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Kraków Sights
MobileReference.com 2011; US$ 3.99This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual... more...
The Rough Guide to the USA
Rough Guides 2011; US$ 28.99The Rough Guide to the USA is your authoritative state-by-state guidebook to this vast and fascinating country. From New England in the fall and the Kentucky Derby to the Strip in Las Vegas and Yellowstone National Park, the full-colour introduction provides a lively overview of the ?things not to miss?. The country?s history, culture and people are... more...
Ik wil wekken en waarschuwen
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 21.75Wij leven in een bezeten wereld. En wij weten het?, schreef Johan Huizinga in 1935. Zo somber als de goedburgerlijke historicus waren niet al zijn vakgenoten. Aartsoptimist Pieter Geyl wenste niet in somberheid en tobberij te vervallen, maar wilde ?wekken en waarschuwen?. Maar ook hij kon zich niet onttrekken aan de ?eeuw van uitersten?, zoals de twintigste... more...
Progressive Nation
Chicago Review Press 2008; US$ 14.95A Selection of the Progressive Book Club From the sites of famous sit-ins, marches, and strikes to the locales of events that led to landmark Supreme Court decisions, this inspiring travel guide journeys to more than 400 of the places in the United States that are important to progressive politics. Organized by state, it includes the stories of... more...
Saskatchewan Book of Musts
MacIntyrePurcell Publishing, Inc 2009; US$ 9.99From the endless prairie on Bald Butte lookout and the Wascana Park in Regina to the pints and cappuccinos on Broadway in Saskatoon and Dino Country, this comprehensive guide explores the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Famous and unfamiliar Saskatchewaniansincluding writer Noelle Chorney, Chef Moe Mathieu, and reporter Wayne Mantkyadiscuss... more...
Cold War Captives
University of California Press 2009; US$ 55.00This provocative history of early cold war America recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. Headlines were dominated by stories of Soviet slave laborers, brainwashed prisoners in Korea, and courageous escapees like Oksana Kasenkina who made a ?leap for freedom? from the Soviet Consulate in New York. Full of fascinating and forgotten stories,... more...
American Culture in Peril
The University Press of Kentucky 2012; US$ 30.00Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan rode a wave of patriotism to the White House by calling for a return to what he considered to be traditional American values--personal liberty, free markets, and limited government. After the cultural struggles and generational clashes of the 1960s and 70s, it appeared that many Americans were eager to abide by Reagan's... more...
Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 189.00Comedian Robin Williams said that if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. This encyclopedia documents the people, places, movements, and culture of that memorable decade for those who lived it and those who came after. more...
Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 194.00This three-volume collection of original essays examines cult pop culture, the often-seedy underbelly of American popular culture. more...
Future Tense
Encounter Books 2012; US$ 23.99We are living in an age of unprecedented upheaval. The future of Western culture is uncertain. America?s economic and political vitality are more fragile than ever. The preservation of tradition is far from guaranteed. Many have observed that we are living through a world historical moment of which Hegel spoke: a time when many of the traditional... more...









