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Malcolm Before X (African American Intellectual History)
Patrick Parr - University of Massachusetts Press
Format: Hardcover
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Drawing upon interviews, correspondence, and nearly 2000 pages of never-before-used prison records, Malcolm Before X is the definitive examination of the prison years of civil rights icon Malcolm X. . In February 1946, when 20-year-old Malcolm Little was sentenced to eight to ten years... |
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Fearless and Free: A Memoir
Josephine Baker - Tiny Reparations Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A gorgeous, captivating gem of a memoir ... Josephine Baker's as enthralling on the page as she was on the stage." - Abbott Kahler, New York Times bestselling author of Eden Undone and Sin in the Second City. Published in the US for the first time, Fearless and Free is the memoir... |
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Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
Volker Leppin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired... |
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Take My Name But Say It Slow: Essays
Thomas Dai - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A luminous memoir-in-essays exploring place, identity, and what it means to grow up queer and Asian in the American South.Thomas Dai has never gone by his Chinese name, Nuocheng, fashioned from the Knoxville (Chinese: Nuokeshiweier) of his childhood and the Chengdu his mother called home.... |
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The Many Lives of Anne Frank (Jewish Lives)
Ruth Franklin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary "Trenchant. . . . An essential look at the diarist's legacy." - Publishers Weekly In this innovative biography, Ruth Franklin explores the transformation of Anne Frank... |
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Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofHorse. Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with... |
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Hope: The Autobiography
Pope Francis - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written... |
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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
Matthew Pearl - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal.On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel... |
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