Recalling the Good Fight: An Autobiography of the Spanish Civil War
Praeger, September 1985. Trade Paperback. The author describes his experiences as a member of the American battalion of volunteers fighting in the Spanish Civil War. More
History
The Money Cult
Melville House, May 2017. Trade Paperback. A grand and startling work of American history America was founded, we're taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe--an austere and pious lot who established a culture that remained pure and uncorrupted until the Industrial Revolution got..... More
Five Civilized Tribes
University of Oklahoma Press, March 1971. Trade Paperback. Side by side with the westward drift of white Americans in the 1830's was the forced migration of the Five Civilized Tribes from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Both groups were deployed against the tribes of the prairies, both breaking the soil..... More
Kindred
Beacon Press, February 2004. Trade Paperback. From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur "Genius" Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts..... More
White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt Broke All the Rules and Won the Heart of America
Imagine, October 2023. Hardcover. The fascinating historical biography of America's most memorable first daughter, Alice Roosevelt, whose free spirit and status made her the Princess Diana and Jackie O of the early 20th century. Perfect for readers of female-centric biographies like The Daughters of Yalta and for fans of the..... More
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Penguin Press, October 2023. Hardcover. A compelling and nuanced exploration of Abraham Lincoln's political acumen, illuminating a great politician's strategy in a country divided--and lessons for our own disorderly present In 1855, with the United States at odds over slavery, the lawyer Abraham Lincoln wrote a note to his best..... More
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage
Knopf, September 2023. Hardcover. The moving, inspiring David-and-Goliath true story of freedom and justice involving one tiny nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, and the extraordinary woman, a descendant of slaves, who dared to take on the Crown and the United Kingdom--and win a historic victory..... More
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
Anchor, September 2023. Paper Back. A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City--a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval "A sweeping tale of archaeological exploits and their cultural and political consequences told with a historian's penchant for detail and a journalist's flair for narration."..... More
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
Doubleday, November 2021. Hardcover. A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City--a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval "A sweeping tale of archaeological exploits and their cultural and political consequences told with a historian's penchant for detail and a journalist's flair for narration." --Washington..... More
Invisible Man
Vintage, March 1995. Trade Paperback. "Invisible Man" is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for 16 weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and..... More
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
William Morrow Paperbacks, August 2023. Paper Back. From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. "[A] brilliant and courageous book." --Dr. Cornel West Dangerous Rhythms tells the..... More
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
Penguin Books, June 2021. Paper Back. "In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic..... More
League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Chronicle Books, September 2023. Hardcover. A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most infamous women throughout world history, united by their shared taste for poison. Welcome to the League of Lady Poisoners. This riveting and well-researched volume by Lisa Perrin weaves..... More
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1
Modern Library, April 2001. Trade Paperback. Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals..... More
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Modern Library, April 2001. Trade Paperback. Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals..... More
The Black Panthers Speak: The manfesto of the Party: the first complete documentary record of the Panthers' program
J.B. Lippincott Co., 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo.First edition. Paperback original. Edgeworn with leaning/darkened spine. Some moderate creasing. [274 pages]. More
The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, July 2013. Hardcover. The ancient Greeks' concept of "the hero" was very different from what we understand by the term today, Gregory Nagy argues--and it is only through analyzing their historical contexts that we can truly understand Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and Herakles..... More
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
Little, Brown and Company, September 2023. Hardcover. Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs--and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein)..... More
Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat
Basic Books, September 2023. Hardcover. The definitive history of women in war, revealing how women have always been an essential part of combat From Boudicca's rebellion to the war in Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Some formed all-female armies, like the Dahomey Mino of West..... More
Meditations (Modern Library Classics)
Modern Library, May 2003. Paper Back. Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life. Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161-180). A series of spiritual..... More
Three Mothers
Flatiron Books, December 2021. Trade Paperback. New York Times Bestseller "This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin . . . Tubbs's book stands against the women's erasure, a monument to their historical importance." --The New Yorker "Tubbs' connection to these women..... More
We Pursue Our Magic: A Spiritual History of Black Feminism
The University of North Carolina Press, September 2023. Paper Back. Drawing on the collected archives of distinguished twentieth-century Black woman writers such as Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Toni Cade Bambara, Lorraine Hansberry, and others, Marina Magloire traces a new history of Black feminist thought in relation to Afro-diasporic religion. Beginning..... More
From Preaching to Meddling: A White Minister in the Civil Rights Movement
NewSouth Books, September 2023. Paper Back. In a fascinating memoir, retired Episcopal priest Francis X. Walter shares his journey from the days of the Great Depression in Mobile, Alabama, across decades of Deep South segregation, and into the interracial struggles for racial justice in Alabama. The founder of the Selma..... More
The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
University of Georgia Press, November 2023. Paper Back. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Today, his murder is seen as a national tragedy, a moment of collective shame. Yet at the time, King..... More
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin and Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Paper Back. Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards* An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war - from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of..... More
