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A Moonless, Starless Sky
A Moonless, Starless Sky

Alexis Okeowo

In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo-a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism.In A Moonless, Starless Sky, Okeowo weaves...
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Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary
Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary

Brockenbrough, Martha

Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed—Alexander Hamilton comes alive in this exciting biography.He was born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager. From those inauspicious circumstances, he rose to a position of power and influence in colonial...
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Signing Their Lives Away
Signing Their Lives Away

Denise Kiernan

In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders,...
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