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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
TO BE CONFIRMED. · Gallery Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably... |
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God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
Lawrence Wright · Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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With humor and the biting insight of a native, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny.God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America.... |
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World Book
World Book, Inc. · World Book
Pages: 304
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"Examines the United States presidency and its historical importance. Includes biographical information about every U.S. president and information and photos of every first lady. Discusses the duties, privileges, and the broad power of the president, and examines the people who have... |
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The Civics and Citizenship Toolkit 2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services, U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Pages: 1
Format: Kit
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M-665 (09/09) is on the portfolio box, although some information is newer than 2009. Toolkit contains: Settlement information for new immigrants; Information on the naturalization process; Study materials for the naturalization test; Reference materials on the rights and responsibilities... |
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1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
James P P Horn · Basic Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in handAlong the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course... |
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Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Paul Butler · The New Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's... |
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
ELAINE F WEISS · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as... |
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe · Doubleday
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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"Meticulously reported, exquisitely written, and grippingly told, Say Nothing is a work of revelation."- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon"[This] gripping account of the Troubles is equal parts true-crime, history, and tragedy... |
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review From the Recipient of the 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"... |
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