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American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
Chris McGreal - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic--devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusionsThe opioid epidemic has been called "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of history. Driven by greed,... |
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The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
Paulina Bren
Format: Hardcover
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The Barbizon tells the story of New York's most glamorous women-only hotel, and the women - both famous and ordinary - who passed through its doors. World War I had liberated women from home and hearth, setting them on the path to political enfranchisement and gainful employment. Arriving... |
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Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered... |
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The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Ernestine Rose, International Feminist Pioneer
Bonnie S Anderson - Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
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Known as "the queen of the platform," Ernestine Rose was more famous than her women's rights co-workers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. By the 1850s, Rose had become an outstanding orator for feminism, free thought, and anti-slavery. Yet, she would gradually... |
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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
Daniel James Brown - Random House Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback
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They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese heritage and the ways of their American homeland. They faced bigotry, yet they believed in their bright futures as American citizens. But within days of Pearl Harbor, the FBI was ransacking... |
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The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Format: electronic resource
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR,... |
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The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era
Mr. Gareth Russell - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Paperback
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This original and "meticulously researched retelling of historys most infamous voyage" (Denise Kiernan, New York Times best-selling author) uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought... |
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In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's
Joseph Jebelli - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Alzheimer's is the great global epidemic of our time, affecting millions worldwide -- there are more than 5 million people diagnosed in the US alone. And as our population ages, scientists are working against the clock to find a cure.Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli is among them. His beloved... |
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