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JAMAICA: Its Past And Present State

JAMAICA: Its Past And Present State

$179.95NZD

1843. A history of Jamaica, written by a missionary of 20 years.

FROM ISOLATION TO WAR 1931 - 1941

FROM ISOLATION TO WAR 1931 - 1941

ISBN# 710063040
$58.95NZD

1967. 1st edition. American diplomacy in the decade before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD HISTORY: From Its Beginnings to World Leadership

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD HISTORY: From Its Beginnings to World Leadership

$69.95NZD

1949. American history including monochrome images.

LOST HERITAGE OF ALASKA: The Adventures And Art Of The Alaskan Coastal Indians

LOST HERITAGE OF ALASKA: The Adventures And Art Of The Alaskan Coastal Indians

ISBN# 0517139197
$48.95NZD

1967. 1st edition. Describes the arts and history of the Tlingit and Haida Indians, from accounts by early explorers and traders.

THE WHISPERING LAND

THE WHISPERING LAND

$32.95NZD

1961. 1st Edition. Gerald Durrell's tour of animals and wild life throughout South America. 

FROM YUKON TO YUCATAN: A Western Journey

FROM YUKON TO YUCATAN: A Western Journey

ISBN# 0436444798
$27.95NZD

1994. 1st edition. Traces the movement of the original people of North America, recording the impressions of the other kind of Indian - the kind that Columbus expected to find when he set sail in 1492

A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE: Rediscovering The New World

A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE: Rediscovering The New World

ISBN# 9780805076035
$24.95NZD

2008. A journey of rediscovery, following in the footsteps of the many Europeans who preceded the Pilgrims to America.

WITHOUT A TRACE: More Evidence From The Bermuda Triangle

WITHOUT A TRACE: More Evidence From The Bermuda Triangle

ISBN# 0285622862
$24.95NZD

1977. Relates new information about strange occurrences within the Bermuda Triangle.

The Arms, Flags and Floral Emblems of Canada
The Amazing MISSISSIPPI

The Amazing MISSISSIPPI

$44.95NZD

1962. 1st edition. The story of a great river - lore, flora and fauna.

THE FRASER CANYON: Valley of Death

THE FRASER CANYON: Valley of Death

$39.95NZD

1968. A guide to the canyon which stretches from Lytton to Agassiz in Canada.

THE PENTAGON'S NEW MAP
New Book

THE PENTAGON'S NEW MAP

ISBN# 0399151753
$39.95NZD

2004. 1st edition. A former senior military analyst with the U.S. Naval War College offers a thought-provoking analysis of the United States and global security.

THE VOYAGEUR

THE VOYAGEUR

ISBN# 0873510127
$47.95NZD

1931. History and culture of the fur trader's canoe route from Lake Superior to Rainy Lake, Minnesota.

SCHOOL ON WHEELS: Reaching and Teaching the Isolated Children of the North

SCHOOL ON WHEELS: Reaching and Teaching the Isolated Children of the North

ISBN# 0919783465
$19.95NZD

1986. 1st edition. The true story of Fred Solman and his school in a rail car that brought education to children in isolated communities in Northern Ontario from 1926 to the 1965.

SECRETS SPIES and SCHOLARS: Blueprint of the Essential CIA

SECRETS SPIES and SCHOLARS: Blueprint of the Essential CIA

ISBN# 874910463
$89.95NZD

1976. 1st edition. Dr. Ray S. Cline, a former top-level CIA official with operational experience, puts the triumphs as well as the disasters of American intelligence into a meaningful perspective.

HARLEM USA: The Story of a City within a City

HARLEM USA: The Story of a City within a City

$48.95NZD

1964. A broad view of Afro-American culture as seen from afar.

Glimpses of the Harvard Past
New Book

Glimpses of the Harvard Past

ISBN# 0674354435
$49.95NZD

1986. 1st edition. Four interesting contributors tell the origins of Harvard and the foundations of the university's persistent character.

ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICA

ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICA

ISBN# 1841882291
$49.95NZD

2003. Traces the history of America from the eve of discovery by European explorers to modern times.

ENEMIES OF INTELLIGENCE: Knowledge and Power in American National Security

ENEMIES OF INTELLIGENCE: Knowledge and Power in American National Security

ISBN# 9780231138888
$69.95NZD

2007. 1st edition. Betts draws on three decades of work within the U.S. intelligence community to illuminate the paradoxes and problems that frustrate the intelligence process.

AIDS & ACCUSATION: Haiti and the Geography of Blame

AIDS & ACCUSATION: Haiti and the Geography of Blame

ISBN# 9780520248397
$29.95NZD

1993. Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society.

The Way It Was : Diary of a pioneer Las Vegas Woman
The First Salute

The First Salute

ISBN# 0394553330
$44.95NZD

1988. A fresh view of the American Revolution, chronicling key events from 1776 to 1781.

Harry Trumans Excellent Adventure
New Book

Harry Trumans Excellent Adventure

ISBN# 9781556527777
$29.95NZD

2009. The True Story of a Great American Road Trip.

FULL BODY BURDEN: Growing Up in the Shadow of a Secret Nuclear Facility
New Book

FULL BODY BURDEN: Growing Up in the Shadow of a Secret Nuclear Facility

ISBN# 9780099571858
$24.95NZD

2013. A haunting work of narrative non-fiction about a young woman, Kristen Iversen, growing up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant.

Viking America : The Norse Crossings and Their Legacy

Viking America : The Norse Crossings and Their Legacy

ISBN# 450014797
$39.95NZD

1972. 1st edition. A thoughtful intriguing and informative work in an area of historical speculation.

The World's Rim: Great Mysteries of the North American Indians

The World's Rim: Great Mysteries of the North American Indians

ISBN# 0486406709
$32.95NZD

1998. A rich and stimulating work by an American philosopher who was also a specialist in American Indian art and mythology.

CUBA: An American Tragedy

CUBA: An American Tragedy

ISBN# 9780140522273
$28.95NZD

1964. What exactly happened during the Cuban crisis?

THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY

THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY

$49.95NZD

1920. Frederick Jackson Turner presented an essay at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 that would change the study of American History forever.

HARRY & IKE: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World
New Book

HARRY & IKE: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World

ISBN# 0684853558
$47.95NZD

2006. 1st edition. Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower worked more closely between 1945 and 1952 than any other two American presidents of the twentieth century.

THREE CHILEAN THINKERS

THREE CHILEAN THINKERS

$39.95NZD

1975. 1st edition. A companion piece to Three Argentine Thinkers, attempts to examine some of the outstanding characters of Chile's intellectual development.

SEA OTTER CHIEFS

SEA OTTER CHIEFS

ISBN# 1896209181
$24.95NZD

1996. Three great Canadian North-West Indian chiefs (circa 1780-1820) who masterminded the development of the sea-otter fur trade.

AGAINST THE TIDE: The Fate of The New England Fisherman

AGAINST THE TIDE: The Fate of The New England Fisherman

ISBN# 0395765307
$23.95NZD

1999. A masterly profile of four New England fishermen at Cape Cod.