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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

REBECCA TRAISTER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies - whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country" - comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability...
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Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 Murder of a Salem Slave Trader

Edward J Renehan Jr. - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover

- Terri Cheney, New York Times bestselling author of Manic The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White outraged all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from Salem's influential Crowninshield family:...
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Music: A Subversive History

Ted Gioia - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

From the dawn of civilization to the modern-day music scene, this breathtaking global history reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who created musical revolutions and instead celebrate...
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The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery

Noel Rae - The Overlook Press
Format: Hardcover

Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in human history, the transatlantic slave trade, The Great Stain takes readers from the depths of suffering to the heights of human dignity.There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America,...
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Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (Early American Studies)

Michael A. Blaakman - University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Hardcover

During the first quarter-century after its founding, the United States was swept by a wave of land speculation so unprecedented in intensity and scale that contemporaries and historians alike have dubbed it a "mania." In Speculation Nation, Michael A. Blaakman uncovers the revolutionary...
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The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Hugh Ryan
Format: Hardcover

This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century.The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely...
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Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks

Simon Morrison - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover

A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century. This biography from distinguished music historian...
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America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Back-Room Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System

Steven Brill - Random House
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica's Bitter Pill is Steven Brill's acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing - and failing to change - the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry....
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and astronomy -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise.The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders,...
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Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World

Chris Wallace - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings and events across the globe during the 116 days leading up to the world's first use of the atomic bomb in wartime - the American attack on Hiroshima...
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