Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend
$16.98 Add to cartThe ballad “John Henry” is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry–the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill–is a towering figure in our c… [more below]
- Author: Nelson, Scott Reynolds
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0195341198
- Language: English
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Help Is on the Way: Stay Up and Live Your Truth
$27.00 Read moreFind your hustle without losing your soul. Comedic superstar and internet entrepreneur Kountry Wayne made it to the top with a little bit of faith, a lot of perseverance, and a fearless commitment to … [more below]
- Author: Wayne, Kountry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0593236475
- Language: English
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Off the Hook: Off-Beat Reporter’s Tales from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.)
$21.95 Add to cartBack in 1981, publisher Ed Danner took a chance, hiring Nancy Besonen, a rookie reporter from Chicago’s South Side, for his weekly newspaper, the L’Anse Sentinel. Her humor column, “Off the Hook,” was
- Author: Besonen, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1615997482
- Language: English
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American Struggle: Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence
$19.95 Add to cart“A fresh lens for viewing Jacob Lawrence’s art: through the perspective of teens of color. . . . An invaluable resource amplifying marginalized teen voices and conveying Lawrence’s relevance to their
- Author: Kim, Chul R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 164442021X
- Language: English
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Namesake: Reflections on a Warrior Woman
$20.00 Add to cartA Palestinian Woman’s dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home.
I may not be brave enough, but somewhere deep inside of me there is, perhaps, the kernel of someone who is. That- Author: Nuseibeh, N. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 162371687X
- Language: English
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Climbing the Vines in Burgundy: How an American Came to Own a Legendary Vineyard in France
$31.58 Add to cartNamed one of the New York Times Best Wine Books of 2023
Named one of the Washington Post’s Best Wine Books of 2023
In the late 1980s, while working for his family’s real estate and parking business in W
- Author: Gambal, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1538196158
- Language: English
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Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
$30.00 Read moreHow states are making their legal systems more equitable, seen through the story of a Black man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder.
In 1987, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man fr- Author: Hagerty, Barbara Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 059342008X
- Language: English
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Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning
$19.99 Add to cartTHE BOOK BEHIND THE VIRAL TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEW
An inspiring survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke Revolution s- Author: Van Fleet, XI
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1546006311
- Language: English
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Groundbreaking Magic: A Black Woman’s Journey Through the Happiest Place on Earth
$25.99 Add to cartAn empowering and moving story of a young woman from South Central Los Angeles (Watts and Compton) who took a chance, defied the odds, and became the first-ever Black American to achieve a half-centur… [more below]
- Series: Disney Editions Deluxe
- Author: Blanding, Martha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1368078036
- Language: English
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No One Gets to Fall Apart: A Memoir
$27.99 Add to cartIn this poignant memoir, as candid and indelible as The Glass Castle and Memorial Drive, a writer takes on the conflict between the love that binds us to home and the desire to escape it for good.
On
- Author: Labrie, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0063280728
- Language: English
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Black Artists Shaping the World: Picture Book Edition
$16.95 Add to cartFeaturing full-color reproductions of fourteen artworks and illustrations of the artists at work, this picture book is an ideal introduction to contemporary art for young children, and a fantastic too
- Author: Jackson, Sharna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0500653402
- Language: English
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Coming Home: A Hopi Resistance Story
$18.99 Add to cartFrom master Hopi woodcarver Mavasta Honyouti, the story of his grandfather’s experience at a residential boarding school and how he returned home to pass their traditions down to future generations.
- Author: Honyouti, Mavasta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1646144570
- Language: English
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
$19.00 Add to cartWarm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and e… [more below]
- Author: Delany, Sarah L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 10 1997
- ISBN10: 0385312520
- Language: English
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Jacques Pépin: A Little Golden Book Biography
$5.99 Read moreDream big with a Little Golden Book biography about French chef Jacques P?pin, who taught countless fans how to cook french meals–and carve lemons into the shape of pigs. Little Golden Book biographi… [more below]
- Series: Little Golden Book
- Author: Ransom, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0593711653
- Language: English
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The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast
$30.00 Add to cart
The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.
“Fernando provides a comprehensive look at DOOM’s life and career, meti… [more below]- Author: Fernando, S. H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1662602170
- Language: English
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In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother’s Secret Life
$18.99 Add to cartIn a deeply personal investigation, award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari takes us across three continents and back a century as she seeks the truth behind a family secret. Why did her grandmother Ta
- Author: Ansari, Sadiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1487012373
- Language: English
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All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
$17.00 Add to cartNate Shaw’s father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of fort… [more below]
- Author: Rosengarten, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 0525562850
- Language: English
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Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
$28.00 Add to cartAn inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.
“A beautiful portrait of- Author: Edim, Glory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0525619798
- Language: English
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They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir
$30.00 Add to cartA haunting, an obsession, a calling: Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for people his whole life. Now, in this highly anticipated memoir, he takes us along on an investigative odyssey through person… [more below]
- Series: Camino del Sol
- Author: Hernandez, Tim Z.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0816553610
- Language: English
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Soft Power for the Journey: The Life of a STEM Trailblazer
$33.99 Add to cartThis is a story of an African American woman working at the highest levels in STEM. Dr. Sandra K. Johnson earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University in May 1988, the fi
- Author: Johnson, Sandra K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1032724250
- Language: English
