A Different Mirror is a dramatic new retelling of our nation's history, a powerful larger narrative of the many different peoples who together compose the United States of America.
In the only book to date to explore the period between the 1859 publication of Darwin's 'Origin Of Species' and the discovery of Gregor Mendel's experiments in genetics, John S. Haller, Jr. shows the relationship between scientific 'conviction' and public policy. He focuses on the numerous liberally ...
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Melissa Fay Greene's celebrated nonfiction book takes place in the '70s in a rural Georgia town, where a poor and uneducated black man stands up to the autocratic white sheriff and finds justice.
In his autobiography, John Lewis looks back at his life and his role in the American civil rights movement. He describes his childhood in rural Alabama and his memories of the struggle: from the demonstrations in Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham to the Freedom Rides, the march on Washington, and th ...
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This work remains an insightful demonstration of the successful role played by abolitionists during and after the Civil War, when they evolved from despised fanatics into influential spokespersons for the radical wing of the Republican party.
This book details the events surrounding the murder accusation and lynching of a Jewish factory manager in Atlanta, Georgia, which resulted in one of the most unforgettable incidents of anti-Semitism in the United States.
Here is the unparalleled account of the most awesome and awful chapter in the moral history of humanity. Lucid, chilling and comprehensive, Lucy S. Dawidowicz's classic tells the complete story of the Nazi Holocaust--from the insidious evolution of German Anti-Semitism to the ultimate tragedy of the ...
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A classic account of the degradation of a tribe of Canadian Indians focuses on the fate of the Ihalmiut people of Northern Canada who suffered cultural decline, food shortages, and outside exploitation throughout the twentieth century. Reprint.