Accidental Presidents - Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen
$43.00 AUD
Category: American
The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world.Eight men have su ...Show more
The Chief - The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts by Joan Biskupic
$55.00 AUD
Category: American
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so farJohn Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing t ...Show more
The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club - Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's Capital by C. David Heymann
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
In this definitive portrait of the political and social life of Georgetown, bestselling biographer C. David Heymann chronicles the dinner parties, correspondence, overlappings, and underpinnings of some of the most influential women in Washington's history. "The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club" -- a ter ...Show more
The Back Channel - A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal by William J. Burns
$60.00 AUD
Category: American
"Bill Burns is a treasure of American diplomacy."--Hillary Clinton "The Back Channel shows how diplomacy works, why it matters, and why its recent demise is so tragic."--Walter Isaacson, author of Leonardo da Vinci Over the course of more than three decades as an American diplomat, William J. Burns pl ...Show more
Americana - A 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
An absorbing and original narrative history of American capitalism NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE ECONOMIST From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on ...Show more
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow
$24.99 AUD
Category: American
US foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America's place in the world. Institutions of diplomacy and development are bleeding out after deep budget cuts; the diplomats who make America's deals and protect its citizens around the world are walking out in droves. Offices acr ...Show more
The Return of Marco Polo's World - War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-First Century by Robert D. Kaplan
$30.00 AUD
Category: American
A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades, anchored by a major new Pentagon-commissioned essay-from the renowned geopolitical analyst and bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy. "Elegant and humane . . . a prophecy from an ob ...Show more
Parkland by Dave Cullen
$29.99 AUD
Category: American
On the first anniversary of the events at Parkland, the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers an intimate, deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors who became activists and pushed back against the NRA and feckless Congressional leaders--inspiring millions o ...Show more
Team of Vipers - My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House by Cliff Sims
$40.00 AUD
Category: American
The first honest insider's account of the Trump administration. After standing at Donald Trump's side on Election Night, Cliff Sims joined him in the West Wing as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. He soon found himself pulled into the President's inner ci ...Show more
Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein by John Nixon
$23.00 AUD
Category: American
A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces captured Iraqi president Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tik ...Show more
Dopesick - Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
$23.00 AUD
Category: American
An instant New York Times and indie bestseller, Dopesick is the only book to fully chart the devastating opioid crisis in America: "a harrowing, deeply compassionate dispatch from the heart of a national emergency" (New York Times) from a bestselling author and journalist who has lived through it In thi ...Show more
George Washington - The Wonder of the Age by John Rhodehamel
$38.00 AUD
Category: American
As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arg ...Show more