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First: Sandra Day O'Connor
Evan Thomas - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O'Connor's archives - by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas."She's a hero... |
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The Library Book
Susan Orlean - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 "A constant pleasure to read ... Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book."... |
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
H. W. Brands - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times-bestselling author, a sweeping history of the American West In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas... |
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones - One World
Format: Hardcover
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In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred... |
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Fashion: The 50 Most Influential Fashion Designers of All Time
Bonnie English - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover
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Highlighted in this volume are the pioneers and innovators in the world of haute couture. They include Jean Patou, whose Paris couture house led fashion in the 1920s and'30s, Coco Chanel, who brought comfort and practicality to haute couture, Elsa Schiaparelli, who collaborated in her designs... |
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The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
David Nasaw - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWIIIn May 1945, German forces surrendered to the Allied powers, putting an end to World War II in Europe. But the aftershocks of global military conflict did not cease with... |
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Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
Ben Macintyre - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts,... |
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