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The Great Typo Hunt
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 14.00The signs of the times are missing apostrophes. The world needed a hero, but how would an editor with no off-switch answer the call? For Jeff Deck, the writing was literally on the wall: ?NO TRESSPASSING.? In that moment, his greater purpose became clear. Dark hordes of typos had descended upon civilization? and only he could wield the marker... more...
Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 500.00The greatness of America is right under our feet. The American pastÑthe people, battles, industry and homesÑcan be found not only in libraries and museums, but also in hundreds of archaeological sites that scientists investigate with great care. These sites are not in distant lands, accessible only by research scientists, but nearbyÑalmost every locale... more...
Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 77.00Daily life in the Industrial age was ever-changing, unsettling, outright dangerous, and often thrilling. Electric power turned night into day, cities swelled with immigrants from the countryside and from Europe, and great factories belched smoke and beat unnatural rhythms while turning out consumer goods at an astonishing pace. Distance and time condensed... more...
The Americans: The Democratic Experience
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 21.00Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A study of the last 100 years of American history. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
United States Society & Culture Complete Report
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 7.45Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for United States will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in United States, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette. more...
In Praise of Barbarians
Haymarket Books 2007; US$ 15.00A bold collection of essays and polemics from the world-renowned social critic Mike Davis. more...
The Reshaping of Everyday Life
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99"Compact and insightful. "-- New York Times Book Review "Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like."-- American Heritage more...
Americanism in the Twenty-First Century
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 23.00Explores public opinion about being and becoming American, and its implications for contemporary immigration debates. more...
Good Society
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.00THE GOOD SOCIETY examines how many of our institutions- from the family to the government itself- fell from grace, and offers concrete proposals for revitalizing them. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
USA 101
National Geographic Society 2009; US$ 18.95Countless travel books display some aspect or region of America, but USA 101 stitches together a whole crazy quilt of iconic places, events, fairs, and festivals that celebrates our country in all its quirky diversity. Whoever you are, wherever you’re going, whatever you like to do, it’s here somewhere. And if you just stay home and... more...









