Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation (Volume 42) (American Crossroads)
By: Matthew F. Delmont
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In the decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, busing to a…
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1. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
2. White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
By: Kevin M. Kruse
4.08
Format: None pages, Hardcover
During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate," a rare place… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
3. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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- politics
- race
- history
- nonfiction
4. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
5. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
6. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
7. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
8. The Last White Man
By: Mohsin Hamid
3.44
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times -bestselling author of Exit West , a story of love, loss, and rediscovery i… read more
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- race
"…the way people act around you, it changes what you are, who you are."-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"If he stayed, it would not be for them--need not be for them--but for himself. And yet each day he did stay. Bored and tense, true, but he stayed. And he discovered thereby how badly he wanted to sta…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"Online you could form your own opinion of what was going on and your opinion was, likely as not, different from the next person's, and there was no real way to determine which of you was right, and t…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"Anders knew he would soon lose his father, and that impending loss seemed more concrete now, more real, not like air but like a door or a wall, something you could bang against, bang into, and of cou…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
9. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
10. I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
By: Tyler Merritt
4.52
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of his deeply powerful viral videos ("Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Blac… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Life is too short to spend tons of time around people who suck."-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
"If you don't deal with your stuff, your stuff will deal with you."-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
"Someone once told me that true change always begins in our mind, and that people who live great lives are people who habitually think great thoughts."-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
"The deepest part of you is NOT your mistakes or your failures. When God looks at you, He sees so much deeper than your mistakes to your actual identity, your true worth and value. And those of us who…"-Tyler Merritt, I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
11. Liberation Day
By: George Saunders
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more
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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
12. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
By: Lin-Manuel Miranda
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From the creator and star of Hamilton, with beautiful illustrations by Jonny Sun, comes a book of a… read more
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- nonfiction
"Do not get stuck in the comment section of life today."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
"You are not defined by the speed of your surroundings, your mind is racing."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
"You will have to say no to things to say yes to your work. It will be worth it."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
"Don’t wait on anyone to make your favorite thing. Make your own favorite thing."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
13. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- social science
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
14. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- education
15. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
By: Jayne Allen
3.91
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black w… read more
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- race
- african american
"Not yet, but people get what they don't deserve all of the time. Don't get so hung up on things that don't matter..."-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
"The attempted comforts around death are sometimes the worst part of the experience—the heaviness of the conversations, the expectations of sadness, and the careful word choices."-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
"Eles nunca haviam me oferecido nada antes, nenhuma ajuda com a faculdade, nada. Pelos comentários feitos depois que as filhas deles nasceram, tinha ficado muito claro para mim como os recursos seriam…"-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
16. Grief Is Love: Living with Loss
By: Marisa Renee Lee
4.17
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved one heali… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Temple Folk
By: Aaliyah Bilal
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more
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- race
- african american
18. Sankofa
By: Chibundu Onuzo
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781646220830. Masterful in its examination of freedom, prejudic… read more
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"Rotten eggs that will never hatch"-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa
"Even now after all he’s done, I’m still waiting for his attention."-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa
"Not even crocodiles eat their young...papa takes care of his children."-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa
19. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
20. The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
By: Zachary D. Carter
4.43
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning biography of world-changing economist John Maynard Keynes and the big ideas that out… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
21. Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy
By: Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Why does white supremacist politics in America remain so powerful? Elizabeth Gillespie McRae argues… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- education
22. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
By: Deirdre Mask
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacit… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
23. Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class
By: Blair L.M. Kelley
4.48
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in Ameri… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
24. Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation (Volume 42) (American Crossroads)
By: Matthew F. Delmont
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In the decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, busing to a… read more
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- social science
- american history
- race
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- education
25. What's Mine and Yours
By: Naima Coster
3.56
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Halsey Street, a sweeping novel of legacy, identity, the American family-and the… read more
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- race
"For all her boldness, Jade was good at citing risks, naming all the things that could sabotage a life. In the weeks after a homicide in the neighborhood, elementary school kids did worse on tests. Te…"-Naima Coster, What's Mine and Yours
26. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
By: Rebecca Hall
4.30
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the story of women… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
"You think you are reading an accurate chronicle written at the time, but if we are and what we care about are deemed irrelevant, it won't be in there."-Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
"History written by the victors always erases the resistance. And those of us who live in the wake/ruins learn that we're inferior and needed to be conquered and enslaved. This is the afterlife of sla…"-Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
"Quantitative historians who use statistical tools to study big-picture historical trends, created a vast database of research on more than 36,000 slave ship voyages that took place over four hundred …"-Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
27. Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)
By: Alfie Kohn
4.10
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- education
28. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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- american history
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- nonfiction
29. Someday, Maybe
By: Onyi Nwabineli
3.90
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
A stunning and witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss,… read more
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"Nobody tells you that irrational hope is a side effect of grief. And they should because it is dangerous."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
"when someone you love dies, there's this period of disbelief-a time of dug-in heels, the refusal to process your new reality."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
"...there is no easy way to articulate what it means for your loved ones to worry that your person's ability to love you is limited by their inability to comprehend many of your lived experiences."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
30. Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It
By: James M. Lang
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions—which is why a renown… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
31. Racisms: From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century
By: Francisco Bethencourt
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
Groundbeaking in its global and historical scope, "Racisms" is the first comprehensive history of r… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
