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When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope
Kevin Cowherd · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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The date is April 29, 2015. Baltimore is reeling from the devastating riots sparked by the death in police custody of twenty-five-year-old African American Freddie Gray. Set against this grim backdrop, less than thirty-six hours after the worst rioting Baltimore has seen since the assassination... |
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The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between
Michael Dobbs · Knopf
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape Nazi Germany, and an illuminating account of America's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930's and 40's. This book complements the exhibition The Americans and the Holocaust... |
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Unfreedom of the Press
Mark R. Levin · Threshold Editions
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin comes a groundbreaking and enlightening book that shows how the great tradition of the American free press has degenerated into a standardless profession that has squandered the faith and trust... |
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Firefighting: The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Ben S. Bernanke · Penguin Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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From the three primary architects of the American policy response to the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, a magnificent big-picture synthesis--from why it happened to where we are now.In 2018, Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, and Hank Paulson came together to reflect on the lessons... |
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Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!
Chelsea Handler · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The funny, sad, super-honest, all-true story of Chelsea Handler's year of self-discovery - featuring a nerdily brilliant psychiatrist, a shaman, four Chow Chows, some well-placed security cameras, various family members (living and departed) , friends, assistants, and a lot of edibles"This... |
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The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years
John Paul Stevens · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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A masterful and personal account of life on the Supreme Court that offers a unique understanding of American history from one of the most prominent jurists of our time When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010, he left a legacy of service unequaled in the history... |
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América: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898
Robert Goodwin · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of Spain: The Centre of the World. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus's great voyage... |
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The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
Dolly Chugh · HarperBusiness
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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"Favorite Books of 2018" The Greater Good MagazineForeword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules! and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at GoogleAn inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University... |
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