Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil,...
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Author:Durkin, HannahSummary: - Author:Jones, Edward P.Summary:
From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a Black...
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Author:Equiano, OlaudahSummary:The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and later success in business. Including a...
- Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:
Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed....
- Author:Swarns, Rachel L.Summary:
"An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society." - Annette Gordon-Reed,...
- Author:Shearer, EleanorSummary:
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children and piece her family back together is a "celebration of motherhood...
- Author:Butler, Octavia E.Summary:
NEW FOREWORD BY JANELLE MONÁE Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and...
- Author:Maas, Sarah J.Summary:
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath. Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that...
- Author:Mitchell, MargaretSummary:
Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as the great American novel. Widely considered the great...
- Author:Hurston, Zora NealeSummary:
Barracoon désigne les bâtiments utilisés pour le confinement des Africains destinés à être vendus et exportés vers l'Europe et les Amériques. Ces bâtiments allaient du modeste « abri à esclaves » aux imposantes « maisons...
