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Invisible: a memoir
By Hugues De Montalembert. 2010
Blinded in an attack in his New York home in 1978, de Montalembert, then a filmmaker and painter, was violently…
forced out of his intensely visual world. In this raw memoir, he navigates the environs of Manhattan and, not much later, Bali and Greenland, with new confidence and ability. He's also painfully honest about the affects of his blindness, refusing the comfort of standard tropes about spirituality but finding wonder in the kindness of absolute strangers and isolation from those closest to him. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010.Inside Camp David: the private world of the presidential retreat
By Michael Giorgione. 2017
Camp David is a peaceful mountaintop setting, removed from the scrutiny of the press. It has served as both a…
site of critical diplomacy and unparalleled tranquility. It is here that one can see presidents and international leaders at their most unguarded, and as their most true selves. 2017.Into the raging sea: thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro
By Rachel Slade. 2018
On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting…
in the worst American shipping disaster in thirty-five years. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves--whose conversations were captured by the ship's data recorder--journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. 2018.In the shadows of the American century: the rise and decline of US global power
By Alfred W McCoy. 2018
In a new analysis, prizewinning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power--from the 1890s through the…
Cold War--and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. 2018.In the key of genius: the extraordinary life of Derek Paravicini
By Adam Ockelford. 2008
Music professor Ockelford, who specializes in working with children with disabilities, offers a biography of British pianist Derek Paravicini. Discusses…
Paravicini--who was born prematurely, autistic, and blind--teaching himself to play the keyboard at age two and developing his musical talents, first at home and then in public. 2008.Igniting the American Revolution: 1773-1775
By Derek W Beck. 2015
Few Americans know that the Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 but…
over a year earlier in April 1775. Beck draws on previously unpublished documents to tell the full story of the war before American independence-from both sides. 2015.Helen Keller: a determined life (Snapshots Ser.)
By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2004
A biography of Helen Keller, "America's First Lady of Courage", and the people and places that figured prominently in her…
life. Includes many well-known facts about Keller's life, and reveals the struggle, sadness, and success Keller experienced over the years. Contains a detailed time line, a useful index, and a list of places to visit. Grades 3-6. 2004.Crash: the Great Depression and the fall and rise of America
By Marc Favreau. 2018
Marc Favreau tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to the more…
personal stories of those caught up in the aftermath. Packed with primary documents and firsthand accounts, this book shines a spotlight on pivotal moments and figures across ethnic, gender, racial, social, and geographic divides, reflecting many different experiences of one of the most turbulent decades in American history. Grades 5-8. 2018.An American quilt: unfolding a story of family and slavery
By Rachel May. 2018
When we think of slavery, we don't usually think of the North, of the grueling labor of urban and domestic…
slaves. Rachel May's rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian south and the industrial north in the antebellum era--all through the discovery of a remarkable quilt. 2018.Black reconstruction in America
By W. E. B Du Bois. 2018
This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the…
Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. 2018. Uniform title: Black reconstruction.Defining moments in black history: reading between the lies
By Dick Gregory. 2017
Black Detroit: a people's history of self-determination
By Herb Boyd. 2017
Boyd reveals how Black Detroiters were prominent in the city's historic, groundbreaking union movement and--when given an opportunity--were among the…
tireless workers who made the automobile industry the center of American industry. With a stunning eye for detail and passion for Detroit, Boyd celebrates the music, manufacturing, politics, and culture that make it an American original. 2017.Freedom in Congo Square
By Carole Boston Weatherford. 2017
As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday,…
when, at least for half a day, they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. There, they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. Chronicles the daily duties of such slaves--from chopping logs on Mondays, to baking bread on Wednesdays, to plucking hens on Saturday--and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. Capturing humanity's capacity to find hope and joy even in the most difficult of circumstances and demonstrating how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. 2017 Caldecott Honor Book. 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Grades 2-4. 2017.Because they marched: the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America
By Russell Freedman. 2017
For the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, comes a riveting account…
of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.Have dog, will travel: a poet's journey with an exceptional labrador
By Stephen Kuusisto. 2018
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide…
dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind-but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to "pass" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of 38, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind. 2018.Her right foot
By Dave Eggers. 2018
In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers investigates a seemingly small trait of America's…
most emblematic statue. What he finds is about more than history, more than art. What he finds in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation. Grades K-3. 2018.Eyewitness to the Alamo (Lone Star audio)
By Bill Groneman. 2017
Eyewitness to the Alamo is the actual account of the siege and Battle of the Alamo by those who were…
present during the attack. This book is the first complete accounting of the Battle of the Alamo by one of our country's foremost authorities on the event. 2017.Founding feuds: the rivalries, clashes, and conflicts that forged a nation
By Paul Aron. 2016
The Founding Fathers have been hailed for centuries as shining examples of men who put aside their own agendas to…
found a nation. But behind the scenes, there were more petty fights and fraught relationships than signatures on the Declaration of Independence. From the violent brawl between Roger Griswold and Matthew Lyon in the halls of Congress, to George Washington's battle against his slave Harry Washington, these less-discussed clashes bring to light the unpredictable and volatile nature of a constantly changing nation. Additionally, this gripping narrative delves deeper into the famous feuds, such as the fatal duel of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and the many rivalries of Thomas Jefferson (which were as often personal as political.) "Founding Feuds" reveals the true natures of the Founding Fathers and how their infighting shaped our nation as much as their cooperation, in fact sometimes even for the better. 2016.City of the century: the epic of Chicago and the making of America
By Donald L Miller. 2014
A chronicle of the coming of the Industrial Age to one American city traces the explosive entrepreneurial, technological, and artistic…
growth that converted Chicago from a trading post to a modern industrial metropolis by the 1890s. 2014.Forever Texas: Texas history, the way those who lived it wrote it (Lone Star audio)
By Mike Blakely, Mary Elizabeth Sue Goldman. 2002
Essays by President George W. Bush and H. Ross Perot stand alongside the writings of some of the most famous…
historical figures who ever lived in Texas, including Sam Houston, David Crockett, Stephen F. Austin, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and many more. 2002.