Tearing Down the Lost Cause: The Removal of New Orleans's Confederate Statues
By: James Gill
3.92
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
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1. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)
By: David Graeber
4.21
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the ac… read more
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"...státní aparát [...] skupina lidí, kteří si jako jediní osobují právo - alespoň tehdy, když jsou ve své oficiální roli - používat násilí."-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)
"The theory of exodus proposes that the most effective way of opposing capitalism and the liberal state is not through direct confrontation but by means of what Paolo Virno has called “engaged withdra…"-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)
"A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting to happen. The easiest way to get our minds around it is to stop thinking ab…"-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)
"... most Amazonians don't want to give others the power to threaten them with physical injury if they don't do as they are told. Maybe we should better be asking what it says about ourselves that we …"-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)
2. Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders
By: Denise A. Spellberg
3.83
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dime… read more
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3. One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One… read more
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4. Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
By: Edward J. Larson
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The 1925 Scopes Trial marked a watershed in our national relationship between science and religion … read more
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5. Breakfast of Champions
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Breakfast of Champions,one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore … read more
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6. My Ántonia
By: Willa Cather
4.07
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant … read more
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7. 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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8. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
By: Tony Horwitz
4.50
Format: None pages,
When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle … read more
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9. Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
By: Rick Bowers
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of th… read more
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10. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By: Isabel Wilkerson
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chroni… read more
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11. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
12. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
By: Andy Borowitz
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines t… read more
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"Imagine a hypothetical job applicant. He can't spell the simplest words, such as "heal" and "tap". Confused by geography, he thinks there's an African country called "Nambia". As for American history…"-Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
14. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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15. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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16. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
By: Bryan Burrough
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths,… read more
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17. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
By: Elie Mystal
4.59
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
According to commentator and lawyer Elie Mystal, Republicans are wrong when they tell you the First… read more
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18. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
By: Linda Villarosa
4.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • "A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and di… read more
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19. Watergate: A New History
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.49
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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20. Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House
By: Eleanor Herman
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating work of popular history, the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with King… read more
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"Why can't he make it easier for us?" the staff asked, cursing under their breath as sifted the covers and floors on their hands and knees. "Why do we always have to be searching for blonde hair and b…"-Eleanor Herman, Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House
21. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By: Thomas F. Schaller
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more
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22. All Roads Led to Gettysburg: A New Look at the Civil War's Pivotal Battle
By: Troy D Harman
3.78
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Genera… read more
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23. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
By: Robert P. Jones
4.43
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a pro… read more
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24. Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
By: Martin Baron
4.20
Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition
“A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil.” — T… read more
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25. The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
By: Ben Raines
4.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An NPR Best Book of the Year. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved peop… read more
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26. Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
By: Tony Horwitz
3.98
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the A… read more
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"Bowlin was previously divorced and had learned a thing or two. "Set of titties or a college education-buy either of those for your old lady and she's done," he said, "She doesn't need you anymore."-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
"The only person of color in any of the photographs was a black waiter. Blacks were otherwise barred from the dance hall, as were locals of Mexican descent. In the Texas of that day, laws and customs …"-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
"There was another, much clearer survival of freethinking ways. Sisterdale had never had a church, and Joe said his family had rarely spoken of religion except to dismiss it. "Dad would tell us, 'Dat'…"-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
"the inscription at its base put San Jacinto on a par with Waterloo and other exalted fights. The defeat of Santa Anna, the "self-styled 'Napoleon of the West,"" led to the annexation of Texas, war wi…"-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
27. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
28. They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans
By: Macon Fry
4.28
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
They Called Us River The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans is the previously untold story of … read more
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29. "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863
By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.
4.46
Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final… read more
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30. “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–22, 1863
By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.
4.51
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty Civil War books, have on… read more
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31. Tearing Down the Lost Cause: The Removal of New Orleans's Confederate Statues
By: James Gill
3.92
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
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