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Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2Winner: Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016 Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s....
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Shedding Our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like MineDuring the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940 to 1945, all Jews were ordered to register the religion of their grandparents. The Reichskommissar appointed the young lawyer Hans Calmeyer to adjudicate "doubtful cases." Calmeyer used his assignment to save at least 3,700 Jews from...
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Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller AutobiographyThe hitmakers behind Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" recount their rise to songwriting stardom while authoring the classic American R&B sound of countless chart-topping singles. In 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for...
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Poder Politico: Volodymyr ZelenskyEx actor y comediante, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy es actualmente el sexto presidente de Ucrania. En el apogeo de su popularidad en la televisión nacional, cuando interpretó a un presidente en "El Servidor del Pueblo", derrocó al presidente en funciones presentándose en una plataforma anti-corrupción...
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Anne Frank: The Biography: Updated and Expanded with New MaterialUPDATED AND FILLED WITH STRIKING NEW REVELATIONS, THE BESTSELLING, SUPERB BIOGRAPHY THAT HONORS IN FULL A LIFE WE THOUGHT WE KNEW (NEWSWEEK) Praised as remarkable, meticulous, and long overdue, Anne Frank: The Biography, originally published in 1998, still stands as the definitive account of...
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Praying Hyde, Apostle of Prayer: The Life Story of John HydeJohn Hyde, Apostle of PrayerJohn Hyde's prayer life ranks in a league with the prayer lives of Andrew Murray, George Mueller, Charles Finney, Frank Bartleman, Rees Howells, Evan Roberts and other prayer warriors of church history. If you wish to learn to pray effectively,...
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Life ItselfTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The best thing Mr. Ebert has ever written." - Janet Maslin, New York Times"To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems,...
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Delta Lady: A MemoirThe two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience.She inspired songs--Leon Russell wrote "A Song for You" and "Delta Lady" for her, Stephen Stills wrote "Cherokee." She...
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Chasing the Bear: How Bear Bryant and Nick Saban Made Alabama the Greatest College Football Program of All TimeA dual biography of two coaching legends -- Bear Bryant and Nick Saban -- who built the Alabama Crimson Tide into a true football dynasty.Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won...
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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights MovementIt's March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white passenger, she refuses to move. After Claudette is arrested, her...
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Shame Pudding: A Graphic MemoirA celebration of the wacky and wonderful Jewish grandmothers who nurtured the author as she grew from a kid struggling with anxiety and insecurity to a teen finding her own voice. Danny Noble grew up in an eccentric family with two weird and wonderful...
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in WarMichel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back...
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary ForgerNow a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthy--Lee Israel's hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Noel...
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Inside the Studio of R. H. Ives Gammell: An Artist's Daily Notes, Recorded During the Summer of 1976A Momentous Event When I entered the studio for study with Mr. Gammell in July of 1976, I knew it was a momentous event. I therefore took seriously the time and effort he would invest in my training over the next few months. I...
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Paul Cézanne: Drawings and WatercolorsPaul C zanne (1839-1906) was one of the most influential artists of his day, producing work derived from "the most acute sensibility at grips with the most searching rationality" according to his friend, the writer Joachim Gasquet. Honoring tradition while also challenging it, his...
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Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and MeCharlotte Stewart is known by millions of fans worldwide for her role as the beloved schoolteacher, Miss Beadle, on the iconic TV show, Little House on the Prairie, currently broadcast in syndication in more than 100 countries around the world. Here for the first...
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What Is the Story of Batman?Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. His aliases include the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and World's Greatest Detective, but he's best known as Batman, and he's leaping from the night sky onto the page in...
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Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to GoldTessa and Scott share their incredible and inspiring story -- now updated and expanded with a new introduction, over 100 dazzling new photographs, and three all-new chapters covering the pair's stunning performances at the Sochi and PyeongChang Olympic Games and beyond.Tessa Virtue and Scott...
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I Remember BeirutZeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories. Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her...
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Political Power: Presidents of the United States Volume 2This second volume graphic novel features more of life stories of the Presidents of the United States. This edition features comic book biographies Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Joe Biden. Each of these men has been president during some of the...
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