The Book Company: New Products - Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

The Immigrant Jews of New York (1881 to the Present)

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:23:16 +0000

Originally published in 1976, this monumental volume is a study of one of the major migrations of modern times. In researching this volume, the author drew on many different sources, including the rich materials of the Yiddish press and the vast number of memoirs written in both English and Yid..

Price: $39.99

Scoundrel (How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free)

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:14:31 +0000

A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * Alma

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murder..

Price: $28.99

Chasing Empire Across the Sea (Communications and the State in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763)

Sat, 02 May 2026 10:22:19 +0000

Drawing from official correspondence, merchant's letters, ship's logs, and graphic archival material, Kenneth Banks explores the failure of transatlantic communications in helping to develop and maintain French imperialism during the height of France's first overseas empire in Quebec, New Orleans,..
Price: $34.95

The Evolution of Literature in the Americas (A Timeline and Commentary)

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:47:25 +0000

A literary and, to a lesser degree, socio-political, history of America, from its indigenous past to 2026, the book offers the reader a great deal of information about America, understood not merely as the domain of one nation but as a giant, hemispheric complex, one full of fascinating interac..
Price: $54.99

The Pursuit of Happyness (An NAACP Image Award Winner)

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:52:59 +0000

The red Ferrari was a symbol of everything he’d never had: freedom, options, a way out. For Chris Gardner, a bright but struggling man trying to keep himself and his toddler son afloat on the streets of San Francisco, it was the spark that ignited an impossible dream.
In this power..
Price: $15.99

Colón: El converso que cambió el mundo / Columbus: The Converted Who Changed the World (Spanish Edition)

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:54:13 +0000

Una nueva biografía sobre un personaje siempre envuelto en una nebulosa de conjeturas sobre su vida a las que el autor consigue poner cerco.

Todo libro de historia es fruto de su tiempo, por lo que cada generación, guiada por su propia sensibilidad, se plantea interroga..
Price: $22.95

The Early Modern Production of Missionary Books on Indigenous Languages in New Spain and Peru

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:30:21 +0000

The handwritten and printed missionary books of the Spanish viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru were key instruments designed to help study Indigenous languages. This volume considers these missionary books.
Price: $61.99

Where the Birds Never Sing (The True Story of the 92nd Signal Battalion and the Liberation of Dachau)

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:15:17 +0000

The inspiring story of Joe Sacco and his part in the greatest battles of World War II, from Omaha Beach to the liberation of the concentration camp at Dachau, Germany.

In his riveting debut, Where the Birds Never Sing, Jack Sacco recounts the realistic, harrowin..
Price: $24.95

A History of the Americas (From Prehistory to the 21st Century)

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:22:28 +0000

This extraordinary hardback reference guide weaves together common threads of history of the Americas, from the end of the ice ages until the present day, richly illustrated in full-color throughout.

This sweeping survey of the Americas follows the epic story of the reg..
Price: $24.99

Legacy of Luna (The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods)

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:20:42 +0000

Coming Soon..
Price: $25.00