Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause (Gjelten Tom)(Paperback)

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause (Gjelten Tom)(Paperback)

In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The company Facundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862 brought

Half of the Human Race (Quinn Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

Spirited and courageous, she is determined to fight for 'the greatest cause the world has ever known'. Will Maitland, the rising star of county cricket, is a man of traditional opinions. Buffeted and spun by choice and chance, Connie and Will struggle against the aftershocks of war and the

Homestead Steel Mill-The Final Ten Years: Uswa Local 1397 and the Fight for Union Democracy (Stout Mike)(Paperback)

Spanning the famous Homestead steel strike of 1892 through the century-long fight for a union and union democracy, Homestead Steel Mill--the Final Ten Years is a case history on the vitality of organized labor. Written by fellow worker and musician Mike Stout, the book is an insider's portrait of

Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (Packer George)(Paperback)

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography**Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize*'Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic history and a Shakespearean tragicomedy... If you could

Moment of War (Lee Laurie)(Paperback / softback)

The author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. This title tells the story of his experiences

Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World (Stanton Mike)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence, a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights (Kendall Mikki)(Paperback)

A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily

A Matter of Moral Justice: Black Women Laundry Workers and the Fight for Justice (Carson Jenny)(Paperback)

A long-overlooked group of workers and their battle for rights and dignity Like thousands of African American women, Charlotte Adelmond and Dollie Robinson worked in New York's power laundry industry in the 1930s. Jenny Carson tells the story of how substandard working conditions, racial and

City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong (Dapiran Antony)(Paperback)

A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a

The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies (Fritz Ben)(Paperback)

The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and commerce of film In the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle, while

Bart Starr (Dunnavant Keith)(Paperback)

The definitive, authorized biography of Bart Starr, quarterback for the University of Alabama and for the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s. A must-read for fans of the Crimson Tide, the Packers, and football greats.No one can touch Bart Starr's record setting 5 NFL Championships including 3

Wood for the Trees - The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood (Fortey Richard)(Paperback / softback)

From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell the full story of the British

How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood (Moskowitz Pe)(Paperback)

A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification -- and the lives that are altered in the process. The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the

Strangling the Axis: The Fight for Control of the Mediterranean During the Second World War (Hammond Richard)(Pevná vazba)

This is a major reassessment of the causes of Allied victory in the Second World War in the Mediterranean region. Drawing on a unique range of multinational source material, Richard Hammond demonstrates how the Allies' ability to gain control of the key routes across the sea and sink large

A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace (Holslag Jonathan)(Paperback)

A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peaceIn three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Patterns, Proteins and Peace: A Life in Science (Ferry Georgina)(Paperback)

*Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award*The definitive biography of chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize in the sciences to date. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) was passionate in her quest to understand the molecules of the

The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook (Koyfman Alex)(Paperback)

Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world and the leading cause of death in those aged under 45 years. Conditions such as airway obstruction, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, tamponade, bowel rupture, vascular injury, and pelvic fracture can cause death if not appropriately

Fightin' Words: The Psychology and Physicality of Fighting (Hochheim Hock)(Paperback)

Fightin' Words is a collection of essays and articles by W. Hock Hochheim about his life-long, worldwide, and somewhat skeptical quest to uncover the best fighting tactics and strategies. Here Hock reveals what he's learned as he trained and then became a worldwide, highly sought-after and

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History (Gallagher Gary W.)(Paperback)

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History posits the notion that the Confederacy was doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union, but its forces fought heroically against all odds for the cause of states' rights. In reality, this was and is an elaborate and

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir (Jones Saeed)(Paperback)

From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives--winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award--is a 'moving, bracingly honest memoir' (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. One of the best books of the year as selected by The

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline (Montesquieu)(Paperback / softback)

The Call of the Wild and White Fang (London Jack)(Paperback)

A thrilling tale of Buck's fight for survival and rise to become leader of the pack, presented here with companion novel White Fang. Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he'd have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is brewing. Man has found gold and because of that Buck

Access to History for the Ib Diploma: Causes and Effects of 20th-Century Wars Second Edition (Dailey Andy)(Paperback)

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock (Gilio-Whitaker Dina)(Paperback)

The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activism Through the unique lens of 'Indigenized environmental justice,' Indigenous researcher and activist Dina