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New Titles - History
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Edda L. Fields-Black - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. . Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more... |
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Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
Patti Davis - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the power of redemption in this poetic letter to her long-gone parents.Written with dignity and grace in the form of a letter to her parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Dear Mom and Dad is that surprisingly... |
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Katie Gee Salisbury - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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"Enlightening, nuanced, and honest." - Lisa See. Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim... |
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Kubrick: An Odyssey
Robert P. Kolker - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining,and A Clockwork Orange,presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of the groundbreaking film-maker.. The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty... |
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The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State
Aime Alley Card - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story of desire, success and failure - of beating the odds - against the backdrop of a changing America,... |
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Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock
David Hamilton Golland - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Golland's passion and precision make this a pleasure." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. [Golland] provides an overdue critical take on the group's overall sound. He also discusses... |
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Roots Punk: A Visual and Oral History (American Made Music Series)
David A. Ensminger - University Press of Mississippi
Format: Hardcover
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Punk rock evokes dissent and disruption, abrasive and anarchic musicality, and a host of countercultural aesthetics. Featuring original interviews and over one hundred images, Roots Punk: A Visual and Oral History by longtime music journalist and author David A. Ensminger focuses on how punk... |
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How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
Jill Burke - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An alternative history of the Renaissance - as seen through the emerging literature of beauty tips - focusing on the actresses, authors, and courtesans who rebelled against the misogyny of their era.. Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history... |
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