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Playin' Possum: My Memories of George Jones
Nancy Jones - Forefront Books
Format: Hardcover
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In Playin' Possum, readers get an intimate look at country music legend George Jones through the eyes of his wife of thirty years.. Ask anyone who knows country music, "Who was the GOAT - the greatest of all time?" and the answers will inevitably lead to George Jones. Millions... |
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The Josephine Baker Critical Reader: Selected Writings on the Entertainer and Activist
Mae Henderson - McFarland & Company
Format: Print book
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Star of stage and screen, cultural ambassador, civil rights and political activist--Josephine Baker was defined by the various public roles that made her 50-year career an exemplar of postmodern identity. Her legacy continues to influence modern culture more than 40 years after her death.... |
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Black Indian (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
Shonda Buchanan - Wayne State University Press
Format: Paperback
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Black Indian, searing and raw, is Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club and Alice Walkers The Color Purple meets Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony--only, this isnt fiction. Beautifully rendered and rippling with family dysfunction, secrets, deaths, drunks, and old resentments, Shonda Buchanans memoir... |
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Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
Thomas Chatterton Williams - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A meditation on race and identity from one of our most provocative cultural critics.A reckoning with the way we choose to see and define ourselves, Self-Portrait in Black and White is the searching story of one American family's multigenerational transformation from what is called black... |
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To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
Howard Fishman - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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Shortlisted for the Plutarch Award for best biography. The mysterious true story of Connie Converse - a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and composer whose haunting music never found broad recognition - and one writer's quest to understand her life. This is the mesmerizing... |
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The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
Viet Thanh Nguyen - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dramatically cutting the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States each year. The American people spoke up, with protests, marches,... |
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A Girl Walks Into a Book: What the Bronts Taught Me about Life, Love, and Women's Work
Miranda K Pennington - Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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How many times have you heard readers argue about which is better, Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights? The works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne continue to provoke passionate fandom over a century after their deaths. Bronte enthusiasts, as well as those of us who never made it further than those... |
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Careless Whispers: The Life & Career of George Michael
Robert Steele - Omnibus Press
Format: Hardcover
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George Michael is the single most played artist on UK radio for the last two decades. He has sold 100 million albums world-wide and had seven UK number one singles and albums. This updated biography tells his story from the formation of Wham! in the early 1980s with friend Andrew Ridgley.... |
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