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Quick view Black Heroes by Jessie Carney Smith To recognize and celebrate African American achievement over the past 100 years, Black Heroes profiles 150 individuals who have made a lasting and profound impact on our culture. Now available for the first time in paperback, Black Heroesis a who's who... View Details
Quick view Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur The life story of African-American revolutionary Shakur, previously known as JoAnne Chesimard. View Details
Quick view Life in Prison by Stanley "Tookie" Williams Williams, the cofounder of the Crips gang and a nominee for both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature, became an anti-gang crusader before he was executed in December 2005. In this work he debunked urban myths about prison life and... View Details
Quick view No Easy Answers: Short Stories about Teenagers Making Tough Choices by Donald R Gallo This anthology features 16 stories about individuals who find themselves in situations that test their strength of character. They are called upon to make moral choices, face the consequences of their actions, and consider what it means to "do the right... View Details
Quick view The Naked Ape: A Zoologist''s Study of the Human Animal by Desmond Morris Zoologist Desmond Morris considers humans as being simply another animal species in this classic book first published in 1967. Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of... View Details
Quick view Climb: The Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev In May 1996, two commercial expeditions attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world, but things went terribly wrong. Alone and climbing blind, expedition guide Anatoli Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death. Here is his... View Details
Quick view The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a 30-day swordfishing voyage, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they could have been ripped from the pages of "Moby Dick." View Details
Quick view Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche This 19th-century literary and philosophical masterpiece introduces the controversial doctrine of the Ubermensch, or "superman," a term later perverted by Nazi propagandists. A provocative work, designed to inspire readers. View Details
Quick view The Life of Olaundah Equiano by Olaundah Equiano The journey of an Igbo prince from captivity to freedom and literacy; his enslavement in the New World, service in the Seven Years War, voyages to the Arctic, other adventures. View Details
Quick view Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth One of the most important documents of slavery ever written, this landmark in the literature of African-American women is the eloquent autobiography of a woman who became a pioneer in the struggles for racial and sexual equality. The spiritual, inspiring... View Details
Quick view Olympic Black Women by Martha Plowden In 1932 the first African-American women participated in the Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Since then, more and more black women have competed. This book highlights some of the accomplishments of these Olympic medalists and attests to their... View Details
Quick view In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais They Were a Talented Team with a Near-Perfect Record. But for Five Straight Years, When it Came to The Crunch of the Playoffs, the Amherst Lady Hurricanes-A "Finesse" High-School Girls' Basketball Team of Nice Girls from A Nice Town-Somehow Lacked the... View Details
