Americas History Books
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All That She Carried : The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Woven into the fabric of a simple cotton sack is a powerful story of resilience, love, and the unbreakable bonds of family. In "All That She Carried," Tiya Miles masterfully traces the journey of this humble keepsake across three generations of Black women, beginning...- £12.99
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An Autobiography
Riveting; as fresh and relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago. The words fire off the page with humour, anger and eloquence' GuardianA powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisEdited by Toni Morrison and first published...- £10.99
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Bad Land
Jonathan Raban's enthralling journey into the history of the Great Plains of Montana - the least populated, most uncharted region of the United States - to uncover the heart and soul of the country. Bringing to life the extraordinary landscape of the prairie and...- £10.99
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West
The American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their land, lives and liberty...- £10.99
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King : The Life of Martin Luther King
A�NEW YORK TIMES�BESTSELLER *SELECTED AS ONE OF��BARACK�OBAMA'S�FAVOURITE BOOKS OF�2023*Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's�King is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. - and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. � In this...- £25.00
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignement for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when in 1941 Let Us Now Praise...- £14.99
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The Dead Are Arising : Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
**WINNER OF PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY****WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD (Nonfiction)**Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown AwardFinalist, LA Times Book PrizeA landmark biography of one of the twentieth century's most compelling figures, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer...- £12.99
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The Great River : The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
For millennia, the Mississippi watershed served as the abode for millions of indigenous people who regarded "the great river" with reverence and awe, adorning its banks with awe-inspiring spiritual earthworks. However, European settlers and American pioneers harboured a contrasting vision: they perceived the river...- £23.99
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The Last Emperor of Mexico : A Disaster in the New World
A captivating narrative that unveils a remarkable yet largely overlooked chapter in history. Edward Shawcross masterfully recounts the astonishing tale of Maximilian, an Austrian archduke who found himself entangled in a web of deceit and ambition orchestrated by the cunning Napoleon III. Lured by...- £12.99
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The Penguin History Of Latin America : New Edition
Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day,...- £16.99
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The Ruin of All Witches : Life and Death in the New World
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC HistoryIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651,...- £10.99
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The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
A landmark piece of non-fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a...- £14.99
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