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Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood DistrictEarly in the twentieth century, the black community in Tulsa- the "Greenwood District"- became a nationally renowned entrepreneurial center. Frequently referred to as "The Black Wall Street of America," the Greenwood District attracted pioneers from all over America who sought new opportunities and fresh...
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Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore**A November LibraryReads Pick** Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black...
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Blitz: The Club That Created the Eighties"A lean, energetic memoir of the club that turned a Tuesday night into a cultural flashpoint." --Kirkus ReviewsA history of the club that set the '80s alight. The short-lived Blitz club in London's Covent Garden was more than a place to hang out or...
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Blood, Sweat and Tears: A History of Bodily FluidsOur ancestors didn't just take the piss. They used it too.The human body leaks. It oozes. It sweats and spits. It bursts, it bleeds and it squirts. Over the history of humanity, our bodies have evolved into sophisticated vessels for survival, leaving a long...
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Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of Us Labor's Global Anticommunist CrusadeHow the CIA used American unions to undermine workers at home and subvert democracy abroad Blue-Collar Empire tells the shocking story of the AFL-CIO's global anticommunist crusade--and its devastating consequences for workers around the world. Unions have the power not only to secure pay...
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped AmericaMore than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England's Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000...
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Born for LibertyThe most concise and comprehensive one-volume history of American women--from the indigenous women of the 16th-century wilderness to the dual-role career women and mothers of contemporary times--this book brings American womanhood to center stage, exploring the lives of pioneers and slaves, immigrants and factory...
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Born: A History of ChildbirthA groundbreaking history of childbirth filled with medical, political, and social triumphs, Born is the story of how we give birth set against the female struggle to govern their ability to reproduce. Born moves around over time and large geographical, social, and cultural distances,...
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community*The basis for the documentary Join or Die--now streaming on Netflix!* Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet--the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what...
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Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941From statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, a bold, sweeping history of Britain's entrance into World War II--and its efforts to survive it--illuminating the ways in which the war permanently transformed a nation and its people "Might be the single best examination of...
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Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis*ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2024*"A powerful argument for reforming this system."--The New York TimesAn urgent investigation of student debt in America revealing the corrupt systems, rotten policies, and bad actors that have created a $1.7 trillion crisis.College costs more today...
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Butter: A Rich History"Edifying from every point of view--historical, cultural, and culinary." --David Tanis, author of A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes It's a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. Ubiquitous in the world's most fabulous cuisines, butter is boss. Here, it...
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California (a History)"A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr's answer is a combination of great men, great...
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California: An American HistoryA concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation "A masterful history."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Faragher takes the reader on a captivating journey through myriad twists and turns of California's multicultural history, enlivened by stories of people who rarely...
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - "An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."--Dwight Garner, The New...
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - "An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."--Dwight Garner, The New...
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Cat Tales: A HistoryFeared, revered, respected, and beloved, cats have left an indelible paw print on the histories and civilizations of humankind. Over the last two million years, cats and people have interacted in diverse and unexpected ways, but the predecessors of today's furry friends were predators,...
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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to SoundA cello has no language, yet it possesses a vocabulary wide enough to tell, bear witness, and make connections across time and continents--a feat brought to life in this brilliant new book. In this luminous narrative, Kate Kennedy, a writer and cellist herself, weaves...
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Changing GenderFrom the groundbreaking trans scholar Susan Stryker, a provocative, genre-bending call to reconsider the story we tell about gender itself. That gender is a hotly contested topic becomes ever clearer as antigender ideology continues to be mobilized by the far right and transgender people's...
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Chemistry 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Chemistry's Key ConceptsGet to grips with the essential topics in chemistry today through 100 key ideas, each explained clearly in just 100 words. As part of a series, this book introduces 100 key areas of chemistry, such as gas laws, fusion, ionic bonding, DNA, and the...
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