Twentieth-century America – Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr, Seite 4

Martin Amis
The Moronic Inferno

Martin Amis, the renowned author of Money and London Fields , presents a collection of essays on the "moronic inferno," aka the United States of America. A thrilling tour of late-twentieth-centu…

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Beth Linker
Slouch

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America---from eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of "paleo posture"In 1995, a scandal erupt…

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Anthony Graziano
Teddy's World

Born with disabilities in 1938, not expected to survive childhood, Teddy is a victim of the mocking intolerance of Mid-Twentieth-Century America. "The kindest thing we can do for this child," hi…

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Oscar Hijuelos
Empress of the Splendid Season

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos brings the joys and heartbreaks of twentieth-century America vividly to life in this "tender" novel (New York Times Book Review).Lydia España---once …

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Stephen Prothero
God the Bestseller

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed religion scholar, Stephen Prothero, captures the compelling and unique saga of twentieth-century America on an identity quest through the eyes and books of …

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Scott M. Deitche
Jersey Boss

Jerry Catena propelled up the ranks, becoming the first New Jersey mobster to lead a New York crime family, and his decades-long reign left an unparalleled legacy of crime, violence, and corruption. Gerar…

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Steven Schlossman, Kari Thomas
Upset at Oakmont

In 1919, at Oakmont Country Club, seventeen-year-old Bobby Jones fought his way to the finals for a chance to make history as the youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur Championship. Standing in his way was …

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Daniel Mcdonald
Peripheral Citizenship

How is citizenship constructed from the margins? Peripheral Citizenship examines this question by placing the urban periphery of South America's most populous city, São Paulo, at the center of processes t…

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Daniel Mcdonald
Peripheral Citizenship

How is citizenship constructed from the margins? Peripheral Citizenship examines this question by placing the urban periphery of South America's most populous city, São Paulo, at the center of processes t…

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