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  • The Boys in the Boat

    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CALLUM TURNER AND DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEYCast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past.What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Discovering Yorkshire's History

    A Guide to Places and People

    by Len Markham ...
    Over the centuries Yorkshire, the largest and most varied country in England, has helped to shape the history of the nation. From the barrier of the Pennines in the west to the bastion of Falmborough in the east, the region has seen war, insurrection, invention, industrial expansion, political and social development and pioneering achievements in literature, art and science. In this unconventional ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Boys Will Be Boys

    The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

    by Jeff Pearlman ...
    New York Times bestsellerFrom celebrated sports writer Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won, a rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of the legendary Dallas CowboysThey were called America's Team. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin—and lorded over by swashbuckling, power-hungry owner Jerry Jones ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Behold, America

    A History of America First and the American Dream

    SELECTED AS A 2018 SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, I-PAPER AND THE BIG ISSUE'Enormously entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES'Fascinating' NEW STATESMAN'Excoriating, brilliant' ALI SMITH'Enthralling' GUARDIAN'My number one contributor when it comes to US politics' DAN SNOW'The America... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • West from Appomattox

    The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War

    “This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era . . . will be appealing . . . to anyone interested in the roots of present-day American politics” (Publishers Weekly).The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. In many ways, the late nineteenth century defined modern America, as Southerners, Northerners, and Westerners forged a ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strategy & Soul

    a campaigner's tale of fighting billionaires, corrupt officials, and Philadelphia casinos

    by Daniel Hunter ...
    When Daniel Hunter and Jethro Heiko began planning at a kitchen table, they knew that their movement would be outspent by hundreds of millions of dollars. They were up against powerful elected officials, private investigators, hired thugs, and the state supreme court. Even before they started, newspapers concluded the movement had no chance. This riveting David versus Goliath story is a rare ... Read more

    $16.12 AUD

  • David McCullough American History E-book Box Set

    John Adams, 1776, Truman, The Course of Human Events

    A special ebook boxed set from Pulitzer Prize–winning author David McCullough, featuring four books on American history.This ebook box set includes the following American History-themed books by David McCullough:John Adams is the magisterial, Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation’s founders and most important figures, who became our second ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD

  • Attack on the Somme

    Haig's Offensive 1916

    by Martin Pegler ...
    Series series Campaign Chronicles
    The Battle of the Somme is fixed in the country's collective memory as a disaster—probably the bloodiest episode in the catalogue of futile offensives launched by the British on the Western Front. Over five months of desperate fighting in 1916 the British wrestled with the Germans for control of a narrow strip of innocuous French countryside. When the fighting petered out the British had barely ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 13 Days In October: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy and ... Read more

    $8.79 AUD

  • Apache Country: A Trip Through Arizona, 1864

    Browne takes us on a journey through the new territory during the latter part of the civil war when settlers were having some of the worst troubles with the Apache nation and troops were busy in the east. Taken from the original serialization in 1864 and 65, Browne introduces the old west through the eyes of a contemporary traveler, complete with the prevailing thought of day. This is a journey ... Read more

    $6.50 AUD

  • Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

    by Liliuokalani ...
    In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii, was deposed and five years later her nation became an incorporated territory of the United States.Published shortly after these momentous events, her book Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is an incredibly personal history of the islands that she was born to rule. Liliuokalani covers from her birth in 1838 through the reigns of her forebears to her own ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Broken Trust

    Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust

    Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property--known as Bishop Estate--to five trustees in order to create and maintain an institution that would benefit the children of Hawai‘i: Kamehameha Schools. A century later, Bishop Estate controlled nearly one out of every nine acres in the state, a ... Read more

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  • Disaster By the Bay: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

    Over 3,000 dead. Buildings shaken to the ground. A city, surrounded by water, burnt to the ground. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive natural disasters the world has ever known.In the aftermath of the Earthquake, authorities learned the hard way that the city was vastly unprepared for any disaster. Find out what happened and how the city was repaired in this ... Read more

    $8.79 AUD

  • Lost States

    True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It

    This is American history they don’t teach you in class: Discover the “fascinating, funny” stories of the states that never were, from Texlahoma to West Florida (The New Yorker)Everyone knows the fifty nifty united states—but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? Lost States is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, . ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

  • Threads of Alaskan Gold (Expanded, Annotated)

    by Sarah Fell ...
    More than one woman ventured alone to the great Alaskan north during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Sarah Fell was one them. She did not find gold but nevertheless made a good living for herself through perseverance and resourcefulness. Lucky for us, she left us this volume full of stories, facts about prices in the gold rush, and how she made her way."I have seen strong men in middle ... Read more

    $4.39 AUD

  • Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend

    The Woman and the Legend

    Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until now.This book is a definitive biography of Martha Canary, the woman popularly known as Calamity Jane. Written by one of today’s foremost authorities on this notorious character, it is a meticulously ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

  • David McCullough American Presidents E-Book Box Set

    John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, Truman, The Course of Human Events

    From “America’s most beloved biographer, David McCullough” (Time)—a collection of his bestselling biographies of American Presidents.This ebook box set features David McCullough’s award-winning biographies of American Presidents.John Adams isthe magisterial, Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation’s founders and most important figures, who ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD

  • A Summer on the Plains, Illustrated.

    An Eastern Correspondent spends the summer on duty with Hancock's 1867 Indian Expedition, following Hancock and Custer as they attempt to make peace with the warring Indians on the plains. Good examples of real life in the Indian Wars. ... Read more

    $1.45 AUD

  • The Final Betrayal

    MacArthur and the Tragedy of Japanese POWs

    by Mark Felton ...
    This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945, and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945. The delay handed the Japanese a golden opportunity to set their house in order before Allied war crimes investigators arrived. After 14 August groups of Allied POWs were brutally murdered. Vast amounts of ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brat Pack America

    A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies

    by Kevin Smokler ...
    From the fictional towns of Hill Valley, CA, and Shermer, IL, to the beautiful landscapes of Astoria and Brownsville, OR, from the iconic suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to the seemingly scary inner cities of Chicago, '80s teen movies had one thing in common: locations mattered. Perhaps moreso than in any other decade, the locations of the '80s teen movies were monumentally important. In Brat ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I)

    From the Age of Discovery to a World at War

    America, how well do you know your history?Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses?Which U.S. senator was nearly caned to death on the Senate floor?Which first lady refused to serve alcohol in the White House?What famous inventor was called to find the assassin's bullet in President Garfield's back?Which successful candidate for president insisted on telling the truth ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • These Truths: A History of the United States

    by Jill Lepore ...
    **“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR BooksA New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the YearIn the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation.**Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill ... Read more

    $50.99 AUD

  • To Sleep with the Angels

    The Story of a Fire

    The story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago. An absorbing account...a tale of terror. —New York Times Book Review ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Wicked Takes the Witness Stand

    A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan

    by Mardi Link ...
    On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side on the truck’s bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD