Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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The Cowgirl’s Guide to Life
$14.99 Read moreThis sassy cowgirl and her sidekick cowboy partner capture the feminine perspective on life. This common-sense wisdom in humorous form is all about life and love. Women will laugh about it–from the b
- Series: Western Humor
- Author: Montana, Gladiola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1423651707
- 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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The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change
$22.95 Read moreA “courageous and revelatory memoir” (Naomi Klein) chronicling the life of the leading Indigenous climate change, cultural, and human rights advocate
For the first ten years of her life, Sheila Watt-- Author: Watt-Cloutier, Sheila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1517904978
- Language: English
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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
$8.99 Read moreGeorge loved words. Enslaved and forced to work long hours, he was unable to attend school or learn how to read.
But he was determined―he listened to the white children’s lessons and learned the- Author: Tate, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1682630625
- Language: English
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Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet
$26.95 Read moreIn late-1940s Long Branch, a historic but run-down Jersey Shore resort town, in a neighborhood of Italian, Black, and Jewish families, Robert Pinsky began his unlikely journey to becoming a poet. Desc
- Author: Pinsky, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0393882047
- Language: English
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
$17.00 Add to cartWritten in 1857, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale’s during the Crimean War. Seacole traveled widely be… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Seacole, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0140439021
- Language: English
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I Am Martin Luther King Jr. (I Am #4): Volume 4
$5.99 Read moreA brand-new biography series featuring some of the most important people from history and today.
I helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. I am only 34 when I give the “I Have a Dream” speech. I am… [more below]
- Series: I Am #4
- Author: Norwich, Grace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0545447801
- Language: English
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Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
$22.99 Read moreA sociological approach to appreciating the heroism and legacy of the Gullah statesman
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor
- Author: Billingsley, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1643364618
- Language: English
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Schlepping Across the Nile: Collected Stories
$17.99 Read moreIn the footsteps of Andre Aciman’s Out of Egypt and Lucette Lagnado’s The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit comes Aaron Zevy’s Schlepping Across the Nile: a collection of vignettes, memoirs and stories,
- Author: Zevy, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1778201768
- Language: English
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Dream Carver / El Tallador de Sue?os
$12.95 Add to cartPink goats, blue rabbits, and purple cats–oh my! Manuel has the determination and imagination to create them all!
Cabras rosas, conejos azules y gatos morados– que maravilla! Manuel tiene las ganas
- Author: Cohn, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1643796356
- Language: English
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How to Give Zero F*cks: An Illustrated Guide
$14.99 Add to cartA wickedly funny illustrated adult gift book for people who give too many f*cks to things they should not give a f*ck about.
Do you live your life caring what people think of you? Are you scared to liv
- Author: Wildish, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1728279763
- Language: English
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Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
$17.99 Read moreAn Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winner
A picture book celebration of t
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
A Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner- Author: Mahin, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1481443496
- Language: English
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Fifth Ward to Fourth Quarter: Football’s Impact on an NFL Player’s Body and Soul
$35.00 Read moreAfter his release from the Green Bay Packers, realizing that his football career was abruptly over, Delvin Williams asked himself some hard questions: What happened to the game he fell in love with a
- Series: Swaim-Paup Sports Series, Sponsored by James C. ’74 & Debra
- Author: Williams, Delvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1648430716
- Language: English
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Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul
$14.95 Add to cartA fascinating journey into the dark heart of the American gothic that analyzes its connections to race and racism in 21st-century America
Haunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats under- Author: Taylor, Leila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1912248549
- Language: English
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Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
$0.00 Read moreAmerican pop music is arguably this country’s greatest cultural contribution to the world, and its singular voice and virtuosity were created by a shining thread of Black women geniuses stretching bac… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Danyel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0593132718
- Language: English
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The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives
$24.95 Read moreA narrative account of Jim Crow as people experienced it
The last generation of Americans with a living memory of Jim Crow will soon disappear. They leave behind a collective memory of segregation sha- Series: Jacobin
- Author: Reed, Adolph L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1839766263
- Language: English
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Little Mr. Prose Poem: Selected Poems of Russell Edson
$17.00 Add to cartA baby that keeps losing its brain, a cow in a wedding gown, a woman whose chest is a radio — bizarre and whimsical figures populate this collection of dreamlike prose poems from Russell Edson (1935-… [more below]
- Series: American Poets Continuum
- Author: Edson, Rusell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1950774732
- Language: English
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On Becoming an American Writer: Essays and Nonfiction
$17.95 Read moreDiscover the unique mind and humane vision of an under-recognized American author. Encompassing themes of race, education, fame, law, and America’s past and future, these essays are James Alan McPhers
- Series: Nonpareil Books #1
- Author: McPherson, James Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1567927483
- Language: English
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Embrace the Power of You: Owning Your Identity at Work
$17.95 Add to cart“An inspiring story of embracing one’s true self, with practical advice”
***** Embrace the Power of You In the competitive world of Silicon Valley, co
Publishers Weekly, BookLife Review (Editor’s Pick)- Author: Timm, Tricia Montalvo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1774582570
- Language: English
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I Embrace You with All My Revolutionary Fervor: Letters 1947-1967
$18.95 Read moreCollected for the first time, here are Guevara’s letters, the vast majority never-before published in English.
“The powerful of the earth should take heed: deep inside that T-shirt where we have tried- Series: The Che Guevara Library
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1644212447
- Language: English
