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"An international history of US foreign relations in the early years of the Cold War, this book reassesses the aims and influence of the American policies of 'containment' and 'rollback' in Soviet-backed communist East Germany, in light of newly...
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CPS Battle of the Books 2026: Grades 4-6
"Chicago Public School students competing on the 4th-6th grade team will read these titles in 2025-2026."
Joy-Ann Reid, the host of MSNBC's AM Joy, assesses the Trump presidency in this analysis of what many see as a national crisis.
#1 New York Times BestsellerNAACP Image Award WinnerFrom Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's...
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"-- Provided by publisher.
