Kategorien: Amerika/USADenne kategori indeholder 493 bøger.
Amerika/USA er mere end dette. Det er også Mellemamerika og Sydamerika og hele Nordamerika der dækker Canada.
Canada er Verdens andenstørste nation på 9,97 mio. kvadratkilometer, men befolkningen er lille i forhold til landets størrelse, 28,1 mio., der består af indvandrer bortset fra de oprindelige indianske og eskimoiske befolkningsgrupper, der lever marginalt i samfundet mest i territoriet Nunuvut i Nordcanada. Nunuvut fik selvstyre i 1995 efter Grønlandsk forbillede. Hovedstad: Ottawa. Canada er en selvstændig stat inden for det britiske commonwealth. Men har i det daglige mere med sin sydlige nabo USA tilfælles at gøre.
Thule-sagen - Løgnens univers –341 sider - Hardback - Sprog: Dansk.
En gennemgang af TV-journalisten Poul Brinks arbejde med Thulesagen og en beskrivelse af det kompleks af sager, der på forskellig vis har forbindelse med den amerikanske Thulebase i Grønland og dansk atompolitik.
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Indeni Amerika 134 sider. Grønligt lærredsbind med hvidt rygtryk og front. USA flag er dog i guldtryk. (Politiken Nytår 1967). "Artikler trykt i Politiken i 1966 udgivet i bogform). B2109-55 - Pris ex forsendelse.
Den amerikanske drøm, - hvad er der sket med den? Daniel Boorstin beskriver det, han opfatter som amerikanernes selvbedrag - deres bestræbelser på at skjule virkeligheden for sig selv. De lever, siger han, i en indbildt - syntetisk - verden, bygget op ved hjælp af reklame og de moderne massemedier. Måske mere relevant end han forestillede sig, da bogen blev skrevet. Paperback.
2 meget professionelt indbundne bøger. Flot boghåndværk. Heftede halvbind, fransk bind, med løs ryg med kapitælbånd. Ryg og hjørner i lyst skind, "chagrin"-udformning, marmoreret overtrækspapir, 4 ophøjede kunstige "bind", titelfeltet med forfatternavn og titel i guldtrryk, bindfelt med bindnummer i guld. Meget lidt nusset ydre. alle 3 snitte stænkede. Oversnittene forsynet med initialerne LE. De 2 bogforsider medindbundet. Lyst forsatspapir afstemt efter bindenes ydre. Bind I 334 sider, bind II 339 sider. 2x16x23cm. CD med kopi af spillefilmen er vedlagt.
STEVE JOBS - En biografi om manden bag Apple - 671 sider - Hardback - Sprog: Dansk - Rigt illustreret i s/h fotos.
Historien om Steve Jobs (1955-2011), en af Apples grundlæggere i 1976, der formåede at kombinere legende kreativitet med den nyeste teknologi og var barn af 1960'ernes flippede Californien med lsd, vegansk kost og meditation.
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Bøgerne foreligger i paperback udgave, i alt 13 bind. Bøgerne foreligger som ubrugte / uden læseriller i ryggen, uden streger, uden lugt (men stadig med prismærke).
1:The Coming of The White Man 1492-1848: A History of American Life by Herbert Ingram Priestley 1
2:The First Americans 1607-1690: A History of American Life by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
3:Provincial Society 1690-1763: A History of American Life by James Truslow Adams
4:The Revolutionary Generation 1763-1790: A History of American Life by Evarts Boutell Greene
5:The Completion of Independence: A History of American Life by John Allen Krout
6:The Rise of the Common Man 1830-1850: A History of American Life by Carl Russell Fish
7:The Irrepressible Conflict 1850-1865: A History of American Life by Arthur Charles Cole
8:The Emergence of Modern America 1865-1878: A History of American Life by Allan Nevins
9:The Nationalizing of Business 1878-1898: A History of American Life by Ida M. Tarbell
10:The Rise of the City, 1878-1898 by Arthur Meier Schlesinger
11:The Quest for Social Justice 1898-1914: A History of American Life by Harold Underwood Faulkner
12:The Great Crusade and After 1914-1928: A History of American Life by Preston William Slosson
13:The Age of the Great Depression 1929-1941: A History of American Life by Dixon Wecter
Jacqueline Kennedy - Samtaler om livet med John F. Kennedy - 372 – Hardback med tilsvarende smudsbind - Sprog: Dansk - Oversat af Stig W. Jørgensen. Forord af Caroline Kennedy - Indledning og noter ved Michael Beschloss. Rigt illustreret med samtidig s/h fotografier.
I 1964 lavede Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) 7 interviewsamtaler, der blev båndede, men først frigivet i 2011. Heri fortæller hun om livet med John F. Kennedy, om præsidentperioden og om livet i Det Hvide Hus. Det bliver en samtidig en åbenhjertig beskrivelse af tidens statsledere og en inside beskrivelse af en den kolde krigs klimaks: Cubakrisen.
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348 sider. Bogen er ulæst / ny! - Foreligger i paperback udgave. Om bogens indhold: I løbet af 1960’erne tog journalistikken en drejning i USA. Yngre, progressive journalister blev stjerner, skrev artikler og bøger med et helt nyt personligt præg og begyndte at tilføre deres behandling af aktuelle emner en skæv og delvist kunstnerisk vinkel. Alt i alt skabte det bølgen af New Journalism.
I dag skriver en ny generation af journalister videre i denne tradition og har bl.a. gjort det journalistiske portræt til en stærk, selvstændig genre, som bevæger sig ud over den almindelige medietekst og ind i et mere litterært landskab. Med nye fortællestrategier og virkemidler fra ikke mindst film og skønlitteratur skaber forfatterne tekster, der fængsler læseren, og tegner portrætter af en sjælden dybde og rigdom.
I Amerikanske portrætter har den danske journalist Jonas Langvad Nilsson samlet tekster af otte af de bedste forfattere, fra veteranen Gay Talese til den i Danmark bogaktuelle Susan Orlean (Rin Tin Tin – en hunds liv og legende). Portrætterne spænder vidt: en verdenskendt crooner, en almindelig amerikansk 10-årig, en cheerleadergruppe, en excentrisk filmproducer og meget andet. Artiklerne, der har været trykt i store magasiner som Esquire og The New Yorker, er cremen af genren: De er underholdende, medrivende og oplysende, og de er – i overraskende grad – tidløse.
Hver tekst ledsages af et interview med forfatteren, som belyser teksten og indkredser portrætjournalistens arbejdsmetoder.
Jonas Langvad Nilsson (f. 1974) er journalist på magasinet Euroman og har skrevet portrætter af en lang række kendte og ukendte danskere. Han er uddannet fra Danmarks Journalisthøjskole, Berlingske Tidende og University of Tennessee i Knoxville. Desuden BA i dansk og medievidenskab fra Københavns Universitet.
Hardback med smudsomslag. 256 sider
Chronicles in words and pictures the lives, exploits, and escapades of western outlaws from the late seventeenth century through the last half of the nineteenth century, and from the Mississippi to the Yukon
Profusely illustrated with mainly B & W photographs and Illustrations.There are quite a few color illustrations which are double,full and part page and some are of artwork by some very famous Old West Artists.There has been a lot of research go into this excellent book which is really a reference, detailing all the well known and even many of the lesser known 250 or so Badmen (and Badwomen) of the Old West.
The book consists of 12 Chapters;
1 Legend and Reality
2 America's First Badmen
3 Western Expansion
4 Wild Towns and Vigilantes
5 Lawlerss Lawmen
6 Gunfights and Feuds
7 The Range Wars
8 The Fort Smith Gallows
9 Some Bad Women
10 Border Clashes
11 A Rogue's Gallery
12 The Last Wild Frontiers
The text is excellent and any fan of the history,events and characters of the Old West will certainly learn a lot of new and accurate information of the Old West as well as enjoying the many photographs and illustrations,many which they will have never been seen. All the illustrations are accompanied with excellent captions.
This will be a book that anyone who reads Old West history ,be it fiction,legend or fact will want to keep on their bookshelf as a ready reference to characters,be they the the famous or lesser known.
The end comes with a detailed Index.
Den amerikanske ARV -204s - Papbind.
”Jeg så nu den forfatning, som mine forfædre havde været med til at skabe, udlægge og udbytte, som en værdifuld arv, hvis bestemmelser binder de forskellige egne og interesser i vor nation sammen. Og dette …
B2022-04-554 - Pris ex forsendelse, vægt 230g.
Denne meget spændende bog er skrevet af indianereksperten "Skrivende Pen" redaktør Otto Walsted.
Puh-Ute-folkets saga, er her skildret så levende og så sagligt korrekt, som kun "Skrivende Pen" kan gøre det. Stammens saga slutter så sent som 1911 efter en kortvarig kamp med de hvide.
Stammens saga understreger stærkt, at den indianske arv, som præsident Kennedy gør sig til talsmand for, er stor og værdifuld, nok værd at værne og minde om.
pa 1. blad er skrevet navn på tidl. ejer.
Hard Choices - 635 sider- Hardback - Smudsbind - Sprog: Engelsk.
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America’s 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.
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Sprog: Dansk
Indbinding: Hæftet
Tilstand: Fejlfrit eksemplar, ulæst
Samtale fra 1978 med den amerikanske kritiker og forfatter Susan Sontag (1933-2004) om hendes egne skrifter.
Sideantal: 272
Indbinding: Paperback
Stand: Velholdt, ulæst eksemplar
Sprog: Engelsk.
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“Looking for Alaska” er en fortælling om Miles Halter, som forlader sit hjem i Florida for at gå på kostskole, selvom det er lidt sent for sådan en knægt i hans alder.
Da Miles ankommer til kostskolen i Culver Creek møder han sin værelseskammerat, Chip ‘Obersten’ Martin. Senere introduceres Miles for Oberstens veninde, Alaska Young. En attraktiv, men følelsesmæssigt ustabil pige.
Miles Halter er glad for at læse biografier og i særdeleshed at huske forsøgspersonernes sidste ord. Alaska fortæller Miles om Simon Bolivars sidste ord, som bliver betydningsfulde ord for Miles. For hvis Miles kan tyde betydning af ordene og mysteriet omkring dem, så vil Alaska være hans kæreste.
225 sider. Orig. helshirting m. illustr. smudsomslag. Engelsk (sprog) Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man er en bog skrevet af den amerikanske psykolog Mary L. Trump om hendes onkel, den tidligere amerikanske præsident Donald Trump, og hans familie. Den blev udgivet af Simon & Schuster den 14. juli 2020
Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large, imposing house in the heart of Queens, New York, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald.
A firsthand witness to countless holiday meals and interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donald’s place in the family spotlight and Ivana’s penchant for regifting to her grandmother’s frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.
Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists, and journalists have sought to parse Donald J. Trump’s lethal flaws. Mary L. Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick. She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider’s perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families. --- Nyt eksemplar.
Præsidenter - Fra Washington til Trump - 719 sider- Blåt helshirting - Smudsbind - Sprog: Dansk - Rigt illustreret i s/h og farver.
Den ultimative historie om verdens mægtigste embede, fortalt gennem portrætter af de 44 mænd, der har ledet Amerikas Forenede Stater, fra George Washington til Donald Trump. Bogen er rigt illustreret med kort og billeder fra USA’s uforlignelige historie og forsynet med forord af Rufus Gifford, amerikansk ambassadør i Danmark fra 2013 til 2017.
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380 sider. Hæftet med orig. omslag. Fejlfrit eksemplar. Originaltitel: The plot against America - på dansk ved Ole Husted Jensen. Kontrafaktisk roman - (what if..) Charles A. Lindbergh vandt præsidentvalget i1940 over Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brown leatherette hardcover with gilt lettering and picture insert on front cover.
En fantastisk flot serie om The Wild West. Rigt illustreret med samtidige fotografier, malerier, kort.
Hele serien er på 26 bind. Og et komplet værk koster omkring 2000 kr. eller derover. Enkeltvis sælges bøgerne typisk for over 100 kr.
Hver bog på omkring 240 sider. Cirka vægt pr bog.
Flg bøger haves
The Rivermen, 1000 gr.
The Trailblazers 975 gr
The Cowboys 965 gr
The Loggers 967 gr
The Townsmen 965 gr
The Chroniclers 978 gr
The Gunfighters 960 gr
The Texans 975 gr
Pris pr stk 40 kr.
Køb alle 8 for 230 kr.
Hardback m smudsomslag, 144 sider, lille navn på et af bageste hvide blade.
Surveys the histories of seven major geographical peoples, describing their ways of life, governmental systems, beliefs, customs, arts, and crafts
Paperback, 231 sider, navn bagi.
The Vanishing Race, the Last Great Indian Council: A Record in Picture and Story of the Last Great Indian Council.
"The Vanishing Race" is a record in picture and story of the last great Indian council, participated in by eminent Indian chiefs from nearly every Indian reservation in the United States. This book also includes the story of their lives as told by themselves, their speeches and folklore tales, their solemn farewell, and the Indians' story of the Custer fight. Contents: Indian Imprints a Glimpse Backward The Story of the Chiefs Chief Plenty Coups Chief Red Whip Chief Timbo Chief Apache John Chief Running Bird Chief Brave Bear Chief Umapine Chief Tin-tin-meet-sa Chief Runs-the-enemy Chief Pretty Voice Eagle Folklore Tales—sioux Chief White Horse Folklore Tales—yankton Sioux Chief Bear Ghost Chief Running Fisher Bull Snake Mountain Chief Mountain Chief's Boyhood Sports Chief Red Cloud Chief Two Moons The Story of the Surviving Custer Scouts White-man-runs-him Folklore Tale—crow Hairy Moccasin Curly Goes-ahead-basuk-ore The Indians' Story of the Custer Fight The Last Great Indian Council Indian Impressions of the Last Great Council The Farewell of the Chiefs
Hardback med smudsomslag. 144 sider.
Surveys the past and present-day activities, character, and ways of life of the cowboy and the history of the American cattle industry. It might say it's the "Real Story" of the cowboys and cattlemen, but be aware that the author has a definite bias. An entertaining read with some interesting stories, but anyone who was an obstacle for those old-time cowpunchers was labeled or presented in a derogatory fashion (even when their concerns were reasonable and valid, like having their own land trampled by passing cows or their own livestock infected with disease-carrying ticks). The book doesn't only focus on the cowboys of the 1800s, though, but includes a look at the profession up to the time time of publication in the 1970s. Filled with photos and artwork, including paintings by Charles M. Russell and Frederick Remington.
Hardback m smudsomslag. 508 sider. Rigt illustreret med fotos og tegninger. På engelsk.
Ten distinguished western authorities have brought together a masterful narritive of fact, legend and lore about the West ever assembled in one volume. Illustrated with drawings, paintings, documentary art, old prints, woodcuts and lithographs.
Hardback m smudsomslag. 183 sider. Flotte fotos og illustrationer.
The Plains Indian revered the buffalo, for it was a gift from the Great Spirit, taken from the inside of Mother Earth herself. Accordingly, the Indian killed only as many buffalo as he needed, and wasted nothing: the huge beast furnished him with food, clothing, bed, lodge, utensils, and most of the decorative ornaments that brightened his life. The white man, however, viewed the buffalo as both an impediment to progress and a source of easy capital. Less then one-third of the curly cows he slaughtered were ever used for anything.
Hardback m smudsomslag. 288 sider.
Short, 10-20 page fascinating histories of amazing episodes in Western History with excellent illustrations.. The Coronado expedition that "discovered" most of the Southwest, cattle drives, the gold rush, the turning of the war machine created in the Civil War to massacre the Plains Indians and much more. Dee Brown is most famous as the author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the history of the West from the Native American perspective.
A wonderfully illustrated history of the American West & those who populated it. Chronicles early exploration up til the "true" end of the Cowboy era: the 1900s & the complete dispossession of the American Indian.
Hardback. Det illustrerede, gule smudsomslag mangler!! Så bogen Fremstår med blegrød indbinding og guldbogstaver på ryggen.
A True Account of the Bad Men, Desperados, Rustlers, and Outlaws of the Old West- and the Men Who Fought Them to Establish Law and Order.
This is a hard hitting, profusely illustrated history of the real, bloody and lawless Wild West, of the hardened criminals that populated it and of the lawmen that hunted them down. This is not the romanticised West presented in so many films, but the real thing. The criminals, men and women, are not heroes (nor even anti-heroes) but ruthless, venal, bloodthirsty, stupid, desperate and even, sometimes, pathetic. The lawmen are brave, certainly, but also mercenary and self-seeking in some cases. This book pulls no punches, and some of the photographs are downright chilling. As published in newspapers of the time, there is a portrait study of Jesse James, dead and laid out for his funeral; of Ned Christie, also dead, propped up against a photographer's board; of the entire Dalton gang, laid out on the sidewalk ready for the undertaker. We also have the grim history of the Old West's premier hangman, George Maledon.
But there is far more to this book than a collection of gruesome images. Here are the stories of Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral, of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, of Annie Oakley and Belle Starr, and of many many others, all as told in the newspapers of the day, all illustrated with original photographs and sketches. Extraordinary and fascinating stuff.
Highly recommended to anyone even moderately interested in the real story of the Wild West.
Hardback m smudsomslag.
More than five hundred illustrations including contemporary engravings, paintings, and early photographs embellish a history of the American West that concentrates on the life-styles of Indian tribes, cowboys, fur traders, and frontiersmenag. 352 sider. Stort format.
The Reagan Paradox - The Conservative Icon and Today’s GOP - 223 sider - Paperback - Sprog: Engelsk - Introduction by Joe Scarborough - Rigt illustreret i s/h.
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