Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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Mart?neztown, 1945: Tales of Life and Loss in an Albuquerque Barrio
$19.95 Add to cartNasario Garcia’s poignant memoir revisits the 1940s Albuquerque neighborhood of his youth to capture the struggles and joys of growing up in Albuquerque’s oldest barrio.
In the summer of 1945, nine-y- Series: Querencias
- Author: GarcÃa, Nasario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0826368662
- Language: English
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Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience (Book for Black Girls Ages 12+)
$15.99 Add to cartEven strong, fearless, and badass Black women need affirmations!
- Series: Badass Black Girl
- Author: Fievre, M. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1642505609
- Language: English
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A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
$12.99 Add to cartA NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation’s top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring c… [more below]
- Author: Oluseyi, Hakeem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1984849662
- Language: English
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Beyond the Orange Shirt Story
$15.95 Read moreBeyond the Orange Shirt Story is a unique collection of truths that articulate the lives and experiences of some Residential School Survivors and their families. Compiled by Phyllis Webstad, Residenti… [more below]
- Author: Webstad, Phyllis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1989122752
- Language: English
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Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
$10.99 Add to cart“When a war ends it does not go away,” my mother says.”It hides inside us . . . Just forget!”
In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ra
But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember.- Author: Barakat, Ibtisam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1250097185
- Language: English
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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine
$16.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning Palestinian author Ibtisam Barakat comes a touching account of coming of age against a backdrop of political turmoil in the Middle East.
Picking up where Ibtisam Barakat’s first me- Author: Barakat, Ibtisam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1250144299
- Language: English
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Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University
$9.99 Add to cart“Simply written but full of beautiful details, this book should inspire every citizen of our diverse and changing world.” —VOYA In this fourth book in his award-winning memoir series, Francisco Jimen… [more below]
- Series: Circuit #4
- Author: Jiménez, Francisco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1328742091
- Language: English
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A Bowl Full of Ideas for Inventive Minds
$18.00 Read moreSouthern Ute elder Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) offers words of wisdom to children and the young at heart, as told to David R. Kopacz, MD. Joseph fills the bowls of hearts and minds with 18 i
- Author: Rael, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: June 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1734280050
- Language: English
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Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan
$15.95 Read moreOne of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two con… [more below]
- Author: Dau, John Bul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 12 2010
- ISBN10: 142630708X
- Language: English
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KJV, Value Thinline Bible, Compact, Imitation Leather, Blue, Red Letter Edition
$19.99 Read moreTake God’s Word wherever life takes you. Published in Thomas Nelson’s exclusive KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed to be the most readable at any size.
Designed to be a convenient Bible for rea
- Author: Thomas Nelson
- Binding:
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0718098021
- Language: English
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Eva’s Story: A Holocaust Survivor’s Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank
$16.99 Add to cartPeople around the world know the tragic story of Anne Frank, the teenage girl who lost her life in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. But most people don’t know about Eva Schloss, Anne’s playm
- Author: Schloss, Eva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0802855318
- Language: English
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The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
$19.99 Add to cartA full accounting of five incredibly talented Black ballerinas from The Dance Theater of Harlem, founding members among them, that illuminates their hard-fought, historic, and overlooked contributions… [more below]
- Author: Valby, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0593643569
- Language: English
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A Path to the World: Becoming You
$10.99 Add to cartA chorus of essays from a variety of voices, backgrounds, and experiences, exploring what it means to be human and true to yourself.
What does it mean to be yourself? To be born here or somewhere else- Author: Carlson-Hijuelos, Lori Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1481419773
- Language: English
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Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
$15.95 Add to cart“It’s amazing to believe that what was going to be the best year ever tuned into the beginning of what was thought to be the end.”
Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files is an anthology by youth ag
- Author: Mediarites
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: March 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1633040380
- Language: English
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Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety: My Journey Through Depression, Bulimia, and Addiction
$12.99 Add to cartIn Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castada shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba . . . and how she ca
- Author: Castañeda, Yvonne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1595801081
- Language: English
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A Long Way to School: A Story of Overcoming Challenges and Never Giving Up
$25.32 Add to cartFrom the author of the international award-winning memoir, Evolving Through Adversity, comes the Young Readers Edition, “A Long Way to School,” a story that will inspire teens and young adults on how
- Author: Nimenya, Seconde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1733112405
- Language: English
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Aire Encantado (Enchanted Air): DOS Culturas, DOS Alas: Una Memoria
$11.99 Add to cartEn este poético libro de memorias–ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers–la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recre… [more below]
- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 29 2017
- ISBN10: 1534404279
- Language: Spanish
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Celebrating Sixty-Plus Years of Being a Twin to a Special Needs Brother
$18.95 Add to cartCelebrating Sixty-Plus Years of Being a Twin with My Special-Needs Brother was birthed by my desire to honor and celebrate my twin on our sixtieth birthday. For several weeks in April of 2020, our six
- Author: Hershberger, Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: August 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798886855623
- Language: English
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Eventually, Inevitably / Tarde O Temprano Era Inevitable: My Writing Life in Verse / Mi Vida de Escritor En Verso
$14.95 Add to cart- Author: Saldaña Jr. René
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1558859810
- Language: English
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Senderos Fronterizos: Breaking Through (Spanish Edition)
$9.99 Add to cartSin amargura ni sentimentalismo, Francisco Jim?nez termina de contar la historia de su juventud en esta conmovedora secuela a Cajas de cart?n.
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with… [more below]- Series: Cajas de Carton #2
- Author: Jim?nez, Francisco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 30 2002
- ISBN10: 0618226184
- Language: Spanish
