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 | Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award
Billy Strayhorn (1915-67) was one of the greatest composers in the history of American music, the creator of a body of work that includes such standards as "Take the 'A' Train." Yet all his life...
Manufacturer: North Point Press
| $7.49
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 | Up from Slavery (Oxford World's Classics)
For the 50 years that followed its publication in 1901, Up from Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington embodied the legendary rise of an American self-made man, and his autobiography gave ...
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
| $9.27 - $9.95
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 | Maybe You Never Cry Again
By the tender of age of five, Bernie Mac had found his calling: making others laugh. Now this amazing comedian delves deep inside to share the poignant story of his childhood and the people who shaped him into the strong, self-reliant man and ruthles...
Manufacturer: HarperEntertainment
| $8.05
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 | Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Every schoolchild knows of Harriet Tubman's heroic escape and resistance to slavery.But few readers are aware that Tubman went on to be a scout, a spy, and a nurse for the Union Army, because there has never before been a serious biography for an adult ...
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
| $5.74
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 | Held at a Distance: A Rediscovery of Ethiopia
"Part travelogue, part history, part memoir, Rebecca Haile's Held at a Distance shines a bright and unique light on Ethiopia, a country in whose fortunes we as Americans and Westerners have been concerned for some time, but which remains in...
Manufacturer: Academy Chicago Publishers
| $9.00
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