Locality/Detroit
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Baller Dreams
$21.99 Add to cartAfter graduating from High School John Dre Dodson finds his future looming before him. He is forced to make a number of decisions that will change his life. Choosing school over the mean Detroit’s Eas
- Series: Thug
- Author: Macklin, Tasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: December 01, 2013
- ISBN10: 1936649322
- Language: English
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August Snow
$16.95 Read moreWinner of the Hammett Prize and the Nero Award
From the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-t- Series: August Snow Novel #1
- Author: Jones, Stephen Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1616958685
- Language: English
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
$21.00 Read moreAn electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle
In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfight- Author: Boyle, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805079335
- Language: English
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Melody: Never Stop Singing
$7.99 Read moreIt’s Melody’s birthday, and she’s excited to turn “double digits” on January 1, 1964. She’s also eager to answer her pastor’s New Year’s challenge and make her community better. Melody decides to fix … [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Patrick, Denise Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1683371410
- Language: English
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Kenyatta’s Escape
$7.99 Read moreKenyatta had two ambitions: cleaning the ghetto of all drug traffic and gunning down all the racist white cops But a black and white detective team, Benson and Ryan, is on his tail and has discovered… [more below]
- Series: Kenyatta #3
- Author: Goines, Donald
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0870678833
- Language: English
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Grit, Noise, & Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock ‘n’ Roll
$18.95 Read more“. . . a great blow-by-blow account of an exciting and still-legendary scene.”
From the early days of John Lee Hooker to the heyday of Motown and beyond, Detroit has enjoyed a long
—Marshall Crenshaw- Author: Carson, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0472031902
- Language: English
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President of the Whole Sixth Grade: Girl Code
$8.99 Add to cartGo-getter Brianna Justice is back and on assignment with her local newspaper in this third book in the popular President series!
When budding middle school journalist Brianna Justice learns that Yavo- Series: President #3
- Author: Winston, Sherri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0316505293
- Language: English
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Caged Warrior
$13.99 Add to cartA ferocious novel, Caged Warrior is like a great fight movie, a tour-de-force of relentless conflict, but one that is leavened with rich characters and meaningful and loving relationships.
McCutcheon… [more below]- Series: Caged Warrior
- Author: Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1484722809
- Language: English
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Detroit: An American Autopsy
$19.00 Add to cartAn explosive expos? of America’s lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff
“One cannot read Mr. LeDuff’s amalgam of memoir and reportage and not be shaken by the cold ey- Author: Leduff, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143124463
- Language: English
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Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports’ Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era
$17.95 Add to cartIn Blood Feud, Colorado Avalanche beat writer Adrian Dater not only submits that the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry was the most feverish match-up in recent years, but also that there was none better pla… [more below]
- Author: Dater, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 09 2006
- ISBN10: 1589793196
- Language: English
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Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit
$31.99 Add to cartMotor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld. Scott M. Burnstein takes the reader inside the belly… [more below]
- Author: Burnstein, Scott M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 11 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624545
- Language: English
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A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City
$20.00 Add to cartA young college grad buys a house in Detroit for $500 and attempts to restore it–and his new neighborhood–to its original glory in this “deeply felt, sharply observed personal quest to create meanin… [more below]
- Author: Philp, Drew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1476797994
- Language: English
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100 Things Lions Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$16.95 Read moreWhether it’s for a die-hard booster from the days of Dick Lane or a new supporter of Matthew Stafford, the top facts and activities concerning the Detroit Lions that all fans need to know and do in th… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things… Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
- Author: Pasche, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1600787290
- Language: English
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A People’s History of Detroit
$27.95 Add to cartRecent bouts of gentrification and investment in Detroit have led some to call it the greatest turnaround story in American history. Meanwhile, activists point to the city’s cuts to public services, w… [more below]
- Author: Jay, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1478008342
- Language: English
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Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in America’s Loudest City
$21.99 Add to cartDetroit Rock City is an oral history of Detroit and its music told by the people who were on the stage, in the clubs, the practice rooms, studios, and in the audience, blasting the music out and soaki… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 030682065X
- Language: English
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Detroit in World War II
$21.99 Add to cartWhen President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great Arsenal of Democracy, Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, puttin… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Sumner, Gregory D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1467119474
- Language: English
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Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination
$17.99 Read moreNAACP 2017 Image Award Finalist
2018 Michigan Notable Books honoree
The author of Baldwin’s Harlem looks at the evolving culture, politics, economics, and spiritual life of Detroit–a blend of memoir, l
- Author: Boyd, Herb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 0062346636
- Language: English
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Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution
$19.95 Add to cartBlack autoworkers fight back against exploitation and oppression on the shop floors in the ’60s and ’70s.
- Author: Surkin, Marvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: August 21 2012
- ISBN10: 1608462218
- Language: English
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North of Nowhere
$20.00 Add to cart“I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I’m ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan.” –James Patterson
Step into the vivid, intense universe of North of Nowhere, where mysteries envelop Mic- Series: Alex McKnight #4
- Author: Hamilton, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1250029244
- Language: English
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The Real Hoodwives of Detroit
$18.95 Add to cartWelcome to Detroit, Michigan, home of the grittiest, illest, most hardcore, crime-infested, poverty-stricken neighborhoods in the country. It’s sometimes referred to as the Murder Capital because of t… [more below]
- Author: India
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1622861892
- Language: English
