Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the Fbi, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence (Burrough Bryan)(Paperback)

Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the Fbi, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence (Burrough Bryan)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s The Weathermen. The Symbionese Liberation Army. The FALN. The Black Liberation Army. The names seem quaint now, when

Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia (Banks Joe)(Paperback)

An account of the English rock band Hawkwind shows them to be one of the most innovative and culturally significant bands of the 1970s.Fifty years on from when it first formed, the English rock band Hawkwind continues to inspire devotion from fans around the world. Its influence reaches across the

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (Burrough Bryan)(Paperback)

An updated edition with a new introduction by Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate offers the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Burrough and Helyar's gripping record of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November 1988 is the story of deal makers

Enemies - A History of the FBI (Weiner Tim)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of how the FBI is America's real secret service. It is the story of America's war against spies, subversives and saboteurs - and the self-inflicted wounds American democracy suffered in

The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes (Burrough Bryan)(Paperback)

'Full of schadenfreude and speculation--and solid, timely history too.' --Kirkus Reviews 'This is a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers, but only sterile speculation for the sons--a story that resonates with today's economic upheaval.'

Barbarians At The Gate (Burrough Bryan)(Paperback / softback)

The battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history, sent shock-waves through the international business world and became a symbol of the greed, excess and egotism of the

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era (Bunn Mike)(Pevná vazba)

Last Days of Detroit - Motor Cars, Motown and the Collapse of an Industrial Giant (Binelli Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Once America's capitalist dream town, the Silicon Valley of the Jazz Age, Detroit became the country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the

The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas (Gill Lesley)(Paperback)

Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand soldiers and police, mostly from Latin America, in counterinsurgency and combat-related skills since it was founded in 1946. So widely documented is the

Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist as Revolutionary (Duberman Martin)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive biography of the radical feminist from one of America's leading biographers--essential reading for our #MeToo era 'You may think you know Dworkin, and there may indeed be things that you can't stand about Dworkin . . . but there is so much about her work that is prescient, terrifying

In Watermelon Sugar (Brautigan The Estate of Richard)(Paperback / softback)

'A charming and original work... Rejecting the violence and hate of the old gang at the Forgotten Works, they lead gentle lives in watermelon

John Henry Days (Whitehead Colson)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of 'The Underground Railroad', Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. 'John Henry Days' is a novel of extraordinary scope and mythic power. It established Colson Whitehead as a pre-eminent American writer

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (Gertner Jon)(Paperback)

The definitive history of America's greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century's most influential technologies 'Filled with colorful characters and inspiring lessons . . . The Idea Factory explores one of the most critical issues of our time: What causes

The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales (Zur Mhlen Hermynia)(Paperback)

A collection of radical political fairy tales--some in English for the first time--from one of the great female practitioners of the genreHermynia Zur M hlen (1883-1951), one of the twentieth century's great political writers, was not seemingly destined for a revolutionary, unconventional literary

Great Reformer - Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope (Ivereigh Austen)(Paperback / softback)

The first major biography of Pope Francis traces the life of this revolutionary thinker from his childhood in Argentina to the world leader he is

Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from the Rights of Man to Robespierre (Israel Jonathan)(Paperback)

How the Radical Enlightenment inspired and shaped the French Revolution Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have

Story of Crass (Berger George)(Paperback)

Crass was the anarcho-punk face of a revolutionary movement founded by radical thinkers and artists Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, and Steve Ignorant. When punk ruled the waves, Crass waived the rules and took it further, putting out their own records, films, and magazines and setting up a series of

John Henry Days (Whitehead Colson)(Paperback)

From the bestselling, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a novel that is 'funny and wise and sumptuously written' (Jonathan Franzen, The New York Times Book Review).Colson Whitehead's triumphant novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of

Forgotten Voices of the Falklands: The Real Story of the Falklands War (McManners Hugh)(Paperback)

Often referred to as a forgotten war, the Falklands conflict was the first war of the modern age, using satellite surveillance, night observation devices, and all the very latest weaponry military technology had to offer. It was also the first real media warthe public's perception of this far-off

Men Among the Ruins: Postwar Reflections of a Radical Traditionalist (Evola Julius)(Paperback)

Julius Evola's masterful overview of the political and social manifestations of our time, the 'age of decline' known to the Hindus as the Kali Yuga. - Reveals the occult war that underlies the crises that have become a prevailing feature of modern life. - Includes H. T. Hansen's definitive essay on

Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and Other Masters of Golden Age Detection (Medawar Tony)(Paperback)

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 15 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including newly discovered stories by Dorothy L. Sayers and Edmund Crispin that have never previously been published. With the Golden Age of

The Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays: The Dance of the Horae (George Arthur)(Paperback)

1. Introduction: Why We Have Holidays The Nature of Things Holy, Including Days The Sociology and Psychology of Holidays Archetypal Ritual Traditions in Holidays The Development of Holidays in Pre-Literate Societies The Inevitable Fate of Holidays and their Rituals The Structure of the Course

Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (Burrough Bryan)(Pevná vazba)

A New York Times bestseller! 'Lively and absorbing. . .' -- The New York Times Book Review 'Engrossing.' --Wall Street Journal 'Entertaining and well-researched . . . ' --Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring

Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia (Talbot Bryan)(Pevná vazba)

Set against the background of violence and state repression in a turbulent period of French history, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia chronicles the incredible and outrageous life of Louise Michel, the revolutionary feminist dubbed 'The Red Virgin of