A History of Modern Southeast Asia
A Spectrum Book / Prentice-all, 1968. Trade Paperback. Octavo. Sun bleached spine. Foxing & dust staining of textblock edges, as well as interior pages. [214 pages]. More
History
Titanic: A Survivor's Story & the Sinking of the S.S. Titanic
Chicago Review Press, August 2005. Trade Paperback. This book combines two survivors' vivid accounts of the greatest maritime disaster in history: the sinking of the Titanic. The information contained in Colonel Archibald Gracie's Titanic: A Survivor's Story is available from no other source. He provides details of those final moments..... More
Africa and the Victorians: The Climax of Imperialism -- AO-4
Doubleday Anchor, 1968. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Octavo. 2nd printing. Mild darkening & dust stains. [491 pages]. More
That Devil Forrest : Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
N/A, August 1989. Trade Paperback. More
Great ARC: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named
Harper Perennial, August 2001. Trade Paperback. The Great Indian Arc of the Meridian, begun in 1800, was the longest maesurement of the earth's surface ever to have been attempted. Its 1,600 miles of inch-perfect survey took nearly fifty years. Hailed as one of the most stupendous works in the history..... More
The Federalist Papers
New American Library. Mass Market PaperBack. Mentor Book edition in fair condition. Covers are lightly creased, with wear on both edges. Spine is creased. A good reading copy. More
The Cold War: A New History
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006-12-26. Trade Paperback. "Outstanding . . . The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written." --The Boston Globe "Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject." --The New York Times The "dean of Cold War historians" (The New York Times) now presents the..... More
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (Vintage)
Vintage, May 2012. Trade Paperback. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography The definitive biography of Clarence Darrow, the brilliant, idiosyncratic lawyer who defended John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial" and gave voice to the populist masses at the turn of the twentieth century, thus changing American..... More
Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
William Morrow & Company, November 2017. Hardcover. NATIONAL BESTSELLER The "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes "Enthralling. ... Gripping. ... A captivating and emotionally investing..... More
Eccentric Travellers: Excursions with Seven Extraordinary Figures from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Tarcher, December 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Octavo. In heavily edgeworn jacket. Turquoise cloth wrapped spine with blue foil lettering. Black paper covered boards. Foxing and stains on fore-edge and top edge. Complete number string. [216 pages]. More
The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714
Longman, May 1999. Paper Back. Warfare dominated the long reign of the `Sun-king', Louis XIV. For forty years from 1672, France was continuously at war and had one of the largest armies seen in the West since the fall of imperial Rome. The campaigns secured little territory, but almost bankrupted..... More
The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
St. Martin's Press, March 2023. Hardcover. John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch--The Dirty Tricks Department--and its role in World War II. In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in..... More
Spain: The Root and the Flower: An Interpretation of Spain and the Spanish People
University of California Press, March 1985. Reprint. Cloth. John A. Crow updates and expands his classic study of the cultural history of Spain and its people. The scope of this richly textured book is remarkable and includes chapters on Roman Spain, the Jews in Spain, the Moors, life in medieval..... More
National and Class Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Shama Books, 2012. Reprint. Soft Cover. Octavo. Clean, sound, without interior markings. [371 pages]. More
Ireland in the Twentieth Century -- The Gill History of Ireland 11
Gill and MacMillan, 1981. Reprint. Paper Back. 12mo. Mild soiling/staining. [180 pages]. More
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
Bookmarks Publications, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Very minor shelf wear. Seemingly unread copy. More
Apostles of the Self Made Man
Univ of Chicago Pr, January 1989. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Sparse pencil markings present; An excellent copy. More
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Simon & Schuster, April 1998. Trade Paperback. An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, "Rising Tide" tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known-- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes..... More
Across That Bridge
Hachette Books, August 2017. Paper Back. Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work/Biography. In Across That Bridge, Congressman John Lewis draws from his experience as a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer timeless wisdom, poignant recollections, and powerful principles for anyone interested in challenging..... More
The Road to Stalingrad (Stalin's war with Germany, Vol. 1)
Harper & Row, January 1975. First Thus. Hardcover. First American Edition; Binding significantly worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Damp-staining present at text-block; Un-clipped dust jacket damp-stained at rear flap, otherwise in good shape, housed in protective mylar. More
The Road To Berlin: Continuing The History Of Stalin's War With Germany
Westview Press, November 1983. Book Club. Hardcover. Solid binding, mildly worn at spine; Clean, sturdy quarter cloth boards, gently edge-worn; Pages free of markings; Previous seller stamp present at front free end-page; Un-clipped dust jacket mildly edge-worn, housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation. More
Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reappraisal
Penguin Books, November 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. More
A history of the cold war (Anchor A322)
Doubleday Anchor Books, 1962. Reprint. Paper Back. Revised Anchor mass market paperback edition with darkened, slightly slanted spine. Creased upper right corner of rear cover. [348 pages]. More
War of Two: The Dark Mystery of the Duel Between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and Its Legacy for America
Berkley, November 2015. Hardcover. A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America's most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised..... More
My experiences in the West (The Lakeside classics, no. 68)
Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Christmas, 1970. Cloth. 12mo. {4 & 1/2' x 6'} Dustjacket missing. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine and gold emblem stamped center of front panel. Heavily dust stained with off color blotches. Fold out map at end of book. [252..... More
