Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur
A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem for the worldwide protests...
$26.99
Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls
$28.99
Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls
What happens after you click Tweet? The heart-stopping definitive account of the mission to rescue hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction ignited a global social media campaign and a dramatic worldwide intervention. In the spring of 2014, millions of Twitter users,...
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Boyz N the Void: A Mixtape to My Brother
Writing to his brother, G’Ra Asim reflects on building his own identity while navigating Blackness, masculinity, and young adulthood—all through wry social commentary and music/pop culture critiqueHow does one approach Blackness, masculinity, otherness, and the perils of young adulthood? For...
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Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir
An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, reuniting with the past, and coming of age their own way. One of nineteen children in a blended...
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Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward―written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers.At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil...
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Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
From a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration—and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us. Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants....
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Beyond the Sand and Sea: One Family's Quest for a Country to Call Home
From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home.When Asad Hussein was growing up in the world’s largest refugee...
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Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of racial justice.They didn't know...
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Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence
From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis, and...
$30.00
Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams
ISBN: 1546012672
US : $26.00 US - (Discount: REG)
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: May 25, 2021
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Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah
The definitive biography of Aaliyah—the talented R&B singer and artist whose tragic death at only twenty-two years old shocked the entertainment world and solidified her as an unforgettable music legend, featuring new in-depth research and exclusive interviews.By twenty-two years old,...
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A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
In this inspiring coming-of-age memoir, a world-renowned astrophysicist emerges from an impoverished childhood and crime-filled adolescence to ascend through the top ranks of research physics. “You’ll encounter one extraordinary turn of events after another, as the extraordinary chess player, puzzle solver, and occasional grifter...
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali. *"This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Longlisted for the 2022-2023...
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Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family
Product details
Publisher : Dey Street Books; Illustrated edition (August 11, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063046105
ISBN-13 : 978-0063046108
$27.99
Women in Sports: Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win
New York Times bestseller Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in Sports comes to the youngest readers in board format!Highlighting the pioneering efforts of women athletes, this board book edition of the adult bestseller features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature beautiful illustrations to give young...
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Women in Science: Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format!Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature beautiful illustrations to give young girls...
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Book of Black Heroes: Political Leaders Past and Present
The highly anticipated fourth installment of the Book of Black Heroes series, Political Leaders Past and Present, spotlights African American who have made valuable contributions in U.S. government leadership. Included are Hiram Revels, P.B.S. Pinchback and Robert Smalls, among the...
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Bibliography of Guyana and Guyanese Writers
Bibliography of Guyana and Guyanese Writers.
Product details
Publisher : Seaburn Books; 3rd edition (January 28, 2010)
Paperback : 314 pages
ISBN-13 : 9781592322428
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Where Are You?
Dr. Joy Evens and Dr. Dean Judson collide in the corridor of St. John's hospital - That was their introduction and the beginning of a torrid and tender love. Two weeks later they were married and in six months they...
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson was one of the most prominent thinkers and educators of his time. His novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man won numerous awards and brought lasting fame to the author. Product details Publisher : African Tree Press (May...
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Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia: A Graphic Biography
“I believe that Marcuse’s ideas can be as valuable today as they were fifty years ago.”—Angela Y. Davis, from the foreword Herbert Marcuse was one of the twentieth century’s most unlikely pop stars: a celebrity philosopher. In the 1960s, his...
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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy (Available May 4, 2021)
Adapted from Emmanuel Acho's New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, comes an essential young readers edition aimed at opening a dialogue about systemic racism with our youngest generation.Young people have the power to affect sweeping change, and the key...
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Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership
The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that evolved into a profound friendship. Their affinity was not predestined. Obama...
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Fire Shut Up in My Bones
A New York Times Notable Book | Lambda Literary Award Winner | Long-listed for the PEN Open Book Award“Charles Blow is the James Baldwin of our age.” — Washington Blade“[An] exquisite memoir . . . Delicately wrought and arresting.” — New York TimesUniversally praised...
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Breaking Out
Product details
Publisher : Seaburn Books (January 15, 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592323820
ISBN-13 : 978-1592323821
$18.00
Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
How do you cope with a chronic disease that may kill you before you’re time? You’re in the hospital with minutes to hours to live... Your heart is in such terrible condition there is no medicine, machine, or procedure that...
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