21st Century
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Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn
$19.95 Add to cart“A compelling story of a hymn rescued from the horror of slavery . . . in the author’s hands, ‘Amazing Grace’ lands firmly on the right side of history.”―TLS
Journey through the history of “Amaz- Author: Walvin, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: 31-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 0520391829
- Language: English
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – PULITZER PRIZE WINNER – A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the grow
- Author: Wright, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: 1-Sep-07
- ISBN10: 1400030846
- Language: English
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Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11
$28.00 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighter- Author: Pfeifer, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593330250
- Language: English
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
$21.99 Add to cartUpdated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet–the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of w… [more below]
- Author: Putnam, Robert D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: 13-Oct-20
- ISBN10: 1982130849
- Language: English
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The Right Kind of White: A Memoir
$27.99 Add to cartA revelatory memoir that earnestly reckons with whiteness.
As the product of progressive parents and a liberal upbringing, Garrett Bucks prided himself on the pursuit of being a “good white person.” T- Author: Bucks, Garrett
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 198219720X
- Language: English
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62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness
$29.99 Read more“The definitive story” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist) of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s incredible, unparalleled run to break Roger Maris’s home run record and the franchise both… [more below]
- Author: Hoch, Bryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 166802795X
- Language: English
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Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
$24.95 Add to cartWALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER – 2022 IPPY AWARDS GOLD MEDALIST — SCIENCE – NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALIST — POLITICAL – 2021 WORLD MAGAZINE ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR — HONORAB… [more below]
- Author: Koonin, Steven E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1950665798
- Language: English
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
$18.99 Add to cartThe real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent im… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0393338827
- Language: English
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Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West
$27.00 Read moreA new perspective on parallels between ancient Rome and the modern world, and what comes next
“[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist.”–The Economist Over the last three centuries, the- Author: Heather, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 030027372X
- Language: English
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Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA
$30.00 Read moreA vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA
Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NB- Author: Runstedtler, Theresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1645036952
- Language: English
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Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War
$29.95 Add to cart“We’re better off for having these men among us.”–Wall Street Journal
Before 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became- Author: Pengelly, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1567927114
- Language: English
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How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement
$29.99 Read moreAn eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future fro
- Author: DeBoer, Fredrik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 166801601X
- Language: English
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How Migration Really Works: The Facts about the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
$35.00 Add to cartAn authoritative guide to global migration that corrects decades of misunderstanding and misguided policy, “defying orthodoxy on all sides of the debate” (Yascha Mounk, author of The Identity TrapR
- Author: de Haas, Hein
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604318
- Language: English
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Latinoland: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority
$32.50 Add to cartA sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest an
- Author: Arana, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 20, 2024
- ISBN10: 1982184892
- Language: English
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An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country
$32.00 Read moreA man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account by the Pulitzer Prize-winning a
- Author: Finkel, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 13, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593597060
- Language: English
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The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know about Each Other
$20.00 Read moreA groundbreaking book that offers concrete ways for Jews and Palestinians to speak (and listen) differently to each other.
The Wall Between is a book about the wall that exists between Jewish and Pale- Author: Khouri, Raja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 161
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717191
- Language: English
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War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
$30.00 Add to cartA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023
From “one of Russia’s smartest and best-sourced young journalists” (The New York Times)–the first work by a Russian author to reveal his country’s history of oppressing- Author: Zygar, Mikhail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 166801372X
- Language: English
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I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
$30.00 Add to cart* Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and TIME * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice *
“A haunting book of rare courage.” –Clarissa Ward, CNN chief international correspondent a- Author: Kostyuchenko, Elena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593655265
- Language: English
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The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
$30.00 Add to cartDespite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war–and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? U
- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324051191
- Language: English
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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
$40.00 Read moreThe author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful
- Author: Schulman, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0062859013
- Language: English
