United States - 20th Century
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Kennedy’s Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby
$21.99 Read moreThe incredible story of one of America’s most publicized–and surprising–criminal trials in history.
No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of P- Author: Abrams, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1335469524
- Language: English
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Campus to Counter
$30.00 Read moreCAMPUS TO COUNTER analyzes civil rights activism in North Carolina in the early 1960s, especially among students at Shaw University, Saint Augustine’s College, and North Carolina College at Durham. Th… [more below]
- Series: America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Author: Suttell, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0881468770
- Language: English
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A Nation of Immigrants
$15.99 Add to cart“In this timeless book, President Kennedy shows how the United States has always been enriched by the steady flow of men, women, and families to our shores. It is a reminder that America’s best leader
- Author: Kennedy, John F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0062859692
- Language: English
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Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City
$32.00 Add to cartThe compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation’s cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight
Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities.- Author: Sandoval-Strausz, A. K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1541697243
- Language: English
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The Untold History of the United States
$25.00 Add to cart“Indispensable…There is much here to reflect upon.” –President Mikhail Gorbachev
“As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read…Can’t recommend it highly- Author: Stone, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1982102535
- Language: English
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In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
$18.00 Add to cartExplores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony–including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.
- Series: Dispatch Books
- Author: McCoy, Alfred W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 359
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1608467732
- Language: English
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
$18.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
“A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”— The Today Show
A remarkable history with elements of both In the Presi
- Author: Brower, Kate Andersen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0062305204
- Language: English
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Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The Cia’s Murderous Targeting of Sds, Panthers, Hendrix, Lennon, Cobain, Tupac, and Other Activists
$24.95 Read moreDrugs as Weapons Against Us meticulously details how a group of opium-trafficking families came to form an American oligarchy and eventually achieved global dominance. This oligarchy helped fund the N
- Author: Potash, John L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: May 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1937584925
- Language: English
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A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the Mexican Drug War
$15.95 Read moreThe term “Mexican Drug War” misleads. It implies that the ongoing bloodbath, which has now killed well over 100,000 people, is an internal Mexican affair.
But this diverts attention from the U.S. role- Author: Boullosa, Carmen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1944869123
- Language: English
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Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
$38.00 Read moreThe New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022
Named one of Vanity Fair‘s “Best Books of 2022“
“Not since Robert Caro’s Years of Lyndon Johnson have I been so riveted by a work of hi- Author: Kirchick, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1627792325
- Language: English
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Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster That Changed America
$28.00 Read moreThe first book to examine the rarely-acknowledged Waverly Train Disaster of 1978 – the catastrophic accident that changed America forever and led to the formation of FEMA. Coinciding with the 45th ann… [more below]
- Author: Ali, Yasmine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0806542187
- Language: English
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Project Mayflower: Building and Sailing a Seventeenth-Century Replica
$32.95 Read moreThe Mayflower II–the replica of the 1620 ship that brought the Pilgrims to America and launched a nation–is seen by some 2.6 million visitors to Plymouth annually and listed on the National Register
- Author: Stone, Richard A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1493084364
- Language: English
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No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States
$29.99 Add to cartDeeply troubled by the Constitution’s inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is res
- Author: Chemerinsky, Erwin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1324091584
- Language: English
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Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People
$34.95 Add to cart- Author: Watts, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 477
- Publish Date: August 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1108495931
- Language: English
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The Truth about Watergate: A Tale of Extraordinary Lies & Liars
$24.95 Read moreA delusion is a strong belief or conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. The Watergate delusion, embraced by millions, is that swashbuckling Bob Woodward and the left confronted the male… [more below]
- Author: Bryant, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: March 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1634244281
- Language: English
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Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil
$25.00 Add to cartThe first book to lay bare the life of a Nazi camp guard who settled in a Chicago suburb and to explore how his community and others responded to discoveries of Nazis in their midst.
Reinhold Kulle s- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Soffer, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0226835545
- Language: English
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The Official German Report
$66.65 Add to cartFeatured on Rachel Maddow’s Ultra Podcast.
REPRINT EDITION
This book presents the shocking findings from O. John Rogge’s stunning investigation into the Nazi infiltration of the United States Congress.
- Author: Rogge, O. John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79887E+12
- Language: English
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America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan
$32.95 Add to cartIn America’s Cold Warrior, James Graham Wilson traces Paul Nitze’s career path in national security after World War II, a time when many of his mentors and peers returned to civilian life. Serving in
- Author: Wilson, James Graham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 15 2024
- ISBN10: 150177607X
- Language: English
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The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
$19.99 Add to cartThe inspiration for the upcoming film Reagan starring Dennis Quaid and directed by Sean McNamara
“Combining the skills of great story-telling with his commitment to scholarly detail, Paul Kengor has wr
- Author: Kengor, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0061189243
- Language: English
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The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
$22.00 Add to cartA “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become o… [more below]
- Author: Mundy, Liza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593238192
- Language: English
