By: Lonnie G. Bunch III
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Founding Director Lonnie Bunch's deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing th…
Want to Read $ 17.99"[H]istory is an effective tool to change a country by embracing the truth of a painful past."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
"[H]istory is an effective tool to change a country by embracing the truth of a painful past."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
"In many ways, projects are like movie scripts in Hollywood. Everybody has one and yet very few are realized as films."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
"In many ways, projects are like movie scripts in Hollywood. Everybody has one and yet very few are realized as films."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
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By: Dee Brown
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more
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"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Jay Winik
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
**New York Times Bestseller** Jay Winik brings to life in "gripping" detail (The New York Times Boo… read more
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By: Dan Flores
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more
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By: Frederick Douglass
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the stor… read more
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"The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the hist…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Bernstein looked like one of those counterculture journalists that Woodward despised. Bernstein thought that Woodward's rapid rise at the Post had less to do with his ability than his Establishment c…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, p…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one …"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
By: Evan Wright
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandt… read more
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"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps," Person continues. "you get you brains back."-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody."-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
By: Sarah Vowell , None
Format: 57 pages,
Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy road… read more
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By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard'… read more
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By: Isabel Wilkerson
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chroni… read more
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By: Sarah Vowell
Format: 220 pages,
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and… read more
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By: Ibram X. Kendi
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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By: Bob Drury
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more
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By: Jonathan Eig
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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By: Tom Vitale
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more
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By: Randall Munroe
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildl… read more
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"It turns out that if you accelerate at 1 G for several years, you can reach almost any destination in the universe. After a few years have passed [traveling at that rate], the effects of relativity r…"-Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
By: Patrick Bringley
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Tim Alberta
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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By: Clint Smith
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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"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
By: Ross Gay
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and electrifying collection of essays from the New York Times bestselling author of The… read more
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"And when we catch the grave light shimmering from the tethers between us when it happens, our dying again and again in each other's presence, this falling together, it is called, this holding each ot…"-Ross Gay, Inciting Joy: Essays
"But when we allow and expect each other to change and, even more to the point, when we witness the learning, the changing, the grieving, with curiosity and patience and care and love; when we make ro…"-Ross Gay, Inciting Joy: Essays
By: Rachel Rodgers
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Are you ready to fill your life with more peace, power, and joy? We Should All Be Millionaires d… read more
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By: Garrett M. Graff
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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By: A.J. Baime
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more
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"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
By: Darrell Hartman
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more
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By: Eric Klinenberg
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our frac… read more
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"Democracy must begin at home, and its home is the neighborly community."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Even the Internet, which was supposed to deliver unprecedented cultural diversity ad democratic communication, has become an echo chamber where people see and hear what they already believe."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Today, our communities are full of children whose future, like Jelani's, will be formed in the places where they go to learn about themselves and the world they'll inherit. They deserve palaces. Whet…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"The accessible physical space of the library is not the only factor that makes it work well as social infrastructure. The institution's extensive programming, organized by a professional staff that u…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
By: Hannah Carlson
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a… read more
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By: Becky Cooper
Format: 501 pages, Hardcover
Dive into a true crime narrative of an unsolved 1969 murder at Harvard, of obsession and love for … read more
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"Back then, I was blind to the idea that an institution could still be destructive even if its members were good people."-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
"For we live in several worlds, each truer than the one it encloses, and itself false in relation to the one which encompasses it. [...] Truth lies in a progressive dilating of the meaning [...] up to…"-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
"My freshmen seminar professor had warned our class that Harvard was an institution on a scale we could not imagine: "Harvard will change you by the end of your four years, but don't expect to change …"-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
By: Angela Dalton
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Mae Among the Stars! To Boldly Go tells the true story of N… read more
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By: Jon Wiener
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
THE TRIAL THAT IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Reprinted to coincide with the release of the new A… read more
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By: Zachary M. Schrag
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century The Princeton G… read more
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By: Lonnie G. Bunch III
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Founding Director Lonnie Bunch's deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing th… read more
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"[H]istory is an effective tool to change a country by embracing the truth of a painful past."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
"In many ways, projects are like movie scripts in Hollywood. Everybody has one and yet very few are realized as films."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
"He then said words that have shaped my career: if you are a historian then your job better be to help people remember not just what they want to remember, but what they need to remember."-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
"As I conceptualized the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I knew it had to fulfill Mamie Mobley's charge: to be a place that carried the burden of history and the weight of mem…"-Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
By: Wright Thompson
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from aroun… read more
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