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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
$23.00 Read moreNamed one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune
A Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 A 2019 NPR Staff Pick
A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the t- Author: Immerwahr, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1250251095
- Language: English
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The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
$26.99 Add to cartAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republica
- Author: Cane, Clay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 1728290228
- Language: English
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Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
$40.00 Add to cartThe epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today–a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history inspired by the PBS series “American Buffalo”
The American buffa- Author: Duncan, Dayton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0593537343
- Language: English
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
$38.00 Add to cart#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 … [more below]
- Author: Hannah-Jones, Nikole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0593230574
- Language: English
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I Have a Dream
$19.99 Add to cartIntroducing the Martin Luther King Jr Library
With a New Foreword by Amanda Gorman
A beautiful collectible edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legendary speech at the March on Washington, laid out to
- Series: Essential Speeches of Dr. Martin Lut
- Author: King, Martin Luther
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 23, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063236796
- Language: English
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Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
$19.95 Add to cartDebunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States
Whethe- Author: Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0807055581
- Language: English
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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
$30.00 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era’s most impor- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593652967
- Language: English
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To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Democracy Awakening, “the most comprehensive account of the GOP and its competing impulses” (Los Angeles Times)
When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Re- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 23, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541600622
- Language: English
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National Parks A to Z: Adventure from Acadia to Zion!
$19.95 Add to cartA dynamic and fun illustrated book for children of all ages that celebrates outdoor adventure, history, diversity, and stewardship of public lands
- Each letter features a different national park
- Enter
- Author: D’Angelo, Gus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 15 2022
- ISBN10: 168051587X
- Language: English
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To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People
$32.00 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
A leading public intellectual’s timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other.
What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worl- Author: Feldman, Noah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 05, 2024
- ISBN10: 0374298343
- Language: English
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The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections
$29.95 Read moreFrom Dorothy’s ruby slippers to a speech that saved Teddy Roosevelt from assassination, this authoritative guide delivers in-depth reportage on the history of remarkable objects from the Smithsonian’s
- Author: Py-Lieberman, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1588347494
- Language: English
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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
$32.00 Add to cartFrom historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy — an
- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593792610
- Language: English
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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
$18.00 Add to cart– A New Republic Best Book of the Year – The Globalist Top Books of the Year – Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction
Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who during presid- Author: Woodard, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 25, 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122029
- Language: English
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On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
$16.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder’s lessons for surviving and resisting America’s arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of reno… [more below]
- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1984859153
- Language: English
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Black Nerd Problems: Essays
$18.99 Add to cartThe creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays–on everything from Mario Kart to issues of represen… [more below]
- Author: Evans, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1982150246
- Language: English
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
$19.00 Add to cart
“This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter.”–Dwight Gar
The New York Times Bestseller, with a new preface from the author- Author: Isenberg, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 04, 2017
- ISBN10: 0143129678
- Language: English
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The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle
$26.00 Add to cartThe most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available, spanning the entire history of the American civil rights movement.
A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this c- Series: Eyes on the Prize
- Author: Carson, Clayborne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: November 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0140154035
- Language: English
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
$18.99 Add to cartNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016
A Chicag- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1632864134
- Language: English
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The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
$23.00 Add to cartThe Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action.
Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and- Author: Woodward, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 01, 2005
- ISBN10: 0743274024
- Language: English
