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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Philippe Sands’<i>The Last Colony</i>
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    September 13 2023

    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Philippe Sands’The Last Colony

    The Last Colony is the moving, inspiring David-and-Goliath true story of freedom and justice involving one tiny nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, and the extraordinary woman, a descendant of enslaved people, who dared to take on the Crown and the United Kingdom—and win a historic victory.   Part One 1945

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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Philippe Sands’The Last Colony

    Political Science History
    September 13 2023
    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Robert D. Kaplan’s <i>The Loom of Time</i>
    History
    September 6 2023

    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Robert D. Kaplan’s The Loom of Time

    From The Revenge of Geography author Robert D. Kaplan, The Loom of Time is a stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just out of reach but may hold the key to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century.   Chapter 1 Time and Terrain Between Europe and the

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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Robert D. Kaplan’s The Loom of Time

    History
    September 6 2023
    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Donovan X. Ramsey’s <i>When Crack Was King</i>
    History Sociology
    August 24 2023

    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Donovan X. Ramsey’s When Crack Was King

    The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan’s war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey’s exacting analysis in When Crack Was King traces the path from the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement to the devastating realities we

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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Donovan X. Ramsey’s When Crack Was King

    History Sociology
    August 24 2023
    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Jacob Mikanowski’s <i>Goodbye, Eastern Europe</i>
    History
    August 21 2023

    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Jacob Mikanowski’s Goodbye, Eastern Europe

    Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years that illuminates the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history.   Part I Faiths 1 Pagans and Christians A great forest, bristling with dangers and the occasional gleam of treasure: that is

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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Jacob Mikanowski’s Goodbye, Eastern Europe

    History
    August 21 2023
    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Tahir Hamut Izgil’s <i>Waiting to Be Arrested at Night</i>
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    August 16 2023

    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Tahir Hamut Izgil’s Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

    Waiting to Be Arrested at Night is a poet’s account of one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family’s escape from genocide.   One A Phone Call from Beijing I keep returning to the first day of 2013. That evening, I received an unexpected call from Ilham Tohti,

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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Tahir Hamut Izgil’s Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

    Political Science History
    August 16 2023
    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Victor Luckerson’s <i>Built from the Fire</i>
    History
    July 27 2023

    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Victor Luckerson’s Built from the Fire

    Built from the Fire is a multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black Wall Street,” that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentrification.   Prologue Jim Goodwin remembers the symphony of the old Greenwood well. The blues mingling with smoke as

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    FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Victor Luckerson’s Built from the Fire

    History
    July 27 2023
    A letter to educators from Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of <i>Civil Rights Queen</i>
    History African American History
    May 25 2023

    A letter to educators from Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of Civil Rights Queen

    Dear Educators: Constance Baker Motley and the turbulent but hopeful era in which she lived and worked captivates students. Over email, at book fairs, and in university classrooms nationwide, students have approached me to explain how Civil Rights Queen, my book about Motley’s life and times, stimulated, provoked, and moved them. Motley’s admirers come from

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    A letter to educators from Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of Civil Rights Queen

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    May 25 2023
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    History Gender and Sexuality Studies
    February 8 2023

    Celebrating Women’s History Month

    In honor of Women’s History Month in March, Penguin Random House Education is highlighting stories about women’s history, from the history of women in the United States to women in world history. We are sharing books about the history of Black women, Afghan women, and disabled women, with topics ranging from the history of reproductive

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    February 8 2023
    Celebrating Black History Month
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    January 10 2023

    Celebrating Black History Month

    In honor of Black History Month, Penguin Random House Education is highlighting stories about the history of Black America from the Colonial Era to the Civil Rights Movement to the Present, with topics ranging from women’s history and cultural history to music, art, and film and community. The list includes essential stories, non-fiction, and history.

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    January 10 2023
    Books on the History, Politics, and People of Iran
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    January 5 2023

    Books on the History, Politics, and People of Iran

    Following the death of Mahsa Amini, young women have taken to the streets to lead anti-government protests. These demonstrations have been met with police violence, prompting a UN investigation into human rights abuses. These books explore the history and politics of Iran with a particular focus on Iranian women’s experiences.

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    January 5 2023
    Do you teach U.S. History?
    History
    October 21 2022

    Do you teach U.S. History?

    You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists on our website, including a wide range of history from the Colonial American era, the American Revolution, the Civil War and Reconstruction to America in the 20th Century, the Civil Rights Movement, and America in the 21st Century. Here is a small selection

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    October 21 2022
    Books for LGBTQIA+ History Month
    History Gender and Sexuality Studies
    September 26 2022

    Books for LGBTQIA+ History Month

    For LGBTQIA+ History Month we’re celebrating the shared history of individuals within the community and the importance of the activists who have fought for their rights and the rights of others. We acknowledge the varying and diverse experiences within the LGBTQIA+ community that have shaped history and have led the way for those celebrating their

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