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Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. Now, as a retired... |
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Kamala's Way: An American Life
Dan Morain · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, a no-nonsense cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better... |
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Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration
Christine Montross · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: 1st Edition
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Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. Several years ago, she set out to investigate why so many of her patients got caught up in the legal system when discharged from her care--and what happened to them therein.Waiting for an Echo... |
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The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
Charles M Blow · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to action for Black Americans to amass political power and fight white supremacy.Race, as we have come to understand it, is a fiction; but, racism, as we have come to live it, is a fact.... |
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A Promised Land
Barack Obama · Crown
Format: Hardcover
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark... |
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True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump
Jeffrey Toobin · Random House Large Print
Pages: 691
Format: Paperback
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Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his national security advisor pled guilty to others. Several Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence agents... |
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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents
Rod Dreher · Sentinel
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life.... |
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This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope
Shayla Lawson · Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by USA Today, Bitch Magazine, Parade, Salon and Ms. MagazineFrom a fierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant, insightful, and riveting collection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girl culture - for readers... |
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Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust
James Comey · Flatiron Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be, and how far afield it has strayed during the Trump... |
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