American History

Centuries ago, Europeans desperate for gold and a route to the East found a lush, green paradise populated by native tribes in the New World. Despite a clash of cultures,...

Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet. President Barack Obama's triumph was not inevitable: it was the end product of...

Part history and current affairs, part travelogue, this is the story of a journey made by Alistair Horne and American politician/journalist, Bill Buckley through Colombia, Peru, Chile and Bolivia. They...

In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition , the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard....

National Bestseller * One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfiction A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York...

A memoir of the history of a family and the history of a country from one of the most renowned American writers of the century. In this book, Joan Didion...

In the tradition of their Haunting of the Presidents, national bestselling authors Joel Martin and William J. Birnes write The Haunting of America: From The Salem Witch Trials to Harry...

Drawing on the most current scholarship, this concise text presents a direct, compelling narrative that spans six centuries and twenty countries. Carefully revised in light of recent Latin American history,...

A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this...

Long before anyone ever heard of 'protest music', people in America were singing about their struggles. They sang for justice and fairness, food and shelter, and equality and freedom; they...

Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and...

A shattering account of the crack cocaine years from award-winning American historian David Farber, Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of...

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...

The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling Gonzo Papers offers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, featuring a new introduction from award-winning author and editor John Jeremiah Sullivan. Originally published...

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...

In Everyday Life in the Aztec World, Frances Berdan and Michael E. Smith offer a view into the lives of real people, doing very human things, in the unique cultural...

More than twenty-five years after the official end of the Vietnam War, Dear America allows us to witness the war firsthand through the eyes of the men and women who...

In this superb volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion...

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...

Remember the ladies. A Republic if you can keep it. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. If this be treason, make the...

A lighthearted look at the most intriguing events in American history. "Stimulating and pleasurable, fair and objective."--Kirkus Reviews. Did Leif Ericsson beat Columbus to America? If it wasn't witchcraft, what...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a...

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: Howard BrotzBinding: HardbackPublished: The Free Press of Glencoe, Collier Macmillan, 1964Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the unique cultural and religious identity of the...

Author: John GassnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Crown Publishers, 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis anthology presents a comprehensive collection of twenty seminal works from the modern American theatre. The...

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: Juan Rodríguez FreileBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the significant events surrounding the conquest of New Granada. The...

Author: SteinbeckBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press, 1963Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerJohn Steinbeck embarks on a journey across the United States with his beloved poodle,...

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: A. Andh KranepBinding: HardbackPublished: The Images Publishing, 2022Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book transports you to the heart of the American West, where the spirit...

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...

'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...

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...