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“charlene mires”

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  • Capital of the World

    The Race to Host the United Nations

    by Charlene Mires ...
    From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted from the Second World War to an unsteady peace, Americans in more than two hundred cities and towns mobilized to chase an implausible dream. The newly-created United Nations needed a meeting place, a central place for global diplomacy—a Capital of the World. But what would it look like, and where would it be? Without invitation, civic boosters in every ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Independence Hall in American Memory

    by Charlene Mires ...
    A chronicle of the lost history of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, reissued on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, with a new preface updating the constantly evolving public perception of Independence HallIndependence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. Within its walls the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, and in 1787 the Founding ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Absolutely Not New York

    Finding a Home for the United Nations

    by Charlene Mires ...
    From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted from the Second World War to an unsteady peace, the newly-created United Nations needed a meeting place, a central place for global diplomacy. But what would it look like, and where would it be? At times it seemed the world’s diplomats could agree on only one thing: under no circumstances did they want the United Nations to be based in New York. And for its ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Capital of the World

    The Race to Host the United Nations

    by Charlene Mires ...
    "A fascinating account of the enthusiastic effort to establish a home for the fledgling United Nations at the end of World War II. Mires creates a powerful sense of suspense as she describes the intense competition among boosters from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and even the Black Hills of South Dakota. In lively and elegant prose, from the first sentence to the last, she captures the ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Independence Hall in American Memory

    by Charlene Mires ...
    Independence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. Within its walls the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, and in 1787 the Founding Fathers drafted the U.S. Constitution there. Painstakingly restored to evoke these momentous events, the building appears to have passed through time unscathed, from the heady days of the American Revolution to today. But Independence Hall ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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  • Ghosts of 42nd Street

    A History of America's Most Infamous Block

    by Anthony Bianco ...
    Imagine shuffling down Broadway through the hustle and bustle right into the nonstop, neon heart of New York City: 42nd Street.Once a quiet neighborhood of brownstones and churches, the area wastransformed in the early 1900s into an entertainment hub unlike any in theworld. No place has ever evoked the glamour and romantic possibility of bigcity nightlife as vividly as did 42nd Street. It was the ... Read more

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  • British Architectural Styles

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    Here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed and original drawings, to help put a date to the variety of period buildings we see around us. It covers an immense range of structures and styles from 1500 to 1950. In addition, there is a glossary of architectural terms and a historical time chart. The book will prove an invaluable companion whether visiting grand houses open to the public ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • America Walks into a Bar

    A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops

    by Christine Sismondo ...
    When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his accomplices to carry out an assassination, they gathered in Surratt Tavern. In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Whole History of My Grandfather's Chair, Or True Stories from New England history 1620-1808

    by Nathaniel Hawthorne ...
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  • Fallen Glory

    The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings

    by James Crawford ...
    "A narrative that spans seven millennia, five continents and even reaches into cyberspace. . . . I savored each page." —Henry Petroski, Wall Street JournalIn Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world's most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue, ... Read more

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  • Billy Durant

    Creator of General Motors

    by Lawrence R. Gustin ...
    Praise for the first edition:"A fascinating book [and] a sympathetic look at the man who glued General Motors together and in the process made Flint one of the great industrial centers of America."---Detroit Free Press"It is refreshing to report that Billy Durant is one of the best researched books dealing with an automotive giant."---Antique Automobile"Billy Durant fills in a masterly way the ... Read more

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