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Jackson, 1964 : and other dispatches from fifty years of reporting on race in America
Calvin Trillin · Random House Pages: 275 Format: Print book : English : First edition |
From bestselling author and beloved New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, a deeply resonant, career-spanning collection of articles on race and racism, from the 1960s to the present In the early sixties, Calvin Trillin got his start as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement in the South.... |
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Sven Beckert · Knopf; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEPULITZER PRIZE FINALISTThe epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding... |
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Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy
Kostas Vlassopoulos · Oxford University Press Pages: 168 Format: Book |
Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which "gave" the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. It is embedded in the assumptions of Western powers who proclaim their faith in the global... |
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Trials of the Earth The True Story of a Pioneer Woman.
Hamilton Mary Mann. · Little Brown and Company Pages: 336 Format: Print book |
The Powerful, Only Known First-Person Account of One Woman's Struggles and Triumphs Taming the Mississippi DeltaNear the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) was encouraged to record her experiences as a female pioneer. The result is the only known firsthand account of a remarkable... |
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Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Charles King · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 480 Format: Paperback |
At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul--an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city--people were looking toward... |
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George Washington: The Crossing
Jack E. Levin · Threshold Editions; 1st edition Format: Hardcover |
The 1 New York Times bestselling book for many weeks, Jack Levin presents a beautifully designed account of George Washingtons historic crossing of the Delaware River and the decisive Battle of Trenton, with a foreword by his son, 1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark... |
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The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog
Rien Fertel · Touchstone Pages: 288 Format: Print book |
In the spirit of the oral historians who tracked down and told the stories of America's original bluesmen, this is a journey into the southern heartland (the Pork Belt) to discover the last of the great roadside whole hog pitmasters who hold onto the heritage and the secrets of America's... |
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott · Harper Format: Hardcover |
Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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Journey to the Arctic: The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pole
Euphemia Vale Blake · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition Pages: 512 Format: Paperback |
An astonishing tale of being stranded in the Arctic Ice.“While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold… I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices,... |
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
Simon Schama · Vintage Books Pages: 698 Format: Paperback |
Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art,... |
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The Glass Universe
Dava Sobel · Viking Pages: 324 Format: Print book |
New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People) , little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"A joy to read." - The Wall Street JournalNamed one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian,... |
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy Isenberg · Viking Pages: 460 Format: Print book |
The New York Times bestseller"Formidable and truth-dealing...necessary." -The New York Times"With the election looming, this eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant." -O Magazine In her groundbreaking bestselling... |
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