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Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
ANNE APPLEBAUM · Doubleday
Pages: 461
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes - the consequences of which still resonate todayIn 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization - in effect... |
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How Maine Changed the World
Nancy Griffin · Down East Books
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect uponthe contributions Maine has made that have had significant cultural and historical impacts on both theUnited States and the World. Did you know that the caterpillar tread, common on bulldozers... |
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To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
Heather Cox Richardson · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet while visionary Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight... |
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A History of Medicine in 50 Objects
Gill Paul · Firefly Books Ltd.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Praise for A History of Music in 50 Instruments, also in this series: "Wilkinson's history unfolds like a symphonic work with instrument makers, composers and virtuosic performers picking up these incredible creations and exposing their beauty and capability. To open it up is to be instantly... |
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Reference Shelf: Representative American Speeches, 2015-2016
H. W. Wilson · H. W. Wilson
Pages: 277
Format: Print book
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Selected from a diverse field of speakers and venues, this volume offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year. Distinguished by its diversity, covering areas in politics, education, popular culture, as well as trending topics in the news, these speeches provide an interesting... |
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Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War
FRED KAPLAN · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed biographer, with a thought-provoking exploration of how Abraham Lincoln's and John Quincy Adams' experiences with slavery and race shaped their differing viewpoints, provides both perceptive insights into these two great presidents and a revealing perspective on race... |
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Complete Encyclopedia of African History - Vol 3 Heroes and Heroines
Jessie Carney Smith · African American Publications
Pages: 733
Format: Print book
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Volume 3: Heroes and Heroines An eclectic mix of profiles of 150 well know and lesser known individuals, who have made a lasting and profound impact on our culture. Personalities Covered: Hank Aaron; Robert S. Abbott; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Muhammad Ali; Maya Angelou; Arthur Ashe; Josephine... |
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Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America
David O. Stewart · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Historian David O. Stewart restores James Madison, sometimes overshadowed by his fellow Founders, to his proper place as the most significant framer of the new nation.Short, plain, balding, neither soldier nor orator, low on charisma and high on intelligence, Madison cared more about achieving... |
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Reproducing Racism: How Everyday Choices Lock In White Advantage
Daria Roithmayr · BiblioBazaar
Pages: 205
Format: Hardcover
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This book is designed to change the way we think about racial inequality. Long after the passage of civil rights laws and now the inauguration of our first black president, blacks and Latinos possess barely a nickel of wealth for every dollar that whites have. Why have we made so little... |
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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
Mark Whitaker · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The other great Renaissance of black culture, influence, and glamour burst forth joyfully in what may seem an unlikely place - Pittsburgh, PA - from the 1920s through the 1950s.Today black Pittsburgh is known as the setting for August Wilson's famed plays about noble but doomed working-class... |
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