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Night Train to Nashville: The Greatest Untold Story of Music City by Paula Blackman 9780785292067
RRP: £18.99£12.71Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Night Train to Nashville takes readers behind the curtain of one of music's greatest untold stories during the era of segregation and Civil Rights.In another time and place, E. Gab Blackman and William Sousa "Sou"... -
West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State by Mark Arax 9781586489830
RRP: £9.99£7.11Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed,"When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West," and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California... -
The Tuscarora War: Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies by David la Vere 9781469629902
RRP: £29.95£27.90At dawn on September 22, 1711, more than 500 Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear River Indian warriors swept down on the unsuspecting European settlers living along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers of North Carolina. Over the... -
The Backroads of Route 66: Your Guide to Adventures and Scenic Detours by Jim Hinckley
RRP: £25.99£16.98This wonderfully illustrated, up-to-date guide to the natural, cultural, and historical gems hidden just off the legendary Route 66 outlines 30 trips for curious travelers. Route 66 is arguably the world's most famous highway (more than 60% of Route 66... -
American Indians of the Southeast by Michael G Johnson 9781855325661
RRP: £12.99£11.01The southeastern people were the descendants of ancient prehistoric Indian cultures, and were probably on the decline when first known to Europeans. Despite being poorly reported in popular histories, they have been well described by several early... -
Virginia Barbecue: A History by Joseph R Haynes 9781531699970
RRP: £33.99£22.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531699970Author Joseph R HaynesFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint History Press Library EditionsPublisher History Press Library EditionsWeight(grams)... -
Waco: A Survivor's Story by David Thibodeau
RRP: £13.99£13.40To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the siege at Waco, and a tie-in to the upcoming Spike TV mini-series, an updated reissue of the critically acclaimed A PLACE CALLED WACO by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau now titled Waco: A Survivor's... -
The Apache Wars: The Hunt For Geronimo, The Apache Kid, And The Captive Boy Who Started The Longest War In American History by Paul Andrew Hutton
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780770435837Author Paul Andrew HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)... -
Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema by Anne Helen Petersen
RRP: £18.00£11.92Celebrity gossip meets history in this compulsively readable collection from Buzzfeed reporter Anne Helen Peterson. This guide to film stars and their deepest secrets is sure to top your list for movie gifts and appeal to fans of classic cinema and... -
Report from Ground Zero by Dennis Smith
RRP: £19.10£14.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452283954Author Dennis SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 150mm * 23mm -
Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder
RRP: £29.99£20.40John C. Calhoun's ghost still haunts America today. First elected to congress in 1810, Calhoun served as secretary of war during the war of 1812, and then as vice-president under two very different presidents, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. It was... -
A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time by John Brinckerhoff Jackson 9780300063974
RRP: £20.00£19.40J.B. Jackson, a pioneer in the field of landscape studies, here takes us on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how our surroundings reflect important changes in our culture. Because we live in urban and industrial environments that... -
Yosemite: The Complete Guide: Yosemite National Park by James Kaiser
RRP: £15.99£11.44Discover the highlights and hidden gems of Yosemite National Park with this gorgeous, photo-filled guidebook. Over 100 five-star reviews for previous editions. Yosemite is the crown jewel of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Whatever your interests -... -
Honeybee Hotel: The Waldorf Astoria's Rooftop Garden and the Heart of NYC by Leslie Day 9781421426242
RRP: £19.00£15.58The fascinating story of the urban honeybee garden on the roof of the legendary Waldorf Astoria hotel.The tale of Honeybee Hotel begins over one hundred years ago, with the Astor family and the birth of the iconic Manhattan landmark, the magnificent... -
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator by Jason M. Colby 9780190673093
RRP: £23.49£17.44Orcas are the most profitable and controversial display animal in history, and since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on their plight. Yet no historical account has explored how we came to care... -
The American South: A Very Short Introduction by Charles Reagan Wilson
RRP: £8.99£6.45The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. The American South: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of the South as a cultural crossroads, a... -
The Earl of Louisiana by A. J. Liebling 9780807133439
RRP: £16.95£12.87In the summer of 1959, A. J. Liebling, veteran writer for the New Yorker, came to Louisiana to cover a series of bizarre events that began with Governor Earl K. Long's commitment to a mental institution. Captivated by his subject, Liebling remained to... -
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties by Mike Davis
RRP: £14.99£12.95Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black Power-where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts... -
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry 9780062977373
RRP: £19.99£11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780062977373Author Imani PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 by Mike Wallace 9780195116359
RRP: £38.49£29.75In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repression during and after the First World War. Here is... -
The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold by Billy Boy Arnold
RRP: £27.00£22.88Simply put, Billy Boy Arnold is one of the last men standing from the Chicago blues scene's raucous heyday. What's more, unlike most artists in this electrifying melting pot, who were Southern transplants, Arnold-a harmonica master who shared stages with... -
Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans by Emily Epstein Landau 9780807150146
RRP: £33.95£28.39From 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans's longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of... -
Cronies, a Burlesque: Adventures with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead by Ken Babbs
RRP: £21.99£15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989446297Author Ken BabbsFormat HardbackPage Count 518Imprint Tsunami PressPublisher Tsunami PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family by Charles Bowden
£14.21Offers an illuminating tour of the drug war, revealing the dark, troubling recesses of drug lords, high-level corruption, and ultra-violence that respects no borders.Book InformationISBN 9780743244572Author Charles BowdenFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Shameful Victory: The Los Angeles didgers, the Red Scare, and the Hidden History of Chavez Ravine by John H.M. Laslett
RRP: £27.95£24.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816500864Author John H.M. LaslettFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 330g -
Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star by Matthew Kerns 9781493055418
RRP: £19.99£15.09Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. "Texas Jack" Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Lee's surrender at Appomattox. In Texas, he... -
First Ladies: The Ever Changing Role, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump by Betty Boyd Caroli 9780190669133
RRP: £13.99£12.28Betty Boyd Caroli's engrossing and informative First Ladies is both a captivating read and an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of America's First Ladies. Caroli observes the role as it has shifted and evolved from ceremonial backdrop... -
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo 9780767904148
RRP: £18.00£12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004.Book InformationISBN 9780767904148Author Michael CapuzzoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher... -
Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai`i and Oceania by Maile Renee Arvin
RRP: £24.99£21.23From their earliest encounters with Indigenous Pacific Islanders, white Europeans and Americans asserted an identification with the racial origins of Polynesians, declaring them to be racially almost white and speculating that they were of Mediterranean... -
Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided by Catherine Pelonero 9781510719835
RRP: £20.00£18.32Absolute Madness tells the disturbing true story of Joseph Christopher, a white serial killer who targeted black males and struck fear into the residents of Buffalo and New York City in the 1980s. Dubbed both the .22-Caliber Killer and the Midtown... -
Other People's Money: Inside the Housing Crisis and the Demise of the Greatest Real Estate Deal Ever M ade by Charles V. Bagli
RRP: £18.00£11.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142180716Author Charles V. BagliFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *... -
Enemies in Love: A German POW, a Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance by Alexis Clark 9781620971864
RRP: £20.99£18.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620971864Author Alexis ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint The New PressPublisher The New Press -
The American West: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Aron
RRP: £8.99£6.45Part geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time and place for the region, author and longtime... -
Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York by Jeremiah Moss
RRP: £21.99£18.55Author, social critic and "New York City's career elegist" (The New York Times), Jeremiah Moss felt alienated in a town that had become suburbanised and sanitised. Then lockdown launched an unprecedented urban experiment: What happens when an entire... -
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch by John Zada 9780802148988
RRP: £12.99£8.63Set in a wild and immaculate landscape threatened by industry and environmental degradation, a compassionate and gripping exploration of one of the world's most baffling mysteries-the existence of the Sasquatch On the central and north coast of... -
California by Kevin Starr
RRP: £16.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812977530Author Kevin StarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan 9780618773473
RRP: £18.99£11.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618773473Author Timothy EganFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mariner Books ClassicsPublisher Mariner Books ClassicsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)... -
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City by Jonathan Mahler 9780312424305
RRP: £20.00£13.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312424305Author Jonathan MahlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
Walking New York: Reflections of American Writers from Walt Whitman to Teju Cole by Stephen H. Miller 9780823263158
RRP: £79.00£67.53THE NEW YORK OBSERVER: ONE OF THE TOP 10 BOOKS FOR FALL It's no wonder that New York has always been a magnet city for writers. Manhattan is one of the most walkable cities in the world. While many novelists, poets, and essayists have enjoyed long walks... -
Finite and Infinite: a Philosophical Essay by Austin Marsden Farrer 9781014915788
RRP: £23.95£20.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014915788Author Austin Marsden FarrerFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams)...