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 | A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness.
Cupcake Brown survived a...
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
| $8.34
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 | The Pursuit of Happyness
The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street
At the age of twenty,...
Manufacturer: Amistad
| $2.72
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 | No Disrespect
Rapper, activist, and hip-hop rebel, Sister Souljah possesses the most passionate and articulate voice to emerge from the projects. Now she uses that voice to deliver what is at once a fiercely candid autobiography and a survival manual for any African ...
Manufacturer: Vintage
| $7.50
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 | The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
When Legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked sports columnist Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, Posnanski had to think about it. From that question was born the idea behind BASEBALL AND JAZZ. Posnanski and the 94 year old O'Nei...
Manufacturer: William Morrow
| $5.99
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 | Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
The compelling story of a slave, owned by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century.
He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storag...
Manufacturer: W.W. Norton & Co.
| $15.47 - $25.95
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 | The Black List
In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their ownstories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine "bl...
Manufacturer: Atria
| $18.35 - $29.95
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 | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions)
This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's ab...
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
| $0.65 - $3.50
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 | Black Like Me
In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemploye...
Manufacturer: NAL Trade
| $6.94
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 | The Pact
They grew up on the streets of Newark, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult jour...
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
| $2.95
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