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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>     sort list by author | publication date A People's History of the Supreme Court The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution, Revised Edition Peter Irons Recent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs, making this comprehensive and engaging work as timely as ever. People's History of the United States 1492 to Present Howard Zinn Consistently lauded for its lively, readable prose, this revised and updated edition of A People's History of the United States turns traditional textbook history on its head. Howard Zinn infuses the often-submerged voices of blacks, women, American... A People's History of the World From the Stone Age to the New Millennium, New Edition Chris Harman The only comprehensive "bottom up" history of the world from the earliest human society to the twenty-first century. From earliest human society to the Holy Roman Empire, from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the... Persepolis The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi A New York Times Notable BookA Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year”A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-sellerWise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the... Perversions of Justice Indigenous Peoples and Anglo-american Law Ward Churchill The United States is readily distinguishable from other countries, Chief Justice John Marshall opined in 1803, because it is "a nation of laws, not of men." In Perversions of Justice, Ward Churchill takes Marshall at his word, exploring through a... The Poisoner's Handbook Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York Deborah Blum Fascinating and entertaining, tinged with both humor and horror, this account of the early years of forensic medicine in New York City is near unputdownable. We follow the city's Medical Examiner and head toxicologist as they develop the techniques for... Power over Peoples Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present Daniel R. Headrick For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed... The Psychopath Test A Journey Through the Madness Industry Jon Ronson You may be one. But if you're not, someone you know is! An intriguing read. —Recommended by Don, City Lights Books The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played... The Reckoning The Murder of Christopher Marlowe Charles Nicholl Elizabethan playwright-poet Marlowe was stabbed to death in 1593 at the age of 28, supposedly in a dispute over a tavern bill or "reckoning." In a painstaking piece of scholarship that reads like an intricate detective thriller, British author Nicholl... Red Heat Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean Alex Von Tunzelmann We never, ever learn. This history is so full of our stupidity, our duplicity, our blind obedience to flawed doctrine, that you will forever question those whose pronouncements determine our foreign policy, not excluding the Chief of State. Then we... Revolutionary Suicide Huey Newton The searing, visionary memoir of founding Black Panther Huey P. Newton, in a dazzling graphic package Eloquently tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the... River of Shadows Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West Rebecca Solnit The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating... Roots of Resistance A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz In New Mexico—once a Spanish colony, then part of Mexico—Pueblo Indians and descendants of Spanish- and Mexican-era settlers still think of themselves as distinct peoples, each with a dynamic history. At the core of these persistent cultural identities... Rule by Secrecy The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids Jim Marrs You can believe this book or not -- but first you must read it, so that you can contemplate your misunderstanding of the past. This is a book of disturbing secret societies that have run the world as we know it for too long. After you finish you will... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>