Paris Blues by Harold Flender is a poignant and evocative novel that explores the lives of two expatriate American jazz musicians searching for freedom, purpose, and meaning in post-war Paris.
This book, which was first published in 1947, is the daily diary of Orson Pratt on the exodus of the Latter-Day Saints from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this volume, featuring some of the most important figures in world history.
In We Dream Together Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of conflict between the Dominican Republic and Haiti by tracing the complicated history of Dominican emancipation and independence between 1822 and 1865.
Basta esta cita de De las antiguas gentes del Perú para comprender la idea del "buen gobierno" de los Incas descrita por Bartolomé de las Casas:Consideraba en esta visita de la tierra, si se podía hacer alguna semilla o árboles y frutales que no fructificaban, o no tanto, en otras partes, y era necesaria, y traía de otra tierra hombres que la supiesen sembrar y cultivar y a los naturales de allí lo enseñasen; a los cuales mandaba galardonar y repartir tierras y solares para sus casas y heredades.
"e;Black Soil is a novel written by Josephine Donovan, which tells the story of a young woman named Ella Mae Turner, who is forced to confront the harsh realities of racism and discrimination in the American South during the 1930s.
Recuerdos de un hacendado es una obra literaria de Godofredo Daireaux, escritor y educador francés, quien vivió en Argentina durante una gran parte de su vida.
*** WINNER OF THE NATIONAL CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY ****** LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY ***'The Queen is an invaluable work of non-fiction' - David Grann, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower MoonThis is the gripping true tale of a villain who changed American history.
Published a year after the Philippines proclaimed independence in July 1946, the chief permanent value of this book lies in its survey of the history of the American experiment in the Philippines.
South Town by Lorenz Graham is a powerful and deeply moving novel that explores the complexities of race, identity, and community in a small Southern town during the early 20th century.
"e;Common Sense & The American Crisis"e; presents a collection of Thomas Paine's most influential pamphlets that ignited the flames of the American Revolution.
Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission not only documented the political violence of the 1980s and 1990s but also gave Peruvians a unique opportunity to examine the causes and nature of that violence.
Perfect for personal study and for all types of faith formation groups, The Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith) Study Guide is the first available resource of its kind.
La batalla por Tenochtitlan ofrece una panoramica de los acontecimientos que desencadenaron la caida del Imperio mexica y analiza bajo nueva luz las distintas fuentes historiograficas con las que suele reconstruirse el periodo, a tiempo que va resaltando sus fallas e incongruencias.