Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Talk about Life in the Segregated South
By: William Henry Chafe
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A timely new edition of the stunning, prize-winning portrait of the Jim Crow South through unique f…
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1. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
By: Nancy MacLean
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
Behind today’s headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establ… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Both Buchanan and Calhoun[...] were concerned wit the "failure of democracy to preserve liberty"-Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
"Interestingly, these conclusions issued from purely abstract thought experiments, not from any research on political practice."-Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
"...as Einhorn points out: "The anti-government rhetoric that continues to saturate our political life is rooted support for slavery rather than liberty"-Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
"[...] Rothbard explained, was "that it was intervention of the State that in itself created the classes and the conflict", not the labor relations of the economy, as previous thinkers believed"-Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
2. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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- historical
- american history
"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
3. The Dry Grass of August
By: Anna Jean Mayhew
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in… read more
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- historical
4. Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a humanizing account of the true-life s… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. 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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- historical
- politics
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- nonfiction
"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
6. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
7. Swan Song
By: Robert McCammon
4.10
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth'… read more
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8. Killing Mr. Griffin
By: Lois Duncan
4.33
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
They only planned to scare their English teacher. They never actually intended to killMr. Griffin. … read more
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9. Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920
By: Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Glenda Gilmore explores the pivotal and interconnected roles played by gender and race in North Car… read more
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10. Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
By: David M. Oshinsky
3.91
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Prisons in the deep South, with chain gangs, shotguns, and bloodhounds, have been immortalized in m… read more
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11. The Echo Wife
By: Sarah Gailey
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, r… read more
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"I became an alone-thing, more than I had ever been before."-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife
"No one would look at the seams that held me together and guess that they were scars."-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife
"He was relieved to have told me. He transmuted his guilt into my anger and now I was the one who had to carry it and he had the audacity to be relieved."-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife
"I'll be taking you out for coffee later this week, and you can give me all the details. In the meantime, I'll commence hating him just a little , in case I need material to seed hating him a lot."-Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife
12. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
By: Amber Ruffin
4.42
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
"There are worse stories than this and better ones. The reaction always varies because you can only put up with what you can put up with when you can put up with it."-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"I have never been able to understand why white people have such a low tolerance for hearing about racism. I mean, we have to live it! The least you could do is nod your head."-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"We are not into trying to educate white America, but may we accidentally did. Maybe white readers learned that just because your Black friends aren't sitting you down, going over all their trauma wit…"-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"There is no motivation for this action. It seems like this story is missing a part because people just aren’t this nonsensically cruel. But where you see no motivation, you understand racism a little…"-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
13. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
By: Saidiya Hartman
4.46
Format: 441 pages, Paperback
A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. In … read more
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- social justice
- african american
"No, Kropotkin never described black women's mutual aid societies or the chorus in Mutual Aid, although he imagined animal society in its rich varieties & the forms of cooperation & mutuality found am…"-Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
14. 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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- nonfiction
- african american
"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
15. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
By: Harold Schechter
3.76
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more
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- american history
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16. Siren Queen
By: Nghi Vo
3.68
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
“No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate t… read more
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"I already knew that being brave didn’t mean anything unless you were willing to do it again."-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen
"I'm curious, though, and my father said that if I could be curious instead of afraid, things would probably work out some kind of right."-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen
"What's so great about being seen?" Tara demanded. "What's so important about that?" She might have had the words for it, but I didn't. They locked up in my throat, about being invisible, about being …"-Nghi Vo, Siren Queen
17. 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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18. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
By: Daniel James Brown
4.49
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more
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19. Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Talk about Life in the Segregated South
By: William Henry Chafe
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A timely new edition of the stunning, prize-winning portrait of the Jim Crow South through unique f… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
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