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Medgar and Myrlie

Joy-Ann Reid - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

Myrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left school to focus on their growing family. Medgar became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged with beating...
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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding account of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between Native Americans and colonists in Massachusetts in 1704 and the tragic saga that unfolded, written by acclaimed...
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The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created...
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Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States. Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington's departure after two terms...
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