Biography
GAME OVER: MY LOVE FOR HIP HOP
Winter Ramos, one of the new faces of VH1's hit reality television show, Love& Hip Hop- New York Season 3 delivers a brazen and unabashed memoir of her life in the world of hip hop. In Game Over Winter puts...
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MY LIFE, AS I SEE IT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years old. No one knew then that she would become an international music legend, but what she knew—as...
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IS IT JUST ME?: OR IS IT NUTS OUT THERE?
Have you noticed that things aren’t as civil as they once were Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that...
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HOMELAND: AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HOPE AND SURVIVAL
Homeland is the remarkable memoir of George Obama, President Obamas Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goalto better the lives of his own peoplein his elder brothers example. In the spring of 2006, George met his older...
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FINDING MARTHA'S PLACE: MY JOURNEY THROUGH SIN, SALVATION, AND LOTS OF SOUL FOOD
Welcome to Martha's Place . . . Martha Hawkins was the tenth of twelve children born in Montgomery, Alabama. There was no money, but her childhood was full of love. Martha's mother could transform a few vegetables from the backyard into...
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BURN, BABY! BURN!: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MAGNIFICENT MONTAGUE(COMING SOON)
Presents the memoirs of the African American disc jockey, poet, producer, and radio station owner. Product details Publisher : University of Illinois Press; 1st Printing edition (November 1, 2003) Language : English Hardcover : 232 pages ISBN-10 : 0252028732 ISBN-13 : 978-0252028731 Item Weight : 14.4...
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I AM THE NEW BLACK
The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious...
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EVERY DAY I'M HUSTLING
Vivica A. Fox is a dynamo who has created a lasting career on her own, through sheer, roll-up-your-sleeves DIY hustle. Every Day I'm Hustling is a personal book with a message Fox passionately believes in: that you make your own luck, that...
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DADDY KING: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
From growing up amidst poverty and racism to preaching from the Ebenezer pulpit for forty years, King, Sr., reveals his life inside the civil rights movement—illustrating the profound influence he had on his sonBorn in 1899 to a family of...
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JULIUS CHAMBERS: A LIFE IN THE LEGAL STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936–2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney. Following passage of the...
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APPROACHING ALI: A RECLAMATION IN THREE ACTS
The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali’s retirement, told through the story of an unexpected, powerful and life-changing friendship In 1988, then struggling writer and video store worker Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali’s mother’s modest Louisville house, knocked...
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BORN BRIGHT: A YOUNG GIRL'S JOURNEY FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING IN AMERICA
*Green River College's 2018-2019 One Book Selection* Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty, and episodic homelessness, often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn...
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BELIEVING IN MAGIC: MY STORY OF LOVE, OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, AND KEEPING THE FAITH
In her new memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.On November 7, 1991, basketball icon...
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MOPPIN' FLOORS TO CEO: FROM HOPELESSNESS AND FAILURE TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS
As a young man in Moppin' Floors to CEO: From Hopelessness and Failure to Happiness and Success, Dennis C. Miller faces overwhelming obstacles: an emotionally abusive father, physically abusive Catholic school teachers, bottom-of-the-class grades all the way through high school,...
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ALEX HALEY: AND THE BOOKS THAT CHANGED A NATION
It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that have had as much influence on American culture when they were published as Alex Haley's monumental bestsellers, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), and Roots (1976). They changed the way...
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EVERY DAY I FIGHT
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” – Stuart ScottThe fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor...
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EVERY DAY I FIGHT
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” – Stuart ScottThe fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor...
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I FEEL LIKE GOING ON: LIFE, GAME, AND GLORY
In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Ray Lewis—legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation—holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm...
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MY JOURNEY WITH MAYA
When Maya Angelou and Tavis Smiley met in 1986, he was twenty-one and she was fifty-eight. For the next twenty-eight years, they shared an unlikely, special bond. Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley, and they talked...
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MICHELLE OBAMA: MEET THE FIRST LADY (HB)
Michelle obama has been by her husband's side throughout his historic presidential campaign, a dynamic personality whether she is delivering speeches or hitting the dance floor on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Follow the story of a hardworking girl growing up on...
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