The following list is by no means exclusive. It is a starter list. There are mostly nonfiction books listed here. Some links below are to online booksellers and do not imply an endorsement of their services or suggest that you should buy a book from them. Check your libraries for these books also. Do a subject search for possibilities in an area of interest.

Please e-mail me with your own additions and recommendations. When you submit a recommendation, please include the following: title, author, isbn number, and a 30-40 word annotation summarizing the book's content.

American Voices

• Lincoln, Gore Vidal
• John Adams, David McCullough
• At the Schoolhouse Gate, Pipkin and Cossett Lent
  • This book, written by two high school teachers, chronicles their struggle to protect their students' rights to read and publish.

 

Social Justice & Civil Rights

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• List of books on the Civil Rights Movement by Civil Rights Movement Veterans
• Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams, Robert Peterson

 

Americans as Global Citizens

• The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman
• List from Global Issues in Language Education, includes annotations
• Living High and Letting Die, Peter Unger
• One World: The Ethics of Globalizaton, Peter Singer