Browsing: United States

21st Century

Begin Again

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This New York Times bestseller traces the cycles of America’s relationship to race and civil rights through the career of celebrated author James Baldwin. “Powerful and elegant… Glaude weaves together a biography, a meditation, a literary analysis, and a moral essay on America” (Walter Isaacson).

19th Century

Hannah

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A wagon train of mail-order brides heading to Oregon brings together headstrong Hannah Granger, whose sister is one of the brides, and Joe Stanton, the man hired to protect them. When danger threatens, can Joe and Hannah join forces and save the day?

19th Century

A Wicked War

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This “illuminating history” (Publishers Weekly) examines the politics and personalities behind the 1846 US invasion of Mexico. “If one can read only a single book about the Mexican-American War, this is the one” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author James M. McPherson).

Biographies and Memoirs

Eleanor of Aquitaine

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From a New York Times bestselling author: This dramatic biography of Queen Eleanor, who was married to two 12th-century kings and boldly claimed her own power, is “exhilarating in its color, ambition, and human warmth” (Publishers Weekly). With over 4,200 five-star Goodreads ratings!