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Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Roxane Gay
RRP: £19.99£17.37This powerful collection-which captures the energy, humour and humanity of the ground-breaking protests that surrounded the Stonewall Riots-celebrates the diversity of the LGBT rights movement, both in the subjects of the photos and by presenting Kay... -
Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Scott Ellsworth 9780807117675
£19.32When a crowd began to gather outside the jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the evening of May 31, 1921, the fate of one of its prisoners, a young black male, seemed assured. Accused of attempting to rape a white woman, Dick Rowland was with little doubt about... -
The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis by Gary W. Gallagher 9780807177273
RRP: £21.95£18.78In the seventy-three succinct essays gathered in The Enduring Civil War, celebrated historian Gary W. Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war, from its origins to its memory, as topics for study, contemplation, and dispute. He places... -
Foxfire 3 by Eliot Wigginton
RRP: £18.99£15.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385022729Author Foxfire Fund, Inc.Format PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 232mm... -
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution by Benson Bobrick 9781451626995
RRP: £22.00£17.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451626995Author Benson BobrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is—and Isn’t by Steven Conn 9780226826905
RRP: £25.00£21.32A "piercing, unsentimental" (New Yorker) history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis. It seems everyone has an opinion about rural America. Is it gripped in a tragic decline? Or is it on the cusp of a glorious revival? Is it the... -
America: A Narrative History by David E. Shi
£48.57America: A Narrative History puts narrative front and centre with David Shi's rich storytelling style, colourful biographical sketches and vivid first-person quotations. The new editions further reflect the state of our history and society by continuing... -
Uncommon Friends by James Newton
RRP: £19.99£13.80Newton engagingly recalls a lifetime of friendship with five giants of the twentieth century. Foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index; photographs.Book InformationISBN 9780156926201Author James D. NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Thomson... -
American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation by David Rothkopf
RRP: £25.00£17.38Each federal employee takes an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic," but none had imagined that enemy might be the Commander-in-Chief. With the presidency of Donald Trump, a fault... -
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald 9781439131343
RRP: £23.99£16.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439131343Author Frances FitzGeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)... -
Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen E. Ambrose
RRP: £18.99£13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385479660Author Stephen E. AmbroseFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
RRP: £17.99£15.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812979282Author Scott MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
Al Sieber: Chief of Scouts by Dan L. Thrapp 9780806127705
RRP: £21.95£21.66General George Crook planned and organized the principal Apache campaign in Arizona, and General Nelson Miles took credit for its successful conclusion on the 1800s, but the men who really won it were rugged frontiersmen such as Al Sieber, the renowned... -
Los Angeles Underworld by Avi Bash 9781467106382
RRP: £24.99£15.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467106382Author Avi BashFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Texas Rising: The Epic True Story of the Lone Star Republic and the Rise of the Texas Rangers, 1836-1846 by Stephen L Moore 9780062394316
RRP: £17.99£12.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062394316Author Stephen L MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 318g -
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America by Eric Jay Dolin
RRP: £14.99£13.43As Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What became immediately apparent, however, from the Indians... -
The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture by Lisa Hajjar
RRP: £25.00£19.99How hundreds of lawyers mobilized to challenge the illegal treatment of prisoners captured in the war on terror and helped force an end to the US government's most odious policies. In The War in Court, sociologist Lisa Hajjar traces the fight against... -
How The Post Office Created America: A History by Winifred Gallagher
RRP: £16.99£11.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143130062Author Winifred GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea 9780807118733
RRP: £38.95£29.96Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee... -
Mt Rushmore and Keystone by Tom Domek 9780738539614
RRP: £21.99£16.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738539614Author Tom DomekFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo by Dayton Duncan 9780593537343
RRP: £40.00£27.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593537343Author Dayton DuncanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 165mm... -
Suppressing the Truth in Dallas: Conspiracy, Cover-Up, and International Complications in the JFK Assassination Case by Charles Brandt
RRP: £20.00£12.86From the author of the #1 NYT bestseller I Heard You Paint Houses / The Irishman Featuring the eyewitness testimony of Earlene Roberts and Victor Robertson With this book, "Dallas" is now completely solved, by a professional and rational analysis.Charles... -
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Assistant Professor of History Kim Phillips-Fein 9781250160072
RRP: £22.99£14.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250160072Author Kim Phillips-FeinFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters (LOA #50) by Ulysses S. Grant 9780940450585
RRP: £27.95£24.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940450585Author Ulysses S. GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 1199Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)... -
Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South by Adam Rothman
RRP: £25.95£20.64Slave Country tells the tragic story of the expansion of slavery in the new United States. In the wake of the American Revolution, slavery gradually disappeared from the northern states and the importation of captive Africans was prohibited. Yet, at the... -
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell 9781613824344
RRP: £10.99£9.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613824344Author John Wesley PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Simon & BrownPublisher Simon & BrownWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 254mm *... -
Out of Stock: The Warehouse in the History of Capitalism by Dara Orenstein
RRP: £31.00£30.19In Out of Stock, Dara Orenstein delivers a nuanced, ambitious, and engrossing account of that most generic and underappreciated site in the history of American commerce and industry: the warehouse, and all its many permutations. She traces the... -
Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States by Professor Michael Lind 9780061834813
RRP: £18.99£13.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061834813Author Professor Michael LindFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)... -
Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War by Lisa Brooks
RRP: £22.50£13.48Winner of the 2019 Bancroft Prize: A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial America"By making what we thought was a small story very large indeed-Ms. Brooks really does give us 'A New History of King... -
Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the "Massacre" by Ian K. Steele 9780195084269
RRP: £29.49£15.24On the morning of August 9, 1757, British and colonial officers defending the besieged Fort William Henry surrendered to French forces, accepting the generous "parole of honor" offered by General Montcalm. As the column of British and colonials marched... -
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians by David M. Rubenstein
RRP: £25.00£19.47Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians.In these lively dialogues, the... -
Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America by Jeff Wiltse 9780807871270
RRP: £28.95£24.29This title presents a story of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure. From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and... -
The Urban Crucible: The Northern Seaports and the Origins of the American Revolution, Abridged Edition by Gary B. Nash 9780674930599
RRP: £32.95£32.78The Urban Crucible boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the American Revolution. Through a century-long history of three seaport towns-Boston, New York, and Philadelphia-Gary Nash discovers subtle changes in social and political awareness... -
The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War by Donald Stoker 9780199931149
RRP: £18.49£13.73Despite the abundance of books on the Civil War, not one has focused exclusively on what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy. In The Grand Design, Donald Stoker provides for the... -
Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power by Inderjeet Parmar
RRP: £25.00£19.59Inderjeet Parmar reveals the complex interrelations, shared mindsets, and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony. Focusing on the involvement of the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie... -
For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War by Melvyn P. Leffler 9780374531423
£16.67To the amazement of the public, pundits, and even the policy-makers themselves, the ideological and political conflict that endangered the world for half a century came to an end in 1990. How did that happen? What had caused the cold war in the first... -
The Dillinger Days by John Toland
£17.91For thirteen violent months in the 1930s, John Dillinger and his gang swept through the Midwest. The criminals of the Depression robbed almost at will (the Indiana State Police had only 41 members, including clerks and typists). Dillinger's daring... -
The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy by Professor Nicholas Lemann 9780374527518
RRP: £20.99£15.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374527518Author Professor Nicholas LemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)... -
They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty by John G. Turner
RRP: £25.00£21.32Published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing, this ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony "will become the new standard work on the Plymouth Colony" (Thomas Kidd) "Informative, accessible, and compelling. . . . A... -
Cerro Gordo by Cecile Page Vargo 9781531664336
RRP: £24.99£18.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531664336Author Cecile Page VargoFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublisher Arcadia Publishing Library...