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Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution by Woody Holton
RRP: €28.55€16.24A "deeply researched and bracing retelling" (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans-women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious... -
Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton
RRP: €16.65€12.90A New York Times Bestseller Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime *Selected as one of "2016's Great Reads" by NPR *Finalist for the 2016 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year *An unforgettable cauldron of... -
Alexander Hamilton by Jonathan Hennessey 9780399580000
RRP: €20.22€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580000Author Jonathan HennesseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm)... -
'They Were Good Soldiers': African-Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783 by John U. Rees 9781911628545
RRP: €23.74€20.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628545Author John U. ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Resisting Independence: Popular Loyalism in the Revolutionary British Atlantic by Brad A. Jones
RRP: €52.36€46.10In Resisting Independence, Brad A. Jones maps the loyal British Atlantic's reaction to the American Revolution. Through close study of four important British Atlantic port cities-New York City; Kingston, Jamaica; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Glasgow,... -
The Bad Old Days of Colorado: Untold Stories of the Wild West by Randi Samuelson-Brown 9781493046522
RRP: €17.84€13.72The Bad Old Days of Colorado celebrates the state's glorious and rowdy past. Many people born and bred here relish just how "bad" things used to be: the terrain, the inhabitants and especially the quality of whiskey. It almost goes without... -
Women's Stories of 9/11: Voices from Afghanistan and the West by Christopher Hilton
RRP: €15.46€11.45This is a work of 11 self-contained chapters, one for each day of September before the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, each containing one woman's story. The chapters reflect the broadest spectrum of women in order to reflect, by their... -
Return to Bull Run: The Battle and Campaign of Second Manassas by John J. Hennessy 9780806131870
€36.89This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee's triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee's strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James... -
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman 9781501106309
RRP: €21.42€13.65The New York Times bestselling, "meticulously researched and absorbingly written" (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission.President John F. Kennedy astonished the... -
Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History by Dr Alan Huffman 9780061470561
RRP: €21.41€15.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061470561Author Dr Alan HuffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Southern Ladies and Gentlemen by Florence King 9780312099152
RRP: €23.79€15.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312099152Author Florence KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 272g -
Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building by Richard Drinnon 9780806129280
RRP: €30.88€24.13American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism. In his reinterpretation of "winning" the West, Drinnon links racism with colonialism and traces this interrelationship from the Pequot War in New England, through... -
Suppliers to the Confederacy: English Arms and Accoutrements by Craig L. Barry
RRP: €44.02€27.82In this book researchers Craig Barry and David Burt provide a fresh look at the incredible impact the English had on supplying the Confederacy and its effect on the U.S. Civil War. New research includes the discovery of lost information on many of the... -
Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America: A Genealogical History by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman 9780786464623
RRP: €34.50€27.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786464623Author Elizabeth Caldwell HirschmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 291Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co IncWeight(grams) 495g -
Saratoga : Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War by Richard M. Ketchum 9780805061239
RRP: €47.59€30.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805061239Author Richard M. KetchumFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Holt PaperbacksPublisher Holt PaperbacksWeight(grams) 794g -
Consumers' Imperium: The Global Production of American Domesticity, 1865-1920 by Kristin L. Hoganson 9780807857939
RRP: €51.11€48.25Histories of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era tend to characterize the United States as an expansionist nation bent on Americanizing the world without being transformed itself. In ""Consumers' Imperium"", Kristin Hoganson reveals the other half of the... -
Ghost Towns: Lost Cities of the Old West by Clint Thomsen 9780747810858
RRP: €10.70€9.70Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. But literally thousands more are scattered throughout the... -
Surveying Early America - The Point of Beginning, An Illustrated History by Dan Patterson 9781947603028
RRP: €33.32€24.97Living history is one of the most popular, and accessible ways for people of all ages to step back in time. From Colonial Williamsburg, to Mount Vernon, to signs along roadways identifying George Washington stopping points, living history continues to be... -
The Presidents' War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them by Chris DeRose 9781493009541
RRP: €17.84€15.90For the first time, readers will experience America's gravest crisis through the eyes of the five former presidents who lived it. Author and historian Chris DeRose chronicles history's most epic Presidential Royal Rumble, which culminated in a... -
Stark Mad Abolitionists: Lawrence, Kansas, and the Battle over Slavery in the Civil War Era by Robert K. Sutton 9781510716490
RRP: €22.60€19.12A town at the center of the United States becomes the site of an ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.In May, 1854, Massachusetts was in an uproar. A judge, bound by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, had just ordered a young African American man who... -
First Generations: Women in Colonial America by C Berkin 9780809016068
RRP: €24.99€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809016068Author C BerkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Atlantic BooksPublisher Atlantic Books -
Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union by Niall O'Dowd 9781510736344
RRP: €29.74€18.00From the founder of IrishCentral, a fascinating piece of Civil War history: Lincoln's relationship with the immigrants arriving in America to escape the Irish famine. "If you're a Lincoln fan like me, you'll love this book." -Liam NeesonWhen Pickett... -
Storm Over Carolina: The Confederate Navy's Struggle for Eastern North Carolina by R.Thomas Campbell 9781581824865
RRP: €15.46€13.03The struggle for control of the eastern waters of North Carolina duringthe War Between the States was a bitter, painful, and sometimeshumiliating one for the Confederate navy. No better example exists ofthe classic adage, Too little, too late. Burdened... -
A Military History of the Cold War, 1944-1962 by Jonathan M. House 9780806142623
€46.83The Cold War did not culminate in World War III as so many in the 1950s and 1960s feared, yet it spawned a host of military engagements that affected millions of lives. This book is the first comprehensive, multinational overview of military affairs... -
From Scottsboro to Munich: Race and Political Culture in 1930s Britain by Susan D. Pennybacker 9780691141862
RRP: €35.70€28.19Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, From Scottsboro to Munich follows a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. Susan Pennybacker positions race at the... -
Iconic New York Jewish Food: A History and Guide with Recipes by June Hersh
RRP: €28.55€18.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467152600Author June HershFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 160mm * 8mm -
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War: A Short History with Documents by Michelle Getchell 9781624667411
RRP: €22.60€18.65In October 1962, when the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War ensued, bringing the world close to the brink of nuclear war. Over two tense weeks, U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Soviet... -
The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present by Christopher Layne 9780801474118
RRP: €28.55€24.80In a provocative book about American hegemony, Christopher Layne outlines his belief that U.S. foreign policy has been consistent in its aims for more than sixty years and that the current Bush administration clings to mid-twentieth-century tactics-to no... -
Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York by Samuel Zipp 9780199874057
€47.30In a book praised by Times Literary Supplement as "richly detailed and thoughtfully written" and by Wall Street Journal as "compelling," Samuel Zipp sheds new light on the rise and fall of urban renewal in the decades after World War II. Focusing on four... -
Necessary Evil, A by WILLS 9780684870267
RRP: €20.22€19.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684870267Author WILLSFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 470gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 20mm -
Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805 by Joseph Wheelan 9780786714049
€25.82Author Joseph Wheelan has marvellously captured the story of America's war against the Barbary pirates, our first war against terror and the nations that support it. The Barbary pirates, a Muslim enemy from Tripoli, attacked European and American... -
The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town by Edward Berenson
RRP: €24.98€20.44On 22 September 1928, four-year-old Barbara Griffith strayed into the woods surrounding Massena in New York. Hundreds of people looked for the child but could not find her; then someone suggested that Barbara had been kidnapped and killed by Jews. The... -
Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II by Frederic Chapin Lane
€48.91During World War II, America's shipbuilding industry, mobilized under the U.S. Maritime Commission, set records of production that have never been equaled. Given the daunting task of building ships faster than they were being sunk, shipbuilding firms... -
The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America's Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality by Anna-Lisa Cox
RRP: €26.18€20.11The story of America's forgotten black pioneers, who escaped slavery, settled the frontier, and proved that racial equality was possible even as the country headed toward civil war.The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national... -
Fight House: Rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump by Tevi Troy
RRP: €26.18€20.27In Fight House: Rivalries in the White House, from Truman to Trump, Washington Post best-selling presidential historian and former senior White House aide Tevi Troy will examine some of the juiciest, nastiest, and most consequential internecine... -
Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500-1776 by Alden T. Vaughan 9780521738170
RRP: €32.12€24.92Transatlantic Encounters examines the diverse origins and experiences of approximately 175 American Indians and Inuits who traveled to the British Isles before the American Revolution. Their homelands ranged from northern Canada to Brazil, their ages... -
The Great Air Race: Death, Glory, and the Dawn of American Aviation by John Lancaster
RRP: €27.36€22.56Years before Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919... -
Empire in Retreat: The Past, Present, and Future of the United States by Victor Bulmer-Thomas
RRP: €32.73€27.72A sweeping history of the United States through the lens of empire-and an incisive look forward as the nation retreats from the global stage A respected authority on international relations and foreign policy, Victor Bulmer-Thomas offers a grand survey... -
Longman History Project The USA 1917-1980 Paper by Josh Brooman
€41.27Longman History Project provides excellent source and review material for both the Modern World History and the Schools History Project specifications. This highly illustrated and motivating series is suitable for each awarding body and is targeted at... -
Collecting Across Cultures: Material Exchanges in the Early Modern Atlantic World by Daniela Bleichmar 9780812222203
RRP: €38.08€34.05In the early modern age more people traveled farther than at any earlier time in human history. Many returned home with stories of distant lands and at least some of the objects they collected during their journeys. And those who did not travel eagerly...