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Social MediaFacebookTwitter Category: Non-FictionAuthor: Robert SachsGenres: Buddhism, George Washington, Manners, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, PoliticsPublisher: O-BooksPublished: 9/1/2020What does President George Washington have in common with the Buddha, Sakyamuni? Author and teacher, Robert Sachs, brings together the lessons and teachings of these two Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Jim FreemanGenres: Civil Rights, Nonfiction, Politics, RacismPublisher: ILR PressPublished: 4/15/2021More than fifty years after the Civil Right Movement, there are still glaring racial inequities all across the US. In Rich Thanks to Racism, one of the country’s Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Lynn M. HudsonGenres: History, Multicultural, Nonfiction, Politics, RacismPublisher: University of Illinois PressPublished: 9/14/2020African Americans who moved to California in hopes of finding freedom and full citizenship instead faced all-too-familiar racial segregation. As one transplant put it, “The Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Anthea ButlerGenres: History, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics, Racism, ReligionPublisher: University of North Carolina PressPublished: 3/22/2021The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals plays a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: Memoir, Non-FictionAuthor: Larry WardGenres: Buddhism, Memoir, Nonfiction (Adult), Politics, Racial144 Pages Publisher; Parallax Press Release Date: September 15, 2020 Larry was shot at 11 years old playing baseball in the wrong area. This was the beginning of a tough Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: Memoir, Non-FictionAuthor: David PatersonGenres: Biographies, Memoirs, New York, Nonfiction (Adult), PoliticsPublisher: SkyhorsePublished: 9/29/2020″I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn’t think I could do.”–David Paterson A Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-Fiction, ReferenceAuthor: Mark TushnetGenres: History, Judicial Branch, Law, Non-Fiction, PoliticsPublisher: Yale University PressPublished: 07/14/2020How the Supreme Court’s move to the right has distorted both logic and the Constitution The Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Neal SimonGenres: Elections, History, Nonfiction (Adult), PoliticsPublishers: Mascot Books, RealClear PublishingI was intrigued by the title of the book but even more so as I began reading. Neal Simon ran as an Independent for a Congressional seat Read more
Social MediaFacebookTwitter Categories: History, Non-FictionAuthor: Matthew C. MacwilliamsGenres: American History, Non-Fiction, PoliticsPublishers: St. Martin’s Griffin, St. Martin’s PressPublished: 9/29/2020″The twelve lessons in On Fascism draws from American history and brilliantly complement those of Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny.” —Laurence Tribe An expert on Read more