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FIELDS OF BATTLE

by BRIAN CURTIS

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 336 pages

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In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, North Carolina, out of fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast. It remains the only Rose Bowl game to ever be played outside of Pasadena. Duke University, led by legendary coach Wallace Wad...

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Eyes to the Wind: A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance

by Ady Barkan

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 304 pages

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In this inspirational and moving memoir—reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour—activist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all. Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon r...

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Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays

by R. Eric Thomas

Published: 2020-02-18

Hardcover: 288 pages

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From the creator of Elle’s “Eric Reads the News,” a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and experiencing every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way. R. Eric Thomas didn’t know he was different unti...

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Who, What, Where, When, Die (An Avery Shaw Mystery)

by Amanda M. Lee

Published: 2013-01-18

Paperback: 178 pages

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Avery Shaw is having a bad week. First, she had to cover a story on a barricaded gunman who likes to dance naked in his window. Second, she's receiving death threats with her morning newspaper. Lastly, and most importantly, her mom keeps vetoing her outfit choices. It's all in a day's work for this hardworking,...

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On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

by Paul Theroux

Published: 2019-10-08

Hardcover: 448 pages

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Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today’s brutal headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the glob...

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Nomad: A Novel (The Marc Dane Series)

by James Swallow

Published: 2018-09-11

Hardcover: 464 pages

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New York Times bestselling author James Swallow begins his espionage thriller series with Nomad featuring British desk jockey intelligence operative turned active agent.Marc Dane is a MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. But when a brutal attack ...

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Nomade (Dutch Edition)

by James Swallow

Published: 2019-04-16

Paperback: 512 pages

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The Case for Black Reparations

by Boris Bittker

Published: 2003-05-15

Paperback: 208 pages

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The groundbreaking first book on black reparations, essential reading for the twenty-first centuryOriginally published in 1972, Boris Bittker's riveting study of America's debt to African-Americans was well ahead of its time. Published by Toni Morrison when she was an editor, the book came...

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The House of Brides: A Novel

by Jane Cockram

Published: 2019-10-22

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Jane Cockram makes her thrilling debut with this page-turning tale of psychological suspense in which a young woman whose life is in tatters flees to the safety of a family estate in England, but instead of comfort finds chilling secrets and lies.Miranda’s life and career has been a roll...

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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home

by Richard Bell

Published: 2019-10-15

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South—and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years a Slave and Never Caught. Philadelphia, 1825: five young, free black bo...