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U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis by Richard Breitman 9780521617949
RRP: €36.88€28.80Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space by James R. Hansen 9780813049335
RRP: €33.26€25.05He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs--more than any other human. He served with NASA for more than four decades. His peers called him the ""astronaut's astronaut.""Enthusiasts of space exploration have long waited... -
Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations by Suzan Shown Harjo
RRP: €41.65€31.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588344786Author Suzan Shown HarjoFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g -
A Walk across America by Peter Jenkins 9780060959555
RRP: €22.60€14.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060959555Author Peter JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 300g -
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: One Volume Abridged Edition Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill 9781350042940
RRP: €28.55€26.62'This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of... -
Backfire: A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did by Loren Baritz 9780801859533
RRP: €30.35€26.70In a probing look at the myths of American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire, Loren Baritz exposes our national illusions: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumption that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our... -
The Italian Americans: A History Maria Laurino 9780393241297
RRP: €33.31€28.87Looking beyond the familiar Little Italys and stereotypes fostered by The Godfather and The Sopranos, Maria Laurino reveals surprising, fascinating lives: From Italian Americans working on sugar-cane plantations in Louisiana to those who were lynched in... -
The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation by Jim Cullen
RRP: €19.03€13.82"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the... -
Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History by Jaipreet Virdi
RRP: €19.04€16.47Weaving together lyrical history and personal memoir, Virdi powerfully examines society's-and her own-perception of life as a deaf person in America. At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi's world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but... -
The Banjo: America's African Instrument by Laurent Dubois
RRP: €32.07€25.95The banjo has been called by many names over its history, but they all refer to the same sound-strings humming over skin-that has eased souls and electrified crowds for centuries. The Banjo invites us to hear that sound afresh in a biography of one of... -
Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas by Richard Price
RRP: €33.32€29.20Now 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 American Civil Rights Movement: A Documentary History by Robert P. Green 9780719070136
RRP: €23.79€21.21The American Civil Rights Movement: A documentary history collects in a single, brief volume, documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents), the legal struggle in the courts, and... -
Butch Cassidy: Beyond the Grave by W.C. Jameson 9781630760380
RRP: €14.27€13.44This well-researched biography of the life-and controversial death-of Robert LeRoy Parker, a.k.a. Butch Cassidy, is a journey across the late-nineteenth-century American West as we follow Cassidy's exploits in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, where he made... -
The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 9780802125682
RRP: €15.46€11.58Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle to George Carlin to Eddie Murphy to Louis CK--comedy historian Kliph... -
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
RRP: €38.07€34.96The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths", Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes Jill Lepore in a... -
U.S. History For Dummies Steve Wiegand 9781119550693
RRP: €22.60€15.65Find FREE chapter quizzes onlineDiscover important events that shaped the nationGet to know the superstars of the past Don't miss a moment of U.S. history The United States is undergoing a period of intense political and social change. From the rise of... -
America: The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition) by William J. Bennett
RRP: €23.80€17.01A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter... -
The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings: A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family by Thomas Maier 9780465043187
€39.62For 150 years, the story of the Kennedy family has been inextricably linked to their heritage as Irish-Catholic immigrants- from Patrick Kennedy's 1848 arrival in Brahmin Boston from Country Wexford Ireland, to Joseph Kennedy's Vatican ties and Jackie's... -
Foxfire 1 by Eliot Wigginton
RRP: €22.60€15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385073530Author Foxfire Fund, Inc.Format PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 233mm... -
Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft by Paul Boyer
RRP: €32.07€25.48Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill.The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion, individual and organized, which had been... -
Sinister ForcesaThe Nine: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft by Peter Levenda 9780984185818
RRP: €26.12€21.93The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are examined in this first volume of a three-part set, exposing new connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Based on the premise that there is a... -
On the Trail of the Old West Then and Now by Winston G. Ramsey
RRP: €22.60€16.67The Old West may have faded from living memory but the actual locations where the robberies and shoot-outs took place can still be found over one hundred years later. In the pages of On the Trail of the Old West Then and Now, we glimpse the past through... -
Becoming Irish American: The Making and Remaking of a People from Roanoke to JFK by Timothy J. Meagher 9780300126273
RRP: €29.75€24.89The origins and evolution of Irish American identity, from colonial times through the twentieth century "Subtly provocative. . . . [Meagher] traces the making and remaking of Irish America through several iterations and shows the impact of religion on... -
Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award 1963 and Pulitzer Prize 1964 and Sidney Hillman Prize 1963.Book InformationISBN 9780394703176Author Richard... -
Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965 by Vicki L. Crawford
RRP: €22.60€19.90"[Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles, and places them in front, behind, and in the middle of the Southern movement that re-made America. . . . It... -
Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s by Simon Hall 9780571353088
RRP: €13.08€8.71Rising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.'With its cool judgements and blackly comic sense of irony, Hall's book is a rare pleasure to read.'DOMINIC SANDBROOK,... -
The Presidents and UFOs: A Secret History from FDR to Obama by Larry Holcombe 9781250091642
RRP: €23.80€16.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250091642Author Larry HolcombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet 9781324074519
RRP: €17.84€14.28Nominally Christian churches glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while others celebrate an ecstatic indulgence in hate, citing Scripture whilst preparing for civil war. Lonely men gather to rage against women. There, too, in the undertow, the... -
Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16 by Dan Hampton 9780062262097
RRP: €11.89€8.38The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation-a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from... -
The American President: Detailed Biographies, Historical Timelines, from George Washington to Joseph R. Biden, Jr Kathryn Moore 9781454943174
RRP: €35.70€24.28The most thorough, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume reference to the presidency in print.About the Author In addition to The American President, Kathryn Moore is the co-author of Dear Harry...Truman's Mailroom, 1945-1953: The Truman... -
Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 by George C. Herring 9780190212469
RRP: €19.03€15.03Praised in the New York Times Book Review for its "Herculean power of synthesis," George C. Herring's 2008 From Colony to Superpower has won wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 is... -
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J. Silverman
RRP: €15.46€11.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632869258Author David J. SilvermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 686g -
Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present by Donald Stoker 9781009257275
RRP: €41.65€35.49Across the full span of the nation's history, Donald Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand... -
The Everything American Government Book: From the Constitution to Present-Day Elections, All You Need to Understand Our Democratic System by Nick Ragone
RRP: €20.22€15.65Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system-from the Constitution to present-day elections-with The Everything American Government Book.If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average... -
The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Restall 9780195392296
RRP: €10.70€7.87With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the world's resources and balance of power. They changed the... -
A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism by Daniel Sjursen
RRP: €22.60€15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586422530Author Daniel A. SjursenFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth Press -
Between the World and Me: Notes on the First 150 Years in America by Ta-Nehisi Coates
RRP: €23.80€17.54Apologies 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... -
Mother: An Unconventional History by Sarah Knott
RRP: €11.89€8.46What was mothering like in the past? When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars, politics and... -
New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882 by John Kuo Wei Tchen
€34.26From George Washington's desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to... -
Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History by Peter Turchin 9780996139540
RRP: €41.65€32.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996139540Author Peter TurchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Beresta BooksPublisher Beresta BooksWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...