History
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Paperback
In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York,...
These Truths: A History of the United States
Paperback
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history
Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History
Hardback
Epic and groundbreaking, Stealing America boldly rewrites American history by putting Native enslavement and rampant land theft at the epicentre of America’s past
Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
Hardback
A ground-breaking history that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially and racially for nearly two centuries
On the Record: Music that Changed America
Hardback
The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in America’s halls of Congress