Biography
COSBY: HIS LIFE AND TIMES
The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his...
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I AM TROY DAVIS
ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2011, Troy Anthony Davis was put to death by the State of Georgia. Davis’s execution was protested by hundreds of thousands across the globe. How did one man capture the world’s imagination and become the iconic face...
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EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY
This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl--and a young woman--trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world, of two exceptional parents,...
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INCOGNEGRO: A MEMOIR OF EXILE & APARTHEID
In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank Wilderson, one of only two American members of the African National Congress (ANC), that President Nelson Mandela considered him "a threat to national security." Wilderson was asked to comment. Incognegro is that "comment." It...
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MATTHEW A. HENSON'S HISTORIC ARCTIC JOURNEY: THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST BLACK EXPLORERS
This 100th anniversary edition is enhanced with material from The Explorers Club’s archives, including photographs of Henson ephemera. It also contains a list of Henson’s honors and a bibliography of celebratory accounts of his achievements. Product details Publisher : Lyons Press;...
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BLACK, BLIND, & IN CHARGE: A STORY OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
"I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn't think I could do.”--David PatersonA title that hits you between the eyes is second only to a Governor put...
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LAST MAN STANDING: THE TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH OF GERONIMO PRATT
Jack Olsen's Last Man Standing is the gripping story of Geronimo Pratt, war hero and community leader, who was framed by the FBI in one of the greatest travesties of justice in American history.Geronimo Pratt did not commit the murder for which...
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A DROP OF MIDNIGHT: A MEMOIR
World-renowned hip-hop artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family’s history—from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century Sweden. Born to interracial American parents in Sweden, Jason Diakité grew up between worlds—part Swedish, American, black, white,...
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DARKNESS TO LIGHT: A MEMOIR
New York Times Bestseller Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desperation and elation—sometimes in the same hour. Not to mention power . . . and the struggle for it. The world knows Lamar Odom...
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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Publisher: Back Bay Books The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history "reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend" (Newsday). Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad,...
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MORE THAN PRETTY: DOING THE SOUL WORK THAT UNCOVERS YOUR TRUE BEAUTY
Grammy Award–winning gospel singer, television star, and radio host Erica Campbell speaks to women of all shapes and sizes, demonstrating that true beauty is found not in external appearances, but in celebrating the person God made you to be.So many...
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MY NAME IS TANI . . . AND I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF ONE BOY'S JOURNEY FROM REFUGEE TO CHESS CHAMPION
A true story of sacrificing everything for family, living with nothing but hope, then sharing generously all they received to discover the greatest riches of all. Tani Adewumi didn’t know what Boko Haram was or why they had threatened his...
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LIVING IN COLOR: WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT ME
In 1990, Tommy Davidson burst onto the scene in the Emmy Award-winning show In Living Color, a pioneering sketch comedy show, featuring a multi-racial cast of actors and dancers who spoke to an underrepresented new generation created by Hip Hop Nation. A...
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FROM FATHERLESS TO FATHERHOOD (HB)
Author and world renowned actor Omar Epps chronicles his journey from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, to the bright lights of Hollywood. Having grown up without his biological father, then becoming a father himself, Epps shares his story of...
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9 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: A MILITARY BRAT'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND SUCCESS
The Emmy award-winning news anchor of Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner and co-host of the talk show Outnumbered shares the lessons she learned growing up in a military family paying homage to the military ideals that shaped her and showing how everyone can benefit...
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CALLED TO RISE: A LIFE IN FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT MADE ME
The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his response to the killing of five of his officers shares his personal story and his faith in America’s potential to unite communities through a dedication to transparency and trust.“The real...
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MICHELLE OBAMA: A LIFE (PB)
With disciplined reporting and a storyteller’s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago’s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during...
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MY LIFE WITH EARTH, WIND & FIRE
One of the most famous and popular entertainers of the 20th century, Maurice White left an enduring legacy in his creation of Earth, Wind & Fire, this genre-transcending group who earned multiple Grammy Awards and most recently a Lifetime Achievement...
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BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S LAST DAYS
Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and almost -- ultimately...
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ESLANDA: THE LARGE AND UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE OF MRS. PAUL ROBESON
Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. Her career and commitments took her many places: colonial Africa in 1936, the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, the founding meeting of the United Nations, Nazi-occupied Berlin,...
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