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  • In the Shadow of Fear

    America and the World in 1950

    by Nick Bunker ...
    An evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold WarHalfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR’s achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president’s ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • An Empire on the Edge

    How Britain Came to Fight America

    by Nick Bunker ...
    Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent.In this powerful but fair-minded narrative, British author Nick Bunker tells the story of the last three years of mutual embitterment that ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • Young Benjamin Franklin

    The Birth of Ingenuity

    by Nick Bunker ...
    In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • Making Haste from Babylon

    The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History

    by Nick Bunker ...
    At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across the Atlantic on board the Mayflower, the atmosphere remained charged with fear and expectation. Men and women readied ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

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    In the Shadow of Fear

    America and the World in 1950

    by Nick Bunker ...
    Narrated by Rich Miller ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 36 min

    An evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold WarHalfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR’s achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president’s ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Making Haste from Babylon

    The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History

    by Nick Bunker ...
    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 20 min

    At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across the Atlantic on board the Mayflower, the atmosphere remained charged with fear and expectation. Men and women readied ... Read more

    $34.00 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Young Benjamin Franklin

    The Birth of Ingenuity

    by Nick Bunker ...
    Narrated by Dan Woren ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 18 min

    In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through ... Read more

    $34.00 CAD

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