Browse Books: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story (Paperback) By Douglas Preston $17.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (Paperback) By Charles C. Mann $18.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	American Comics: A History (Hardcover) By Jeremy Dauber $35.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt (Paperback) By Daniel Rasmussen $15.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Fire, Pestilence, and Death: St. Louis, 1849 (Paperback) By Christopher Alan Gordon $22.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World (Hardcover) By A. J. Baime $30.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
American Holy Days: The Heart and Soul of Our National Holidays (Paperback) By Boardman W. Kathan $26.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It (Large Print / Paperback) By Norman Finkelstein $24.95 Add to Wish List Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Hardcover) By Jonathan W. White $29.95 Add to Wish List Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days
Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality (Hardcover) By Brian Kilmeade $30.00 Add to Wish List Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now	The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded (Paperback) By Gord Hill, Pamela Palmater (Foreword by) $19.95 Add to Wish List Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America (Paperback) By Ivan Van Sertima $20.00 Add to Wish List Backordered

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

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