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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

Published: 1997

Paperback: 336 pages

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This "fascinating . . . superbly written" ("Boston Globe") national bestseller tells the story of James McBride and his mother--a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a church, and put 12 children through college....

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The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Published: 1990-04-01

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

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Winner of the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize, "The Color Purple" established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. Her unforgettable portrait of Celie and her friends, family, and lovers is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. Beautifully...

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The Color Purple: A New Musical (Piano/Vocal)

by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray

Published: 2007-09-01

Paperback: 88 pages

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Our piano/vocal folio features 13 songs from the Oprah Winfrey-produced Broadway adaptation of the powerful Alice Walker novel. Includes: The Color Purple * Hell No! * Mysterious Ways * Push Da Button * Too Beautiful for Words * What About Love? * and more. The arrangements are standard piano/vocal format...

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Colors of the Mountain

by Da Chen

Published: 2001-01-16

Paperback: 320 pages

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Written in simple, evocative prose, "Colors of the Mountain" is a classic story of triumph over adversity, a memoir of a boyhood spent in China, and a welcome introduction to an amazing writer. "A defiantly happy book, big-hearted and sincere".--"Newsweek".

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Colour of Grass

by Nia Williams

Published: 2011-03-08

Paperback: 240 pages

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Helen's family is falling apart. Her husband, Nick, has been in a coma for the last two years, most of which she has spent talking to him in hospital in the hope of a response. But, looking back, she can't remember how many years ago it was that he stopped talking to her. Her daughter, Lisa, has her...

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The Colour: A Novel

by Rose Tremain

Published: 2004-04-01

Paperback: 400 pages

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Newlyweds Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from England to New Zealand, along with Joseph's mother Lilian, in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch where they settle threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in ...

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Columbine

by Dave Cullen

Published: 2009-04-06

Hardcover: 432 pages

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On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma-City style, and to leave "a lasting impression on the world." Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new era of school violence-irrevocably b...

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Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation's search for answers

by Jeff Kass

Published: 2009-03-25

Paperback: 336 pages

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Ten years after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve classmates and a teacher, Columbine remains the world's most iconic school shooting. Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation's search for answers is the first book of investigative journalism to tell ...

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Columbus Affair

by Steve Berry

Published: 2012-11-08

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A family's secret, a ruthless fanatic, and a covert arm of the American government?all are linked by a single puzzling possibility:   What if everything we know about the discovery of America was a lie? What if that lie was designed to hide the secret of why Columbus sailed in 1492? And w...

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The Columbus Affair: A Novel

by Steve Berry

Published: 2012-05-15

Hardcover: 448 pages

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He was called by many names?Columb, Colom, Colón?but we know him as Christopher Columbus. Many questions about him exist: Where was he born, raised, and educated? Where did he die? How did he discover the New World? None have ever been properly answered. And then there is the greatest s...