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The Dark Side of Camelot

Seymour Hersh

Non-fiction

If the Kennedys are Americas royal family, then John F. Kennedy was the nations crown prince. Magnetic, handsom

america, jornalism

The Aztecs

A History

Nigel Davies

History

The Aztecs are one of the most fascinating and exotic of the ancient civilisations, and they have captured the

america

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

The Definitive History of Secret CIA Assassins, Armies and Operators

Annie Jacobsen

Non-fiction

Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA-led covert action operations t

america, cia, pulitzer

Imperial Ambitions

Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the post 9/11 world

Noam Chomsky

Non-fiction

Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished interviews conducte

america, politics

Libra

Don Delillo

Contemporary Fiction

In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo

america, cia, JFK, kgb

The Road To Los Angeles

John Fante

Contemporary Fiction

This novel introduces Fantes alter ego Arturo Bandini who reappears in Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), Ask t

america, beat

Ragtime

E L Doctorow

Contemporary Fiction

Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtim

america, film, historical

The Conquest of New Spain

Bernal Diaz

History

Vivid and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history:

america, mexico, spain

The Penguin Book of The American West

David Lavender

History

The Americans who went West carved out the Worlds greatest living folk-legend – the epic of the frontier. This

america, colonialism, goldrush

Before Columbus

Links between the Old World and Ancient America

Cyrus H Gordon

History

Discusses evidence of American landfall by Minoans and Jews in ancient & classical times, and also looks at ref

america, archeology, culture

Night Train

Martin Amis

Contemporary Fiction

Detective Mike Hoolihan has seen it all. A fifteen-year veteran of the force, shes gone from walking a beat, to

america, crime, police, time

Area 51

An Uncensored History of Americas Top Secret Military Base

Annie Jacobsen

Non-fiction

It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesnt exist. Located a mere seventy-five mile

america, conspiracy, history, military, nukes, roswell, ufo

The Sot-Weed Factor

John Barth

Contemporary Fiction

Considered by critics to be Barths most distinguished masterpiece, The Sot-Weed Factor has acquired the status

america, historical, history

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

The shocking inside story of how America Really took over the world

John Perkins

Non-fiction

From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an expos

america, politics

True Crime: An American Anthology

Harold Schechter

Non-fiction

Americans have had an uneasy fascination with crime since the earliest European settlements in the New World, a

america, murderporn, truecrime

The Family

Ed Sanders

Non-fiction

In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopi

america, helterskelter, manson, truecrime