A haunting historical novella, Lowcountry Spirit tells the story of three slave girls with mystical powers living on an eerie island off the coast of Georgia. Their lives intertwine when Liza, in...
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Author: Hite, AnnSummary:Genre: Historical fiction
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Author: Prose, FrancineSummary:
In an age defined by hyperconnectivity and constant stimulation, Francine Prose makes a compelling case for the solitary act of reading and the great enjoyment it brings. This book includes...
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Author: Rankine, ClaudiaSummary:
Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming...
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Author: Deprince, ElaineSummary:
Michaela DePrince was known as girl no. 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear...
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Author: Burton, LevarSummary:
"There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns," proclaimed Octavia E. Butler.New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned...
Genre: Science fiction, Short stories -
Author: Miles, TiyaSummary:
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. In...
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Author: Dungy, Camille T.Summary:
As a working mother whose livelihood as a poet-lecturer depended on travel, Camille T. Dungy crisscrossed America with her infant, then a toddler. As they travel, Dungy is intensely aware of how...
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Author: Edin, Kathryn J.Summary:
Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank estimates that extreme poverty can be eliminated in 17 Years. This is clearly cause for celebration. However, this good news can make us oblivious to the fact that...
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Author: Johannes, Shelli R., Derting, KimberlySummary:
Libby and her friends are put in charge of the science booth at their school fair. There's only one problem: no one is visiting their booth! Does everyone think science is boring? Libby and...
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Author: Arnove, Anthony, Zinn, HowardSummary:
Here are selected testimonies to living history--speeches, letters, poems, songs--offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites...