Chronological Period/21st Century
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Between Blade and Bullet: The Mary Steinhauser Story
$28.99 Add to cartMary Steinhauser is the only peace officer in the history of penal institutions in Canada to willingly offer up her life in the service of her country. It was during a 1975 prison escape attempt and 4… [more below]
- Author: Franz, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1525588230
- Language: English
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We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality
$24.95 Read moreIn this exceedingly timely book, Louis Moore looks at the history of Black activist athletes and the important role of the Black community in insisting that the concept of fair play should apply not o
- Series: Race and Sports
- Author: Moore, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0813153808
- Language: English
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Three Days at the Brink: Fdr’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II
$19.99 Add to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller
“I could not put this extraordinary book down. Three Days at the Brink is a masterpiece: elegantly written, brilliantly conceived, and impeccably researched. This
- Series: Three Days
- Author: Baier, Bret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0062905694
- Language: English
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Our Harsh Logic
$26.99 Add to cartOne of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation.–The New York Review of Books
Support for Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory–both internationally and within Israel i- Author: Breaking the Silence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1250037735
- Language: English
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We’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement
$24.95 Add to cartWe’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a
Movement is the first book-length treatment of the roots and rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,- Author: Grim, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1947492373
- Language: English
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The Zapatistas’ Dignified Rage: Final Public Speeches of Subcommander Marcos
$19.95 Add to cartFor over two decades, Mexico’s Zapatista indigenous movement has stood as a beacon of hope for activists around the world working against the havoc that capitalism is wreaking upon the earth. Subcomma
- Author: Henck, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1849352925
- Language: English
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Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy
$19.95 Add to cartEighteen prominent South African scholars reflect on the analogy between apartheid South Africa and contemporary Israel.
- Author: Jacobs, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1608465187
- Language: English
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Fear: Trump in the White House
$18.00 Add to cartOVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD
RUNAWAY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SENSATIONAL #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Explosive.”–The Washington Post “Devastating.”–The New Yorker “Unprecedented.”–CNN “Gre- Author: Woodward, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1501175521
- Language: English
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
$17.99 Add to cart*Now a major motion picture–Rob Peace–starring Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, and Chiwetel Ejiofor*
*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, and more* The- Author: Hobbs, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1476731918
- Language: English
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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
$18.99 Add to cartNow a major motion picture–directed by and starring James Franco
From the actor who somehow lived through it all, a “sharply detailed…funny book about a cinematic comedy of errors” (The New York T- Author: Sestero, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1476730407
- Language: English
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Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine
$21.99 Add to cartJournalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy’s finest and most expensive wine.
In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor- Author: Potter, Maximillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1455516090
- Language: English
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The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesu
$12.99 Add to cartThey were held in brutal captivity–and managed to make it out alive.
The Lost Girls are Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus–three innocent young women who were kid
This is their story.- Author: Glatt, John
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1250092116
- Language: English
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No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas
$27.99 Add to cartFinalist: Lambda Literary Award for LBGTQ Nonfiction
Winner: Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
A Kansas Notable Book
Far from the coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands a
- Author: Janovy, C. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: March 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0700628347
- Language: English
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A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism
$17.95 Add to cartThe American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geop
- Author: Sachs, Jeffrey D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 0231188498
- Language: English
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The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems
$19.99 Add to cart“No practicing poet has more talent than Robert Hass.”
—Atlantic MonthlyThe National Book Award-winning author of Time and Materials, Robert Hass is one of the most revered of all living poets. With
- Author: Hass, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0061923907
- Language: English
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Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry
$41.99 Add to cartLearn about the real life of beloved actor Andy Griffith.
The world loves Sheriff Andy Taylor. Yet the actor who played him was intensely private. Here, for the first time, is the real Andy Griffith, h
- Author: Railey, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: May 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1540252086
- Language: English
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To Raise a Boy: Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood
$18.00 Add to cart“To Raise a Boy is a clear-eyed and sometimes shocking view of the world that we have created for boys, and a call for change.” –Peg Tyre, author of the New York Times bestseller The Trouble with Boy… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1982128097
- Language: English
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The Decadent Society: America Before and After the Pandemic
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, public failure and p… [more below]
- Author: Douthat, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1476785252
- Language: English
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The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory
$19.99 Add to cartA thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power.
When the Cold War- Author: Bacevich, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1250787637
- Language: English
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The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, “richly detailed” story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot L… [more below]
- Author: Holt, Nathalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 0316439142
- Language: English
