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American Gun: The True Story of the Ar-15
$32.00HardcoverRead moreA finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
“A magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage . . . You can feel the tension building one cold, catastrophic fact at a time . . . A vir- Author: McWhirter, Cameron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0374103852
- Language: English
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By: Jane Mayer
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
$18.00PaperbackRead moreThe Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world–decisions that not only
- Author: Mayer, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 05, 2009
- ISBN10: 0307456293
- Language: English
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By: James Bradley
Flags of Our Fathers
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The perfect gift for Father’s Day, this is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America
In Februa- Author: Bradley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 29, 2006
- ISBN10: 0553384155
- Language: English
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By: Marianne Wiggins
Properties of Thirst
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartA National Bestseller
Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a “
A New Yorker Best Book of 2022- Author: Wiggins, Marianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1416571272
- Language: English
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By: Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “The story of modern medicine and bioethics–and, indeed, race relations–is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”–Entertainment Weekly
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM- Author: Skloot, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1400052181
- Language: English
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By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
$21.00PaperbackAdd to cartIn this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s pr… [more below]
- Author: Coates, Ta-Nehisi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0399590579
- Language: English
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By: DK
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartErased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.
Black leaders, writers, civil rights activists, scientists, an- Series: DK Timelines Children
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 0744039096
- Language: English
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By: Imani Perry
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
$32.99HardcoverAdd to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South–and thus of America–by an esteemed daughter of
- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 25, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062977407
- Language: English
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By: Perry, Imani
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South–and thus of America–by an esteemed daughter of
- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062977377
- Language: English
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By: Theresa Levitt
Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
$32.95HardcoverAdd to cartA Financial Times and Scientific American Best Book of the Year.
A story of alchemy in Bohemian Paris, where two scientific outcasts discovered a fundamental distinction between natural and synthetic- Author: Levitt, Theresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0674250893
- Language: English
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Take My Hand
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartWinner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze…an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption.”–Celeste N- Author: Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593337719
- Language: English
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Take My Hand
$27.00HardcoverAdd to cartWinner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze…an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption.”–Celeste N- Author: Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 12, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593337697
- Language: English
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By: Jewell, Tiffany
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Recommended by Oprah’s Book Club, ESSENCE, We Need Diverse Books, ellentube, Brit + Co, PureWow, Teen Vogue, Time, New York, USA TODAY, and TODAY.com Also available: Thi- Series: Empower the Future #1
- Author: Jewell, Tiffany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0711245215
- Language: English
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By: Michelle Obama
Becoming
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartNow in paperback–the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger se
- Author: Obama, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 1524763144
- Language: English
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By: Michelle Obama
Becoming
$34.50PaperbackAdd to cartAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY – OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK- Author: Obama, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 525633758
- Language: English
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By: Michelle Obama
Becoming
$34.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY – OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK- Author: Obama, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 13, 2018
- ISBN10: 1524763136
- Language: English