Cultural & Regional
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Mandela: Mandela: The Authorized Biography
$24.00 Add to cartNelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world’s most admired leader, a man whose life has b… [more below]
- Author: Sampson, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 12 2000
- ISBN10: 0679781781
- Language: English
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What They Never Told Us: True Stories of Family Secrets and Hidden Identities Revealed
$32.99 Read moreFrom acclaimed bestselling author of White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing, comes a brand new collection of stories of people uncovering their past.
“A riveting page turner . .- Author: Lukasik, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1510780181
- Language: English
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A Small Place
$15.00 Add to cartA brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua, by the author of Annie John.
Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Place magnifies our vision of one small place with Swiftian wit and p- Author: Kincaid, Jamaica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1250340616
- Language: English
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Incredible: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World
$18.99 Add to cartOlympians Alex and Maia Shibutani continue their Amazing exploration of more than thirty extraordinary Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders who have changed the world in this gorge… [more below]
- Author: Shibutani, Maia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 593525469
- Language: English
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Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer
$32.00 Add to cartLeonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their fore
- Author: Denby, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1250193400
- Language: English
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Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography
$18.00 Add to cartPerfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation–a fiftieth-anniversary edi… [more below]
- Series: Harlem Moon Classics
- Author: Holiday, Billie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 25 2006
- ISBN10: 0767923863
- Language: English
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Behind the Scenes: Myth, Magic, and Makeup
$21.95 Add to cartIn Behind the Scenes: Myth, Magic, and Makeup, Victor Callegari, long-time head makeup artist for the Metropolitan Opera (1975-2010), shares his love for the company, backstage insights, and personal
- Author: Callegari, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: December 13 2024
- ISBN10: 9798893152357
- Language: English
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The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream
$35.00 Add to cartA fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America’s soul
From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a co
- Author: Gopnik, Blake
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0063284030
- Language: English
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The Life Story of Jennifer Hudson
$16.95 Add to cartThis book is based on my life, all the hurt and pain I have experienced in my life from the deaths of my brothers, mom, friends, cousins, and grandfather. When COVID-19 took place in 2020, I began to
- Author: Hudson, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: December 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1637848439
- Language: English
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
$19.99 Add to cartHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit “revolutionary suicide” by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes … [more below]
- Author: Fleming, Candace
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0593480066
- Language: English
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The Stowaway in First Class: A True Story of an Unforgettable Quest to Come to America
$26.95 Add to cartA family’s legacy is forever changed in this true story of ransom notes, stowaways, and mobsters.
Paris, 1929. Gaetano “Guy” DeSantis is an Italian emigrant with a good life: a stable construction job
- Author: DeSantis, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story
$5.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to integrate a New Orleans school — now with simple text for young readers
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an ang
- Series: Scholastic Reader, Level 2
- Author: Bridges, Ruby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0545108551
- Language: English
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The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World’s Greatest City
$18.99 Read moreLonglisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Nonfiction
From award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world’s most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known- Author: Roberts, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 163973371X
- Language: English
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I Want to Go Home
$13.95 Add to cartTwo of society’s biggest problems is illegal drug addiction and unconventional housing. Through my experience, I have solutions for both of these problems.
Spiritualism is talked about, which is an ass
- Author: Gipson, Ayres
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: October 31 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891576438
- Language: English
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A Curious Heart: The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Boatwright Coker
$24.95 Read more- Author: Hall, Penelope Coker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 14 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990949300
- Language: English
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Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America
$29.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, a powerful portrayal of American homelessness that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to ke… [more below]
- Author: Hobbs, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668034824
- Language: English
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Orphan Bachelors: A Memoir
$17.00 Add to cartCALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER FOR NONFICTION
From the bestselling and award-winning author of novels Bone and Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng’s Orphan Bachelors is an extraordinary memoir o
- Author: Ng, Fae Myenne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0802163351
- Language: English
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Mao’s Hijacked Generation
$24.95 Add to cartMao’s Hijacked Generation. Sarasota, FL: New Knowledge Press, 2024
According to Ai Weiwei, the renowned Chinese artist and human rights activist, “[t]his rare book is a true record of the dark history.
- Author: Wang, Youfen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990507302
- Language: English
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Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place
$17.95 Read moreCrapalachia is a portrait of Scott McClanahan’s formative years, coming of age in rural West Virginia, during a stretch of time where he was deeply influenced by his Grandma Ruby and Uncle Nathan, who… [more below]
- Series: Two Dollar Radio New Classics
- Author: McClanahan, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1953387470
- Language: English
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Women Surrounded by Water: A Memoir
$19.95 Add to cartGrowing up in Puerto Rico, Patricia Coral was surrounded by women who fought for their needs amid the demands of domesticity and who were dismissed and judged when they rejected any predetermined path… [more below]
- Series: Machete
- Author: Coral, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0814259251
- Language: English
