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Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol. 1: 1884-1933
Blanche W Cook · Penguin Books
Pages: 587
Format: Paperback
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Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting... |
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An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America
Nick Bunker · Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent. In this powerful but fair-minded... |
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Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State
Karen J Greenberg · Crown Publishers
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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The definitive account of how America's War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security.The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack... |
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Ancient Egypt: Everyday Life in the Land of the Nile
Bob Brier · Sterling
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid view of life in ancient Egypt. More than 5,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians founded one of the world's oldest civilizations. We know of its pyramids, art, and pharaohs. But what was life really like then? Ordinary citizens in ancient Egypt lived and worked in much the same... |
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They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of #blacklivesmatter
Wesley Lowery · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The first book to go behind the barricades of #blacklivesmatter to tell the story of the young men and women who are calling for a new America. In a closely reported book that draws on his own experience as a young biracial journalist, "Washington Post "reporter Wesley Lowery... |
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The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall
Mary Elise Sarotte · Basic Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall - infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe - seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates... |
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Battle for Ground Zero: Inside the Political Struggle to Rebuild the World Trade Center
Elizabeth Greenspan · Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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In the aftermath of 9/11, Americans came together in a way not seen for a generation, pledging unity to rebuild after the horrific loss of the Twin Towers. People were signing up to go to war; rescue workers were laboring to clear rubble. But instead of becoming a rallying symbol... |
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Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
Heather Ann Thompson · Pantheon
Pages: 752
Format: Print book
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The first definitive account of the infamous 1971 Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice - including information never released to the public - published to coincide with the forty-fifth anniversary of this historic event.On... |
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The Civil War in 50 Objects
Harold Holzer · Viking; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects A fresh, visual perspective on the Civil WarFrom a soldiers diary with the pencil still attached to John Browns pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, a Confederate Palmetto flag, and the leaves from Abraham Lincolns bier, here... |
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American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
Chris Kyle · William Morrow; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Chris Kyle—fallen hero and 1 bestselling author of American Sniper—reveals how ten legendary guns forever changed U.S. history.At the time of his tragic death in February 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the top sniper in U.S. military history, was finishing one of the most exciting... |
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Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World
James MacGregor Burns · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"With this profound and magnificent book, drawing on his deep reservoir of thought and expertise in the humanities, James MacGregor Burns takes us into the fire's center. As a 21st-century philosopher, he brings to vivid life the incandescent personalities and ideas that... |
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