American History

Reporting new and never-before-published information about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, this investigation dives straight into the deep end, and seeks to prove the CIA's involvement in one of...

Recent revelations by the U.S. government point to Cuba’s former number three official—Commander Juan Almeida—as secretly working with President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 to overthrow Fidel Castro. This...

Investigative reporter Patrick J. Sloyan, a former member of the White House Press Corps, revisits the last years of John F. Kennedy's presidency, his fateful involvement with Diem's assassination, the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history-from the acclaimed author of The Devil in...

This study offers a reassessment of the 1991 Gulf War, focusing on the role of biological and chemical weapons. The narrative reviews the events of the war, examines intelligence and...

Author: The New York TimesBinding: HardbackPublished: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: HEAVY. CD-Roms and magnifier included. This monumental collection chronicles over...

Author: George Kubler, Martin SoriaBinding: HardbackPublished: PENGUIN BOOKS, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume chronicles the rich artistic and...

Author: Milton GoldsteinBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Magnificent West: Yosemite presents a stunning visual journey through one of America's...

Author: Lawrence FosterBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work chronicles the intricate interplay between religious conviction and social structure within...

Author: Isaac John GreenwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Privately Printed, 1934Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No 39 of 100 copies.The Greenwood Family...

Author: Allen E. RobertsBinding: HardbackPublished: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co., Inc., 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, House Undivided: The Story Of Freemasonry And...

Author: Matthew Dallek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At the height of the...

Amidst bloody battles and political maneuvering, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold their families together. This moving book illuminates that struggle through the letters they...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author behind the "eye-popping" (CNN) #1 New York Times bestseller A Warning presents an urgent look at how our deeply divided nation is setting...

Americans have named schools, counties, rivers, cities, and even their own children after U.S. presidents. Their work is in our laws, their words adorn our monuments, and their countenances appear...

"Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People...

This was wild adventure, but it was also a journey with a practical purpose. Powell furthered the cause of modern science, seeing the Grand Canyon as a geological textbook which...

The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village,...

Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany...

In 1970 a photocopied manuscript began circulating among conspiracy researchers entitled 'Nomenclature of an Assassination Cabal' by William Torbitt (a pseudonym). The Torbitt Document was a damning expose of J...

The ultimate visual portrait of Kamala Harris on her road to shattering America's highest glass ceiling and making history-selected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the...

Stretching for over 5,500 miles, and containing the highest active volcanoes in the world, the largest salt flat, the highest lake, and peaks rivalled in size only by the Himalayas,...

Author: Mark TwainBinding: HardbackPublished: Avenel Books., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges.This comprehensive collection, Illustrated Works Of Mark Twain, presents the enduring genius of one...

Author: Australian Broadcasting CommissionBinding: PaperbackPublished: THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction account, Vietnam: A Reporter's War,...

Author: Alistair CookeBinding: HardbackPublished: BBC, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsAlistair Cooke’s Alistair Cooke's America presents a captivating journey through the diverse landscapes and cultural tapestry of the...

Author: A.R. HoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography chronicles the extraordinary life of King O'Malley, an enigmatic figure whose American origins and flamboyant style...

Author: Cleveland Amory; Frederic BradleeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: marks, tanning and some stains...

Author: John H. WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles...

Author: Bob Woodward & Scott ArmstrongBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of investigative journalism, The Brethren: Inside...

Author: Wendell H. OswaltBinding: HardbackPublished: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed and worn DJ. This book provides a study...

A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbours, in this immersive account by the Pulitzer...

The US Government invested millions in Helmand in the 1950s and '60s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis - known locally as 'Little America' - and then...

Born in Blood investigates one of history's most violent undertakings: The United States of America. People the world over consider violence in the United States as measurably different than that...

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and...

A 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...

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands,...

'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ' One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA...

Author: Alexander WoollcottBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners....

Author: Pierre SalingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, With Kennedy, chronicles the pivotal years of...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: SWIFT'S CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL, 1999Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased corners, worn spine. This commemorative local‑history volume presents...

Author: Charles F MontgomeryBinding: HardbackPublished: Weathervane Books., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight foxing to page edges, some tears to edges of DJ.Charles F....

Author: Michael MarquseeBinding: HardbackPublished: Conran Octopus, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling anthology, New York: An Illustrated Anthology, chronicles the vibrant history and multifaceted culture of one of the...

Author: Elliott RooseveltBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson LondonCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMurder And The First Lady: Mrs. Roosevelt Investigates! plunges readers into a captivating historical mystery where...

Author: J. B. Priestley; Jacquetta HawkesBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, London, 1900Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJ.B. Priestley's Journey Down A Rainbow presents a vivid travelogue through the American Southwest, specifically...

Author: John JakesBinding: HardbackPublished: Avenel BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis epic historical saga, The Kent Family Chronicles: Three Volumes In One, chronicles the tumultuous birth and growth...

Author: Chalmers JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Scribe Publications, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis incisive work of political analysis, The Sorrows Of Empire, chronicles the hidden costs and profound consequences of America's...

Author: Kirkpatrick SaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and inside covers; pages in good condition...

Guilty: the conclusion of many trials. But this verdict was unusual, delivered by a jury comprising of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir,...