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The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960sFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDIn 1960, Harvard's sister college, Radcliffe, announced the founding of an Institute for Independent Study, a "messy experiment" in women's education that offered paid fellowships to those with a PhD or "the equivalent" in artistic achievement. Five...
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The LonghornsThe Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle the world has known. These wiry, intractable beasts were themselves pioneers in a harsh land, moving elementally with drouth, grass, Arctic blizzards, and burning winds. Their story is the bedrock on which...
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The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen RevisitedFinalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the world on Foreign Affairs An Economist Book of the Year, 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice...
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Cheyenne Memories of the Custer Fight: A Source BookOnly six Cheyenne Indians (but thirty-two Sioux) died in the fighting at the Little Bighorn River that wiped out the command of General George Custer. Brave Wolf, the son of the prophet Old Brave Wolf, later recalled the courage of the doomed men in...
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Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863All of middle Tennessee held its breath when the new year dawned in 1863.On the previous day, December 31--the last day of 1862--just outside Murfreesboro along Stones River, the Confederate Army of Tennessee had launched a morning attack that nearly bent the Federal Army...
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The Responsibility of IntellectualsIn one of his most famous essays, Noam Chomsky lays out the idea that intellectuals' relative privilege imbues them with greater responsibility--one that was to be the guiding principle of his intellectual life "Chomsky is a global phenomenon. . . . He may be...
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Lolita in the Afterlife: On Beauty, Risk, and Reckoning with the Most Indelible and Shocking Novel of the Twentieth CenturyA vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on Vladimir Nabokov's perennially provocative book--with original contributions from a stellar cast of prominent twenty-first century writers. In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita was published in the United States to immediate controversy and bestsellerdom. More than...
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Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City"Radical Suburbs is a revelation. Amanda Kolson Hurley will open your eyes to the wide diversity and rich history of our ongoing suburban experiment."--Richard FloridaAmerica's suburbs are not the homogenous places we sometimes take them for. Today's suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse,...
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Through the African American Lens: Double ExposureDouble Exposure is a major new series based on the remarkable photography collection supporting the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). From daguerreotype portraits taken before the...
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Food and DrinkThis monumental collection contains over 350 royalty-free illustrations of every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation and consumption of food and drink. Jim Harter, well-known commercial designer and collagist, has selected the most versatile and eye-catching material, mainly from rare nineteenth-century sources. These fine...
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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty HearstA National Bestseller From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history On February...
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Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7A memoir of a life in activism by one of the original defendants in the Trial of the Chicago 7, subject of the 2020 Oscar-nominated Aaron Sorkin film of the same name.In March 1969, eight young men were indicted by the federal government for...
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When the Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China's ReawakeningA Riveting Memoir of Cross-Cultural Romance at a Pivotal Moment in History When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first...
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W.G.: The Opium-addicted Pistol Toting Preacher Who Raised the First Federal African American Union TroopsWilliam Gould "W.G." Raymond was a staunch abolitionist and Union officer. A preacher. Under Lincoln's authority, he raised hundreds of Black Union soldiers on the wild streets of D.C., eager to fight for their freedom. Many would go on to battle in perhaps the...
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Pearl Harbor: Japan's Attack and America's Entry Into World War IIHawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The devastating attack claims the lives of over 2,400 American soldiers, sinks or damages 18 ships and destroys...
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1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year1922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest of the twentieth century and still affect us today, 100 years later.Empires fell. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British Empire had reached its greatest...
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The Fun of ItAutobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.Author: Amelia EarhartPublisher: Academy Chicago PublishersPublished: 04/01/2006Pages: 219Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 7.02h x 5.03w x 0.74dISBN: 9780915864553Review Citation(s): Library Journal 09/15/2006 pg. 100
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Lasso the Wind: Away to the New WestA New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Mountains and Plains Book Seller's Association Award "Sprawling in scope. . . . Mr. Egan uses the past powerfully to explain and give dimension to the present." --The New York Times "Fine...
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Orley FarmTrollope singled out Orley Farm for its successful combination of realistic and sensational effects which he felt to be the highest achievement of the novelist. It was greatly admired by his contemporaries, including George Eliot and G. H. Lewes. The novel centers on a...
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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights MovementIn the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July, 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, held a convention that would launch the women's rights movement and...
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