Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
By: Ethan J. Kytle
4.39
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me, a deeply researched book that uncovers …
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1. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
By: Karl Marx , Daniel de Leon , D.D.L.
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" is one of Karl Marx' most profound and most brilliant m… read more
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2. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more
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3. Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
By: Peniel E. Joseph
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A gripping narrative that brings to life a legendary moment in American history: the birth, life, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- african american
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4. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
By: Patrick Phillips
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the de… read more
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5. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
By: Candice Millard
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more
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6. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
By: Julia Alvarez
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Uprooted from their family home in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters - Carla, Sandra,… read more
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7. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
8. Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun
By: Erik Larson
3.94
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
This devastating book begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on Decem… read more
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9. Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household
By: Thavolia Glymph
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book views the plantation household as a site of production where competing visions of gender … read more
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10. 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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- 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
11. Bluebeard
By: Jim Clemente
3.76
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
A NEW THRILLER BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF LA’S FIRST KNOWN SERIAL KILLER In 1919, Kathryn Wombache… read more
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12. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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13. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.06
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more
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"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
14. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child
By: Kim Cross
4.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more
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- history
15. Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.25
Format: 8 pages, Audiobook
A “humane, thoughtful, and intelligent” (The New York Times Book Review) bestselling Biblical schol… read more
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16. In the Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning
By: Grace Elizabeth Hale
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Courageous and compelling…essential and critically important.” —Bryan Stevenson An award-winnin… read more
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17. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
By: Andrew L. Whitehead
4.20
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
"Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."-- Library Journal Power. Fear. Viol… read more
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- race
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"Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"When it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian nationalism will choose power every time."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"Christian nationalism is not interested in a government for the people, by the people, but rather for a particular people, by a particular people."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"Our ability to love, serve, and act as salt and light in our communities is not dependent on various symbols of Christianity dominating the civic landscape."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
18. Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
By: Ethan J. Kytle
4.39
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me, a deeply researched book that uncovers … read more
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- american
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- race
- 19th century
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- african american
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19. 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers
By: Abraham Chang
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don’t take life too seriously, get… read more
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20. Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States
By: Laura F. Edwards
3.63
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
An innovative recasting of US legal and economic history through the power of clothing for those wh… read more
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- american history
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21. The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith
By: Michael O. Emerson
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Are most white American Christians actually committed to a Religion of Whiteness? Recent years hav… read more
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