Page 5 of 16,
Click on a book title for more details
Perseverance
Patrick Dearen
Paperback - $30.95
It was 1932, the depths of the Great Depression, and thousands of desperate people rode the rails in search of jobs, homes, and hope. For some, the track was a road to nowhere, a dead end in a boxcar or under the wheels or in a sea of emptiness. Thei ...
The Life and Times of a Country Boy
Doug
Paperback - $45.95
This book tells the story of my days in, and my love of, the fields and countryside, starting when I was just a small lad, learning the ways and the fine art of poaching. I am in my early fifties now, with nearly a lifetime of experiences behind me. ...
A Life Unnoticed
Anne Coultas Dunford
Paperback - $35.95
Susannah Coultas was to experience hardship, heartache and upheaval for much of her early life. Born in a Suffolk village in 1863, the daughter of a Great Eastern Railway employee, the pathway of that life was destined to change for the better, thank ...
A Billion Lives : An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity
Jan Egeland
Hardcover - $42.95
Dancing in the Streets : A History of Collective Joy
Barbara Ehrenreich
Hardcover - $41.95
From a bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.
Husbands, Wives, and Concubines : Marriage, Family, and Social Order in Sixteenth-Century Verona
Emlyn Eisenach
Paperback - $74.95
Emlyn Eisenach uses a wide range of sources, including the richly detailed and previously unexplored records of nearly two hundred marriage-related disputes from the bishop's court of Verona, to illuminate family and social relations in early modern ...
At Day's Close : Night in Times Past
A. Roger Ekirch
Paperback - $29.95
Beautifully illuminated by a color insert and with black-and-white illustrations throughout, this compelling narrative of night is panoramic in scope yet fashioned on an intimate scale and enriched by personal stories.