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  • Through the Back Door

    Memoirs of a Sharecropper's Daughter Who Learned to Read as a Great-Grandmother

    Heartwarming stories about a family of sharecroppers living by the white man's rules in rural Georgia during the 1920s and 1930s. You'll laugh and you'll cry, but you will always learn. And through it all, you will come to admire the courage, determination, and joy shown by the author and her family as they overcame the challenges of life in the Old South. ... Leer más

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is an autobiography by Frederick Douglass, a prominent African American abolitionist, orator, and writer. The book was first published in 1845 and became an instant bestseller, helping to fuel the abolitionist movement in the United States.In the book, Douglass describes his experiences as a slave on Maryland's Eastern Shore, his escape to freedom in ... Leer más

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  • Bloods

    Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History

    de Wallace Terry ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The national bestseller that tells the truth about the Vietnam War from the black soldiers’ perspective.An oral history unlike any other, Bloods features twenty black men who tell the story of how members of their race were sent off to Vietnam in disproportionate numbers, and of the special test of patriotism they faced. Told in voices no reader will soon forget, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • In The Shadow of Crows

    When Bindra contracts leprosy, she is driven from her home in the Himalayan foothills with her two small sons and embarks upon a seemingly impossible course in search of salvation. David's first journey to India is driven by devastating loss, and yet he finds unexepected solace in the discovery of an exceptional family legacy, and insights offered by an unorthodox mountain tradition. As these ... Leer más

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  • A Woman Like Me

    A Memoir

    Acclaimed R&B singer Bettye LaVette celebrates her storied career in show business in this compelling memoir.As a teenager in Detroit, Bettye LaVette had a hit single with “My Man—He’s a Lovin’ Man.” By the time she was twenty, she had faded back into obscurity and was barely surviving in New York City. For the next forty years, despite being associated with legends such as Aretha Franklin, Otis ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Futilitarians

    Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading

    de Anne Gisleson ...
    A memoir of friendship and literature chronicling a search for meaning and comfort in great books, and a beautiful path out of grief: "Moving and complete and very much worth reading" ( The New York Times Book Review ).Anne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, had been forced to flee her home during Hurricane Katrina, and had witnessed cancer take her beloved father. Before she met her husband, ... Leer más

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  • Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters

    Now available for the first time in English, Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters, the late Shoshin Nagamine's groundbreaking work, recounts the legacy and life histories of Okinawa's greatest martial artists.In addition to profiles of the legendary tegumi wrestlers, Nagamine-sensei features many of the world's great karate masters, including the founder of the core styles from which modern karate ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Young Radicals

    In the War for American Ideals

    From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution, the stunning story of five American radicals fighting for their ideals as the country goes mad around them“Inspiring and entertaining.”—David Brooks, The New York Times“It’s not difficult to see why [Lin-Manuel] Miranda would have been attracted to [Jeremy] McCarter as a writing partner.”—The Wall Street Journal</... ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You

    Foreword by Earvin "Magic" Johnson"Absolutely one of the best players ever to play the game." --Bill WaltonA three-time Olympic gold medalist, three-time MVP of the WNBA, and the first woman ever to dunk in a professional basketball game, Lisa Leslie is considered one of the greatest players in the history of women's basketball.But before the superstar was the child growing up too fast in South ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Slave Narratives (LOA #114)

    James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw / Olaudah Equiano / Nat Turner / Frederick Douglass / William Wells Brown / Henry Bibb / Sojourner Truth / William and Ell

    This collection of landmark slave narratives demonstrates how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and laid the foundations of the African American literary traditionNo literary genre speaks as directly and as eloquently to the brutal contradictions in American history as the slave narrative. The works collected in this volume present unflinching portrayals of the ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Coleshanger

    Recollections from an English village

    “If it can be said a village has a life, then this is a biography.” Norman Williams (1908-1969)“Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward. “They won’t cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea.”Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical and charming recount ... Leer más

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  • To the Spring Equinox and Beyond

    Traducido por Kingo Ochiai, Sanford Goldstein ...
    This classic Japanese story by Soseki Netsume-the foremost novelist of the Meiji Period—is a masterpiece of Japanese literature.This book demonstrates Soseki Natsume's ability to dissect and elucidate the human personality in all its complexity. Here, his facile blending of narrative, extended monologue and sharp dialog leaves the reader with an almost personal knowledge of the characters. We are ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD