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  • A Hudson Valley Reckoning

    Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family

    A Hudson Valley Reckoning tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past and leads to a deep connection with the descendants of the enslaved people her family owned.Bruno, who grew up in New York's Hudson Valley knowing little about her Dutch heritage, was shaken when a historian ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • Rage, Well Spoken

    Why Women are Refusing Silence

    For generations, women have been told to smile, forgive, stay quiet, or make themselves smaller. Rage, Well Spoken refuses every one of those demands.Across thirty-six stories, essays, and works of creative nonfiction, women transform their anger into testimony, resistance, and undeniable truth. They confront sexism, sexual harassment, discrimination, violence, unequal systems, and the countless ... Read more

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  • The Light We Carry

    Overcoming in Uncertain Times

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of ... Read more

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  • A Slave No More

    Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

    The newly discovered slave narratives of John Washington and Wallace Turnage—and their harrowing and empowering journey to emancipation.Slave narratives, among the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five surviving post-Civil War. This book is a major new addition to this imperative part of American history—the firsthand accounts of two slaves, John Washington ... Read more

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  • Shrill

    Notes from a Loud Woman

    by Lindy West ...
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  • Stolen Childhood

    Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America

    by Wilma King ...
    Series series Blacks in the Diaspora
    An updated edition of the classic study that took "an enormous step toward filling some of the voids in the literature of slavery" ( The Washington Post Book World).One of the most important books published on slave society, Stolen Childhood focuses on the millions of children and youth enslaved in 19th-century America. This enlarged and revised edition reflects the abundance of new scholarship ... Read more

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  • The Age of Magical Overthinking

    Notes on Modern Irrationality

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the disadvantages, power, and highlights of magical thinking.Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blythe Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first ... Read more

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  • Travels with George

    In Search of Washington and His Legacy

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Travels with George . . . is quintessential Philbrick—a lively, courageous, and masterful achievement.” —The Boston GlobeDoes George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an ... Read more

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  • Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything

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  • Forbidden Fruit

    Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

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