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
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman
$33.00 AUD
Category: American
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as amission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman Nick Offerman has always felt a pa ...Show more
Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew Delmont
$59.99 AUD
Category: American
The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segre ...Show more
We the Miners - Self-Government in the California Gold Rush by Andrea G. McDowell
$66.00 AUD
Category: American
A surprising account of frontier law that challenges the image of the Wild West. In the absence of state authority, Gold Rush miners crafted effective government by the people--but not for all the people. Gold Rush California was a frontier on steroids: 1,500 miles from the nearest state, it had a const ...Show more
Democracy's Data - The Hidden Stories in the U. S. Census and How to Read Them by Dan Bouk
$55.00 AUD
Category: American
From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data. The census isn't simply data; it's a ritual of American democracy. And behind every neat grid of numbers is a messy human story--you just have to know how to read it. In ...Show more
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom by Carl Bernstein
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
"Carl Bernstein, Washington Star."With these words, the sixteen-year-old senior at Montgomery Blair High School set himself apart from the high school crowd and set himself on a track that would define his life. Carl Bernstein was far from the best student in his class--in fact, he was in danger of not ...Show more
Never Give an Inch - Fighting for the America I Love by Mike Pompeo
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administration's most significant foreign policy breakthroughs. Now, he reveals how he did it, and how it could happen again. Mike Pompeo is the only person ever to have served as both America's most senior diplomat and the he ...Show more
DC Confidential by Christopher Meyer
$30.00 AUD
Category: American
Riveting and candid memoir of life behind the scenes as US Ambassador and Prime Minister's Press Secretary - a Sunday Times bestseller Christopher Meyer was Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003, during which time he was an eyewitness to and participant in the events following 9/11 and the p ...Show more
Inside Out - Fifty Years Behind the Walls of New Jersey's Trenton State Prison by Harry Camisa; Jim Franklin
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
Undelivered - The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History by Jeff Nussbaum
$55.00 AUD
Category: American
A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These second speeches provide alternative histories of what could have been if not f ...Show more
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: A new investigation into the ancient apocalypse by Graham Hancock
$27.00 AUD
Category: American
***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'Hancock's books provide a fascinating,alternative version of prehistory. America Before,detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend into a new story of the past.' Daily MailWas an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that e ...Show more