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God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America
Louis S. Warren · Basic Books
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startling... |
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The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates for All Fifty States
Samuel Etinde Crompton · Visible Ink Press
Pages: 450
Format: Print book
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How did colonies, territories, and land purchases shape the United States of America? What differences - and similarities - are there between the states? What does each state bring to the union? From sea to shining sea, The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates... |
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How the States Got Their Shapes
Mark Stein · Smithsonian Books/Collins
Pages: 332
Format: Print book
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Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake?We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities - the entire state of Maryland(!) - have become so engrained that our map might... |
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The Glass Universe
Dava Sobel · Viking
Pages: 324
Format: Print book
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New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People) , little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"A joy to read." - The Wall Street JournalNamed one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian,... |
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The Kingdom of Speech
Tom Wolfe · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,... |
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1947: Where Now Begins
Elisabeth AÌŠsbrink · Other Press
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning writer captures a year that defined the modern world, intertwining historical events around the globe with key moments from her personal history.The year 1947 marks a turning point in the twentieth century. Peace with Germany becomes a tool to fortify the West against the threats... |
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
Trevor Royle · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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A vigorous and authoritative history of last major battle fought between Scottish and English forces, ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne and forming the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire. The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last... |
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Recommended Reading: 600 Classics Reviewed
Salem Press. · Salem Press, Inc., a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ;
Format: Print book
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Recommended Reading: 600 Classics Reviewed covers 600 noteworthy works that have endured the test of time and continue to hold the interest of general readers and literary specialists year after year. This brand-new second edition of this renowned reference work contains 100 more titles... |
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Countries, Peoples and Cultures: North America & the Caribbean
Michael Shally-Jensen · Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Amenia, NY
Pages: 277
Format: eBook
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The North American continent (above Mexico) and islands located in the Caribbean Sea are examined in this volume. Includes profiles of: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, Curacao and Sint Maarten (ex-Netherlands Antilles) , Dominica, Dominican Republic,... |
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The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
Dana Goldstein · Doubleday
Pages: 349
Format: Print book
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In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague our public schools today.Teaching is a wildly contentious profession in America, one attacked and admired in equal measure. In The Teacher Wars, a rich,... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry · Harper
Pages: 340
Format: Print book
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With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice... |
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They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of #blacklivesmatter
Wesley Lowery · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The first book to go behind the barricades of #blacklivesmatter to tell the story of the young men and women who are calling for a new America. In a closely reported book that draws on his own experience as a young biracial journalist, "Washington Post "reporter Wesley Lowery... |
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