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Ankami: Stolen children, shattered families, silenced histories

Ankami: Stolen children, shattered families, silenced histories

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'Be careful what you wish for,' wrote Aesop, 'lest it come true.' Debra Dank had long been desperate to visit the National Archives, to paint a fuller picture of her...
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female,

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female,

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of The Roots' 28 Brilliant Books by Black Authors in 2018 "A writer to be reckoned with." -Roxane Gay Named one of the Most Anticipated...
Grandpa and the Library: How Charles White Learned to Paint

Grandpa and the Library: How Charles White Learned to Paint

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A children's book that describes Charles White's childhood influences and inspiration . Every day, young Charles White's mother took him to the Chicago Public Library, where the librarians looked after...
Sink: A Memoir

Sink: A Memoir

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"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek...
Desert Flower

Desert Flower

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"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the...
Love Brought Me Back: A Journey of Loss and Gain

Love Brought Me Back: A Journey of Loss and Gain

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IN THIS LUMINOUS MEMOIR, LEGENDARY SINGER AND ACTRESS NATALIE COLE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY OF LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND RECOVERY, AND THE STORY OF A DEATH THAT BROUGHT NEW LIFE. In...
Jeremiah's Trunk

Jeremiah's Trunk

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In Australia, Abigail Skinner is grieving over the recent death of her mother, Dorothy, when a solicitor calls to inform her of a bequest from her late Aunt Jane. Abigail...
Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

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"Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a...
Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School

Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School

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"[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or...
The Oceana And Other Works Of James Harrington: Collected, Methodized

The Oceana And Other Works Of James Harrington: Collected, Methodized

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

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"A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story." -- O, The Oprah Magazine The New York Times bestseller, written by a former...
Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

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A great deal of Holocaust survival stories revolve around disguise--many Jews were forced into impersonation by the desperateness of their plight. Imagine if a person, by the accident of birth,...
How Sweet It Is: Defending the American Dream

How Sweet It Is: Defending the American Dream

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Winsome Earle-Sears sent shock waves across Virginia and the country at large when she pulled off her stunning upset victory in November 2021 and became the first woman lieutenant governor...
Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

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"Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a...
For The Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food:

For The Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food:

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A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today's food and hospitality landscape-from farm to table and beyond-chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom,...
Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and

Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and

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" "Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America." " - Publishers Weekly "[These contributions] touch on so many different...
Three Suitcases and a Three-Year-Old

Three Suitcases and a Three-Year-Old

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On the Other Side of Freedom: Race and Justice in a Divided America

On the Other Side of Freedom: Race and Justice in a Divided America

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The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

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Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity

Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her

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'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. 'What do you mean?' A tender finger brushed against my cheek. 'Well,...
Leaving Birmingham

Leaving Birmingham

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The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit

The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi,

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This brilliant, adult nonfiction debut from the acclaimed MG author and poet weaves two wrenching personal narratives of recovery and reclamation, spliced with a dazzle of pop-cultureThe Dead Don't Need...
I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America

I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith,

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In this powerful memoir, the creator of the viral videos "Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Black", Tyler Merritt, shares his experiences as a Black man in America...
My Place

My Place

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Foreigners: Three English Lives

Foreigners: Three English Lives

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Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing

Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and

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Countless Black Americans descended from slavery are related to the enslavers who bought and sold their ancestors. Among them is Dionne Ford, whose great grandmother was the last of six...
Prince Among Slaves (Anniversary)

Prince Among Slaves (Anniversary)

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In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son...
Wandjuk Marika: Life Story

Wandjuk Marika: Life Story

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Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell

Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell

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The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

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Author: Kristen Green Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the...
Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

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Author: Johnny Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 392 In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

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Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female...
The Hate Race

The Hate Race

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Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World

Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World

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The Dead Are Arising: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography

The Dead Are Arising: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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Author: Les Payne Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 The definitive biography of Malcolm X- "fascinating and essential" (Washington Post), this is a new portrait which vividly rewrites...
The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity

The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity

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Author: Andrew Gailey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2016 Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed a glittering...
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice:

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice:

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Author: Deborah Riley Draper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400  The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin...
Born Survivors: The Incredible True Story Of Three Pregnant Mothers And Their Courage Determination

Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

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Author: Wendy Holden Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its...
Shrill Notes from a Loud Woman

Shrill Notes from a Loud Woman

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Author: Lindy West Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 *CATCH THE TV ADAPTATION OF SHRILL ON BBC3 NOW* 'Lindy West is an essential (and hilarious) voice for women. Her talent...