United States - 21st Century
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The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
$18.99 Add to cartJesse Walker’s The United States of Paranoia presents a comprehensive history of conspiracy theories in American culture and politics, from the colonial era to the War on Terror.
The fear of intrigue a
- Author: Walker, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0062135562
- Language: English
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Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America
$23.99 Add to cartIn August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiv… [more below]
- Author: McCartin, Joseph A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199325200
- Language: English
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A History of the United States in Five Crashes
$18.99 Add to cartIn this absorbing, 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 sign
- Author: Nations, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 006246728X
- Language: English
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9/11 Unmasked: An International Review Panel Investigation
$20.00 Read moreA panel of experts highlight the problems with all major claims of the official account of the 9/11 attacks. Many Americans have been embarrassed by the Trump presidency. But Americans should also be … [more below]
- Author: Griffin, David Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1623719747
- Language: English
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Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart–Again
$26.00 Add to cartA chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party, from a leading historian and intellectual
The 2024 election could b- Author: Kagan, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0593535782
- Language: English
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America’s Next Great Awakening: What the Convergence of Mysticism, Religion, Atheism & Science Means for the Nation. And You.
$21.95 Add to cartIs America’s historic polarization ultimately a spiritual crisis? Is the solution America’s Next Great Awakening?
If America is to realize its sacred purpose-unity in diversity-an inner awakening that
- Author: Naughton, Christopher W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1646638689
- Language: English
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The Day That Shook America: A Concise History of 9/11
$91.65 Add to cartOn September 11, 2001, author J. Samuel Walker was far from home when he learned of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Stricken by incredulity and anxiety, he found the … [more below]
- Author: Walker, J. Samuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0700632611
- Language: English
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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future
$19.00 Add to cartOne of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year – A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist – A New York Times Notable Book
A timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our- Author: Shapiro, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 052552231X
- Language: English
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The Lives They Saved: The Untold Story of Medics, Mariners, and the Incredible Boatlift That Evacuated Nearly 300,000 People on 9/11
$31.58 Add to cartThe Lives They Saved is the story in artifacts and oral histories of the 300,000 New Yorkers who were evacuated from Manhattan on 9/11…by boat. It is a story that has not yet been written about or t… [more below]
- Author: Keeney, L. Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: August 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1493073001
- Language: English
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The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
$19.99 Add to cartA “superb” and “ambitious” (New York Times) intellectual and political history of the last century of American conservatism
When most people think of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reaga- Author: Continetti, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1541600517
- Language: English
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Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11
$19.99 Add to cartNow in paperback, the riveting story of the response of the heroic pilots and air traffic controllers who found themselves on the front lines of an undeclared war on September 11, 2001.
In this grippi- Author: Spencer, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 05 2011
- ISBN10: 1416559264
- Language: English
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Memories of 9/11: Where We Were on September 11, 2001
$9.11 Add to cartAbout Memories of 9/11
The baby boomer generation always asked, “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?” The question now is: “Where were you when the towers fell on 9/11?” This book is an anthology of … [more below]
- Author: Walsh, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: September 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1088135048
- Language: English
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Countdown Bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the MasterMind of 9/11 to Justice
$17.99 Add to cart#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Following Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) first book Countdown 1945 comes a deeply reported, revelato- Series: Chris Wallace’s Countdown
- Author: Wallace, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1982176539
- Language: English
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Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11
$16.95 Add to cartNow in paperback, the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 – from its delayed takeoff in Newark to the moment it plunged upside-down at 563 miles per hour into an open fi… [more below]
- Author: McMillan, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1493009346
- Language: English
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Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
$20.00 Add to cartA wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of post-World War II myths of the “good war.”
“Essential reading. This eloquent, far-ranging analysis of the national p- Author: Samet, Elizabeth D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1250859085
- Language: English
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A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America
$37.95 Add to cartAs culture wars pit us against each other, A Great Disorder looks to the myths that have shaped American identity and reveals how they have brought us to the brink of an existential crisis.
Red Americ- Author: Slotkin, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0674292383
- Language: English
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“This is history at its most immediate and moving…A marvelous and memorable book.” –Jon Meacham “Remarkable…A priceless civic gift…On page after page, a reader- Author: Graff, Garrett M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 150118220X
- Language: English
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The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11
$17.95 Read moreWidely heralded on publication as a “must-read” (Military Review) and “important window on America’s battle with al-Qaeda” (Washington Post), Ali Soufan’s revelatory account of the war on terror as se
- Author: Soufan, Ali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0393343499
- Language: English
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Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition)
$27.95 Add to cartDamon DiMarco’s Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition), eternally preserves a monumental tragedy in American history through the voices of the people who were … [more below]
- Author: DiMarco, Damon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1595801022
- Language: English
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September 11: The 9/11 Story, Aftermath and Legacy
$35.00 Read moreA commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as told through stories and photographs from The Associated Press–covering everything from the events of that tragic day to the rebuilding of the World… [more below]
- Author: Associated Press
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1454943599
- Language: English
