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How the Post Office Created America: A History
Winifred Gallagher · Penguin Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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The definitive history of the US Postal Service, the least appreciated and analyzed of America's great institutions, and an examination of how this remarkable organization created America. The post office, Winifred Gallagher argues, has been not just a witness to but a foundational influence... |
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Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy
Melvin Konner · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A lively, richly informed argument for the natural superiority of women from the acclaimed author of The Tangled Wing.There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the two look the same, but in this disorder... |
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Alligator Candy: A Memoir
David Kushner · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 242
Format: Print book
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From award-winning journalist David Kushner, a regular contributor to "Rolling Stone, " "The New Yorker, " "Vanity Fair, " and other premier magazines, "Alligator Candy "is a reported memoir about family, survival, and the unwavering power of love.... |
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Women Warriors: An Unexpected History
Pamela D. Toler · Beacon Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor.The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns... |
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Yes We Did! The Black Queens
Jeffrey White · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback
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Many aspects of history are often neglected or ignored. Not anymore. Yes We Did! The Black Queens features some of the amazing accomplishments of Black women since the beginning of time. In addition to wonderful information about these heroes, also included are breathtaking pictures created... |
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster - and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.Early in the morning... |
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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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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Elena Favilli · Timbuktu Labs
Pages: 212
Format: Print book
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"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" is a children's book packed with 100 BEDTIME STORIES about the life of 100 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 FEMALE ARTISTS from all over the world. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy... |
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Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
Paul Watson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The spellbinding true story of the greatest cold case in Arctic history -- and how the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge finally led to the recent discovery of the shipwrecks.Spanning nearly 200 years, Ice Ghosts is a fast-paced detective story about Western science, indigenous... |
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Alger Hiss: Framed: A New Look at the Case That Made Nixon Famous
Joan Brady · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover
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A clear-eyed investigation into what is probably the biggest, longest cover-up in American history. As a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Richard Nixon led the investigations that first drew attention to Alger Hiss and his purported ties to the Soviet regime. These... |
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