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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
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A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery.

An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel.

A gutsy woman together with a stubborn dream.

A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it.

It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an ...

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Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend
DescriptionAuthorized by Willie Mays, the definitive biography of one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Authorized by Willie Mays and written by a New York Times bestselling author, this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals.

Considered to be "as monumental--and enigmatic--a legend as American sport has ever seen" ...

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Strength in What Remains
DescriptionIn Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder provides us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, getting brilliant testament to the power of second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, he lands at JFK airport ...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
DescriptionWilliam Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern technology was mystery. It was in addition a land withered by drought and hunger, and a situate where hope and opportunity were hard to locate. But William had read concerning windmills in a book called Utilizing Energy, and he dreamed of building one this would get electricity and water to ...
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Dreams from My Father (Random House Large Print)
DescriptionIn this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns this his father—a figure he recognizes extra as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death ...
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Categories Biographies & Memoirs   African-American & Black   General   Memoirs   Hardcover   Large Print   Printed Books  
Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter
DescriptionIn this spectacular personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a great and advanced mother against the backdrop of a country’s political revolution. A girl’s pain over family secrets, a young woman’s discovery of the power of sensuality in literature, the cost a family pays for liberty in a country ...
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
DescriptionThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor images, errant marks, etc. this were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We think this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have ...
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Up From Slavery
DescriptionVividly recounting Washington's life--his childhood as a slave, struggle for education, founding and presidency of the Tuskegee Institute, and meetings together with the country's leaders, this book reveals the conviction he held this the black man's salvation lay in education, industriousness and self-reliance. Nineteenth-century African American ...
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ManufacturerModern Library
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Zeitoun (Vintage)
DescriptionA riveting account of Hurricane Katrina and a shocking tale of wrongful arrest and racism, Zeitoun is the true story of one Syrian-American, plucked from his home and accused of terrorism, written by one of America's much high-profile literary writers, now available for the first time in paperback from Vintage Canada.

When Hurricane ...
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You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story
DescriptionIn this hilarious and ultimately moving memoir, comedians and real-life married couple Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn prove this in marriage, all you want is love—and a healthy dose of complaining, codependence, and pinot noir.
 
Afterwards thirteen years of being married, Annabelle and Jeff have found “We’re just not this into us.” Instead of ...
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