NONFICTION
Released: May 22, 2001
"A study, Buckley writes, that was 14 years in the making--and it shows. Well-written, vigorous, and aptly titled, this deserves the widest possible readership."
NONFICTION
Released: May 2, 2006
"An important contribution to the history of the Revolution, and of slavery in America."
Was the England of King George less racist than the America of George Washington? Yes, for which reason thousands of Africans and African-Americans cast their lot with England when revolution came.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2006
"Vividly illuminates the personalities and politics of a turbulent time."
The rise, fall and legacy of the Black Power movement, traced from its roots in 1950s Harlem through its explosion and fadeout in the following two decades.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 19, 2008
"A sharp pin with which to pop the bloviating balloon of self-important cultural mandarins."
Bracing, though occasionally loosely argued, charge that the much-lauded political promise of hip-hop is at best a sham, and at worst a dangerous placebo that distracts people from enacting constructive change.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 13, 2009
"A cracking good read, something that all too few essay anthologies manage to be."
Inaugural edition of a new series proves that there's always room for another delivery method for quality short nonfiction.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 6, 2010
"Remnick's fluent writing makes this expansive, significant book move along swiftly. Readers will look forward to the sequel, eight years from now."
From
New Yorker editor Remnick (
Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker, 2006, etc.), a world-ranging, eye-opening, comprehensive life to date of the 44th President of the United States
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"An impressive take on the Great Migration, and a truly auspicious debut."
In her ambitious debut, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wilkerson (Journalism, Narrative Nonfiction/Boston Univ.) examines the Great Migration of African-Americans from World War I to the 1970s.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 20, 2010
"A story many readers have heard before, but one rarely rendered with such eloquence."
Sweeping history of African-Americans' experiences in America from Jamestown to the present.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2011
"A lively, opinionated survey, telling a story that the textbooks too often overlook."
Comprehensive, decidedly non-neutral, history of the African-American presence in American political life through perhaps its most representative place.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 4, 2011
"A bold, sure-footed, significant biography of enormous depth and feeling."
A candid, corrective look at the Nation of Islam leader and renegade—and a deeply informed investigation of the evolution of his thinking on race and revolution.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
"A likely bellwether for America's future struggles with race."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 22, 2011
"A striking, comprehensive guide to the breadth and depth of African-American history."
A distinguished scholar surveys, with lavish illustrations, 500 years of the African-American experience.
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