You Never Call! You Never Write!

A History of the Jewish Mother
$15.95
Paperback, Feb 2008
ISBN13: 9780195341430ISBN10: 0195341430
A colorful history of the Jewish Mother in American culture, from The Jazz Singer to The Sisters Rosensweig and The Red Tent


The Greatest Fight of Our Generation

Louis vs. Schmeling
$17.95
Paperback, Feb 2007
ISBN13: 9780195319996ISBN10: 0195319990
An engaging portrait of a fight that transcended its sport to become an iconic event, a symbol of political tensions around the globe


Noah's Curse

The Biblical Justification of American Slavery
$50.00
Hardback, Feb 2002
ISBN13: 9780195142792ISBN10: 0195142799
Brings Bible scholars and American historians into conversation as it links biblical interpretation and slavery


The History of Jazz

$19.95
Paperback, Nov 1998
ISBN13: 9780195126532ISBN10: 019512653X
A panoramic history of jazz, from slave dances in Congo Square to post-modern jazz at the Knitting Factory


All Shook Up

How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America
$19.99
Paperback, Oct 2004
ISBN13: 9780195177497ISBN10: 0195177495
A brilliant account of the birth of rock 'n roll and how it transformed America in the 1950s


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