American Whitelash: The Resurgence of Racial Violence in Our Time by Wesley Lowery
$55.00 AUD
Category: American
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a shocking investigation into the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred racial progress in AmericaIn 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the USA. And so it would be - just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The ...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 **NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO** 'A riveting true story ...Show more
The Kennedys - An American Drama by Peter Collier; David Horowitz
$45.00 AUD
Category: American | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The Kennedys may well be the most photographed, written about, talked about, admired, hated, and controversial family in American history. But for all the words and pictures, the real story was not told until Peter Collier and David Horowitz spent years researching archives and interviewing both family ...Show more
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection--from acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement. Speaking to his lawyers days after the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War vete ...Show more
P.S. Burn This Letter Please by Craig Olsen
$33.00 AUD
Category: American
With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a small number of Lower East Side clubs. They occupied the margins of society, determined to live authentically, despite the atte ...Show more
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 ReviewFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes the first definitive narrative history of Wa ...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