Amity and Prosperity: The Cost of Fracking in Two American Towns by Eliza Griswold
$40.00 AUD
Category: American
In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise ...Show more
The Briefing by Sean Spicer
$29.99 AUD
Category: American
No job is more of a pressure cooker than being a White House press secretary...especially in this White House. For more than two decades, Sean Spicer had been a respected political insider, working as a campaign and communications strategist. But in December 2016, he got the call of a lifetime. Preside ...Show more
The Hellhound of Wall Street - How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance by Michael Perino
$34.00 AUD
Category: American
In The Hellhound of Wall Street, Michael Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that put Wall Street on trial for the Great Crash. Never before in American history had so many financial titans been called to account before the public, and they had come within a few weeks of emerging unscat ...Show more
The Killing of Uncle Sam - The Demise of the United States of America by Rodney Howard-Browne; Paul L. Williams
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
Pride, greed, and power have driven men to do the unthinkable - including selling out their nations and unsuspected citizens to the most corrupt and destructive "invisible" global leaders on Earth. But how did this happen on American soil? How did the downfall begin and who were the predators that the " ...Show more
Something Wonderful Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum
$44.99 AUD
Category: American
They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Ham ...Show more
A History of the United States in Five Crashes - Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation by Scott Nations
$30.00 AUD
Category: American
In this compelling, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history, Scott Nations, a longtime trader, financial engineer, and CNBC contributor, takes us on a journey through the five significant stock market crashes of the last century and how they defined today's America. The names have e ...Show more
God Save Texas - A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
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Upstairs at the White House by J. B. West; Mary Lynn Kotz
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America's first families. J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue--and coordinated its daily life--at the req ...Show more
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
$55.00 AUD
Category: American
"The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader."--The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades John ...Show more
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
$25.00 AUD
Category: American
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 'A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice' JON KRAKAUER 'A fiercely entertaining mystery story and ...Show more
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald
$29.99 AUD
Category: American
* National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * National Book Award Finalist * Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 The evangelical movement began in the revivals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known in Americ ...Show more
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
$33.00 AUD
Category: American
Dealing with the mafia, the Clintons and Trump: In A Higher Loyalty former FBI director James Comey details his experiences with some of the most important cases in USA history. In his Number One bestselling memoir, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of t ...Show more