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Alan Mikhail
Newcomers

A man thought to be Muslim from Morocco and a German barmaid are hardly the image we have of America's founders. In Newcomers , Alan Mikhail upends the traditional story of American beginnings through the…

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Gary Paul Nabhan
Against the American Grain

New in paper, James Beard Award winning Nabhan (Agave Spirits) creative revolutionaries from the southwest border who change American culture in countless positive ways. A celebration of the artists, acti…

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Michael Hiltzik
Golden State

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Superb. Hiltzik makes a compelling case that California is the heartbeat of our nation."---Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Spring RevolutionFrom…

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Richard Brust
Chambers V. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution

This book explores the history and enduring legacy of Chambers v. Florida, a landmark ruling that banned confessions obtained through mental or physical coercion in criminal trials and contributed to what…

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Meg Gorzycki
Remember the Main

The untold story of how a generation of LGBTQ Minnesotans found a voice, a purpose, and community in a Twin Ports bar.When Bob Jansen was fired from his job as a professor at a religious university in Dul…

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Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Frank Thompson
The First Movie Studio in Texas

The story of the Star Film Ranch and its pioneering crew, who created the first "authentic" Westerns filmed in Texas.

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David Cook
Dark Tales of the Eno River

Mayhem on the Eno RiverVisitors to the Eno River don't expect to encounter haunted houses, train wrecks or fun outings that turn into tragedy, but some of them have experienced just that. In 1771, a few o…

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Mark Archuleta
The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr

In 1921 headlines across the country announced the death of Henry Starr, a burgeoning silent film star who was killed while attempting to rob a bank in Harrison, Arkansas. Cynics who knew the real Starr w…

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Joseph Mannard
The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt

The first biography of the remarkable historical figure who challenged perceptions of women's experiences in the early American RepublicIn 1831 Sister Gertrude Wightt, the directress of Georgetown Academy…

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Kathleen Bryant
The Four Corners

A visual tour of Hopi and Navajo homelands from the Southwest's best photographers

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David I Durham
A Southern Moderate in Radical Times

In A Southern Moderate in Radical Times , David I. Durham offers a comprehensive and critical appraisal of one of the South's famous dissenters. Against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods i…

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Tim Hollis
Vintage Louisiana Signs

Author Tim Hollis takes readers across Louisiana for a celebration of signs that have wormed their way into the collective memory.Many Louisianans have never stopped to realize how many of their fond memo…

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Charles Delgadillo, Jason Stacy
Heartland Utopia

For William Allen White, the ideal Midwestern community was a utopian vision of what America could be: a prosperous, happy community built on equality, opportunity, and neighborly generosity. This antholo…

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Ellen M Snyder-Grenier
The House on Henry Street

""The House on Henry Street" is a critical exploration of the enduring life of a Lower East Side settlement"--

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Barry M Goldenberg
Strength Through Diversity

In Strength Through Diversity, Barry M. Goldenberg traces the inspiring, uncharted history of Harlem Prep, a unique multicultural institution that became an educational phenomenon in the iconic Black neig…

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Barry M Goldenberg
Strength Through Diversity

In Strength Through Diversity, Barry M. Goldenberg traces the inspiring, uncharted history of Harlem Prep, a unique multicultural institution that became an educational phenomenon in the iconic Black neig…

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Randy Krehbiel
Tulsa, 2021

"An account of a city under inordinate pressure, Tulsa, 2021 offers a behind-the-scenes view of how Tulsans and Americans met a cluster of overlapping crises - COVID-19, a combustible presidential vi…

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Tracy Daugherty
Larry McMurtry

*Pulitzer Prize Finalist* *Bonney MacDonald Award Winner for Outstanding Western Book* A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times …

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Richard Brust
Chambers V. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution

The history and enduring legacy of a breakthrough case in criminal justice reformIn 1940, the United States Supreme Court decided in Chambers v. Florida to ban confessions obtained through mental or physi…

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Brian Vandemark
Kent State

Kent State re-creates the divided cultural landscape of America during the Vietnam War and heightened popular anxieties around the country. On college campuses, teach-ins, sit-down strikes and demonstrati…

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