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The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World
Andrew Reynolds · Oxford University Press Pages: 376 Format: Hardcover
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Part political thriller, part meditation on social change, part love story, The Children of Harvey Milk tells the epic stories of courageous men and women around the world who came forward to make their voices heard during the struggle for equal rights.Featuring LGBTQ icons from America... |
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American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution
A. Roger Ekirch · Vintage Pages: 320 Format: Paperback
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In 1797 the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered by the Royal Navy took place on the British frigate HMS Hermione off the coast of Puerto Rico. Jonathan Robbins, a reputed American sailor who had been impressed into service, made his way to American shores. President John Adams bowed to Britain's... |
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America: The Farewell Tour
Chris Hedges · Simon & Schuster Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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A profound and provocative examination of America in crisis, where unemployment, deindustrialization, and a bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in an epidemic of diseases of despair - drug abuse, gambling, suicide, magical thinking, xenophobia, and a culture of sadism and hate.America,... |
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Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation
Harlow G Unger · Da Capo Press Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A revealing biography of Dr. Benjamin Rush--fiery signer of the Declaration of Independence, prominent physician, ardent politician, zealous social reformer, passionate humanitarian, and dedicated educatorDr. Benjamin Rush was the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers... |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
ROBERT DALLEK · Viking Pages: 704 Format: Hardcover
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A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal maker In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents... |
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Trans
Brynn Tannehill · Jessica Kingsley Publishers Pages: 432 Format: Paperback
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Leading activist and essayist Brynn Tannehill tells you everything you ever wanted to know about transgender issues but were afraid to ask. The book aims to break down deeply held misconceptions about trans people across all aspects of life, from politics, law and culture, through to science,... |
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Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises
REBECCA SOLNIT · Haymarket Books Pages: 166 Format: Hardcover
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Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books including the international bestseller Men Explain Things to Me. Called "the voice of the resistance" by the New York Times, she has emerged as an essential guide to our times, through her incisive commentary on feminism,... |
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Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights
Steven Levingston · Hachette Books Pages: 528 Format: Hardcover
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From journalist and author Steven Levingston, a gripping, detailed account of the contentious relationship between President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. during the tumultuous early years of the Civil Rights movement. Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth... |
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Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State
ALI H SOUFAN · W W NORTON Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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A compelling, definitive account of how and why bin Laden's ideology keeps rising from the dead.When Osama bin Laden was killed by a U.S. Navy SEAL, many prophesied al-Qaeda's imminent demise. In reality the opposite has occurred. Why?Watching the Arab Spring from his Pakistani safe house,... |
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
BRITTNEY COOPER · St. Martin's Press Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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With searing honesty, intimacy and humor too, America's leading young black feminist celebrates the power of rage.Melissa Harris Perry says: "I was waiting for an author who wouldn't forget, ignore, or erase us black girls as they told their own story...I was waiting and she has come... |
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