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1	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier more books like this by Ishmael Beah This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one ... see all copies from £5.27! new only from £6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression more books like this by Amity Shlaes This striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression looks at the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they had helped to establish the steadfast character that has developed a nation. see all copies from £8.99! new only from £8.99!
3	Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America more books like this by Thomas L Friedman Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy. see all copies from £14.73! new only from £14.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope more books like this by Jonathan Alter In this dramatic and authoritative account, the author shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his famous "fear itself" speech and the first 100 days in office to lift the country from despair and paralysis and transform the American presidency. see all copies from £10.40! new only from £10.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	One Hundred Years of Solitude more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez One of the 20th century's enduring works, "One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize- winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendi a family. It is a rich and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £7.25! \| first editions
6	Invisible Man more books like this by Ralph Waldo Ellison Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the extraordinary story of a man who is invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Yet his powerfully depicted adventures - from a terrifying Harlem race riot to his expulsion from a Southern college - go far beyond the story of ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Democracy in America more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville When it was first published last year, Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of "Democracy in America" was lauded in all quarters as the finest and most definitive edition of Tocqueville's classic thus far--complete with the most faithful and readable translation to date, impeccable annotations of unfamiliar references, and a ... see all copies from £1.42! new only from £4.50! \| first editions
8	White Teeth more books like this by Zadie Smith One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, "White Teeth" is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Snow more books like this by Orhan Pamuk From the award-winning author of 'My Name is Red' comes this political thriller. After 12 years in Germany, a poet Ka returns to Istanbul for his mother's funeral. In a dangerous political atmosphere, the truth concerning the poet and the snow-covered old world city of Kars is revealed. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Lazarus Project more books like this by Aleksandar Hemon, Velibor Bozovic (Photographer), Chicago Historical Society (Photographer) The much anticipated novel from MacArthur Award-winning writer Hemon is a story of historical sweep and contemporary insight crafted in a dazzlingly original style. Illustrated. see all copies from £8.95! new only from £8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Culture Warrior more books like this by Bill O'Reilly With three straight #1 bestsellers and more than four million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for Americas heart and soul, and dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today more books like this by Tom Brokaw (Read by) With the bestseller "The Greatest Generation," Brokaw defined for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, the veteran newsman takes readers into the tumultuous decade of the 1960s--a decade of turbulence and change. Illustrated. see all copies from £6.59! new only from £11.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community more books like this by Robert D Putnam In a groundbreaking book based on vast new data, Robert Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbours and our democratic structures- and how we may reconnect. BOWLING ALONE warns Americans that their stock of "social capital", the very fabric of their connections with each other, has been accelerating ... see all copies from £6.35! new only from £8.29! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Mis-Education of the Negro more books like this by Carter G Woodson Originally released in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education system, such as what and who African Americans are educated for, the difference between education and ... see all copies from £5.33! new only from £5.33! \| first editions
15 view cover	Sociology: A Brief Introduction more books like this by Richard T Schaefer This text represents all major theoretical perspectives and research methods, taking a social policy emphasis that underscores the usefulness of sociological theory and research in understanding and resolving the issues facing the modern world. see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
16 view cover	Passage to India more books like this by E M Forster "A Passage to India" sparked such political fury that enraged Anglo-Indians threw copies into the Indian Ocean, while in England it helped create a climate of opinion which would take the British out of India in less than a generation. It won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and has sold over a million copies ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America more books like this by Mike Huckabee Part campaign memoir, part manifesto, this work from the former governor of Arkansas and a rising star of the Republican party lays out his optimistic vision for America's future. 8-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from £15.40! new only from £15.40!
18 view cover	The Secret Scripture more books like this by Sebastian Barry Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Told ... see all copies from £9.83! new only from £10.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Fathers & Sons more books like this by I. S. Turgenev This title includes an introduction by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading. "Fathers and Sons" is one of the greatest nineteenth century Russian novels, and has long been acclaimed as Turgenev's finest work. It is a political novel set in a domestic context, with a universal theme, the generational divide between fathers and sons. Set in 1859 at ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Room of Ones Own more books like this by Woolf Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America more books like this by Matt Weiland (Editor), Sean Wilsey (Editor) From the bestselling editors of "The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup" comes an American road trip in book form: original writing on all 50 states by 50 of America's finest novelists, journalists, and essayists. see all copies from £12.29! new only from £16.38! \| first editions
22 view cover	Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do about It more books like this by Thom Hartmann, Prof. Mark Crispin Miller (Foreword by) The American middle class is on its deathbed. People who put in a solid day's work can no longer afford to buy a house, send their kids to college, or even get sick. If you're not a CEO, you're probably screwed. As Air America Radio Host, Thom Hartmann shows, this death is no accident. Like the Founding Fathers, patriots such as Roosevelt, Truman, ... see all copies from £5.91! new only from £5.96! \| first editions
23 view cover	Power to the People more books like this by Laura Ingraham Top-rated radio personality Ingraham issues a call to arms to her millions of fans from red-state America--a plea to reinvigorate their birthright of liberty, to reconnect to their American heritage, and to revive their commitment to traditional, conservative principles. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation more books like this by Jonathan Kozol A chilling report from Kozol on the status of the "poorest of the poor" children, focusing on New York City's South Bronx. see all copies from £2.09! new only from £6.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life more books like this by Bill O'Reilly (Read by) These observations on politics and American life--from the popular television commentator--are terse, acerbic, and sometimes witty. Considered by some to be right-of-center, O'Reilly calls them the way he sees them, and he is no defender of the status quo. see all copies from £2.20! new only from £8.54! \| first editions

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