Young Adult

Unsettled: The Problem Of Loving Israel

by Marc Aronson
Ginee Seo Books

A deeply personal investigation of an extremely complex moral, political and religious issue by an author whose love for and attachment to the state of Israel is tempered by his commitment to justice for all. Israel was born out of the guilt and shame of a world that did little to rescue the six million Jews annihilated in Europe. Both a soul-searching personal essay and a fact-filled history, this slim volume is as even-handed an explanation of the Gordian knot that is Israel/Palestine as one is likely to find. (notes, bibliography) (Nonfiction. 12 & up) -- A starred Kirkus review

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Race: A History Beyond Black and White

by Marc Aronson
Ginee Seo Books

Race: You know it at a glance: he’s black, she’s white. They’re Asian; we’re Latino. Racism: I’m better; she’s worse. Those people do those kinds of things.

We all know it’s wrong to make these judgments, but they come faster than thought.
Why? Where did those feelings come from? Why are they so powerful?

Race: A History Beyond Black and White explores these questions and more, as it traces the history of race and race prejudice in the West back to ancient Sumer and beyond. Today we all say “race is only skin deep” and yet experience racial prejudice every day. Here is one book that helps us to understand why.

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Robert F. Kennedy: Crusader

by Marc Aronson
Viking an Upclose 20th Century Life

How did Bobby Kennedy and his brother President John Kennedy change America?

Was Bobby Kennedy a hero or a thug?

What do the 60s mean to the net 2.0 generation?

Kirkus in a starred review calls Marc Aronson’s new biography of Robert Kennedy, “exemplary history writing”

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The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence

by Marc Aronson
Clarion Books

What caused the American Revolution?

How did India become the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire?

How are the histories of America, Britain, and India linked?

Marc Aronson's new book answers these questions, and more.

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John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise

by Marc Aronson
Clarion Books

"Aronson has many gifts: an ability to take historical events and render them as if they were unfolding before us; a cold eye for the prejudices of partisan contemporary accounts; the wit to untangle the knot of conflicting intepretations.... Aronson is masterly at illuminating the reality of religious faith and the cataclysmic clash of beliefs that created fertile ground for ideas about democracy and equality.... The notes are a model of lucidity for any student wanting to find out more."

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Witch-Hunt : Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials

by Marc Aronson
Simon & Schuster

"This is excellent history writing that involves the reader in the excitement of discovery and the thrill of recreating the past."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"Teachers should throw away other books they have been using for young adults and turn to this one."

--Bernard Rosenthal
author of Salem Story: Reading the Witch Trials of 1692

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Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

by Marc Aronson
Clarion Books

Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal

Winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Prize

"The book chronicles Ralegh's rise from his country-bumpkin origins to Elizabeth's courtier and goes on to describe how his ambition pointed him toward the New World. It also reveals much about the intrigue at Queen Elizabeth's court, as well as the motives and machinations of those living in the Americas."

--Booklist

"This book is exemplary nonfiction and pure gold for libraries."

-- School Library Journal

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Art Attack : A Brief Cultural History of the Avant-Garde

by Marc Aronson
Clarion Books

A New York Times Best Book

"Ambitious yet accessible, this volume describes virtually every artistic movement challenging the social, political and cultural status quo from the 1830s to the present, each within its historical context from the bohemians of 19th-century Paris to the Generation Xers and cybertechies of today."

--Publishers Weekly

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