History Biography America – alle Bücher, Blu-ray Discs und DVDs, Seite 9

A'Lelia Bundles
Joy Goddess

"Raucously immersive...An intimate portrait of Black opulence in the early 20th century." ---Oprah DailyA "scintillating, vibrant" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) and deeply rese…

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AN INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this gripping Civil War history, Fox Business's Gerri Willis charts the making of a spymaster genius.Wealthy Southern belle Elizabeth Van Lew had it all. Money, charm…

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Garrett Felber
A Continuous Struggle

The first biography of the revolutionary political prisoner who laid the foundation for contemporary abolitionist struggles and Black anarchism.A Continuous Struggleis a political biography of one of the …

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John Fabian Witt
The Radical Fund

From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the "engrossing" (The New York Times) secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Bro…

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Martha H Patterson, Henry Louis Gates
The New Negro

An authoritative anthology tracing the history of one of the most important concepts Black people drew on to challenge the brutal, totalizing system of Jim Crow racismThis book brings together a wealth of…

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Joseph Lee
Nothing More of This Land

Finalist for the 2026 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionA Time Must-Read Book of 2025An NPR Books We Love Most pick A Tribal College Best Native Studies Book of 2025 From award-winning journa…

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John A Adams
Edward L. Blackshear at Prairie View

Many Texans will recognize schools and buildings across Texas bearing the name "Blackshear," but few know the story of the man behind the name. Author John A. Adams Jr. seeks to rectify that in …

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Amanda Held Opelt
Provisions

A sensory celebration of Appalachian culinary traditions, and a call to reclaim the lost rituals, recipes, and food folklore of the places you call home.Amanda Held Opelt's childhood was shaped by the sha…

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W Robert Beckman, Sharon S MacDonald
Carrying the Colors

An Escaped Slave who Fought for the Union and Whose Wartime Heroism was Finally Recognized with the Nation's Highest Honor for Military ValorIn 1862, Andrew "Andy" Jackson Smith, son of a white …

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Celeste Headlee
Freedom's Daughters

From bestselling author Celeste Headlee, an urgent and eye-opening story of the women who risked everything to ensure a generation of Black Americans had the right to read.In the waning days of the antebe…

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Garrett Felber
A Continuous Struggle

The first biography of the revolutionary political prisoner who laid the foundation for contemporary abolitionist struggles and Black anarchism.A Continuous Struggle is a political biography of one of the…

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Veronica Mang,
Copland: A Story about America

A spirited picture book biography about composer Aaron Copland and the birth of modern AmericaThis is a story about music. But it's also a story about America.Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn in 1900 at…

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Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
Allan Pinkerton

A deeply researched account of the life and legacy of the man who defined the profession of private eyeAllan Pinkerton, the world's most famous private detective, has been an enduring source of fascinatio…

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Chris La Tray
Becoming Little Shell

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book AwardWinner of the Reading the West Book AwardA People and Esquire Best Memoir of the Year"A strong and beautiful story of identity, kinship, and the journey towa…

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Marc Petitjean,
A Remarkable Man

"A poignant, eye-opening portrait of a witness to the atomic bomb who dedicated his life to treating and advocating for radiation survivors. As a young doctor, Shuntaro Hida (1917-2017) played an ess…

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Scott Payne
Code Name: Pale Horse

"When Scott Payne was growing up, he never envisioned a future that included what happened on Halloween night 2019. Out in the woods of Georgia, he tried desperately to save a goat from being sacrifi…

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Henry Adams
The Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman

A FORGOTTEN EPISODE FROM THE ERA OF RECONSTRUCTION: An extraordinary American hero travels to the nation's capital to tell an unforgettable story of violence, resistance, and social action in the post-Civ…

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Paula Akpan
When We Ruled

Discover the reigns of twelve African queens and warriors from across the continent in this immersive and pioneering history.Njinga Mbande. Nana Yaa Asantewaa. Makobo Modjadji VI. Ranavalona the First.The…

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Judith Giesberg
Last Seen

"[A] meticulously excavated tribute to the formerly enslaved mothers, fathers, siblings, and kin who published 'last seen' advertisements in search of loved ones stolen from them in bondage...a vital…

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Marcia Chatelain
How Bright the Path Grows

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchisecomes the untold story of the pioneering Black women artists and activists who were seen, but barely heard, at the 1963 March on WashingtonThere is no sh…

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