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The German Genius
Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy,...
Harvest of Empire
A History of Latinos in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated.
The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium....
by Catherine Sager
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey along the Oregon Trail. During it, both Henry and Naomi lost their lives and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington,...
by A. Adu Boahen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In this book, one of the pioneers of twentieth century African history examines the perceptions and responses of Africans to European colonialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This edition of Boahen's text, originally published in 1989, is contextualized in a new foreword by...
Mayflower
A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
**"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages."--**The New York Times Book Review
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History
New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year
How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed...
Born Fighting
How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced the social, political, and cultural landscape of America from its...
Savage Continent
Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years...
The end of the Second World War in Europe is one of the twentieth century's most iconic moments. It is fondly remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, danced,...
The Gift of a Bride
A Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
This ethnographically based murder mystery is set within New York City's Indian community. A young Indian woman's arranged marriage brings her to the city to join her husband shortly after her wedding. The plot unfolds as the couple copes with joint family living, sexual and financial issues, and...
Darkness before Daybreak
African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2011
This riveting book chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. A story that illuminates the nature of high-risk migration around the world, Darkness before Daybreak reveals the...
Barrio Boy
40th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Barrio Boy is the remarkable story of one boy's journey from a Mexican village so small its main street didn't have a name, to the barrio of Sacramento, California, bustling and thriving in the early decades of the twentieth century. With vivid imagery and a rare gift for re-creating a child's sense...
Outcasts United
An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town
Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American...
Funny in Farsi
A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir
This Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini,...
by Edwidge Danticat
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
A National Book Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her “second father,” when she was placed in his care after her...
Bones
Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border—and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy
José and Miguel Treviño were bonded by blood and a shared vision of a better life. But they chose different paths that would...