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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth Charles Beauclerk Let me state at the outset that the author is a descendant of the Earl of Oxford and a scholar active in proposing the earl as the author of the works attributed to Shake-Speare. That said, I would still recommend this to anyone who has ever read... The Black History of the White House Clarence Lusane The untold history and politics of the White House from the perspective of African Americans The Bomb Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's personal, historical, and political views on the significance of the U.S. bombings of Royan and Hiroshima Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself A New Critical Edition by Angela Y. Davis Frederick Douglass, Angela Y. Davis A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis Wherever There's a Fight How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California Elaine Elinson, Stan Yogi Wherever There's a Fight captures the sweeping story of how freedom and equality have grown in California, from the gold rush right up to the precarious post-9/11 era. The book tells the stories of the brave individuals who have stood up for their... To Die for the People Huey Newton, Toni Morrison A fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation Tommi Avicolli Mecca From the first high heel thrown at Stonewall to the last performance of the drag burlesque group the Cockettes, enter the wild days of the late '60s and early '70s with the individuals who lived them! Mexico Unconquered Chronicles of Power and Revolt John Gibler A young journalist's chronicles of Mexican social movements and the powers attempting to repress them. Invisible History Afghanistan's Untold Story Elizabeth Gould, Paul Fitzgerald A fresh and comprehensive analysis of Afghanistan's political history emphasizing the impact of US interventions The Art of Political Murder Who Killed the Bishop? Francisco Goldman Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, was killed in his garage on a Sunday night in 1998, two days after the presentation of a groundbreaking church-sponsored report implicating the military in the murders and disappearances of s The Paranoid Style in American Politics Richard Hofstadter This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian... Brothers The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years David Talbot During the "thousand days of camelot," JFK and his attorney general brother Bobby were not regarded at all as the iconic, mythic wunderkinds they've become. They were weak, pro-detente doves, soft on communism, antithetical to all that was American... Voices of the Chicago Eight A Generation on Trial Tom Hayden, Frank Condon, Ron Sossi Dramatically edited transcripts from the explosive 1969 conspiracy trial are paired with historic contextual writings to provide the essential Chicago Conspiracy handbook The Fire and the Word A History of the Zapatista Movement Gloria Muñoz Ramírez Beautifully illustrated with drawings and the most emblematic photo collection of Zapatista history, The Fire and the Word is an inspiring testimony of resistance and hope. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>