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The Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy

The Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy


John Phillip Santos



From Publishers Weekly Family history—and the lack thereof—sparks this vaporous meditation on time, memory,...
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Asian American X: An Intersection of Twenty-First Century Asian American Voices

Asian American X: An Intersection of Twenty-First Century Asian American Voices


Arar Han, John Hsu



About the Author Arar Han is a recent graduate of Boston College. John Y. Hsu is a recent graduate of Harvard University....
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I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir (P.S.)

I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir (P.S.)


Lac Su



Review Moving. . . . Anyone who wonders what obstacles an immigrant must overcome will be fascinated by this assimilation...
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Embroideries

Embroideries


Marjane Satrapi



From Publishers Weekly This slight follow-up to Satrapi's acclaimed Persepolis books explores the lives of Iranian women ...
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Talking Hawai'i's Story: Oral Histories of an Island People (Biography Monograph)

Talking Hawai'i's Story: Oral Histories of an Island People (Biography Monograph)




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Carol Moseley-Braun (African-American Leaders)

Carol Moseley-Braun (African-American Leaders)


Wayne D'Orio



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The World Don't Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards

The World Don't Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards


David Honeyboy Edwards



From School Library Journal YAAThis biography is a blend of music, history, and masterful storytelling. Edwards does not ...
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Is It Just Me?: Or is it nuts out there?

Is It Just Me?: Or is it nuts out there?


Whoopi Goldberg



About the Author Whoopi Goldberg is the premier comedic actress of our day. She has won a Tony, an Emmy, an Oscar, and a ...
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Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson

Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson


Larry Platt



From Publishers Weekly Like his subject, Platt is at his best while running the court, his prose smooth and economical as...
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Benjamin Hooks (African-American Leaders)

Benjamin Hooks (African-American Leaders)


Heather Lehr Wagner



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African American Eras Library

African American Eras Library


Julia Furtaw, Meggin Condino



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Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown

Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown


Tony Brown



From Publishers Weekly Like a series of talk shows (the author hosts Tony Brown's Journal on PBS), this somewhat disjoint...
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Dreaming Blackness: Black Nationalism and African American Public Opinion

Dreaming Blackness: Black Nationalism and African American Public Opinion


Melanye Price



Review "Price (Wesleyan Univ.) utilizes different research methods to illuminate the complex characteristics of black nat...
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Decoded

Decoded




Amazon.com Review : Like its multi-hyphenate author, Jay-Z, Decoded is many things at once. At its core, Decoded is an el...
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Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World

Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World


Jon F. Sensbach



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Sensbach, a professor of history at the University of Florida, offers a fascinatin...
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My Bondage and My Freedom (Barnes & Noble Classics)

My Bondage and My Freedom (Barnes & Noble Classics)


Frederick Douglass



Review Professor John S. Wright My Bondage and My Freedom is Frederick Douglass's most accomplished rendering of his life...
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The Noise of Infinite Longing: A Memoir of a Family--and an Island

The Noise of Infinite Longing: A Memoir of a Family--and an Island


Luisita Lopez Torregrosa



From Publishers Weekly Torregrosa's memoir, framed by and interspersed with events around her mother's funeral in 1994, o...
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Butterfly McQueen Remembered

Butterfly McQueen Remembered


Stephen Bourne



Review An intimate portrait of McQueen's life and career. (Library Journal, 11/1/2007 ) Stephen Bourne's memoir of this g...
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Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits

Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits


Allan Greer



Review "Greer masterfully constructs the inner world of a woman who has stood as a symbol of power and purity to French n...
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A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics

A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics


Nicholas Wright Gillham



From Publishers Weekly This may well prove to be the definitive biography of the British explorer, a cousin and contempor...
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Strength in What Remains

Strength in What Remains


Tracy Kidder



Amazon.com Review : Strength in What Remains is an unlikely story about an unreasonable man. Deo was a young medical stud...
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Young Hunting: A Memoir

Young Hunting: A Memoir


Martin Hunter



Review "An entertaining and easy-to-read memoir that puts the lie to the common perception of post-war Toronto as a stuffy,...
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Cornel West (African-American Leaders)

Cornel West (African-American Leaders)


Jack Morrison, John Morrison



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The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line

The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line


Rod Bush



Review “Rod Bush has produced an outstanding and original work that will allow scholars to effectively refram...
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Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters

Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters


Annie Choi



From Publishers Weekly Choi's volatile relationship with her domineering, chronically dissatisfied mother is at the hear...
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