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The Atlas of Boston History (Hardcover)

By Nancy S. Seasholes (Editor)

$40.00

ISBN: 9780226631158

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Published: University of Chicago Press - October 10th, 2019

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Visually stunning and beautifully designed, this comprehensive history of the city begins with its geological origins (under 4,000 feet of ice in the last Ice Age), through the periods before European colonization, 250 years as the most important city in North America, through the present day.  Many of the maps and illustrations are original for this volume, and the text represents the contributions of 40 historians, scholars and experts. It is that rare item, an indispensable reference book that is informative and gorgeous at the same time.

David

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi

$19.99

ISBN: 9781568585987

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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017

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So much of what seemed chaotic about American history and especially contemporary American politics snapped into clarity for me when I read this book. Kendi’s ideas absolutely changed the way I understand our current crisis, as well as the forces of racism and antiracism that have shaped our culture and society.

Josh

War And Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 (FDR at War #3) (Hardcover)

By Nigel Hamilton

$30.00
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ISBN: 9780544876804

Published: Mariner Books - May 7th, 2019

 

The final title of Hamilton’s 3-volume biography of FDR as commander-in-chief is a triumph. Compulsively readable yet with a masterful command of his source material, Hamilton gives us a fresh and detailed view of the last two dramatic years of FDR’s life from the wartime summit in Tehran, through the landings at D-Day, his election to a fourth term and the dying president’s  final Big Three conference at Yalta.

 

Dale

Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War (Paperback)

By Lynne Olson

$18.00

ISBN: 9780812987164

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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - February 6th, 2018

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From the queen of The Netherlands to the Earl of Suffolk, Paratroopers to civilians turned underground rebels, traitors to double agents, the victories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies of the resistance during WW2.

 

John

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia (Hardcover)

By Christina Thompson

$29.99

ISBN: 9780062060877

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Published: Harper - March 12th, 2019

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Sea People is a fascinating historical and anthropological detective story about the peoples that settled the wide expanse of Pacific islands we today call Polynesia. It’s a book as much about how we’ve learned their story as well as the epic itself of how these lands were populated.

Dale

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval (Hardcover)

By Saidiya Hartman

$28.95
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ISBN: 9780393285673

Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 19th, 2019

 

A stunning, intimate examination of lives led by black women during the early 20th century who dared to strive for more than white society allowed them to be. Between the stark history, beauty of the prose, and determination of the subjects, this book left me speechless.

Stacey

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)

By Patrick Radden Keefe

$28.95
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ISBN: 9780385521314

Published: Doubleday - February 26th, 2019

 

A deep dive into the unsolved murders of the Irish Troubles, with detailed portraits of both the killers and their victims. It was the oral history archive at Boston College that provided much of the evidence to bring all the threads of the story together.

Sarah

The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom (Paperback)

By David F. Walker, Damon Smyth (Illustrator), Marissa Louise (Illustrator)

$19.99

ISBN: 9780399581441

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Published: Ten Speed Press - January 8th, 2019

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A bullseye that is more than worth your time. This carefully crafted book nails the astonishing personal story and clearly explains layers of U.S. history and movements. For ages 12 to 112.

 

Molly

Paris on the Brink - galley (Paperback)

By Mary McAuliffe

$29.95
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ISBN: 9781538112373

Published: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - June 6th, 2018

 

Such was the ongoing intellectual ferment of the City of Light that even in the squalid Depression decade an extraordinary cast of characters lived singular lives and created exciting things, in spite of  - or perhaps stimulated by - the gathering geopolitical dread...

Gary

These Truths: A History of the United States (Hardcover)

By Jill Lepore

$39.95

ISBN: 9780393635249

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 18th, 2018

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With a country large and varied as the United States there likely will never be a definitive single-volume history. With These Truths Lepore gives us a largely political history though one informed by the many insights produced by changes in historical methodology over the last few decades. Lepore is always a joy to read. She keeps this book lively and entertaining by focusing on individual lives involved in some of the key dramas that illuminate the how and why of our past.

Dale