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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History–and How It Shattered a Nation
ISBN13: 9780593296967 *NEW* Named a Most Anticipated Book by New York Times Books Review, TIME, Washington Post, Associated Press, Town & Country, New York Post, and more From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, “the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,” (The Atlantic) comes a riveting narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple…
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A Promised Land
ISBN13: 9781524763169 *NEW* A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making–from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of…
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An African History of Africa
ISBN13: 9780063335417 *NEW* Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi’s sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent’s extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective. “Equal parts gripping and galvanizing. . . . Researched across more than 30 countries, it brings the dazzling civilizations of pre-colonial Africa vividly to…
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
ISBN13: 9780593230251 *NEW* Oprah’s Book Club Pick! The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth Of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened…
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Lovely One
ISBN13: 9780593729908 *NEW* Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America’s highest court in this inspiring, intimate memoir. In her unflinching account, Justice Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her…
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Message to the Blackman in America
*NEW* “This masterpiece by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was first published in 1965 and gives the reader the positions, beliefs, and objectives of The Nation of Islam. This book is an absolute must have for the serious reader, historian and student.” – FCI Message To The Blackman In America By Elijah Muhammad According to…
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Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition
ISBN13: 9780077354725 *USED* USED COPY DESCRIPTION: Fair Copy: Pages do not contain markings; cover may show moderate wear.
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
ISBN13: 9780593230572 *NEW* A dramatic expansion of one of the definitive journalistic events of recent years: The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning reframing of the American founding and its contemporary echoes, placing slavery and resistance at the center of the American story. The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is…
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Centennial Edition)
ISBN13: 9780345379757 *NEW* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The “extraordinary” (The New York Times) autobiography of the legendary civil rights leader once called the most dangerous man in America—essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this nation’s history In the searing pages of this…
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
ISBN13: 9780374201234 *NEW* The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar. In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided…
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The New Jim Crow (First Edition)
ISBN13: 9781595581037 *USED* Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as “brave and bold,” this book directly challenges the notion that the presidency…
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The Pope and Mussolini (Paperback)
ISBN13: 9780812983678 *NEW* The explosive, Pultizer Prize-winning history of the fractious, co-dependent relationship between Pope Pius XI and Mussolini. David Kertzer, longtime Brown University professor and one of the world’s leading scholars of the Catholic Church, has written a groundbreaking work of history full of fascinating characters and intrigue, a book that will forever change…
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
ISBN13: 9780679444329 *NEW* In the tradition of works by Taylor Branch and J. Anthony Lukas, this magnificent epic by Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson chronicles a watershed event in American history–the decades-long migration of African-Americans from the South to the North and West, from World War I through the 1970s–through the stories of three individuals and…
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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
ISBN13: 9780063043855 *NEW* A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine’s Vulture Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr. Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston,…