The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts
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In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock of her death dramatically changes the lives of her daughter, troubled sister, a…
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The High Mountains of Portugal
In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that—if he can find it—would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe’s …
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Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction perio…
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Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps
From your friends at Pod Save America and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to saving American democracy just in time for the 2024 election and 2025 insurrection
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
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Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead (shot in a holdup) and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover. Climbing in Los Alamos Canyons, Davey meets my…
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As sisters they share an everlasting bond; As queens they can break each other’s hearts.
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New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
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Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.
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