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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
By Imani Perry
A mesmerizing ode to a hue and a history.
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis
By Tao Leigh Goffe
How colonialism impacts our thinking about the environment.
The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood
By Kristen Martin
Revealing the ugly truth behind the pretty stories.
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
By Eleanor Barraclough
The legendary pillagers led charmingly ordinary home lives.
A rollicking look at things that go bump in the Yuletide night.
Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
By Jerry Brotton
Did you ever wonder why north is up and south is down?
Louder than the Lies: Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love
By Ellie Yang Camp
A primer on breaking free from white supremacy.
Writing letters once warmed the chill of the Cold War.
