When the United States entered the war in April 1917 the belligerents were approaching exhaustion. It had been hoped by the Generals in both Britain & France that untold numbers of fresh troops would be assimilated into their respective commands. However, this idea was firmly resisted, America would field its own army alongside the Allies
- it would have its own section on the front line. Those with concerns that the untried divisions under General Pershing would fair badly against the seasoned German military machine were soon reassured as impressive victories were won by the newcomers. The book is split into eight chapters which deal with different pivotal moments during the First World War from the American perspective, from the reasons behind the American involvement in the war & initial training to the major battles at Cantigny, Chateau Thierry & St Mihiel. This story is told in pictures gleaned from the official archives which were first published in 1920 & now presented for re-examination & public awareness in the Images of War series.
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American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius & international bestseller Neil Gaiman, comes vividly to life this spring in the hottest TV show of the year. A roaring success at the recent SXSW festival, the series will be shown in the UK on Amazon Prime Video & stars Ricky Whittle, Ian Mc Shane, Emily Browning & Gillian Anderson. ` Gaiman is a treasure-house of story & we are lucky to have him` Stephen King. If you are to survive, you must believe. Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow & to be king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. Yet all around them a storm threatens to break. The war has already begun, an epic struggle for the very soul of America, & Shadow is standing squarely in its path. ...

Domestic terrorism. Financial uncertainty. Troops abroad, fighting an unsuccessful & bloody war against guerrilla insurgents. A violent generation gap emerging between a discontented youth & their disapproving, angry elders. This was the early seventies in America, & it was against this backdrop that the kidnapping of nineteen-year-old Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Front
- a rag-tag, cult-like group of political extremists & criminals
- stole headlines across the world. Using new research & drawing on the formidable abilities that made The Run of His Life a global bestseller, Jeffrey Toobin uncovers the story of the kidnapping & its aftermath in vivid prose & forensic detail.

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What are the unique characteristics that make a house Colonial or Craftsman, Modern or Deco, or any of the other Approx. 20 styles of domestic architecture common in the United States? At a time of near-obsessive attention to home design & renovation, this compact, easily accessible guide
- the only book of its kind with all colour photography
- makes the identification of house styles a breeze. Multiple examples of each house style are provided
- the book

Includes:: 350 houses from more than 40 states
- so the reader can see the region-specific variations. Complementing the beautiful colour photographs is a selection of line drawings highlighting each style's key attributes.





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American Interior is a psychedelic historical travelogue from Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys. This book was longlisted for the guardian first book & shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize in 1972, John Evans, a twenty-two-year-old farmhand from Snowdonia, Wales, travelled to America to discover whether there was indeed, as widely believed, a tribe of Welsh-speaking native Americans still walking the great plains. In 2012, Gruff Rhys set out on an `investigative concert tour` in the footsteps of John Evans, with concerts in New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St Louis, North Dakota & more. American Interior is the story of these journeys. It is also an exploration of how wild fantasies interact with hard history & how myth-making can inspire humans to partake in crazy, vain pursuits of glory, including exploration, war & the creative arts. ” Brilliantly life-affirming...highlights a world of wonder.” (Guardian). ”A joyous & poignant celebration of the mythical & the real.” (Caught by the River). ” Charming & entertainingly written.” (Independent). Gruff Rhys is known around the world for his work as a solo artist as well as singer & songwriter with Super Furry Animals & Neon Neon, & for his collaborations with Gorillaz, Mogwai, Dangermouse & Sparklehorse amongst others. The latest album by Neon Neon, Praxis Makes Perfect, based on the life of radical Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, was recently performed as an immersive live concert with National Theatre Wales. ...

The epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant. Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation, however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the abominable killers
- living & dead
- that she & Milo will have to face. For Amber`s future lies in her family`s past, in the brother & sister she never knew, & the horrors beyond imagining that befell them.

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North American & Alaskan Cruises Insight Guide is a detailed exploration of the cruise route with a selection of glossy illustrations. Introductory sections explore background information to cruising in general as well as the history & culture of the places en route, whilst selective photo-features illustrate the variety of the place. The ...

In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified greatness that is an elegy for all the twentieth century`s promises of prosperity, civic order, & domestic bliss. Roth`s protagonist is Seymour ` Swede` Levov
- a legendary high school athlete, a devoted family man, a hard worker, the prosperous inheritor of his father`s Newark glove factory
- comes of age in thriving, triumphant post-war America. & then one day in 1968, Swede`s beautiful American luck deserts him. For Swede`s adored daughter, Merry, has grown from a loving, quick-witted girl into a sullen, fanatical teenager
- a teenager capable of an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism. & overnight Swede is wrenched out of the longed-for American pastoral & into the indigenous American berserk. Compulsively readable, propelled by sorrow, rage, & a deep compassion for its characters, this is Roth`s masterpiece.


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Few Americans & even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither & think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the U.S. campaign contributions disproportionately favor incumbents in most legislative elections, or that largely unregulated groups such as the now notorious 527s have as much impact on the outcome of a campaign as do the parties or the candidates` campaign organizations. These factors offer a very clear picture of the problems that underlay our much trumpeted electoral system. The second edition of this Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to these issues & more. Drawing on updated data & new examples from the 2016 presidential nominations, L. Sandy Maisel provides an insider`s view of how the system actually works while shining a light on some of its flaws. He also illustrates the growing impact of campaigning through social media, the changes in campaign financing wrought by the Supreme Court recent decisions, & the Tea Party`s influence on the sub-presidential nominating process. As the United States enter what is sure to be yet another highly contested election year, it is more important than ever that Americans take the time to learn the system that puts so many in power. ...

Patrick Bateman is twenty-six & works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming & intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to a head-on collision with America`s greatest dream -- & its worst nightmare -- American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront. ` American Psycho is a beautifully controlled, careful, important novel.. . The novelist`s function is to keep a running tag on the progress of the culture; & he`s done it brilliantly.. .A seminal book` Fay Weldon, Washington Post ` The first novel to come along in years that takes on deep & Dostoyevskian themes.. . Ellis is showing older authors where the hands have come to on the clock` Norman Mailer, Vanity Fair ` Serious, clever & shatteringly effective.. . For its savagely coherent picture of a society lethally addicted to blandness, it should be judged by the highest standards` Sunday Times ...