Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught Between Cultures in Early Virginia
By: Karen Ordahl Kupperman
3.70
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The captivating story of four young people--English and Powhatan--who lived their lives between cul…
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1. Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
By: Michel-Rolph Trouillot
4.36
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Placing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside den… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I find it hard to harness respect for those who genuinely believe that postmodernity, whatever it may be, allows us to claim no roots."-Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
"We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be, but if we stop pretending we may gain in understanding what we lose in false innocence. Naiveté is often an excuse for those who exerc…"-Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But not…"-Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
2. The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History
By: Linwood Custalow , None , Angela L. Daniel
4.00
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
The True Story of Pocahontas is the first public publication of the Powhatan perspective that has b… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- native american
- nonfiction
3. Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture
By: Karen L. Cox
4.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Even without the right to vote, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to have e… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
4. City
By: Clifford D. Simak
4.39
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories t… read more
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5. Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
By: Larrie D. Ferreiro
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History The Journal of the American Revolution 2016 Book of the… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
6. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
By: Christopher R. Browning
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
7. A Place Called Freedom
By: Ken Follett
4.05
Format: None pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, tw… read more
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8. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England
By: Jean M. O'Brien
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of local h… read more
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9. Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series
By: Camilla Townsend
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Camilla Townsend's stunning new book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, differs from all previou… read more
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10. An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873
By: None
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United Sta… read more
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11. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.54
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Blac… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
12. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
14. Washington Black
By: Esi Edugyan
3.95
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar … read more
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"You cannot know the true nature of another's suffering." "No. But you can try your damnedest not to worsen it."-Esi Edugyan, Washington Black
"I do not much care for childhood. It is a astate of terrible vulnerability, and is therefore unnatural and incomaptivle with human life."-Esi Edugyan, Washington Black
"...a good parent is as rare as snow in summer, I am afraid. Well." He smiled sadly. "It is possible I have some prejudices in this respect."-Esi Edugyan, Washington Black
"But then, gradually, miraculously, things began to clear between us. We were able to speak as we'd once done, with great love and little calculation."-Esi Edugyan, Washington Black
15. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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16. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
17. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
By: Tiya Miles
3.95
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In a display case in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"Though necessary to the work of uncovering the past, archives are nevertheless limited and misleading storehouses of information. While at times imposing and formal enough as to seem all-encompassing…"-Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
18. Jackie and Me
By: Louis Bayard
3.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Master storyteller Louis Bayard delivers a surprising portrait of a young Jackie Kennedy as we've n… read more
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- american history
19. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
20. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
21. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
22. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
23. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
24. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.04
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more
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"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
25. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
By: Andrew Leland
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
26. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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- biography
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27. Calypso's Guest
By: Andrew Sean Greer
3.82
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A bargain with the gods throws two men together in a timeless short story of adventure and unrequit… read more
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28. Thinking About History
By: Sarah C. Maza
4.09
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating questio… read more
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- history
29. Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World (Early American Studies)
By: Katharine Gerbner
3.97
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Could slaves become Christian? If so, did their conversion lead to freedom? If not, then how could … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
30. Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught Between Cultures in Early Virginia
By: Karen Ordahl Kupperman
3.70
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The captivating story of four young people--English and Powhatan--who lived their lives between cul… read more
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- biography
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- native american
- nonfiction
31. Nipped in the Bud (Hildegarde Withers #12)
By: Stuart Palmer
3.87
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
A comedian is dead, a witness is missing, and only Miss Witherscan set things right In comedy, t… read more
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