American Ramble - A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King (Contribution by)
$65.00 AUD
Category: American
"American Ramble is a dazzling mixture of travelogue, memoir, and history. At times profound, funny, and heartbreaking, this is the story of a traveler intoxicated by life. I couldn't put it down." -- Nathaniel PhilbrickA stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New Yo ...Show more
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona Hill
$38.00 AUD
Category: American
This book has a miraculous quality…. As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up. -Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On Tyranny INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witne ...Show more
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
$29.00 AUD
Category: American
From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph 'A story that grabs from the get-go - the moments in which the world teetered on the brink of total annihilation come alive as they would if this were the very best fiction' Justin Webb, Mail ...Show more
A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City - Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Dominé
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
This true crime saga--with an eccentric Southern backdrop--introduces the reader to the story of a murder in a crumbling Louisville mansion and the decades of secrets and corruption that live within the old house's walls.On June 18, 2010, police discover a body buried in the wine cellar of a Victorian m ...Show more
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage by Nathalia Holt
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
The never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA - women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace).
Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes--this one." --The Washington Post * "Dazzling." --The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes the first definitive narrative history of ...Show more
People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account by Mark Pomerantz
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
A fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former US president Donald Trump. Mark Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living a calm suburban life when he accepted an offer to join the staff of the district attorney of New York County in February 2021. His brief: to work on the investigation of ...Show more
Code Name Blue Wren by Jim Popkin
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
The incredible true story of Ana Montes, the most damaging female spy in US history, drawing upon never-before-seen material and to be published upon her release from prison, for readers of Agent Sonya and A Woman of No Importance. 'This spy tale reads like a new season of Homeland - except this Ice Qu ...Show more
This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
$25.00 AUD
Category: American
Fernanda Melchor blends reportage with her distinctive narrative style in this collection of stories. Set in and around the city of Veracruz in Mexico, This Is Not Miami delivers twelve devastating stories that spiral from real events. These cronicas-a genre unique to Latin American writing, blending r ...Show more
Bloodbath Nation by Paul Auster
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
A stunning examination - through words and images - of the epidemic of mass shootings in America today. Among its victims are men, women, teenagers, children, and even babies. The massacres have taken place in churches, schools, movie theatres, and at rock concerts. Auster establishes how America’s lov ...Show more
The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Myth of the Lost Cause by Sarah Churchwell
$39.99 AUD
Category: American
Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today - from Walter Scott and Ladies Fair, to fiery crosses, lynching and the Capitol insurrection. Margaret Mitchell's epic novel, Gone With the Wind, became an overnight bestseller when it was ...Show more
Myth America - Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse; Julian E. Zelizer
$58.00 AUD
Category: American
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past. The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans ...Show more