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  • History Lessons

    How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History

    by Dana Lindaman, Kyle Ward ...
    A "fascinating" look at what students in Russia, France, Iran, and other nations are taught about America ( The New York Times Book Review).This "timely and important" book ( History News Network) gives us a glimpse into classrooms across the globe, where opinions about the United States are first formed.History Lessons includes selections from textbooks and teaching materials used in Russia, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History in the Making

    An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling over the Last 200 Years

    by Kyle Ward ...
    The popular, "thought-provoking study" that explores how contemporary prejudices change the way each generation looks at the nation's past ( Library Journal).Historian Kyle Ward, the acclaimed co-author of History Lessons, offers another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we think about, write about, and teach our own history. Juxtaposing passages from US history textbooks of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Viking Battalion

    Norwegian American Ski Troopers in World War II

    by Olaf Minge, Kyle Ward ...
    A history of the true World War II operations of the little known Norwegian American Battalion, a special unit that fought across Europe to free Norway."What is engaging about this book is that you get to hear the authentic voices of the soldiers through their memoirs, journal entries, and letters. Some are long, some are short, but all are worth reading for the insights you get into the minds of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not Written in Stone

    Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks

    by Kyle Ward ...
    A teaching edition of the "thought-provoking study" History in the Making, which explores how our view of the history changes over time ( Library Journal).Kyle Ward's celebrated History in the Making struck a chord among readers of popular history. "Interesting and useful," according to Booklist, the book "convincingly illustrates how texts change as social and political attitudes evolve." With ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rural Jail Reentry

    Offender Needs and Challenges

    by Kyle Ward ...
    Series series Innovations in Corrections
    Today’s high recidivism rates, combined with the rising costs of jails and prisons, are increasingly seen as problems that must be addressed on both moral and financial grounds. Research on prison and jail reentry typically focuses on barriers stemming from employment, housing, mental health, and substance abuse issues from the perspective of offenders returning to urban areas. This book explores ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Endangered Eating

    America's Vanishing Foods

    by Sarah Lohman ...
    **A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Food & Wine Best Book of the YearAn Eater Best Food Book“A thoughtful, compelling read about why…food traditions matter and are worth preserving.” —Bettina Makalintal, EaterAmerican food traditions are in danger of being lost. How do we save them?**Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' "most endangered food." The ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Grammar

    Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation

    by Jarvis R. Givens ...
    A 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 institutions are as pivotal in shaping our lives ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Nations Apart

    How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America

    by Colin Woodard ...
    **"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov"A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic." —The Next Big Idea Club“A lucid exercise in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Picnic

    A Rush for Freedom and the Collapse of Communism

    by Matthew Longo ...
    **Winner of the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political WritingA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Slate"A terrific work of history." —Dan Kois, Slate"A vivid, fast-paced narrative." —Andrew Meier, New York Times Book ReviewThe gripping story of a collective passion for freedom that shook the world.**In August 1989, a group of Hungarian ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Who Owns This Sentence?

    A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

    by David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu ...
    **A New Yorker Best Book of 2024A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Lively, opinionated, and ultra-timely." —Louis Menand, The New YorkerA fascinating and original history of an idea that now controls and monetizes almost everything we do.**Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs ... Read more

    $19.89 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Documentary History of the United States (11th Edition)

    by Richard D. Heffner, Alexander B. Heffner ...
    **“An indispensable contribution to the understanding of our heritage.” – Robert A. Caro“This insightful collection will fascinate, delight, and challenge all who are interested in the progress of the American nation.”—Annette Gordon-ReedHere, in a single volume, are the documents (speeches, letters, tweets, Supreme Court decisions, and more) that have forged American history. This 11th edition is ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Human Use of Human Beings

    Cybernetics and Society

    by Norbert Wiener ...
    For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert ... Read more

    $10.99 USD