Quick view Details George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas B Allen
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Quick view George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas B Allen This fascinating new book takes readers into the secret world behind the Revolutionary War in which they can follow the escapades of spies and intelligence agents of the time and learn about the methods used in wartime espionage. Illustrations. Maps. View Details
Quick view The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright A gripping narrative that spans five decades, " "The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center... View Details
Quick view Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, Wait. But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim when you see the vast majority of... View Details
Quick view The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle by Clayborne Carson A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader is essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movements has come and how far it has to go. View Details
Quick view Spies of the Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers The story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. View Details
Quick view Marching to the Mountain top: How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Hour by Ann Bausum In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Workers sought union protection, higher wages, improved safety,... View Details
Quick view Fire Next Time by James A Baldwin At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, stands as one of the essential... View Details
Quick view Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston During World War II a community called Manzanar was created in the high mountain desert country of California. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Among them was the Wakatsuki family, who were ordered to leave their fishing... View Details
Quick view Hiroshima by John Hersey Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter... View Details
Quick view The Great Depression: America 1929-1941 by Robert S McElvaine Repackaged to tie-in to a forthcoming PBS series on the Great Depression scheduled to air in October, this perennially popular work is fully revised to include new scholarship published over the last eight years. One of the country's premier scholars on... View Details
Quick view Trail of Tears The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle The fascinating portrayal of the Cherokee nation, filled with Native American legend, lore, and religion -- a gripping American drama of power, politics, betrayal, and ambition. View Details
Quick view Exploring Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and Wilderness by Thomas P Slaughter This provocative work challenges traditional accounts of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition across the continent and back again. Uncovering deeper meanings in the explorers' journals and lives, Exploring Lewis and Clark exposes... View Details
