American History

In the patriotic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, African Americans demanded the right to play their part in the war against Japan. As they soon learned, however, the freedom for which...

From the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as the ultimate form of resistance. By amplifying their voices and experiences, Brooding over Bloody...

Where do Asian Americans fit into the U.S. racial order? Are they subordinated comparably to Black people or permitted adjacency to whiteness? The racial reckoning prompted by the police murder...

How do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When they are integrated with parties, are they coopted? Or are they more radically transformative? Examining major episodes...

A New York Times Bestseller. A Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Entertainment Weekly, and Amazon Best Book of the Year. A dramatic account of the worst forest fire in American history...

History classes reduce America's story into a dry litany of dates, names, and places. That's Not in My American History Book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets...

This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players,...

"History in Davis's hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent--and memorable." -- San Francisco Chronicle Following on his New York Times bestsellers America's Hidden History and Don't Know Much About...

A passionate and vivid recreation of the history of Trinidad The Loss of El Dorado exposes the barbaric cruelties of slavery and torture and their consequences on all strata of...

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie. "An amazingly detailed account of fighting in...

Author: Booth MooneyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, Australia, 1964Condition remarks:Book: Ex-libraryJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe book chronicles the life and political career of Lyndon B. Johnson. It offers...

Author: Barbara GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book chronicles the life of a prominent figure, detailing her journey through significant personal and societal...

Author: John GassnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Crown Publishers, 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a curated collection of twenty-five significant plays from the modern American theatre. This...

Author: Jean LipmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, London, 1942Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a comprehensive study of American primitive painting, showcasing the...

Author: Nigel NicolsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book chronicles the life of Mary Curzon, an American heiress from Chicago. She embarked...

Author: Allen DruryBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1960Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAllen Drury's seminal novel plunges readers into the intricate world of Washington D.C. A controversial presidential nomination...

Author: Claudio VélizBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1994Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work examines the intricate relationship between cultural development and economic structures across...

Author: Doreen CowperthwaiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Council of the College, Melbourne, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the rich history of the Presbyterian Girls' College located in Geelong, Victoria,...

Author: J. Fenimore CooperBinding: HardbackPublished: Dean & Son Ltd., 1111Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings"The Last of the Mohicans" transports readers to the tumultuous backdrop of the...

Author: Belva PlainBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, London, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis novel follows the fortunes of the Werner family, German Jewish immigrants in New York....

On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's 250th birthday, a number of today's leading historicans take a fresh look at our third president, architect of democracy for his time and still...

One of the most important events in Scotland's history, which contributed directly to the 1707 Act of Union with England. The word Darien is a scar on the memory of...

The story of Fray Servando's life in exile recounst the adventures of one of the most original ideologues of Latin American independence. On December 12, 1794, Fray Servando preached a...

Examines every aspect of government, attending a political convention, the presidential election and inauguration, Congress, the Supreme Court and a small town meeting in New Hampshire. He examines the budget,...

A Times book of the year A Guardian book of the year 'Magnificent' The Times 'Dazzling' New Statesman 'It filled me with hope' Zadie Smith We are living in the...

In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Metis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance...

First published in 1973, this follow-up to Alistair Cooke's acclaimed 1972 television documentary series America: A Personal History of the United States has sold almost two million copies. From the...

As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief...

A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson's twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that...

This "historical page-turner of the highest order" ( The Wall Street Journal ) tells the chilling, little-known story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project during World...

Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK An NPR Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence...

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION **NOW A...

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's last speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. On April 3, 1968, Dr....

A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey-featuring interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van...

Follow in the footsteps of the famed explorers, from Washington DC to Washington state It has been 200 years since their epic trek across Western America, yet Lewis and Clark...

This book offers the first complete study of the origins of American intelligence testing. It follows the life and work of Henry Herbert Goddard, America's first intelligence tester and author...

Author: Jules FeldmannBinding: HardbackPublished: J. Gadsden Australia Ltd., Melbourne, May, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the evolution of Gadsden over its formative...

Author: Bernard Asbell (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson, London , 1982Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsEleanor and Anna Roosevelt share intimate thoughts and observations. They reveal the...

Author: Douglas FetherlingBinding: HardbackPublished: Broadview Press, 1988Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of anecdotes that offer insights into Canadian history and culture....

Author: Robert Aquinas McnallyBinding: HardbackPublished: Bison Books, 2017Condition remarks:Book: Ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account details a tragic story of genocide during America's Gilded Age....

Author: Isabella L. BirdBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains recounts the travels and experiences of...

Author: Walt Whitman; Gavin Ewart (introduction by)Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a collection of observations and reflections. The author...

Author: J. O. RandellBinding: HardbackPublished: Brown Prior Anderson, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history of the McLaurin, McMeekin, and Paton families. It traces...

Author: Maggie WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil Melbourne, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a collection of stories and insights into the lives of women during...

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "Our God Is Marching On," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At the end of the march...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK An NPR Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence...