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The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone
RRP: $25.79$20.54**The New York Times bestseller****Updated to include Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Libya, ISIS, and Syria**'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the... -
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer 9781784704216
RRP: $16.76$11.73From one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019****FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL... -
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan 9780063269330
RRP: $16.76$10.94A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan’s new book chronicles ten days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It’s a captivating story about what’s worth fighting for, an antidote to... -
Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality by Angus Deaton 9780691247625
RRP: $25.80$18.77From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craftWhen economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the... -
Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next by Bradley Onishi 9781506482163
RRP: $24.50$21.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506482163Author Bradley OnishiFormat HardbackPage Count 237Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g -
September 1, 1939: A Biography of a Poem by Ian Sansom 9780007557233
RRP: $14.18$10.02This is a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. This is a book... -
Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World by Peter Zeihan 9780062913685
RRP: $32.25$21.71Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns?Most countries and companies are... -
The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007 by Martin Amis
RRP: $14.18$10.02Martin Amis first wrote about September 11 a week later in a piece for The Guardian beginning, 'It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment.' He has kept returning to September 11, in... -
The Candidate: What it Takes to Win - and Hold - the White House by Samuel L. Popkin 9780199325214
RRP: $23.85$17.20There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: The inevitable winner when it begins--such as Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton in 2008--and the inevitable victor after it ends. In The Candidate, Samuel Popkin explains the difference... -
The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone 9780091949310
RRP: $24.50$17.56'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, GuardianThe Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian... -
Ringolevio by Emmett Grogan
RRP: $27.09$18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172865Author Emmett GroganFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age by Roberta Katz
RRP: $27.09$22.91Born since the mid-1990s, Generation Z is the first generation never to know the world without the internet, and it is the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them?... -
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
RRP: $16.76$13.02What will planet Earth be like in twenty years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future. Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with... -
Who Owns the Dead?: The Science and Politics of Death at Ground Zero by Jay D. Aronson
RRP: $46.38$37.87After September 11, with New Yorkers reeling from the World Trade Center attack, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch proclaimed that his staff would do more than confirm the identity of the individuals who were killed. They would attempt to identify... -
Barcelona Dreaming by Michael Wolff
RRP: $21.92$14.89Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.The stories are narrated, in turn, by an English... -
The January 6 Report by The January 6th Committee
RRP: $19.34$13.03The instant #1 New York Times bestsellerThe official report and findings of the bipartisan Congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trump's related coup conspiracies to overthrow the election, with an original... -
The Storm is Here: America on the Brink Luke Mogelson 9781529418736
RRP: $16.76$11.09The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder, in a vivid eyewitness narrative of revelatory explanatory power.'This is a searing book, exquisitely... -
Do Morals Matter?: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump by Joseph S. Nye 9780190935962
RRP: $30.30$20.47Americans constantly make moral judgments about presidents and foreign policy. Unfortunately, many of these assessments are poorly thought through. A president is either praised for the moral clarity of his statements or judged solely on the results of... -
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne 9780812976502
RRP: $24.50$17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812976502Author Jed HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Times BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374g -
Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein by John Nixon
RRP: $16.76$11.73A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces captured... -
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Wesley Lowery
RRP: $12.89$9.17**Winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose**'A devastating front-line account of the police killings and the young activism that sparked one of the most significant racial justice movements since the 1960s: Black Lives... -
The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of "The Big Lie" by Major Garrett
RRP: $36.11$24.01When a seven-million-vote margin of victory and 306 electoral votes pointed to Joe Biden as the victor in the 2020 Presidential Election, Trump-fueled conspiracy theories exploded. In The Big Truth, CBS's Chief Washington correspondent Major... -
Have a Nice Day: How I Stopped Sneering and Learned to Love America by Justin Webb 9781906021528 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$2.95This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful?'.About... -
Have a Nice Day: How I Stopped Sneering and Learned to Love America Justin Webb 9781906021528
RRP: $19.34$12.64This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful?'.About... -
Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post by Martin Baron 9781250844200
RRP: $45.14$27.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250844200Author Martin BaronFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
RRP: $27.09$10.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism 2017. Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780307947901Author... -
Population Control: How Corporate Owners Are Killing Us by Jim Marrs 9780062359902
RRP: $16.76$10.94From the food we eat, the water we drink to the air we breathe, everything these days seems capable of killing us. Recently we have seen an unprecedented number of deaths due to medications for diseases that may not even exist, obscure cancers caused by... -
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior
RRP: $18.05$14.84The rise of Donald Trump may have shocked Americans, but it should not have surprised them. His anti-democratic movement is the culmination of a decades-long breakdown of U.S. institutions. The same blindness to U.S. decline - particularly the loss of... -
The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup by Dana Frank
RRP: $32.24$18.87This powerful narrative recounts the tumultuous time in Honduras that witnessed then-President Manuel Zelaya deposed by a coup in June 2009, told through first-person experiences and layered with deeper political analysis. It weaves together two... -
Access to History for Cambridge International AS Level: The History of the USA 1820-1941 Alan Farmer 9781510448681
$41.14This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the History of the USA 1820-1941 Option from the Cambridge AS Level History syllabus for first examination from 2021.Develop knowledge and analytical skills with engaging... -
The Death of Truth by Michiko Kakutani
RRP: $10.31$6.98From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West's retreat from reason. 'The Death of Truth is destined to become the defining treatise of our age' David Grann ... -
Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War by Martin Pengelly 9781567927115
RRP: $28.37$19.13"We're better off for having these men among us."-Wall Street JournalBefore 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and... -
The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy by Chris Kempshall
RRP: $49.01$43.06This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up the Star Wars franchise relating to the portrayal and representation of real-world history and politics.Drawing on a variety of sources, including films,... -
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 9780393326710 [USED COPY]
RRP: $15.47$2.95In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine... -
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 9780393326710
RRP: $15.47$13.09In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine... -
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad by Peter L Bergen
RRP: $28.38$17.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307955883Author Peter L. BergenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm)... -
The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West by Malcolm Nance 9780316484817
RRP: $32.25$24.78In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. For the first time, The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how... -
The Storm is Here: America on the Brink Luke Mogelson 9781529418712
RRP: $32.25$21.13The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder, in a vivid eyewitness narrative of revelatory explanatory power.'This is a searing book, exquisitely... -
The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11 by John Farmer 9781594484780
RRP: $30.96$21.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594484780Author John FarmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 209mm *... -
From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society by Taylor Markarian 9781642501148
RRP: $18.05$14.13Following in the footsteps of music history/biography texts such as the infamous Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, From the Basement details the rise in popularity of rock in the...