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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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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