President Lincoln Assassinated!!: The Firsthand Story of the Murder, Manhunt, Trial and Mourning by Harold Holzer
$35.00 AUD
Category: American
For the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination, Harold Holzer (The Civil War in 150 Objects) presents an unprecedented first hand chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. The fateful story is told in more than 80 original documents, eyewitness reports, medical records, tri ...Show more
Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons by Caroline Alexander
$65.00 AUD
Category: American
Wyoming Range War: The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County by John W Davis
$42.00 AUD
Category: American
Wyoming attorney John W. Davis retells the story of the West s most notorious range war. Having delved more deeply than previous writers into land and census records, newspapers, and trial transcripts, Davis has produced an all-new interpretation. He looks at the conflict from the perspective of Johnson ...Show more
A Concise History of the United States of America: The Making of the American Nation by Susan-Mary Grant
$56.99 AUD
Category: American | Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied by dis ...Show more
This is America: A National Treasury by Miroslav Sasek; Hutton Wilkinson (Foreword by)
$37.99 AUD
Category: American
After the overwhelming success of the first collection of abridged versions of M. Sasek's most popular children's travel guides, This is the World, this new volume will focus on all of the most important cities and sites within the United States. With their mid-century modern, retro illustration ...Show more
The Concise Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone; Peter Kuznick
$22.99 AUD
Category: American | Reading Level: very good
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from the beginning of the twentieth century right up to the Obama administration. Looking at American intervention in foreign conflicts in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East, including taking ...Show more
Poisoner's Handbook The : Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Professor Deborah Blum
$30.00 AUD
Category: American
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie" (The New York Observer) A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's H ...Show more
The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions by Dan Hampton
$32.99 AUD
Category: American
A gripping chronicle of the band of maverick aviators who signed on for the suicidal, dangerous top-secret "Wild Weasel" missions during the Vietnam War - which used controversial and revolutionary tactics to combat Soviet missile technology - from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. On July ...Show more