Non Fiction
POTOSI, VOLUME 27: THE SILVER CITY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Written by Lane, Kris
"For anyone who wants to learn about the rise and decline of Potosí as a city . . . Lane's book is the ideal place to begin."--The New York Review of Books In 1545, a native Andean prospector hit pay dirt on a desolate red mountain in highland Bolivia.
KING AND EMPEROR: A NEW LIFE OF CHARLEMAGNE
Written by Nelson, Janet L
"King and Emperor takes on the compelling suspense of good detective work as well as good history."--The Wall Street Journal Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire.
TALKING AT THE GATES: A LIFE OF JAMES BALDWIN (SECOND EDITION, REISSUE, WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION)
Written by Campbell, James
An intimate portrait of Baldwin's mythic life. James Baldwin was one of the most incisive and influential American writers of the twentieth century. Active in the civil rights movement and open about his homosexuality, Baldwin was celebrated for eloquent analyses of social unrest in his essays and for daring portrayals of sexuality and interracial relationships in his fiction.
DECIPHERING AZTEC HIEROGLYPHS: A GUIDE TO NAHUATL WRITING
Written by Whittaker, Gordon
A portal to the ancient hieroglyphic script of the Aztec Empire. For more than three millennia the cultures of Mesoamerica flourished, yielding the first cities of the Western Hemisphere and developing writing systems that could rival those of the East in their creativity and efficiency.
JUSTICE, JUSTICE THOU SHALT PURSUE, VOLUME 2: A LIFE'S WORK FIGHTING FOR A MORE PERFECT UNION
Written by Tyler, Amanda L
Tracing the long history of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's work for gender equality and a "more perfect Union"
TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD
Written by Zambreno, Kate
To Write as if Already Dead circles around Kate Zambreno's failed attempts to write a study of Hervé Guibert's To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life.
B-SIDE BOOKS: ESSAYS ON FORGOTTEN FAVORITES
There are the acknowledged classics of world literature: the canonical works assigned in schools, topping every must-read list . . . and then there are the B-Sides. These are the books that slipped through the cracks, went unread, missed their rightful appointment with posterity. They were ahead of their times or behind their times or on a whole different schedule than the rest of the universe.
HITLER'S COSMOPOLITAN BASTARD: COUNT RICHARD COUDENHOVE-KALERGI AND HIS VISION OF EUROPE
Written by Bond, Martyn
In the turbulent period following the First World War the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union, offering a vision of peaceful, democratic unity for Europe, with no borders, a common currency, and a single passport.
CHARLOTTE DELBO: A LIFE RECLAIMED
Written by Dunant, Ghislaine
In 1943, Charlotte Delbo and 229 other women were deported to a station with no name, which they later learned was Auschwitz. Arrested for resisting the Nazi occupation of Paris, Delbo was sent to the camps, enduring both Auschwitz and Ravensbrück for twenty-seven months.
AIN'T I A WOMAN: BLACK WOMEN AND FEMINISM
Written by Hooks, Bell
A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must-read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood.