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  • af National Portrait Gallery
    208,95 kr.

    A gorgeous publication that reveals the historical importance of first ladies through portraiture.Each first lady has brought her own priorities and flair to the position that has never been officially defined. They have served as hostesses, trendsetters, activists, and political players. First Ladies of the United States features 84 portraits of the nation''s first ladies, as varied in style and representation as the individual women they depict. From watercolors and oil paintings to engravings and photographs, this book celebrates the legacy of first ladies throughout history.First ladies are some of the most scrutinized public figures in the country, praised or criticized on everything from their fashion to their level of political involvement. There''s no better way to explore their visibility and lasting impact than with First Ladies of the United States, which places remarkable portraits alongside an insightful essay and lively entries that illuminate the history of the women who have shaped the White House.

  • - Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
    af National Museum of the American Indian
    333,95 kr.

  • - Discoveries from the Smithsonian Founder
    af Steven (Steven Turner) Turner
    298,95 kr.

  • - Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai in the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art
    af Frank (Frank Feltens) Feltens
    333,95 kr.

  • - In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En Los Barrios y LAS Grandes Ligas
    af Margaret (Margaret Salazar-Porzio) Salazar-Porzio
    353,95 kr.

  • - A Photographic Exploration
    af National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
    368,95 kr.

    An extraordinary illustrated overview of the National Marine Sanctuary System and a guide to its fourteen protected underwater locationsAmerica's Marine Sanctuaries tells the story of fourteen underwater places so important they are under special protection, together forming the US National Marine Sanctuary System. These sanctuaries, spanning more than 620,000 square miles and ranging from the Florida Keys to the Great Lakes and to the Hawaiian Islands, are critical and breathtaking marine habitats that provide homes to endangered and threatened species. They also preserve America's rich maritime heritage and act as living laboratories for science, research, education, and conservation, offering outdoor recreation experiences for all ages. Through 175 full-color photographs and lively narrative, America's Marine Sanctuaries showcases each of the marine sanctuaries and the creatures that live there, from whales and manatees to Hawaiian monk seals and Laysan ducks, as well as sunken ships from the Ghost Fleet and USS Monitor to Shipwreck Alley. The book underscores how marine sanctuaries have shaped the nation's development, survival, and identity, and celebrates these protected underwater treasures for all they can tell us about our communities, our country, and our world.

  • - A Joyful ABC Book
    af Anna Forgerson (Anna Forgerson Hindley) Hindley
    108,95 kr.

    An ABC book celebrating and inspiring diversityA Is for All the Things You Are: A Joyful ABC Book is an alphabet board book developed by the National Museum of African American History and Culture that celebrates what makes us unique as individuals and connects us as humans. This lively and colorful book introduces young readers, from infants to age seven, to twenty-six key traits they can explore and cultivate as they grow. Each letter offers a description of the trait, a question inviting the reader to examine how he or she experiences it in daily life, and lively illustrations. The book supports understanding and development of each child's healthy racial identity, the joy of human diversity and inclusion, a sense of justice, and children's capacity to act for their own and others' fair treatment.

  • - A Galaxy of Astonishing Answers to Your Questions on Spaceflight
    af Tom (Tom Jones) Jones
    138,95 kr.

    Ever wondered what space is really like? Thanks to his 25 years of training for, flying in, consulting on, and writing and speaking about space, astronaut and spacewalker Tom Jones can answer that question and many others. What do you feel on liftoff? What is weightlessness? Where do you sleep in space? Can you see the Great Wall of China? Jones answers every question you have ever had about space in Ask the Astronaut. His entertaining blend of wit, personal experience, and technical expertise shines in each answer, and together all the answers illuminate the true space experience from start to finish. His engaging and informative responses remind readers of historic space achievements, acquaint them with exciting new ambitions, make them feel like they have experienced space firsthand, and even inspire an urge to explore space themselves. Jones covers everything from the training process for new astronaut candidates and the physical sensations and challenges of rocketing into orbit to what it's like to live, work, and walk in space. Jones also explores the future of spaceflight, both professional and commercial, in the years to come. Ask the Astronaut is a delight for all readers, especially "armchair astronauts" and younger, 21st century space explorers.

  • - Difference and Desire in American Portraiture
    af Jonathan D. (Jonathan D. Katz) Katz
    463,95 kr.

  • - Material Culture Reflections on Race and Migration in the United States
     
    433,95 kr.

  • - Tang Treasures from the Java Sea
    af Regina Krahl
    598,95 kr.

  • af Douglas Brinkley
    408,95 kr.

  • - Jet-age Test Pilot
    af A. M. "Tex" Johnston
    228,95 kr.

  • - The Promise of Plastic in 1950's America
    af Alison J. Clarke
    178,95 kr.

  • - The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
    af Peter L. Jakab
    208,95 kr.

  • - The North Atlantic Saga
     
    378,95 kr.

    Replete with color photographs, drawings, and maps of Viking sites, artifacts, and landscapes, this book celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book''s contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the expansion of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World. They show that Norse contacts with Native American groups were more extensive than has previously been believed, but that the outnumbered Europeans never established more than temporary settlements in North America.

  • - Archaeology and Colonial African America
    af Leland Ferguson
    263,95 kr.

  • - John Boyd and American Security
    af Grant Hammond
    188,95 kr.

    The ideas of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd have transformed American military policy and practice. A first-rate fighter pilot and a self-taught scholar, he wrote the first manual on jet aerial combat; spearheaded the design of both of the Air Force's premier fighters, the F-15 and the F-16; and shaped the tactics that saved lives during the Vietnam War and the strategies that won the Gulf War. Many of America's best-known military and political leaders consulted Boyd on matters of technology, strategy, and theory.In The Mind of War, Grant T. Hammond offers the first complete portrait of John Boyd, his groundbreaking ideas, and his enduring legacy. Based on extensive interviews with Boyd and those who knew him as well as on a close analysis of Boyd's briefings, this intellectual biography brings the work of an extraordinary thinker to a broader public.

  • - Essays on Material Culture
    af Stephen Lubar
    263,95 kr.

  • - Standard Methods for Mammals
     
    383,95 kr.

  • - The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook
    af Carole C. Baldwin & Julie Mounts
    363,95 kr.

  • - The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santeria
    af Katherine J. (Katherine J. Hagedorn) Hagedorn
    363,95 kr.

  • af National Museum of African American History and
    163,95 kr.

    "A colorful guide introducing the newest Smithsonian museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture"--

  • - Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations
     
    413,95 kr.

  • af Lisa Kathleen (Lisa Kathleen Graddy) Graddy
    158,95 kr.

  • af Michael A. Steele
    208,95 kr.

  • - the Smithsonian Answer Book
    af Victor G. Springer
    263,95 kr.

  • - America'S Romance with Air-Conditioning
    af Marsha (Marsha Ackermann) Ackermann
    338,95 kr.

    The year 2002 marked the 100th anniversary of the first installation of air-conditioning. During the past century, it has become a staple of American life; 83% of US homes are now air-conditioned. In this engaging social history, Marsha Ackermann explores how the idea of "cooling" became firmly embedded in the social perceptions and expectations of Americans, transforming our definition of comfort and the way we live, work, and play.

  • - Uniformed Women in the Great War
     
    423,95 kr.

    Scholars in recent decades have begun to pay a great deal of attention to the mobilization of women in the Great War, but why so many women, civilian and military alike, wore uniforms is a question that has scarcely been asked, much less answered. The contributors to Cutting a New Pattern bring this question to the fore and show why it matters. Of the many ways the Great War divided the past from the future, few were more significant than the reordered place of women in society. Although women's new status clearly had prewar roots, it just as clearly derived from their wartime participation in uniform. Not only did tens of thousands of women for the first time become members of the uniformed forces, many tens of thousands more wore uniforms as members of an enormous variety of paramilitary or quasi-military services, civilian relief and welfare organizations, and as workers. Uniformed female workers and volunteers for wartime service in such large numbers was unprecedented. This ground-breaking project moves women's uniforms to center stage.

  • - Open Dimension
    af The Hirshhorn Museum
    548,95 kr.