The Last Negroes At Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever
By: Kent Garrett
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the Harvard class of ’63, whose Black students fought to create their own ident…
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1. Bless Me, Father
By: Neil Boyd
3.90
Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition
The inspiration for the hit London Weekend Television series of the same name, this is one confessi… read more
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"There are times, believe you me, when to lie would be a sin and to tell the truth would be a disaster."-Neil Boyd, Bless Me, Father
2. Bodily Harm
By: Margaret Atwood
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harmis the story of Rennie Wilford, a young jour… read more
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3. The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory
By: Dick Gregory
4.29
Format: 288 pages, ebook
With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedi… read more
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4. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
By: Robert W. Creamer , Dick Schaap
4.31
Format: None pages,
Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him … read more
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5. The Story of Beautiful Girl
By: Rachel Simon
4.33
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African Amer… read more
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6. Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
By: Sonia Purnell
4.54
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A long-overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman behind Winston Churchill By Winston Churchill's o… read more
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7. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
By: Amity Shlaes
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Challenging conventional history, Amity Shlaes offers a reinterpretation of the Great Depression. S… read more
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8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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9. Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
By: Brian Klaas
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A look at what power is, who gets it, and what happens when they do, based on over 500 interviews w… read more
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10. The Dog Who Came to Stay: A Memoir
By: Hal Borland
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The rib-thin, black-and-white rabbit hound turned up at Hal Borland's Connecticut farm one Christma… read more
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11. The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
By: Josh Ritter
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, a lyrical, sweeping novel about a young boy's coming-of-age dur… read more
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"God doesn't build shit. Yeah, He creates stuff - the World, the mountain ranges, all that - but any fuck with one eye left in his head will tell you that He doesn't spend much time fixing up all His …"-Josh Ritter, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
12. Since Yesterday: The 1930s in America, September 3, 1929–September 3, 1939
By: Frederick Lewis Allen
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
Heralded by the New York Times as “a shrewd, concise, wonderfully written account of America in the… read more
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13. Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love
By: Rebecca Frankel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalist One of Smithsonian Magazine 's Best History Books of 202… read more
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14. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
By: Wesley Lowery
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Ant… read more
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15. The Beauty of Dusk
By: Frank Bruni
4.06
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir abo… read more
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16. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
By: Margaret Willson
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A notorious crime, a lone woman fighting for equality, and the thrills of the wide-open sea A da… read more
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"We are survivors, harboring all the acquiring insights strengths and scars that word implies."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
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17. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
By: Robin R. Means Coleman
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising succ… read more
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18. Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States
By: Colin Quinn
3.50
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In Colin Quinn's new book, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red Stat… read more
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"When you moved, you didn't know know your drug addict cousins were going to follow you and ruin everything and use your good name to get people to trust them. Well, that's the history of America. It …"-Colin Quinn, Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States
19. The Last Negroes At Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever
By: Kent Garrett
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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20. The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing
By: Adam P. Frankel
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama spee… read more
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21. The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy
By: Chris Murphy
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“An engrossing, moving, and utterly motivating account of the human stakes of gun violence in Ameri… read more
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