The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America, Paperback

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Reducere. The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America, Paperback

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In 1968, at the climax of the sixties, Os Guinness visited the United States for the first time. There he was struck by an impression he'd already ...

Reducere. Now in paperbackA dual biography of two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska. John Muir was a fas...

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Reducere. On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men...

Publisher: Chronicle BooksAuthor(s): Frederick L. McKissack Jr.Number of pages: 136Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 211 x 13Cover type: Pape...

An inspiring account of the transformative power of purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Bag Lady is a masterful case study in how to start up a compan...

Reducere. The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated m...

The bubonic plague is a disease spread by fleas that live on rats. Outbreaks of the disease killed millions of people. Read this book to learn more...

Reducere. The book we needed right now. --Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production Helaine Becker's An Equal Shot is a nonfiction picture book introduction to the hi...

In this warm, engaging look at the life of a great First Lady, Kathi Appelt tells the story behind Lady Bird Johnson's environmental vision. Joy Fi...

Reducere. The Catskills ( Cat Creek in Dutch), America s original frontier, northwest of New York City, with its seven hundred thousand acres of forest land ...

How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis.How is it that gangsta rap--so dystopian that it str...

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In the bestselling tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, The Great Quake is a riveting narrative abo...

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Reducere. This "smart, confident, and necessary" (Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author) first cultural biography of rap superstar and "master of s...

DescriptionUnderstanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old...

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Reducere. Every day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders--lawyers provided by the go...

Reducere. Essential Black History ReadingThe first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History MonthCarter G. Woodson Book ...

The fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winnin...

Incredible stories of the great Scots who changed the world we live in. Let the lives of these artists, explorers, poets, philosophers and engineer...

Reducere. New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E's Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling coauthor of Americ...

Reducere. This first cultural biography of rap superstar and "master of storytelling" (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and ...

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We all tend to get involved in our work, put our noses down, try to do it diligently, and are sometimes not aware of what is happening around us. O...

Reducere. Timed to the release of Jerry Bruckheimer's movie, the moving autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins and his storied team of pl...

A brilliant analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured by Blac...

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Reducere. During his whirlwind 1903 tour of the western states, President Theodore Roosevelt paid his first visit to California. In between the appearances a...

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Reducere. DARWIN'S ATHLETES focuses on society's fixation with black athletic achievement. Hoberman argues that this obsession has come to play a troubling r...