| The Book of James: The Power and Passion of LeBron by Valerie BabbEmory University African American Studies professor Valerie Babb offers a thought-provoking examination of how the intersection of race, athletics, and activism has impacted public perceptions of NBA star LeBron James. For fans of: The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World by Dave Zirin. |
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| Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the... by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr.NCIS actor Mark Harmon and retired NCIS agent Leon Carroll, Jr. debut with a fast-paced and dramatic true crime account chronicling the wartime exploits of Japanese American counterintelligence agent Douglas Wada and Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa, whose fates became intertwined following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Further reading: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey. |
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| The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and... by Daniel SchulmanMother Jones deputy Washington, D.C. bureau chief Daniel Schulman's engaging and richly detailed history explores how German Jewish immigrants (among them the Lehman, Goldman, and Sachs families) created the modern American banking system. Try this next: The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman. |
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| Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny... by Richard SnowHistorian Richard Snow's richly detailed latest chronicles the alleged mutiny aboard the USS Somers in 1842, which led to the hanging of three young crew members and the highly publicized court martial of the ship's tyrannical captain, commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Try this next: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. |
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