American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Heather Andrea Williams
4.11
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a cap…
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1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
By: Mo Willems
4.33
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more
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"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
2. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
By: Bill Bryson
3.81
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more
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"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
3. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
By: Kate L. Turabian , Joseph M. Williams , Gregory G. Colomb , Wayne C. Booth , University of Chicago Press
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dewey. Bellow. Strauss. Friedman. The University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most i… read more
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4. Hiroshima
By: John Hersey
3.50
Format: 36 pages,
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more
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5. The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W. Bush
By: None
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For a quarter-century, Fred I. Greenstein has been one of our keenest observers of the modern presi… read more
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6. My Bondage and My Freedom
By: Frederick Douglass , John David Smith
3.00
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography-written after ten years of reflection following … read more
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7. Narrative of Sojourner Truth
By: Sojourner Truth , None
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
One of the most famous and admired African-American women in U.S. history, Sojourner Truth sang, pr… read more
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8. American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
By: Alan Taylor
3.14
Format: 54 pages, Hardcover
Often wishfully understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution builds in this … read more
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9. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
By: Daina Ramey Berry
3.57
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and b… read more
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10. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
By: Michelle Alexander
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"As the United States celebrates the nation's 'triumph over race' with the election of Barack Obama… read more
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11. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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12. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
By: Eric Foner
3.91
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
From a master historian, the story of Lincoln's--and the nation's--transformation through the cruci… read more
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13. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
3.85
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incid… read more
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14. Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
By: Elizabeth Keckley
4.45
Format: 864 pages, Paperback
Part slave narrative, part memoir, and part sentimental fiction Behind the Scenes depicts Elizabeth… read more
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15. Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
By: Ian O'Connor
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coa… read more
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- history
16. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)
By: Greg Iles
4.15
Format: 966 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more
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17. 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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18. American History Now (Critical Perspectives On The P)
By: Eric Foner
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
American History Now collects eighteen original historiographic essays that survey recent scholarsh… read more
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19. Historiography: An Introductory Guide
By: Eileen Cheng
3.52
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians… read more
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20. American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: Heather Andrea Williams
4.11
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a cap… read more
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21. Herbs for Children's Health, 3rd Edition: How to Make and Use Gentle Herbal Remedies for Common Childhood Ailments
By: Rosemary Gladstar
4.70
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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