Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal
by Andrew Hacker

A valuable book for its extensive statistical documentation of black-white racial inequality. Using updated statistical data to paint the stark picture of racial inequality, Two Nations depicts the realities of family life, of income and employment, as well as current controversies affecting education, politics, and crime, including the role of race in the Simpson trial. This startling look at facts that many choose to ignore includes the voices of African Americans, and shows how race influences the attitudes and behavior of all Americans. Reasoned, accurate, and devastating, Two Nations demonstrates, better than emotional appeals can, that this great and dividing issue has defined America's history and, as Hacker forecasts it, will play a pivotal role in the coming century. To order this book, click here.

Imagining Argentina
by Lawrence Thornton

Set in the late 1970's, when thousands of Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the generals' prison cells and torture chambers, this book is magic. After Carlos Ruweda's wife becomes one of "los desaparecidos" (the disappeareds) he discovers a magical gift: he has clear visions of the fates of "the disappeared." But he cannot "imagine" what has happened to his own wife, Cecelia. The Detroit Free Press reviewer said, "Imagining Argentina is a slim volume filled with beautiful writing. It is an exciting adventure story. It is a haunting love story. And it is a story for all time." It is a remarkable and compelling book, highly recommended. For those of us not fated to be there at that time, Thornton has truly imagined Argentina. To order this book, click here.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown

An eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the19th century. Published in 1971, reviewers and the reading public responded first with shock, then a deep sense of shame, calling it "shattering" (Washington Post), and "heartbreaking" (The New York Times). Years of government support for westward expansion, based on white Americans belief of a 'divine right' to do so is set forth in graphic detail from massacre to massacre, policy to policy and lie to lie. Current conditions for many Native Americans (high rates of unemployment and alcoholism, early death and infant mortality to name a few) are direct results of the laws, policies, actions and events described in this book. Must reading for any one who wishes to have more than the sanitized history taught in most schools. To order this book, click here.

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