Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre
By: Randy Krehbiel
3.86
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
In 1921 Tulsa’s Greenwood District, known then as the nation’s “Black Wall Street,” was one of the …
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. Go Tell It on the Mountain
By: James Baldwin
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more
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- race
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3. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
By: Daniel J. Levitin
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if yo… read more
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- nonfiction
4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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5. Good Morning, Midnight
By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
3.84
Format: 95 pages, ebook
Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, is consumed by the stars. For years he has lived in remot… read more
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6. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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- american history
- history
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"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
7. 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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8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
9. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
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- african american
11. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
By: David McCullough
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
12. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more
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13. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
By: Anna Malaika Tubbs
4.09
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates … read more
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- race
- history
- african american
"Bertis, Louise, and Alberta, grew from children, to teenagers, to young women at a time when the birth of a nation characterized black men as scoundrels intent on brutalizing white women. When the pi…"-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
"Their military experience made them more of a threat. Their pride was seen as something in need of control. Once again irrational white supremacist fears turned into extreme forms of brutality. Accor…"-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
14. 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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- race
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- african american
"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"
15. Buffalo, Barrels, and Bourbon: The Story of How Buffalo Trace Distillery Became The World's Most Awarded Distillery
By: F Paul Pacult
3.89
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Learn about one of the most impactful distilleries in American history in this comprehensive tale … read more
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- nonfiction
16. Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.96
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinét… read more
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"You know people who love you don't hurt you like that," he says, eyes steady on me. "Love's not supposed to try to kill you."-Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
17. Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World, #2)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.19
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Kai and Caleb Goodacre have been kidnapped just as rumors of a cult sweeping across the reservation… read more
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"A god?"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World, #2)
18. Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
By: Sam Anderson
4.38
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative … read more
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- american history
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"Oklahoma City has chaos in its DNA."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"Oklahoma City is tiny and huge at the same time."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"Most places have one sky. Oklahoma city has about 12."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"If a Starbucks drink could be a church, it would be LifeChurch.TV"-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
19. The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
By: Russell Cobb
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Look down as you buzz across America, and Oklahoma looks like another “flyover state.” A closer ins… read more
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- american history
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- nonfiction
20. Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre
By: Randy Krehbiel
3.86
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
In 1921 Tulsa’s Greenwood District, known then as the nation’s “Black Wall Street,” was one of the … read more
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- african american
21. The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future
By: Robert P. Jones
4.55
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Taking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities… read more
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