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Protestmusik gegen den Vietnamkrieg: Die amerikanische Hippie-Kultur zwischen überzeugter Kriegsopposition und Kommerzialisierung    by Helen Christopher
Price: $3.90 USD. 11310 words. Language: German. Published on April 30, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

„If you wanna end the war and stuff you've gotta sing loud“ (Arlo Guthrie). Der Vietnamkrieg war ein Wendepunkt in der US-Kultur. Teile der Gesellschaft begehrten auf und protestierten gegen die Regierung und den Krieg im fernen Dschungel. Die Bewegung wurde von Musik begleitet. Die Autorin beleuchtet die Hippiekultur und die Entwicklung der Protestmusik bis nach Woodstock und darüber hinaus.
Protestmusik gegen den Vietnamkrieg: Die amerikanische Hippie-Kultur zwischen überzeugter Kriegsopposition und Kommerzialisierung    by Helen Christopher
Price: $3.90 USD. 11310 words. Language: German. Published on April 30, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

„If you wanna end the war and stuff you've gotta sing loud“ (Arlo Guthrie). Der Vietnamkrieg war ein Wendepunkt in der US-Kultur. Teile der Gesellschaft begehrten auf und protestierten gegen die Regierung und den Krieg im fernen Dschungel. Die Bewegung wurde von Musik begleitet. Die Autorin beleuchtet die Hippiekultur und die Entwicklung der Protestmusik bis nach Woodstock und darüber hinaus.
The Human Center; why Americans don’t have one; essays on instinct, human scale, and near-equality    by Robert Baller
Price: $2.00 USD. 76220 words. Language: American English. Published on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

The Human Center is nine essays on American history, nature-nurture, instinct, spirituality, trade, human scale, space, and near equality. The Human Center describes how we are still tribal beings.
Tribes and Trappers: A History of Montana, Volume One    by Greg Strandberg
Price: $9.99 USD. 32340 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

Montana’s history is rich, colorful, and full of excitement in this fully-illustrated history. See how Jedediah Smith and Jim Bridger blazed trails and made their names under the Big Sky. Read about John Colter, Hugh Glass, Mike Fink, and more. Discover the Blackfeet, Shoshone, Crow, Cheyenne, and the dinosaurs that came before them. Montana's history comes alive like it never has before.
Knights of the Narrow Gauge    by DB Dakota
Price: $2.99 USD. 8060 words. Language: English. Published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing  on March 8, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

SHORT HISTORICAL NON-FICTION: Excitement, danger, legend and romance filled the lives of the brave paladins of early railroading, heroes to the people who worshiped them and their iron ponies.
The Next 30 Days: How a Nation Rebuilt in the 30 Days Following the Death of JFK    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 14140 words. Language: English. Published on February 28, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

Everyone who was alive remembers where they were the day John F. Kennedy was shot; but that’s just a brief moment in time. What shaped the country—and even the world—wasn’t that brief moment…it was how we rebuilt. This book follows the 30 days following the death of John F. Kennedy died—it shows how a nation came together, endured, and became stronger in the wake of horrific tragedy. HistoryCa
The Capital Sting: The True Account of How a Fake Sheik, a Known Con, and the FBI Came Together to Create Abscam - One of the Greatest Stings of All Time!    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 10270 words. Language: English. Published on February 28, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

Abscam. It had all the marks of a great TV show or movie—the FBI hires a con-man to help them pull off one of the greatest stings of all time. With the help of the con-man, the FBI sets up a ruse to capture politicians accepting bribes from who they thought was a rich Arab sheik. But this isn’t a Hollywood screenplay…this is real life. This book is a true account of one of the 20th centuries gre
The Last Men to Walk on the Moon: The Story Behind America's Last Walk On the Moon    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 10320 words. Language: English. Published on February 25, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

The amount of attention focused on Apollo 11 was enormous. Sending a man to the Moon was not simply an American achievement, but an achievement for the entire world. By Apollo 17, the space race was over and the fascination with the Apollo mission was not as great. Though the mission is not the most covered mission, it is one of the most important—what its experiments proved paved the way for
Why is the USA Interesting? The 50 State Quarters    by Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford
Price: $1.90 USD. 4050 words. Language: English. Published on February 25, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

What is interesting about the USA? It is a land of freedom and independence and the idea of the American Dream. It is fifty separate states all united into one country. This book shows what is important to the different states and how it adds character to the whole country. Freedom’s ring has over fifty distinct tones. Long live liberty.
MWSA Dispatches February 2013    by Pat McGrath Avery
Price: $2.99 USD. 9500 words. Language: English. Published on February 16, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

A quarterly publication featuring the work of members of the Military Writers Association of America. This issue showcases the Rio Grande Valley Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, the USS Arizona, WWII B-29s and the Mexican-American War. Articles include social media marketing, Scrivener writing tips, the Stars & Flags Book Awards, Bob Doerr's reading list and a poetry corner.