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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

by Marcia Chatelain

Published: 2020-01-07

Hardcover: 336 pages

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From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America.Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized ...

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South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration

by Marcia Chatelain

Published: 2015-04-03

Paperback: 264 pages

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In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago's Great Migration through the lens of black girls. Focusing on the years between 1910 and 1940, when Chicago's black population quintupled, Chatelain describes how Chicago's black social scientists, urban reformers, journalists and activ...

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The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

by Mike Thaler

Published: 2008-08-01

Paperback: 32 pages

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An outrageously funny tale of how rumors can make a student create a monster out of any teacher!Two popular books from the bestselling Black Lagoon series--TEACHER and LIBRARIAN--are now reissued with fun new covers! Join Hubie once again as he faces his comically horrific fears during his...

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My Love Story

by Tina Turner

Published: 2018-10-16

Hardcover: 272 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTina Turner—the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend—sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir.From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame al...

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The Bone Ships (The Tide Child Trilogy (1))

by RJ Barker

Published: 2019-09-24

Paperback: 512 pages

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A brilliantly imagined saga of honor, glory, and warfare, The Bone Ships is the epic launch of a new fantasy from David Gemmell Award-nominated RJ Barker.Two nations at war. One prize beyond compare. For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragon...

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First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 6)

by Jim Butcher

Published: 2010-11-30

Paperback: 784 pages

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In the final novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's acclaimed Codex Alera series, the people of Alera—who use their unique bond with the elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal for protection—must face the ultimate conflict…   For Gaius Octavian, ...

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Dreamland

by Sam Quinones

Published: 2016-04-05

Paperback: 400 pages

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Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the...

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This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire: A Memoir

by Nick Flynn

Published: 2020-08-25

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A searing memoir from critically acclaimed author Nick Flynn, on how childhood spills into parenthood.When Nick Flynn was a child, his mother set fire to their home. With the spare lyricism and dark irony of his classic, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Flynn excavates the terrain of h...

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Hundred-Year Marathon

by Michael Pillsbury

Published: 2016-03-15

Paperback: 350 pages

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One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise – and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us as the world's leading superpower.For more than forty years, the United States has played an indispensable role ...

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Unspeakable Things

by Jess Lourey

Published: 2020-01-01

Paperback: 299 pages

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Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author’s hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet—or as safe—as it seems.Cassie McDowell’s life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves scho...