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The Greatest Heist Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy 9781493039982
RRP: $25.71$19.31Crime does pay. At least for a while. You'll see that quickly in these the ten compelling and true stories of brilliant plans, guile, and nerves of steel. The thieves awaiting you seem to have it all. They are clever, cool, and set at their goals with... -
To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah Feldman 9780374298340
RRP: $54.89$34.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374298340Author Noah FeldmanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Anti-Slavery Classic by Frederick Douglass
RRP: $17.14$11.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857089106Author Frederick DouglassFormat HardbackImprint Capstone Publishing LtdPublisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd -
A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell 9781416576136
RRP: $34.31$22.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416576136Author Thaddeus RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 24mm -
William Powell and Myrna Loy: The Lives and Careers of One of Classical Hollywood's Most Iconic Duos by Charles River Editors 9781693208485
RRP: $24.25$21.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781693208485Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)... -
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
RRP: $39.43$21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062397348Author Howard ZinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Generations by William Strauss 9780688119126
$25.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688119126Author William StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 538Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 771g -
Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen 9781982154547
RRP: $55.75$35.20New York Times Bestseller New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States.Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III... -
Why Jazz Happened by Marc Myers 9780520268784
RRP: $51.46$39.14"Why Jazz Happened" is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles. Rich with... -
Twelve Years a Slave: The Anti-Slavery Classic by Solomon Northup 9780857089069
RRP: $17.14$11.66DISCOVER A TALE OF UNIMAGINABLE ADVERSITY Twelve Years a Slave tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born man of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South in 1841. His true tale of captivity, torture and abuse brings to... -
The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester
RRP: $25.71$16.64From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation. For more than two centuries, E pluribus unum - out of many, one - has been featured on America's official government seals and... -
Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America by Vivienne Sanders 9781786837905
RRP: $20.57$15.44In 1971, Californian congressman Thomas M. Rees told the US House of Representatives that 'very little has been written of what the Welsh have contributed in all walks of life in the shaping of American history'. This book is the first systematic attempt... -
Prophecy without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square by Cathleen Kaveny
RRP: $46.23$35.97American culture warriors have plenty to argue about, but battles over such issues as abortion and torture have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny reframes the debate about religion in the public square by focusing on... -
King Richard: an American tragedy by Michael Dobbs
RRP: $32.57$22.01From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president. In January 1973, Richard... -
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West by Katie Hickman
RRP: $22.28$14.75The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FOREMAN'Absolutely compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB'A blazing view of the American story' BETTANY HUGHES'Gripping,... -
When I Dare to Be Powerful by Audre Lorde
RRP: $13.71$9.93'Women so empowered are dangerous'Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female strength and solidarity, and a cry to speak out against those... -
Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die by Garrett M. Graff
RRP: $36.02$22.61Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV! The shocking truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil-even if the rest of us die-is "a frightening eye-opener" (Kirkus Reviews) that... -
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't by Stephen Prothero 9780060859527
RRP: $27.43$21.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060859527Author Stephen ProtheroFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi 9780300143119
RRP: $29.14$28.58The first book to untangle the complex and often duplicitous relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States In this era of superheated rhetoric and vitriolic exchanges between the leaders of Iran and Israel, the threat of nuclear violence looms. But... -
The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose
RRP: $10.27$7.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448401683Author Cara AshroseFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 85gDimensions(mm)... -
The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952 by Michael J. Hogan
RRP: $60.02$46.02Michael Hogan shows how The Marshall Plan was more than an effort to put American aid behind the economic reconstruction of Europe. American officials hoped to refashion Western Europe into a smaller version of the integrated single-market and mixed... -
OCR A Level History: The American Revolution 1740-1796 and The USA in the 19th Century 1803-1890 by Mike Wells
$54.70Exam board: OCRLevel: A LevelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: AS: Summer 2016, A Level: Summer 2017An OCR endorsed resourceSuccessfully cover Unit Group 2 with the right amount of depth and pace; this bespoke series from the... -
Encounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident by Nick Pope 9781250063311
RRP: $34.31$21.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250063311Author Nick PopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. 260hington
RRP: $34.31$22.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767915472Author Harriet A. WashingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm)... -
Economic Actors and the Limits of Transitional Justice: Truth and Justice for Past Business Complicity in Human Rights Violations by Leigh A. Payne 9780197267264
$129.54The rights of victims to truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition when businesses are involved in past and present abuses are seldom guaranteed. A legacy of impunity has prevailed globally in which economic actors have incurred few... -
United States: Essays 1952-1992 by Gore Vidal
RRP: $29.14$21.51Gore Vidal's reputation as America's finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three... -
American Dreamers by Michael Kazin
RRP: $32.57$22.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279194Author Michael KazinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare by Paul Lockhart
RRP: $51.46$33.96The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of military technology from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era --... -
Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World by DeWitt Professor of History Eric Foner 9780809097050
RRP: $32.59$20.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809097050Author Professor of History Eric FonerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America by Don Jordan 9780814742969
$47.02The forgotten story of the thousands of white Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from... -
Between the World and Me: Notes on the First 150 Years in America by Ta-Nehisi Coates
RRP: $34.31$25.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of US National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780812993547Author Ta-Nehisi CoatesFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House... -
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Brotherhood and Sacrifice by Adam Makos
RRP: $18.85$12.56***NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING JONATHAN MAJORS AND GLEN POWELL***'This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.' Erik LarsonDevotion tells the gripping story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo - Tom Hudner, a white New Englander, and... -
American History: A Very Short Introduction by Paul S. Boyer
RRP: $17.99$12.76This brief history of America will span the earliest migrations to the present, reflecting Paul S. Boyer's interests in social, intellectual, and cultural history, including popular culture and religion. It will reflect his personal view of American... -
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis
RRP: $27.43$18.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525575023Author Wayne CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America by Duncan Bell
RRP: $42.88$32.90How transatlantic thinkers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries promoted the unification of Britain and the United StatesBetween the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals... -
Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas by Richard Price
RRP: $48.03$41.25Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a... -
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower 9780062305206
$20.26A remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas. America's First Families are unknowable in... -
The Terror Dream: What 9/11 Revealed about America by Susan Faludi 9781843547792
RRP: $38.59$27.38Shortlisted for the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Non-fiction, 2008'A brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous account of America's nervous breakdown after 9/11.' -- Publishers Weekly *starred review*In this remarkable and strikingly... -
A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America by Bruce Cannon Gibney
$36.54We are living in a time when it has become fashionable to question the American Dream and to proclaim the end of American exceptionalism (though it's not clear what that is or was). It's Reagan's, Bush's, Clinton's, Bush's, Obama's fault that social... -
Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson 9781590771488
RRP: $30.86$27.93Its mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in London in 1717. Once known, Freemasonry spread throughout the world and attracted kings, emperors, and statesmen to take its sacred oaths. It...