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  • A Little History of the United States

    Series series Little Histories
    **A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages“This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers**“Davidson has written a work that should lead readers to reflect anew on America’s past and present. . . ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • "They Say"

    Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race

    Series series New Narratives in American History
    Between 1880 and 1930, Southern mobs hanged, burned, and otherwise tortured to death at least 3,300 African Americans. And yet the rest of the nation largely ignored the horror of lynching or took it for granted, until a young schoolteacher from Tennessee raised her voice. Her name was Ida B. Wells. In "They Say," historian James West Davidson recounts the first thirty years of this passionate ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Little History of the United States

    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 8 min

    How did a land and people of such immense diversity come together under a banner of freedom and equality to form one of the most remarkable nations in the world? Everyone from young adults to grandparents will be fascinated by the answers uncovered in James West Davidson’s vividly told A Little History of the United States. In three hundred fast-moving pages, Davidson guides listeners through five ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Little History of Economics

    Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the fieldWhat causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The answers to such basic economic questions matter to everyone; yet the unfamiliar jargon and math ... Read more

    $27.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Little History of Economics

    Series series Little Histories
    A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field“A whistle-stop introduction to the great works and thinkers of each age, this is a clear and accessible primer.”—Laura Garmeson, Financial TimesWhat causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • A Little History of Science

    by William Bynum ...
    Series series Little Histories
    A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages“In Mr. Bynum’s telling, a little history goes a long way.”—Alan Hirshfeld, Wall Street JournalFor readers of all ages, this inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the sun replaces the earth at the center of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • A Little History of Philosophy

    Series series Little Histories
    For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life"A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely seemed so lucid, so important, so worth doing and so easy to enter into. . . . A wonderful introduction for anyone who's ever felt curious about almost anything."—Sarah Bakewell, author of How To Live: A ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Frederick Douglass

    Prophet of Freedom

    * Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History *“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Slavery by Another Name (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • This groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter in “The Age of Neoslavery.”By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented Pulitzer Prize-winning account reveals the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

    With extensive photos and first-person accounts, this companion to the PBS series is "an illuminating, succinct history of racial discrimination in the US" ( Publishers Weekly).Between 1880 and 1954, African Americans dedicated their energies, and sometimes their lives, to defeating segregation. During these difficult decades, they acquired education and land and built businesses, churches, and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Worse Than Slavery

    This sensitively told tale of suffering, brutality, and inhumanity explores an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the Civil Rights Era—and beyond.Immortalized in blues songs and movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Defiant Ones, Mississippi’s infamous Parchman State Penitentiary was synonymous with cruelty. Now, noted historian David Oshinsky gives us the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Story of America

    Essays on Origins

    by Jill Lepore ...
    From Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jill Lepore, a history of American origin storiesIn The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories—from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address—to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Over the centuries, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD