Generations of Shops and Restaurants in One of America's Great HistoricNeighborhoods
Step back in time and rediscover the bars and restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, and bustling storefronts that shaped historic Georgetown. Georgetown's Retail Past is a history of retail stores in Washington, DC's Georgetown neighborhood, from the town's eighteenth-century founding as a tobacco port through its evolution after it became part of the ......
Across the North, 26,000 Rebels died in what was called "Yankee captivity"--six times the number of Confederate dead listed for the battle of Gettysburg, and twice that for the Southern dead of Antietam, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, Seven Days, Shiloh, and Second Manassas combined. "If there was ever a hell on earth," one Confederate veteran ......
The first volume in the beloved Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures series by Dewey Lambdin At the height of the American Revolution, our hero Alan Lewrie (seventeen-year-old bastard son of Sir Hugo Willoughby) has been shipped off to the Royal Navy to be out of sight and, all had hoped, lost at sea. Instead he took to the sea and ships, to war and ......
The Final Battles on the Eastern Front in World War II
As Hitler's empire crumbled, the Eastern Front became a crucible of destruction--this is the definitive account of its final, brutal months. The world had never seen anything like the Eastern Front in World War II. In the so-called bloodlands between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union - from the Baltic in the north to the Balkans, the Crimea, and ......
America in the Summer of Independence and the Conference for Peace
The fascinating story surrounding the British effort to bring the American Revolution to a peaceful end The fateful September 11, 1776, meeting on Staten Island between British Admiral Lord Richard Howe and Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge A compelling glimpse into politics, military diplomacy, and American character at the ......
The reason why protests have caused maximum pain for minimum gain is that they have done everything right. Well-developed consensus practices from activists have been put into practice in highly coordinated fashion internationally: keep messaging simple, restrict communications to a few media-trained representatives, maximize social media spread, ......
A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing, and Second Chances
In Climbing Through, Melissa Strong, a sponsored rock climber and aspiring restaurateur, unveils her remarkable journey of survival and resilience in the face of mortality after being horrifically injured from electricity. As she navigates the complex realm of medical intervention, enduring multiple surgeries and an arduous recovery, Strong ......
Finally understand every single pop culture joke, obscure reference, and witty one-liner that makes Gilmore Girls one of the most reference-packed shows in television history. Gilmore Girls Pop Culture Reference Guide is an in-depth look at the thousands of topical references to people, places, movies, music, and events that make up many of the ......
Containing over 1200 photographs and detailed line drawings from which one can design and build directly, National Park Style is a valuable reference for preservationists, historians, designers, and homeowners. Albert Good provided plans for the construction of cabins, lodges, hotels, fireplaces, boat houses, furniture, fixtures, and more. ......
