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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Random House Publishing Group 2015; US$ 7.99Now available as an eBook for the very first time! • ONE OF TIME ’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the... more...
Going Away
Open Road Media 2013; US$ 9.99National Book Award Finalist: This autobiographical road-trip novel exploring life and politics in the 1950s became “an underground bestseller” ( The Village Voice ). The year is 1956, and a blacklisted Hollywood agent sets off on a cross-country adventure from Los Angeles to New York City. Along the way—stopping at bars, all-night restaurants,... more...
A 1960s Childhood
The History Press 2010; US$ 12.49Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960. To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade, school life, 'mod' fashions and sixties pop music are still fresh in their minds. From James Bond... more...
A Nightmare's Prayer
Threshold Editions 2010; US$ 9.99Winner of the 2012 Colby Award and the first Afghanistan memoir ever to be written by a Marine Harrier pilot, A Nightmare’s Prayer portrays the realities of war in the twenty-first century, taking a unique and powerful perspective on combat in Afghanistan as told by a former enlisted man turned officer. Lt. Col. Michael “Zak” Franzak was an AV-8B... more...
Malcolm X
Penguin Publishing Group 2011; US$ 21.00Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, the definitive biography of Malcolm X. Hailed as "a masterpiece" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), the late Manning Marable's acclaimed biography of Malcolm X finally does justice to one of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century American history. Filled with startling new information... more...
The Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 38.00A 1993 text revealing the mystical side of the former Australian Prime Minister and examining the implications of his beliefs for Australian political history. more...
Paul: A Very Short Introduction
OUP Oxford 2001; US$ 7.99Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian, and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built. more...
Nelson
Random House 2012; US$ 26.78The Sword of Albion concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written, one that teems with a glittering array of sailors and civilians, heroes and villains, husbands, wives and lovers. Here are Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar as well as his lesser-known yet equally gripping... more...
Adolf Hitler
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; US$ 12.68Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies since they first appeared. 'The most irreverent, hilarious... more...
Turn the Ship Around!
Penguin Publishing Group 2013; US$ 20.99“One of the 12 best business books of all time…. Timeless principles of empowering leadership.” – USA Today "The best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution.” —FORTUNE Since Turn the Ship Around! was published in 2013, hundreds of thousands of readers have been inspired by former Navy captain... more...
