MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Wolfe-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, by Thomas J. Sugrue

“The fight for civil rights in the North was very different from the movement in the South…No one should underestimate how much thoroughly racist attitudes shaped the lives of people in Northern cities.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Ratliff-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music, by Ted Gioia

“W.C. Handy, the so-called Father of the Blues, described it as ‘the weirdest music I had ever heard.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Kagan-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945, by Carlo D’Este

“Carlo D’Este makes the case for Winston Churchill as a military strategist.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Holleran-t.html?ref=authors&pagewanted=print

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, by Candace Fleming
Lincoln Shot: A President’s Life Remembered, by Barry Denenberg et al

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Parker-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Crisis Last Time, by Richard Parker

“Would democracy control the corporations, Berle asked, or would the corporations control democracy?”