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 | Facundo: Or, Civilization and BarbarismWritten in political exile by one of Argentina's greatest statesmen and intellectuals and long known to English-speaking readers as Life in the Argentine Republic in the Days of the Tyrants, Facundo (1845) is ostensibly a biography of the gaucho 'barbarian'...On Sale |
 | ConfessionsWhen Saint Augustine wrote his Confessions he was facing, and responding to, a growing spread of asceticism in the Roman world.On Sale |
 | Black Hawk: An AutobiographyAn American classic since its appearance in 1883, Black Hawk's autobiography is the story of an old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from his people.On Sale |
 | George Ball; Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign PolicyDiplomat and 'wise man' George Ball wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than forty years. Best known for his dissent from U.S. Vietnam policy when he was under secretary of state during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations,...On Sale |
 | The Children of Henry VIIIAt his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, Prince Edward; his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth; and his great-niece, Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account, Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these...On Sale |
 | Locked in the CabinetRobert Reich's unique perspective as Secretary of Labor, presidential advisor, and long-running observer of American economics and politics makes this bestselling memoir an intimate, funny, and sobering portrait of government at its highest levels, an...On Sale |
 | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American SlaveThe personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipationOn Sale |
 | Good-Bye to All That : An AutobiographyIn this autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as he was leaving his birthplace, he thought, forever, Good-bye to All...On Sale |
 | Palm SundayVonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marriage, and other aspects of his journey through life.On Sale |
 | Still Missing : Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism'Still Missing' is a fascinating biography of one of the most intriguing women of modern history. In it, Susan Ware recovers the parts of Earhart's life that have been obscured by the emphasis on her disappearance. Setting her in her place and times,...On Sale |
 | An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Ustargets for American bombs. Joe's son, James, began adulthood by fulfilling his father's abandoned dream of joining the priesthood. But soon a father's hopes for his son--and a son's peace with his father--were ruined, when James chose to protest the...On Sale |
 | Coming of Age in MississippiMoody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. 'A history...On Sale |
 | RivetheadThe man the Detroit Free Press calls 'a blue collar Tom Wolfe' delivers a full-barreled blast of truth and gritty reality in Rivethead, a no-holds-barred journey through the belly of the American industrial beast.On Sale |
 | Polite Lies : On Being a Woman Caught Between CulturesTwelve penetrating, painful essays explore the author's codes of silence, deference, and expression that govern Japanese and American women's lives and the images of the body that make sex seem foreign to Japanese women and ever-present to Americans.On Sale |
 | Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban AmericaBased on a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles, this harrowing account of life in the urban underclass offers compelling testimony in the ongoing national debate about welfare reform. In 'Rosa Lee, Washington Post' reporter Leon Dash vividly chronicles...On Sale |
 | Ella Baker : Freedom BoundPraise for ELLA BAKER 'Splendid biography . . . a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on the critical roles of women in civil rights.'—Joyce A. Ladner, The Washington Post Book World 'The definitive biography of Ella Baker,...On Sale |
 | Mabel McKay : Weaving the DreamMabel McKay's baskets cannot be separated from her Dreams, for it is through them she learned to weave and heal. In this wise book, the author of 'Grand Avenue' connects stories from Mabel's life with an account of how he tried, and she resisted, telling...On Sale |
 | For the Hell of it - the Life and Times of Abbie HoffmanAs cultural revolutionary, media celebrity, Yippie, lost soul, and tragic suicide, Abbie Hoffman embodied the contradictions of his era. In a riveting biography (first published in 1996), Jonah Raskin draws on his own 20-year relationship with Hoffman,...On Sale |
 | Spider Eaters - A MemoirSpider Eaters is at once a moving personal story, a fascinating family history, and a unique chronicle of political upheaval told by a Chinese woman who came of age during the turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution. With stunning honesty and a lively,...On Sale |
 | Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey NowAuthor, screenwriter and poet Maya Angelou distills the wisdom of a lifetime into this inspiring collection of down-to-earth essays about matters timely and timeless. The author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings celebrates the inimitable strength of...On Sale |
