C. Welsing The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors Paperback (Paperback)
Frances C. Welsing
R539 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R87 (16%) In Stock
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