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Publisher
Globe Pequot
Language
English
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"The six New England states have nearly 400 national landmarks, including historic houses, tall ships, and quirky sites like carousels and the oldest weather station in the country. Perfect for the armchair traveler or history buff."--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
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"It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders-- the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From Massachusetts to Florida to Washington to California, 50 Great American Places takes you on a journey through our nation's history. Sharing the inside stories of sites as old as Mesa Verde (Colorado) and Cahokia (Illinois) and as recent as Silicon Valley (California) and the Mall of America (Minnesota), each essay provides the historical context for places that represent fundamental American themes: the compelling story of democracy and self-government;...
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Language
English
Description
In Lies Across America, James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in his American Book Award-winning and bestselling Lies My Teacher Told Me, of overturning the myths and misinformation, Lies Across America looks at more than one hundred sites where history is told on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, museums, historic houses, forts, and ships. Loewen uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally...
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Language
English
Description
Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones that are fine art, others are associated with notorious events, and others are the final resting place of famous poets, soldiers, and statesmen. Included are large public facilities as well as the...
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume special 5
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
When the Alden children spend a week visiting at Pilgrim Village, they uncover the mystery behind the unusual happenings at the historic site.
Publisher
Rizzoli New York
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"World monuments presents fifty of the world's most compelling destinations, cultural heritage sites, and significant architectural works that must be seen and preserved. In commemoration of its fiftieth anniversary, World Monuments Fund has commissioned eight of todays' most important writers... Each essay explores a specific place and theme relating to WMF's history and the challenges of its conservation work: Anne Applebaum writes about war and...
16) Her right foot
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation"--Dust jacket...
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Series
Publisher
Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Second edition, fully revised and updated.
Physical Desc
x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Traveller's History of Germany tells the story of Germany's evolution from a collection of tribal regions in Roman times to a modern nation-state that today is a mainstay of the European Union. It provides the traveller with historical fact and insight, and a clear understanding of the context through which German cultural and political traditions evolved over two millennia. The reader's enjoyment of this history will be enhanced by maps and line...
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