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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     sort list by title | author 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... First World, Ha, Ha, Ha! The Zapatista Challenge Elaine Katzenberger The Zapatista Army emerged from the jungle on New Year's Day, 1994, and provoked a national crisis in Mexico. At a demonstration in Mexico City, over 100,000 people marched together and shouted, First World, HA HA HA!-a defiant declaration of... The Autobiography of Malcolm X As Told to Alex Haley Alex Haley, Malcolm X "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, and important book." THE NEW YORK TIMESIf there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malcolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is the result... American Indian Myths and Legends Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100... Ohlone Way Malcolm Margolin Included in the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Non-fiction books of the century Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco-Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver... The Power Broker Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Robert A. Caro The story of Robert Moses, who shaped the politics, the physical structure and even the problems of urban decline in New... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7