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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
Kathleen DuVal - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. "A feat of both scholarship and storytelling."... |
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The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
Michael Wolraich - Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfall of the mayor of New York City and led to the end of Tammany Hall's dominance. Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning... |
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True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America
James Traub - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated historian recounts Hubert Humphrey's role as a liberal hero of twentieth-century America Hubert Humphrey was liberalism's most dedicated defender, and its most public and tragic sacrifice. As a young politician in 1948, he defied segregationists and forced the Democratic... |
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork
Noah Charney - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. If you read one book on the Mona Lisa, let this be it. From... |
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Edda L. Fields-Black - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. . Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more... |
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Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
Patti Davis - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the power of redemption in this poetic letter to her long-gone parents.Written with dignity and grace in the form of a letter to her parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Dear Mom and Dad is that surprisingly... |
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Katie Gee Salisbury - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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"Enlightening, nuanced, and honest." - Lisa See. Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim... |
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Kubrick: An Odyssey
Robert P. Kolker - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining,and A Clockwork Orange,presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of the groundbreaking film-maker.. The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty... |
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The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State
Aime Alley Card - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story of desire, success and failure - of beating the odds - against the backdrop of a changing America,... |
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Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock
David Hamilton Golland - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Golland's passion and precision make this a pleasure." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. [Golland] provides an overdue critical take on the group's overall sound. He also discusses... |
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