American History: From C 1900 -

BIC code: HBKW
See also: History & Archaeology

There were 9 books found.
Order By

Listing Style

 
  • BDS Thumbnail Image
    £9.99
    Andrew Carnegie - David Nasaw - Paperback
    Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists.
  • Cover scan of Andrew Carnegie
    £18.99
    Andrew Carnegie - David Nasaw - Hardback
    Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists.
  • Cover scan of The Boy Who Fell Out Of The Sky
    £7.99
    The Boy Who Fell Out Of The Sky: A True Story - Ken Dornstein - Paperback
    Part biography, part detective story, this is a memoir about brotherly love and loss. When David Dornstein was murdered in the Lockerbie bombing of 1988, his brother Ken tried to find out why. He soon realised he knew less about David than he had thought.
  • Cover scan of Carnegie
    £13.50
    Carnegie - Peter Krass - Paperback
    This is the first full biography in 30 years of Andrew Carnegie, one of the major figures in American history, both as an industrialist and a philanthropist. This landmark book separates fact from the Carnegie legend.
  • Cover scan of Feel Like Going Home
    £12.99
    Feel Like Going Home: Portraits In Blues & Rock'n'roll - Peter Guralnick - Paperback
    Together with 'Sweet Soul Music' and 'Lost Highway', this book completes Peter Guralnick's trilogy of seminal histories of popular American music.
  • Cover scan of Free Comrades
    £14.00
    Free Comrades: Anarchism And Homosexuality In The United States, 1895-1917 - Terence Kissack - Paperback
    This is a fully indexed work on anarchism as it intersected with sexual politics at a time when homosexuality was considered to be 'gross indecency' and Oscar Wilde was imprisoned for two years hard labour in a show trial. The academic level of research is paired with an accessible writing style.
  • Cover scan of Language And Politics
    £19.00
    Language And Politics - Noam Chomsky - Paperback
    An enormous chronological collection of over 50 interviews conducted with Chomsky beginning in 1968. Many translated from the non-US press and all unavailable elsewhere. This volume spans the breadth of Chomsky's work in linguistics, philosophy and politics.
  • Cover scan of The Origins Of The Organic Movement
    £20.00
    The Origins Of The Organic Movement - Philip Conford - Paperback
    This historical work covers the formation of the organic movement. It gives an informative explanation of the political background, which is now relevant to topical issues concerning organic farming.
  • Cover scan of Strange Fruit
    £9.99
    Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, And An Early Cry For Civil Rights - David Margolick - Pbk. + CD
    This text explores the story of a song that foretold a movement, and the lady who dared to sing it. The authors chronicle its effect on those who experienced it first hand