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On the Beat of Truth: A Hearing Daughter’s Stories of Her Black Deaf Parents

by Maxine Childress Brown

Published: 2013-06-21

Paperback: 184 pages

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As an African American woman born in 1943, Maxine Childress Brown possessed a unique vantage point to witness the transformative events in her parents’ lives. Both came from the South -- her father, Herbert Childress, from Nashville, TN, and her mother, Thomasina Brown, from Concord, NC...

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The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify (Updated and Revised)

by Francine Jay

Published: 2016-04-26

Hardcover: 286 pages

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Francine Jay pioneered the simple living movement with her self-published bestseller, The Joy of Less. In this fully redesigned and repackaged edition—featuring never-before-seen content—Jay brings her philosophy to more readers who are eager to declutter. Rather than the "crash diet" ...

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The Joy of Gay Sex, Revised & Expanded Third Edition

by Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano

Published: 2006-01-31

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For a new century and a new generation of readers comes a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life. Invaluable as a sex guide, a resource on building self-esteem, and a trusted aid for coming out of the closet, The Joy of Gay Sex covers the ins and o...

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March: Book Three

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Published: 2016-08-02

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2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature"One of the Best Books of 2016" - Publishers WeeklyWelcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one ofthe key figures of the civil rights mov...

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Ceremonies : Prose and Poetry

by Essex Hemphill

Published: 1992-06-01

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Ceremonies offers provocative commentary on highly charged topics such as Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs of African-American men, feminism among men, and AIDS in the black community.

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The Front Runner: A Novel

by Patricia Nell Warren

Published: 1996-06-01

Paperback: 320 pages

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Harlan Brown is a tough, conservative track coach hiding from his past at a small college. Billy Sive is a brilliant young runner who is homosexual and doesn't mind who knows it. When they fall in love, they enter a race against hate and prejudice which takes them to the '76 Olympics and a...

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The Awakening of H.K. Derryberry: My Unlikely Friendship with the Boy Who Remembers Everything

by Jim Bradford

Published: 2016-09-13

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The Awakening of H. K. Derryberry is the inspiring story of how one man was willing to step out of his upper middle-class world into the life of a young, disabled boy with a dismal future. Little did Jim Bradford know the transformational potential of that friendship?for HK and himself. H...

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Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson

by William Swanson

Published: 2007-02-15

Paperback: 212 pages

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At 9:00 on the morning of March 6, 1963, in the quiet St. Paul neighborhood of Highland Park, Mrs. Fritz Pearson glanced out her window and saw something almost unimaginable: slumped on the front steps of the home across the street was a woman, partially clothed in a blue bathrobe and bloo...

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How Fast Can You Run

by Harriet Levin Millan

Published: 2016-10-29

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Set across a backdrop of refugee migration that spans Africa, America and Australia, How Fast Can You Run is the inspiring story of Michael Majok Kuch and his journey to find his mother. In 1988, Majok, as a five-year-old boy, fled his burning village in southern Sudan when the North syste...

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Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Ben Greenman

Published: 2015-05-12

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"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless." --Robert ChristgauMO' META BLUESThe World According to QuestloveMo' Meta Blues is a punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favori...