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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community (Black Lives)
Raymond Arsenault - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil rights. As an activist and progressive congressman, he was renowned for his unshakable integrity, indomitable... |
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
RuPaul - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date - a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family,... |
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Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
Ronald Drabkin - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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"A beguiling tale of espionage and double-dealing in the years leading up to World War II. ... Strap in for a narrative that demands a suspension of disbelief - and richly rewards it." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ; Best Books of February SelectionThe untold story of the World... |
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Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
Savannah Guthrie - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Guthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering inspires. - Publishers WeeklyMostly... |
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Alphabetical Diaries
Sheila Heti - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour.Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. Passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, these are her alphabetical diaries. |
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What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
Billy Dee Williams - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades - a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian's Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe - unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed..... |
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Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
A'ja Wilson - Flatiron Books: A Moment of Lift Book
Format: Hardcover
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"Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A'ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there." -- Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We're... |
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