Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment
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In recent years, America’s criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly...
Politics social issues race
Becoming
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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. In a...
Non-Fiction
Musical Maryland: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio
David K. Hildebrand and Elizabeth M. Schaaf
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In Musical Maryland, the first comprehensive survey of the music emanating from the Old Line State,...
The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America
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A New York Times Best Seller! To many, the past 8 years under President Obama were meant to...
politics social issues
Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio
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The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of...
Getting to Happy
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In "Waiting to Exhale", Terry McMillan chronicled the lives and love affairs of women in their...
The Queen of Harlem
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An African American Breakfast at Tiffany's-a hip, refreshingly candid tale of identity and...
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
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Winner of the John Hope Franklin Prize A Moyers & Company Best Book of the Year “A brilliant work...
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
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Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be...
The Last Ballad
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The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited...
Historical fiction