The Tragic Muse Henry James - The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890.
The Aspern Papers Henry James - The Aspern Papers is a novella written by Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year.
Little Men Louisa May Alcott - Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871.
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett - In a shabby New York City side street in the mid-1880s, young Cedric Errol lives with his mother (known to him as "e;Dearest"e;) in genteel poverty after the death of his father, Captain Cedric Errol.
Cymbeline - William Shakespeare - Cymbeline, also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by William Shakespeare, set in Wales and based on legends concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline.
Home of the Gentry Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev - Home of the Gentry (Russian also translated as A Nest of the Gentlefolk and A Nest of the Gentry, is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of Sovremennik.
Ganz allmählich tritt seit einem halben Jahrhundert ein neues Bewusstsein in unsere Welt, ein Bewusstsein, das sich mit Begriffen wie transzendental und spirituell bezeichnen lässt.
Überwältigt stehen 1519 Cortés und seine Truppen vor einer Stadt, die an Größe, Pracht, Einwohnerzahl und Baukunst alles übertrifft, was sie aus der alten Welt kennen: Tenochtitlan.
Exactly 200 years ago, on 28 July 1821, General José de San Martín solemnly proclaimed the independence of Peru from the Spanish crown, in the country=s capital, Lima.
Exactly 200 years ago, on 28 July 1821, General José de San Martín solemnly proclaimed the independence of Peru from the Spanish crown, in the country=s capital, Lima.
*** Ein faszinierendes Bild der Kulturen Amerikas vor der europäischen Invasion - Band 16 der Neuen Fischer Weltgeschichte ***Für die Europäer, die um 1500 nach Amerika gelangten, war es eine unbekannte und deshalb "Neue Welt".
The world's leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the ';riveting' (The New York Times) definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today.
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Esquire This revelatory and inclusive book ';unearths the stories of the peoplefarm laborers, domestic workers, factory employeesbehind some of the labor movement's biggest successes' (The New York Times) from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and host of Bloomberg TV's The David Rubenstein ShowAmerican icons and historians on the ever-evolving American experiment, featuring Ken Burns, Madeleine Albright, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Jean King, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Arthwyr ap Meurig, der wahre König Arthur, im Schatten der Normannen & Franken, ist meine deutsche Übersetzung der historischen Bücher von Wilson & Blackett.
This ';historical page-turner of the highest order' (The Wall Street Journal) tells the chilling, little-known story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project during World War II, perfect for fans of The Americans and nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a ';vivid, compelling, and unputdownablebiography' (Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamiltontrailblazing philanthropist, devoted wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's founding story.
A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan.
The ';magisterial' (The New York Times Book Review) second volume of Sidney Blumenthal's acclaimed, landmark biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future president's genius during the most decisive period of his political life when he seizes the moment, finds his voice, and helps create a new political party.
The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring of the Jazz Age, The Stowaway is ';a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation' (David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).
In the hands of Mike Leach and Buddy Levy, the story of this brilliant Apache leader comes into sharp focus, both in their narrative of his life and in spirited commentaries on its meaning (S.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
An ';exciting and enlightening revisionist history' (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author) that upends the myth of the 1950s as a decade of conformity and celebrates a few solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R.
Esta obra presenta una sistemática transcripción de las cartas dirigidas al rey y al Consejo de Indias por parte de la Real Audiencia de Santafé y sus oficiales durante la presidencia de don Juan de Borja (1605-1628).
Esta obra presenta una sistemática transcripción de las cartas dirigidas al rey y al Consejo de Indias por parte de la Real Audiencia de Santafé y sus oficiales durante la presidencia de don Juan de Borja (1605-1628).
An NPR Best Book of the Year The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this dayby the journalist who discovered the ship's remains.
A ';brilliant' (The Washington Post), ';clear-eyed and incisive' (The New Republic) analysis of how the wealthiest group in American society is making life miserable for everyoneincluding themselves.
This official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film, The Birth of a Nation, surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring Turner's relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.
';A fascinating, fast-paced historyfull of remarkable characters and incredible stories' about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Awardwinning author of In the Heart of the Sea).
* Winner of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award * National Book Award Finalist * Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 This ';epic history' (The Boston Globe) from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic story of the Evangelical movement in Americafrom the Puritan era to the 2016 election.
* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History * ';Extraordinarya great American biography' (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.
Die Dakota, ein stolzes Volk mit einer reichen Geschichte, haben eine tiefe und ehrfürchtige Beziehung zur Natur, die ihre Kultur und Spiritualität durchdringt.
