History and Current Events

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Updated October 28, 2025
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Freedom : memoirs 1954–2021
Merkel, Angela
Paper Book
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German states--East Germany until 1990, and...
In open contempt : confronting White supremacy in art and public space
Weathersby, Irvin, Jr.
Paper Book
"An awe-striking masterpiece of love." --Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The sentences alone in In Open Contempt make it one of the most memorable books of the decade. But it's the unexpected lingering and genius crafting of consequential...
The icon & the idealist : Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the rivalry that brought birth control to America
Gorton, Stephanie
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY WINNER OF THE ASJA AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY A riveting history about the little-known rivalry between Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett that profoundly shaped reproductive rights in America In the 1910s, as the...
The stained glass window : a family history as the American story, 1790-1958
Lewis, David Levering
Paper Book
"At once narrative history, family chronicle and personal memoir... [a] luminous work of investigation and introspection." -Wall Street Journal National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis's own family history that...

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