New Materials

Why did Allied leaders keep quiet about the Holocaust? Richard Breitman argues that Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin stayed mum because they feared appearing solicitous of Jews, lest entrenched antisemitism jeopardize support for the war effort.

A deeply learned yet highly readable and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics.

Kristina R. Gaddy tells the story of America's tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War and of the war itself from the viewpoints of four children of famous abolitionists, including those of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.

A refugee from Cambodia, Dara's beloved grandmother is grief-stricken when she learns her brother has died, and it is up to Dara to try and heal her.

As thirteen-year-old Fallon navigates friendship struggles, family upheaval, and the chaos of the school play, secrets from her past--including the truth behind the large scar on her face--threaten to surface, forcing her to find the strength to confront them.

Despite its apparent isolation as an older region of the country, the Southeast provided a vital connecting link between the Black self-emancipation that occurred during the American Revolution and the growth of the Underground Railroad in the final years of the antebellum period.

From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a revelatory account of slavery, uncovering a surprising web of relationships between Black and white people that ranges far beyond the familiar template of "master-slave" dynamics.

A world-renowned critic's haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the Red Scare hearings of the 1950s.

At 19 years old, Saul Goodman became timpanist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under renown conductor Arturo Toscanini. 46 years later, her retired as one of the most celebrated orchestral musicians of all time.

Mothers make history. But what it has meant for mothers to do the physical and emotional work of mothering has, for centuries, been neglected in the stories of the past.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, racist demagoguery fomented a campaign of terror against Asian Americans. But these attacks were part of a much longer pattern that made anti-Asian racism integral to the outbreak of white supremacist, misogynist, and colonial violence across 175 years of U.S.

The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. With the AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn how to write and edit with the clarity and professionalism for which their writersand editors are known.

In the places we call home, how do we belong? Belonging with Indigenous Lands examines the ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ (Tla-o-qui-aht) Tribal Parks Allies program and its reception by settler communities on western Vancouver Island.

L'année 2022 marque une rupture générationnelle d'une ampleur insoupçonnée. Elle met fin à un cycle de trente ans, ouvert en 1989 avec la chute du mur de Berlin.

Tasked with bringing home his grandfather's ox, a young boy overcomes his fear and trusts his intuition to bring home the gigantic animal.

In 1926, the Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile Arturo Schomburg's collection of four thousand books, pamphlets, papers, and prints arrived at the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library.

In America today, police enjoy unmatched power. On the streets, officers employ violence at their own discretion. Behind closed doors, they are even more powerful. In city halls, police strong-arm local leaders and nullify attempts at public oversight.

How the COVID-19 pandemic revealed gendered inequities in academic labor-and how to overcome them.

In the popular imagination, Civil War disability is virtually synonymous with amputation. But war affects the body in countless ways, many of them understudied by historians.

Examines the history, geography, people, economy, and culture of Bolivia.

Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation."-- Provided by publisher."

Spanning two decades, Can't Find My Way Home is Robert Lashley's searing collection of selected poems, a chonicle of Black life shaped by memory, migration, and resistance.

A new history revealing early Canada as a place where people drank rum and a lot of it. Awash in a sea of rum describes the years between the 1670s and the 1830s in the colonies that would later become Canada.

From Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature: a devastating human history of the Chernobyl reactor disaster, now in an emotive new translation.

When she attains the ability to hear what boys are thinking, Clara hopes her newfound powers will reverse her ex-best friend's betrayal but ends up making a mess of everything and must fix her mistakes as she tries to figure out old friendships and new ones"-- Provided by publisher.&quo

An intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith.

In the style of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings, filmmaker Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native-born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America.

Building on the success of the first edition, this thought-provoking volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the developing field of ecotherapy, exploring our reciprocal relationship with nature and the therapeutic benefits of contact with natural spaces.

El monstruo de colores no sabe qué le pasa. Se ha hecho un lío con las emociones y ahora toca deshacer el embrollo. ¿Será capaz de poner en orden la alegría, la tristeza, la rabia, el miedo y la calma? -- Back cover.

During the contentious and progressive antebellum era, the Fowler family preached a gospel of self-improvement to a nation eager to embrace its foundational beliefs.

Before Amsterdam, there was a dazzling North Sea port at the hub of the known world: the city of Antwerp. In the Age of Exploration, Antwerp was sensational like nineteenth-century Paris or twentieth-century New York.

Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive.

Delicately crafted, intensely visual, deeply personal stories explore the nature of memory, family ties, and the difficult imbalances of love"-- Provided by publisher."

In her powerful new history of the American Revolution, prizewinning historian Sarah M. S. Pearsall argues that the American Founding Fathers did not have a unique claim on the revolutionary spirit.

Often, when we talk about food justice we focus on lack: food deserts or problems of access, unhealthy foods or government programs that don't provide enough. But we have as much to learn from stories of communal support as we do from stories of systemic lack.

Davy, a working-class boy living in East Belfast in 1908, is sent to work at the wealthy Lewis household. When he meets Jacks - the name by which CS Lewis was known to friends and family - Davy is captivated by his friend's world of books and stories.

A masterpiece... It demonstrates what can be achieved when widespread and ambitious fieldwork is combined with extensive library work, excellent understanding, and what must have been inordinate dedication." Professor J.D.

Aunts by kinship as well as family friends, neighbors, and community members all step up to fill the important role of 'auntie.' They are there for life's joys, sorrows, and celebrations, bringing their own special love."--Provided by publisher."

Today our world is under the watchful and tireless eye of computer vision, with cam­eras and monitors tracing our every move. Furthermore, generative AI is now able to render a synthetic world indistinguishable from reality for us to explore.

Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka spends her days in her room in a care home outside Tokyo, relying on an electric wheelchair to get around and a ventilator to breathe.

The story behind the mythical figure of "the Wandering Jew" is one of the most fascinating tales in European history.

American history is, in part, a history of immigration - of waves of people from other lands making their way to America's shores. That extraordinary history is at the heart of this book by Nancy Foner, one of America's leading immigration scholars.

From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails comes a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees--from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai--can teach us to grow wise.