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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Delivered with no-holds-barred honesty, humor and compassion, this practical book is THE no-nonsense guide for a generation of women who secretly muse about what might be possible in their careers, health and relationships but dont know where to start or are too afraid to. --
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
Author
Language
English
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Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (YA Gr. 9+)
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (YA Gr. 9+)
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Description
Chris Bosh, NBA Hall of Famer, eleven-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the league’s Global Ambassador, had his playing days cut short at their prime by a freak medical condition. His extraordinary career ended “in a doctor’s office in the middle of the afternoon.” Forced to reckon with moving forward, he found himself looking back over the course he'd taken, to the pinnacle of the NBA and beyond. Reflecting...
Series
Criterion collection volume 99
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour of the United States, including a performance at Madison Square Garden and a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California where violence broke out between fans and Hell's Angels who were providing security. Includes performances by Ike and Tina Turner, the Jefferson Airplane and the Flying Burrito Brothers. This special version also contains never-before-seen performances from the Madison Square...
9) The talk
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic...
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