The History of European Jazz: The Music, Musicians and Audience in Context
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The increased circulation of people and ideas within Europe is not matched by an awareness of a...

The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History
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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which covered nearly thirty thousand square miles across seven...

From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures
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This book examines gendered language use in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries,...

Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis
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Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of...
Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality
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The staggering string of victories by the gay rights movement's campaign for marriage equality...

Five Nights in Paris: After Dark in the City of Light
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The preeminent expat writer on Paris and author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World takes you on...

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West
Bill O'Reilly and David Fisher
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a...
Wild West History

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,...