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|  | Born in Tibet by Chogyam Trungpa
This biography of Chogyam Trungpa covers his childhood and religious life in Tibet and ends with his flight to freedom with the Dalai Lama. Trungpa is famous for being the first Tibetan monk to teach in English in the West and for founding the Naropa Institute. AUTHOR: Chogyam Trungpa
PUBLISHER: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Frantz Fanon by David Macey
Macey reconstructs the life and times of the revolutionary Frantz Fanon to put his works (THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH among them) and his strong opinions on violence and race into the context of Fanon's upbringing within French colonialism. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: David Macey
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Breaking Loose Together
Ten years before the start of the American Revolution, backcountry settlers in the North Carolina Piedmont launched their own defiant bid for economic independence and political liberty. The Regulator Rebellion of 1766-71 pitted thousands of farmers, many of them religious radicals inspired by the Great Awakening, against political and economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed reforms. The conflict culminated on May 16, 1771, when a colonial militia defeated more than 2,000 armed farmers in a pitched battle near Hillsborough. At least 6,000 Regulators and sympathizers were forced to swear their allegiance to the government as the victorious troops undertook a punitive march through Regulator settlements. Seven farmers were hanged. Using sources that include diaries, church minutes, legal papers, and the richly detailed accounts of the Regulators themselves, Marjoleine Kars delves deeply into the world and ideology of free rural colonists. She examines the rebellion's economic, religious, and political roots and explores its legacy in North Carolina and beyond. The compelling story of the Regulator Rebellion reveals just how sharply elite and popular notions of independence differed on the eve of the Revolution.
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Blue Angels by Marga B. Fritze, Nicholas A. Veronico
1996 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team, and this book will follow the Blue Angles through the years showing the people, places and aircraft they flew. The authors feature stories from the pilots themselves and a complete listing of pilots, aircraft and some maneuver diagrams. Illustrations, many in color. AUTHOR: Marga B. Fritze, Nicholas A. Veronico
PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing Company LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Big Trouble by Cotter Smith, J. Anthony Lukas
An account of the social unrest that rocked the American West in the early years of the 20th century. When the ex-governor of Idaho was murdered by an assassin's bomb, Pinkerton detective James McFarland kidnaps labor leader Bill Haywood and brings him to Idaho to stand trial. During a period of great labor unrest, this became one of the fiercest labor-vs.-capital struggles ever waged. AUTHOR: Cotter Smith, J. Anthony Lukas
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Lost Bird of Wounded Knee by Rene E. Flood
The only survivor of an 1890 massacre of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee was an infant found alive under the frozen body of her dead mother. This remarkable biography examines the life of the woman who became a symbol of the warring cultures that entrapped her. 18 photos. AUTHOR: Rene E. Flood
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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