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Professor W. Gabriel Selassie I
Explore the history, culture, and lived experiences of Ethiopian Americans in the USA. Ethiopia, in East Africa, is the second most populated country in Africa, home to over 125 million…
In the 1990s New York, the information Superhighway was a deer path through the vast woods. A time when Paparazzi wasn't a bad word, and Agents, Managers and PR people…
Rachel Khong
'A mesmerizing multigenerational novel' BRIT BENNETT
** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **
'Insightful and heartfelt' GLAMOUR
'Easy to inhale' GUARDIAN
'Mesmerizing' BRIT BENNETT, author of THE VANISHING HALF
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Cal Jillson
This new edition offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy…
Thomas E Patterson
Thomas E. Patterson's monumental biography of Huey Long is a profound reevaluation of his life and legacy, recognizing him as an inspirational progressive thinker, populist hero, and radical influence on…
Ryan C McIlhenny
Ryan C. McIlhenny's American Socialist is the first comprehensive biography of Laurence Gronlund (1844-1899), one of the nation's most persuasive proponents of socialism. Gronlund cultivated a unique polemic against capitalism…
Mary Kay Zuravleff
A woman growing up in a family of Russian immigrants in the 1910s seeks a thoroughly American life.
Matthew Palmer
Global headlines come to life as intrigue and international politics collide in this electrifying debut thriller from Matthew Palmer.
'Detailed and atmospheric, The American Mission is an exciting, grown-up spy…
Donald Edward Davis
The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree's impact on nineteenth-and early…
Colum McCann, Diane Foley
'An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden Keefe A 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMES SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS…
Zarna Garg
Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir-from narrowly escaping an arranged marriage in India to carving her own path in America and launching a…
Annette Nierobisz, Dana Sawchuck, Annette Marie Nierobisz
What happens when older workers lose their jobs in a recessionary economy filled with employers who favor hiring younger workers? From hard falls to soft landings, American Idle uses in-depth…
The gripping debut international political thriller from diplomat Matthew Palmer, set in the US and the DRC.
Jerry Roberts
Sportswriting has been often overlooked in histories of journalism, the same way it was paid little attention by newspaper managements in the early and middle 20th century. This book endeavors…
Jill Lepore
A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.
On Being American: The Jurisprudence of Ruth Bader Ginsburg tells the story of an advocate and a jurist committed to a broader understanding of what it means to be an…
Daniel Hofrenning, Stefanie Chambers
This introductory American politics textbook highlights political controversies and debates that make politics compelling and shows that politics has the potential--against formidable odds--to solve crucial public problems.
How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it's likely to change through reform-these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson's highly…
Russell Banks
From one of America's most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the residents of a rural New York town, and the shocking headlines that become their local mythologies.
Natasha S Alford
Award-winning journalist Natasha S. Alford grew up between two worlds as the daughter of an African American father and Puerto Rican mother. In American Negra, a narrative that is part…
Matt Black
The companion volume to Matt Black's critically acclaimed American Geography presents a deeper view of his six-year odyssey documenting poverty in the United States.
Kyle Paoletta
An expansive and revelatory historical exploration of the multicultural, water-seeking, land-destroying settlers of the most arid corner of North America, arguing that in order to know where the United States…
Sherri L. Smith, Elizabeth Wein
From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.
Daniel Stone
From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry-and…
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
"An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans."-Time
"Stirring . . . In telling this important, neglected history with imagination-fueled research…
Gerald P. Cestkowski
The first and only comprehensive illustrated history of dynamite in the United States
John Kaag
"American Bloods is an unflinching history of our nation . . . This is a breakout book for John Kaag--the natural extension of his genre-defining writing." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer…
Nico Lang
From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up…
Peter Guttman
"Award-winning photographer Peter Guttman showcases the vibrant and wildly diverse American people in an unprecedented, multi-decade collection of sharply etched portraits"--
Rosemarie Lengsfeld Turke, Garrett L. Turke
Winner of the 2023 Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award in Non-Fiction: Chapter Book Commended as a "moving and hopeful story of courage and perseverance" in a starred review by Booklist…
Salvatore J. Forcina
Born in Italy during World War II, Salvatore Forcina was a young boy who survived all odds by living through his young childhood without any real or proper shelter. Like…
Barb Rosenstock
"Rap. Rap. Rap. The eerie sound was first heard in March of 1848 at the home of the Fox family in Hydesville, New York. The family's two daughters, Kate and…
Tom Davis Jr
An American Hero: One Man's Legacy of Fatherhood and Faith is a poignant and inspiring journey through four generations, revealing how one World War II survivor's resilience, integrity, and unwavering…
AN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe
"An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness, and moral courage." -Patrick Radden Keefe "A work of great faith and redemption." -Jamie…
Ned Ryun
American Leviathan is the story of the rise of Progressive Statism and their massive, bureaucratic Administrative State at the turn of the 20th century and how we got to where…
Dur E Aziz Amna
WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE WINNER OF THE SOUTH ASIAN BOOK AWARD USA Today Best books of August Christian Science Monitor Ten Best Books of August The…
Elizabeth Ellen
Pushcart Prize Award-winning author Elizabeth Ellen's American Thighs tells the darkly comedic story of a thirty-one-year-old former child star's journey from Hollywood to Elkheart, Indiana, experiencing for the first time…
Jessica Roy
Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle A CNN, NPR, and Today Most-Anticipated Book of 2024
A "gripping" (CNN), true account of religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds…
Joel Sternfeld
The creation of Joel Sternfeld's seminal American Prospects is firmly embedded in the history of the photobook. In late August 1978, Sternfeld left New York City and headed out into…
Lawrence Perelman
In 1994, William F. Buckley, Jr., the conservative icon, received a letter from an eighteen-year-old aspiring pianist by the name of Lawrence Perelman, the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants. Buckley's…
Rebekah Koffler
The radical left is methodically transforming America into a totalitarian socialist state just like the one she fled, warns an immigrant from Soviet Russia.
