Richard Snow: 12 books
I Invented the Modern Age
The Rise of Henry Ford
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
From the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a fresh and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model T—the ugly, cranky, invincible machine that defined twentieth-century America.
Every...
Henry Ford
uitvinder van de moderne tijd
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Ford Henry Ford, uitvinder van de moderne tijd, is een nieuwe biografie in de reeks van Historisch Nieuwsblad. Ford, die aan de basis stond van de lopende band met zijn grootste uitvinding, de auto model T, vond de lopende band uit. Zijn T-Ford, door velen omschreven als lelijke maar onoverwinnelijke...
Iron Dawn
The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
“An utterly absorbing account of one of history’s most momentous battles” (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea power—from acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review).
No single...
A Measureless Peril
America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Of all the threats that faced his country in World War II, Winston Churchill said, just one really scared him—what he called the "measureless peril" of the German U-boat campaign.
In that global conflagration, only one battle—the struggle for the Atlantic—lasted from the very first hours...
by Richard Snow
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Do you want to get your revenge on the airlines?
If you are like most people- you hate the airlines. Now, for the first time in the history of civilian air travel, you can fight back.
Richard Snow's A Satire of Airline Travel points out nearly every single stupid thing the airlines...
by Richard Snow
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Award-winning author Richard Snow examines the Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents of 1856 to 1909, exploring mintages, challenges for the collector, and interesting varieties. His date-by-date research is enhanced by historical essays as well as an engaging overview of the series by the “dean of American...
by Patrick O'Brian, Richard Snow
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
To the delight of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series, for the first time in paperback.
Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue...
Lamar Archaeology
Mississippian Chiefdoms in the Deep South
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Lamar Archaeology provides a comprehensive and detailed review of our knowledge of the late prehistoric Indian societies in the Southern Appalachian area and its peripheries. These Lamar societies were chiefdom-level groups who built most of the mounds in...
by Patty Jo Watson, Janet Rafferty, Joseph M. Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.
The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part I
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...
Sustainability in Higher Education
Stories and Strategies for Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Campus leaders describe how community colleges, publicly funded universities, and private liberal arts colleges across America are integrating sustainability into curriculum, policies, and programs.
In colleges and universities across the United States, students, faculty, and staff are forging...
Tibes
People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009
The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico.
The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...