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  • Inside U.S.A.

    by John Gunther ...
    The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Gunther’s classic portrait of AmericaJohn Gunther’s Inside series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s and 1940s. For Inside U.S.A., his magnum opus, Gunther set out from California and visited every state in the country, offering frank, lucid, and humorous observations along the way in what legendary publisher Robert Gottlieb, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inside U.S.A.

    by John Gunther ...
    The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Gunther's classic portrait of AmericaJohn Gunther's Inside series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s and 1940s. For Inside U.S.A., his magnum opus, Gunther set out from California and visited every state in the country, offering frank, lucid, and humorous observations along the way in what legendary publisher Robert Gottlieb, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAAH STONE BOOK AWARDA new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few ... Read more

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  • The Undiscovered Country

    Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West

    **New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the YearA True West Magazine Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the YearWestern Heritage Award for "Outstanding Nonfiction Book"Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Historical NonfictionWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion AwardFrom the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, ... Read more

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  • How to Think like a Philosopher

    Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced, and Rational Thinking

    "An essential, inspiring guide to the challenges of our time" from the author of the UK bestseller The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten (Sarah Bakewell, New York Times– bestselling author).By now, it should be clear: in the face of disinformation and disaster, we cannot hot take, life hack, or meme our way to a better future. But how should we respond instead? In How to Think Lik... ... Read more

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  • By Hands Now Known

    Jim Crow's Legal Executioners

    **Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in HistoryWinner of the Hillman Prize for Book JournalismFinalist for the Kirkus Prize for NonfictionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and the Chicago Public Library • One of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2022A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that ... Read more

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  • The Formation of Christendom

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    A groundbreaking history of how the Christian “West” emerged from the ancient Mediterranean worldIn this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how—from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800—the Christian “West” grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that ... Read more

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  • Reading the Constitution

    Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

    New York Times BestsellerIn a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution.“You will not read a more important legal work this election year.” —Bob Woodward, Washington Post reporter and author of fifteen #1 New ... Read more

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  • Denmark Vesey's Garden

    Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy

    One of Janet Maslin's Favorite Books of 2018, The New York TimesOne of John Warner's Favorite Books of 2018, Chicago TribuneNamed one of the "Best Civil War Books of 2018" by the Civil War Monitor"A fascinating and important new historical study."— Janet Maslin, The New York Times"A stunning contribution to the historiography of Civil War memory studies."— Civil War TimesThe stunning, grou... ... Read more

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  • The Earth Is All That Lasts

    Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

    "Fast-paced and highly absorbing." —Wall Street JournalA magisterial new history of the fierce final chapter of the American Indian Wars, told through the lives of the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders, who led Sioux resistance and triumphed at the Battle of Little BighornTrue West magazine's "Best Nonfiction Book of the Year"Winner of the Colorado Book AwardCrazy Horse ... Read more

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  • Dr. Benjamin Rush

    The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation

    A gripping, often startling biography of the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot--an America of women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, Quakers, indentured workers, the poor, the mentally ill, and war veteransNinety percent of Americans could not vote and did not enjoy rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness when our Founding Fathers proclaimed, ... Read more

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  • The Heart of Man

    Its Genius for Good and Evil

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The acclaimed social psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving discusses the nature of evil and humanity's capacity for it.Originally published in 1964, The Heart of Man was influenced by turbulent times. Average Americans were suffering from different forms of evil, including a rise in juvenile delinquency. On a grander scale, the threat of nuclear war loomed over ... Read more

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