Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Land of Tears: A Journey of Language, Loyalty, & War from an Iranian-American Translator Serving with U.S. Marines in Afghanistan
$18.95 Add to cartSanjar Rohām, an Iranian-American, was an in-demand successful business consultant in Los Angeles before the 2008 crash of the U.S. economy compelled him to rethink his career choices after disco
- Author: Roham, Sanjar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 9798988745662
- Language: English
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Remember, You Are a Wiley
$32.00 Add to cartA moving, politically-charged memoir of surviving trauma and the power of activism from MSNBC legal analyst, professor, civil rights lawyer and former New York City Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.
Born- Author: Wiley, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1538739933
- Language: English
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John Lewis: A Life
$35.00 Add to cartA comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Congress,” drawing on interviews with Lewis and approximately 275 others who knew him at various stages… [more below]
- Author: Greenberg, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1982142995
- Language: English
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Pancho Villa: A Revolutionary Life
$49.95 Add to cartA wild ride and revealing portrait of the controversial Pancho Villa, one of Mexico’s most beloved (or loathed) heroes, that finally establishes the importance of his role in the triumph of the Mexica… [more below]
- Author: Taibo II, Paco Ignacio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1644212218
- Language: English
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Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem
$18.99 Add to cart“Forceful and inspired, this is a rousing praise song for strong Black women.”–Publishers Weekly
“An impassioned celebration of Black women and their roles in transforming the nation.”–Kirkus Reviews
- Author: Ryan, April
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0063210207
- Language: English
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A Thousand Threads: A Memoir
$28.99 Add to cart*A GUARDIAN MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024*
A vibrant memoir from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry who shares an inside look at her fascinat
*A BBC CULTURE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024*- Author: Cherry, Neneh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1982161043
- Language: English
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
$35.00 Add to cart“The Barn is the most brutal, layered and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read…Reporting and… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Wright
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0593299825
- Language: English
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Sorry for the Inconvenience: A Memoir
$16.99 Read more“Incredible…this story ripped my heart in two, had me grabbing for the tissues, and then put me back together again.” –Mindy Kaling
From a Pakistani American author comes a bracing memoir about trad
- Author: Rishi, Farah Naz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: July 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1662520972
- Language: English
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Building Material: The Memoir of a Park Avenue Doorman
$27.99 Read moreFor fans of books like Waiter Rant, and all those who have always wondered how the other half lives, comes this heartfelt, laugh-out-loud memoir from a New York City doorman with astute ears and a pen
- Author: Bruno, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0063347555
- Language: English
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Most Honorable Son: A Forgotten Hero’s Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II
$28.00 Read moreForeword by Naomi Ostwald Kawamura of Densho
Introduction by William Fujioka of JANM Afterword by Jonathan Eig The first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten Japanese American war hero Ben Ku- Author: Jones, Gregg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0806542934
- Language: English
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Here: Where the Black Designers Are
$27.50 Add to cartCelebrated designer, writer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller’s memoir of a life in advocacy and her journey to answer the question “Where are the Black designers?”
Cheryl D. Holmes-Mill- Author: Holmes-Miller, Cheryl D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1797225723
- Language: English
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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000
$21.99 Add to cartFrom National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker’s fifty years of journals drawing an… [more below]
- Author: Walker, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1476773165
- Language: English
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The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant La
$28.00 Add to cart“A searing account of gang violence and its consequences…Macedo’s grim story, expertly documented by Katz, cries for a documentary series to follow his fortunes as, after years in prison, he strives… [more below]
- Author: Katz, Jesse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1662601735
- Language: English
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Masai Story: My Fight for Love and the Future of Indigenous People
$22.95 Read moreA German environmentalist decides to love a Maasai – and to live in one of the most patriarchal cultures in the world. On a research trip to Africa, biologist Stephanie Fuchs meets Sokoine, a traditio… [more below]
- Author: Fuchs, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: June 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1955047650
- Language: English
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Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
$18.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of “funny and compulsively readable” (Vogue), “hilarious and incisive” (Time) essays about what happens after happily … [more below]
- Author: Thomas, R. Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593496280
- Language: English
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All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey
$21.95 Add to cartFrom the author of Dear Scarlet comes a graphic memoir about the obstacles one daughter faces as she attempts to connect with her immigrant parents
Beginning with her mother’s stroke in 2014, Teresa Wo
- Author: Wong, Teresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1551529491
- Language: English
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Annyeong, Korea!
$14.00 Add to cartAnnyeong, Korea! is a children’s book about finding your way home, even if home is 7,192 miles away.
“Annyeong” means both hello and goodbye in Korean, and summarizes this international search and reun
- Author: Ellis, Kimberly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: September 21 2024
- ISBN10: 9798330277902
- Language: English
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The Diaspora Sonnets
$15.99 Read moreIn 1972, after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Oliver de la Paz’s father, in a last fit of desperation to leave the Philippines, threw his papers at an immigration clerk, hoping to get them sta… [more below]
- Author: de la Paz, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1324095172
- Language: English
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Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey
$25.00 Read moreFrom the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport,… [more below]
- Author: Hess, R. Renee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0771004621
- Language: English
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Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts Out There?
$19.99 Add to cartHave you noticed that things aren’t as civil as they once were? Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle? Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that … [more below]
- Author: Goldberg, Whoopi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 1401310656
- Language: English
