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Report copyright infringementby Clara Luper (Author), Karlos K. Hill (Editor), Bob L. Blackburn (Editor)On August 19, 1958, Clara Luper and thirteen Black youth walked into Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City and sat down at the lunch counter. When they tried to order, they were denied service. As they sat in silence, refusing to leave, the surrounding white customers unleashed a torrent of threats and racial slurs. This first organized sit-in in Oklahoma--almost two years before the more famous...

Mappers of Society: The Lives, Times, and Legacies of Great Sociologists

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Report copyright infringementby Ronald Fernandez (Author)Fernandez examines the lives and ideas of sociologists who shaped the main contours of the discipline. Weber, Marx, Durkheim, and Simmel fashioned the early ideas and approaches of sociology, and their ideas are still central to the discipline. Veblen, Mead, Goffman, and Berger added crucial conceptual approaches; they also serve to underscore the length and breadth of Sociology as a science.Author BiographyRONALD FERNANDEZ is Professor...

Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

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Report copyright infringementby Kaila Yu (Author)A "raw and lyrical" (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women. No one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of beauty. But none of the beautiful women on television looked like her. In the late '90s and ea...

The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound: A Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Raymond Antrobus (Author)A groundbreaking exploration of deafness by a young award-winning poet--a memoir, a cultural history, and a call to action "Expansive, generous, and massively tender."--Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There's Always This Year "Beautifully complicates and expands our understanding of what deafness is . . . a book that changed how I will move through the world."--Clint Smith, author of How the Word Is Passed "A litany to beauty beyond what is...

Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

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Report copyright infringementby Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Author)A Time Must-Read Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Winner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian NonfictionA bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde. We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are insp...

Detenido: El Diario de Supervivencia Y Determinación de Un Niño

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Report copyright infringementby D. Esperanza (Author), Gerardo Iván Morales (Author)El primer relato de uno de los niños que fue detenido en el infame campamento migrante Tornillo en la frontera de Estados Unidos y México. D Esperanza tenía solo trece años cuando fallecieron sus cuidadores, su querida abuela y su tío. Ya que ambos de sus padres se encontraban trabajando y viviendo en Estados Unidos, D quedó solo en su pequeño pueblo en Honduras. Rápidamente se dio cuenta de que simplemente n...

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Report copyright infringementby Karrah Youngblood (Author)This is the story he fought like hell to bury.I fought harder to tell it.Wildfire is the raw, true account of how Karrah Youngblood-a single mom-stood up to one of the most documented predators in modern history. It's true crime with a whole lot of heart. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 29, 2025

On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Africa Jr (Author)The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians--by one of the few people born into the organization, raised during the bombing's tumultuous aftermath, and entrusted with repairing what was left of his family."As necessary and powerful as it is captivating." - Michael Harriot, New York Times bestselling author of Black AF History"Searing and urgent."...

He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas R. Egerton (Author)In this biography of the great rebel leader Denmark Vesey, Douglas R. Egerton employs a variety of historical sources-church records, court documents, travel accounts, and newspapers from America and Saint Domingue-to recreate the lost world of the mysterious Vesey. The revised edition is updated throughout, and includes a new section addressing the recent debate over the conspiracy of 1822.Author BiographyDouglas R. Egerton is the au...

Anything but Frank: A Journey of Healing, Patience, and Rediscovery

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth Kerns (Author) Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 14, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby West County Writers' Circle Occidental (Author) Number of Pages: 334 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 05, 2025

An Odyssey of Oddities: The Lost Stories Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Eichenberger (Author)Raw. Honest. Unapologetic.An Odyssey of Oddities is not your average self-help memoir. This is a brutally honest journey through the chaos of addiction, street survival, and redemption. Jeremy Eichenberger opens the doors to his darkest days-drug dealing, broken homes, violent confrontations, and near-death experiences-and walks you through the messiness of becoming a man.From growing up in a poor neighborhood to leading a punk rock ...

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Goldman (Author)A Kirkus Best Book of the Year During World War II, with apocalypse imminent, a group of well-known Jewish scientists and artists sidestepped despair by challenging themselves to solve some of the most difficult questions posed by our age. Many had just fled Europe. Others were born in the United States to immigrants who had escaped Russia's pogroms. Alternately celebrated as mavericks and dismissed as eccentrics, they trespassed the bounda...

LOST and FOUND: Beacon's Black Community 1850 - 1930

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Report copyright infringementby Dan W. Pruitt (Author)The Highlands Current's Black History series, Always Present, Never Seen by Chip Rowe (2022), was excellent, but a hole in their historical narrative needed to be filled. The result was a researched account of we who were "always present," focusing on Beacon's Black community from 1850 to 1930. This accounting is bolstered by a careful study of census records and supported by boyhood memories and observations of Beacon's West End and the v...

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Report copyright infringementby Sylvia Villasenor (Author)A biography of a husband and wife immigrating to the States from Mexico in the mid-fifties with their five children. Within the first five years of living in mid-city L.A. four months after his wife gave birth to their seventh child in late February of 1959, she dies unexpectedly July 2nd of this same year. Leaving behind a destroyed widow husband with seven children ages ranging from 12 years of age to 4 months. My name is Sylvia Vill...

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Report copyright infringementby Tristan Evergreen (Author)The Legend of Michael Jackson: The King of Pop's Life and Legacy by Tristan Evergreen is a compelling tribute to one of the most influential figures in music history. Michael Jackson, the unparalleled King of Pop, left an indelible mark on the world through his innovative music, captivating performances, and unwavering commitment to philanthropy. This book delves deep into the life and legacy of Michael Jackson, exploring the profound ...

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Report copyright infringementby Olga Kenton (Author)The England We Know: Russian Voices Abroad is based on a series of interviews, recorded between 2019 and 2021, with twelve Russophone immigrants-those who have achieved success and those who haven't, the well-educated and the blue-collar-interpolated with the author's memoir. Each story invites the reader into the intimate world of these men and women who have built their lives in England, the destination and dreamland for those who have arr...

My Name is Saffron: Voices Silenced, Stifled, and Taken Away

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Report copyright infringementby Saffron Gustafson (Author) Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 07, 2025

The Extraordinary Lives Of Ordinary Women: 5 Generations of Women In Ink A Non Fiction Graphic Autoethnography

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret Young (Author)This memoir-meets-cultural study traces the invisible threads of memory passed down through generations of women. It explores the keepsakes we save-letters, photographs, diaries, worn documents, scraps of lace-and the stories those objects whisper if we listen closely.This is not your grandmother's history book- and these women didn't always make headlines, but they made homes, traditions, and meaning. They stitched survival into quilts, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Dudley C. Bynoe (Author), Linda Turner Bynoe (Editor), Darrell J. Wesley (Foreword by)They Call Me Trusty: A Black Firefighter's Fight for Social Justice is the compelling memoir of Dudley "Trusty" Bynoe, a San Jose firefighter who dedicated his career to challenging the institutional racism entrenched in the fire service. Faced with systemic barriers, Trusty took unorthodox actions to force fire chiefs to confront inequities--for Black firefighters, other fire...

Race: Instituted by God or Invented by Man?

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Report copyright infringementby Gerald Phillip Whitaker (Author)For hundreds of years, the idea of "race" has influenced cultures, regulations, and identities-though, is it based on reality? In RACE - Instituted by God or Invented by Man, Gerald Whitaker confronts the deeply rooted belief systems that have driven division, discrimination, and misunderstanding worldwide.Based on his own experience with racial bias, spanning his youth in Harlem, New York City; and suburban New Jersey; to his ca...

Life of Yamara: From Kingston to Miami with Dreams Bigger Than Borders

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Report copyright infringementby Yamara Grand (Author)From the sun-drenched streets of Kingston to the electric vibe of Miami, Life of Yamara: From Kingston to Miami with Dreams Bigger Than Borders is a raw, powerful memoir from a digital icon who turned her roots into wings.Yamara Grand isn't just an influencer-she's a force. In these pages, she opens up like never before, inviting you behind the lens and into the heart of a woman who built her own light from scratch. From a girl growing up ...

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Report copyright infringementby John Andrew Morrow (Author), Bilal Muhammad (Author)W. D. Fard: The Man, Myth, and Mystery Behind the Nation of Islam offers a bold, multidisciplinary investigation into the elusive founder of the Nation of Islam. W. D. Fard, known to his followers as Master Fard Muhammad, was the man of mystery whose teachings inspired Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and many figures involved in the separatist wing of the American civil rights moveme...

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Report copyright infringementby Stéphie-Anne Cassagnol Dulièpre (Editor), Lauren Brereton Cox (Editor), Angélique Black McKoy (Editor)Facing (In)Justice In Health is a collection of sixteen first-person stories from Baltimore, Maryland, that weave together a tapestry of ideas exploring themes of health and justice, including: breaking cycles, surviving to thriving, building trust within communities, and being an agent of change. The narratives highlight the everyday impacts of injustice in he...

Weaving Women's Lives: Three Generations in a Navajo Family - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Louise Lamphere (Author), Eva Price (Contribution by), Cadman Carole (Contribution by)Well-known anthropologist Lamphere highlights the voices of three generations of Navajo women who are weaving their traditional beliefs with modern American culture to create a new blueprint for their lives and the next generations.Front JacketWell-known anthropologist Lamphere highlights the voices of three generations of Navajo women who are weaving their traditional beliefs...

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Report copyright infringementby Jerry Gershenhorn (Author)Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge is the first full-scale biography of the trailblazing anthropologist of African and African American cultures. Born into a world of racial hierarchy, Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963) employed physical anthropology and ethnography to undermine racist and hierarchical ways of thinking about humanity and to underscore the value of cultural diversity. His research in West Africa...

Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady

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Report copyright infringementby Marilyn Irvin Holt (Author)It was fitting for a soldier's wife to make curtains out of military-surplus parachutes. That they would hang in the White House made little difference. Mamie Doud Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. She gave us "Mamie pink" and "Mamie bangs" but has stood in the shadows of first ladies who followed. Yet she accomplished more than even her own contemporaries noticed, and her popula...

Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Capper (Author)With this first volume of a two-part biography of the Transcendentalist critic and feminist leader, Margaret Fuller, Capper has launched the premier modern biography of early America's best-known intellectual woman. Based on a thorough examination of all the firsthand sources, many of them never before used, this volume is filled with original portraits of Fuller's numerous friends and colleagues and the influential movements that envelop...

Names & Stories: Emilia Dilke & Victorian Culture

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Report copyright infringementby Kali Israel (Author)"Emilia Dilke" (1840-1904) was christened Emily Francis Strong and known by her middle name throughout her childhood as the daughter of an army officer-cum-bank manager in Iffley, England, near Oxford, and her days as an art student in London. During her first marriage, she was Francis Pattison or Mrs. Mark Pattison, while her published works of art history and criticism were neutrally signed E. F. S. Pattison. Later, in the 1870s, she priva...

Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color

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Report copyright infringementby Denne Michele Norris (Author), Electric Literature (Author)From Denne Michele Norris and Electric Literature, a vital anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.Featuring seventeen essays by trans people of color--spanning writers, scientists, actors, activists, and drag queens--Both/And explores what it means to live as a trans or gender nonconforming person of color toda...

Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home

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Report copyright infringementby Chris La Tray (Author)Winner of the Reading the West Book AwardWinner of the Pacific Northwest Book AwardA People Best Memoir of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of the Year SelectionA Book Riot Best Book of the Year"I'm in awe of Chris La Tray's storytelling. Becoming Little Shell creates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal, family, community, tribal, and national histories."--Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding SweetgrassGrowing up i...