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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
RRP: $14.18$9.35THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Coming November 2020 as a major motion picture from Netflix starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close 'The political book of the year' Sunday Times 'A frank,... -
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson 9781783787623
RRP: $12.89$8.64'A masterpiece... One of the best prose writers in our time' Michael Ondaatje An epic miniature of one man's life journey through the American West at the turn of the twentieth century. Robert Grainier is a day labourer in the American West,... -
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne
RRP: $16.76$11.09In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. ... -
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot
RRP: $19.34$12.51Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells America's greatest untold story: the United States' rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving director of the CIA. America's rise... -
Storm Tide: The landmark 50th global bestseller from the one and only Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith by Wilbur Smith
RRP: $14.18$6.35BOOK 19 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 3 IN THE TIGER'S PREY SEQUENCE.The Courtney family is torn apart as three generations fight on opposing sides of a terrible war that will change the face... -
The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World by Edward Shawcross 9781541674196
RRP: $38.70$29.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541674196Author Edward ShawcrossFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 161mm * 30mm -
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin Kelley
$19.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (Nonfiction) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9781439190463Author Robin D G KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint The Free... -
Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney 9781035416349
RRP: $32.25$21.65A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution-leading to the violent attack on the Capitol on 6th January 2021-by the House Republican leader who dared... -
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 by Mitchell Zuckoff
RRP: $16.76$10.94THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The farewell calls from the planes... the mounting terror of air traffic control... the mothers who knew they were witnessing their loved ones perish... From an author... -
Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War by Max Hastings
RRP: $16.76$11.46THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator 'A masterful performance' Sunday Times 'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year Vietnam became... -
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: A new investigation into the mysteries of the human past by the bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods and Magicians of the Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: $19.34$7.64***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'Hancock's books provide a fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. America Before, detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend into a new story of the past.' Daily MailWas an advanced... -
A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History by Professor Jeremy Black
RRP: $14.18$4.53A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all... -
The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America by Robert Thurston 9781405840835
RRP: $47.72$46.10Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 - the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was... -
In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired `Moby Dick' by Nathaniel Philbrick
RRP: $14.18$9.35The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged... -
Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
RRP: $12.89$8.64WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2018 In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul... -
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins
RRP: $19.34$14.36'No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly' - New York Times Book Review In July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon. Fifty years later, it is still one of... -
The Mammoth Book of Native Americans by Jon E. Lewis 9781841195933 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$4.24Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the... -
The Mammoth Book of Native Americans by Jon E. Lewis
RRP: $16.76$11.09Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the... -
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America - A Recent History by Kurt Andersen
RRP: $16.76$10.73How an elite cabal rewrote the American dream for their gain - and left the rest of world behind.Evil Geniuses is the secret history of how, over the last half century, from even before Ronald Reagan through Donald Trump, America has sharply swerved away... -
They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima
RRP: $24.50$16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968170Author Ivan Van SertimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
RRP: $19.34$12.64FULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITION Shortlisted for Penderyn Music Prize Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that... -
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev
RRP: $25.79$22.82'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called `path breaking,' `seminal,' `essential,' a `must read.' How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of... -
OCR GCSE (9-1) History B (SHP) Foundation Edition: The Norman Conquest 1065-1087 by Jamie Byrom
$28.29Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbook.Help more students to access the content for OCR GCSE History B (SHP) with this Foundation Edition,... -
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen 9781785038679
RRP: $19.34$14.13You're entitled to your own opinion but not your own factsFantasy is the USA's primary product. From the Pilgrim Fathers onward America has been a place where renegades and freaks came in search of freedom to create their own realities with little... -
A Little History of Canada by H. V. Nelles
$17.18This lively and opinionated history is a whirlwind tour of the Canadian land and inhabitants from the earliest human occupation to the present. The country has undergone several fundamental changes - from Indigenous occupation, to French and British... -
OCR GCSE (9-1) History B (SHP) Foundation Edition: The Making of America 1789-1900 by Jamie Byrom
$28.29Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbook.Help more students to access the content for OCR GCSE History B (SHP) with this Foundation Edition,... -
Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith
RRP: $25.80$18.12BOOK 19 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 3 IN THE TIGER'S PREY SEQUENCE.The Courtney family is torn apart as three generations fight on opposing sides of a terrible war that will change the face... -
The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction by Louis P. Masur
RRP: $11.60$8.82More than one hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P... -
Las Vegas Then and Now - Version 5 by Su Kim Chung
RRP: $25.80$19.72Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the city's history with the same view today. 'Las Vegas Then and Now' captures the city's evolution from a desert railroad outpost into the gambling and entertainment capital of the... -
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 9781847926180
RRP: $25.80$18.95In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written. Throughout... -
The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine Howe
RRP: $12.89$9.17A chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial AmericaFrom a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to... -
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah by Olaudah Equiano 9781495354823
RRP: $9.66$8.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495354823Author Olaudah EquianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West by H. W. Brands 9781541672543
RRP: $20.63$17.23In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West, from Lewis and Clark's expedition in the early 19th century to the closing of the frontier by the early 20th. He introduces us to explorers,... -
The Warrior and the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Brothers Who Led the Native American Resistance by Peter Cozzens 9781838951511
RRP: $14.18$9.44A History Book of the Year in The Times 'Cozzens is a master storyteller; his books weave a wealth of intricate detail into gripping historical narrative.' The Times'Marvellous... One of the best pieces of Native American history I have read.' S.C... -
OCR GCSE (9-1) History B (SHP) Foundation Edition: Living under Nazi Rule 1933-1945 by Jamie Byrom
$28.29Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbook.Help more students to access the content for OCR GCSE History B (SHP) with this Foundation Edition,... -
The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire by Stephen Bown
RRP: $23.21$16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385694094Author Stephen BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House USAPublisher Random House USA Inc -
How Slavery in the Americas Matters: The Origins of Global Power by Professor James Walvin
RRP: $32.25$21.65A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centuries. Arguing that slavery can only be fully understood by stepping back from traditional national histories, this book collects the... -
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
RRP: $12.89$8.64WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read' - Vivian Gornick, author of... -
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 by Richard White 9780190053765
RRP: $27.08$20.56The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Richard White offers a fresh and integrated interpretation... -
Gimson's Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Crisp and witty' Charles Moore, Spectator'A brilliant survey of the occupants of the Oval Office' Daniel Johnson, Article'Witty and succinct with splendid caricatures' Tibor Fischer, CriticA spirited and entertaining aide-memoire offering 44 short,...