A major influence on international civil rights, anticolonial, and black consciousness movement, Black Skin, White Masks is an unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace...
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Author:Fanon, FrantzSummary: - Author:Lehr, DickSummary:
Told in narrative style by two Boston Globe reporters, Black Mass is an epic crime story that is also a book about Boston and Irish America; about the pull of place; and about the ties between people--ties that bind, and ties that blind...
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Author:Griffin, John HowardSummary:Writer John Howard Griffin decided to perform an experiment fifty years ago. In order to learn firsthand how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another, he dyed his white skin dark, left his family,...
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Author:Boo, KatherineSummary:The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a...
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Author:McDougall, Allan K., Philips, Lisa, Boxberger, Daniel L.Summary:The creation of the Canada–US border in the Pacific Northwest is often presented as a tale of two nations, but beyond the macro-political dynamics is the experience of individuals. Before and After the State examines the imposition of a...
- Author:Miranda, Deborah A.Summary:
“If we allow the pieces of our culture to lie scattered in the dust of history, trampled on by racism and grief, then yes, we are irreparably damaged. But if we pick up the pieces and use them in new ways that honor their integrity,...
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Author:Moreira, PeterSummary:This hard-hitting but fair assessment of Nova Scotia and the Maritimes will shock and surprise many Maritimers who have been conditioned to think that the east coast of Canada is one of the most liveable regions in the country. Author...
- Author:Gay, Roxane, Péan, StanleySummary:
Par l'auteure de Bad Feminist Dans Ayiti , Roxane Gay rompt avec les stéréotypes et les idées fausses sur les Haïtiens et les Américains d'origine haïtienne. Traduit de l'anglais par Stanley Péan Résumé...
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Author:Duder, CameronSummary:The lives of lesbians who grew up before 1965 remain cloaked in mystery. Historians have illuminated the worlds of upper-middle-class "romantic friends" and working-class butch and femme women who frequented lesbian bars in the ’50s and...
- Author:Lavoie, FrédérickSummary:
Voir Cuba avant que ça change ; Voir Cuba avant l’après. Sur l’île des Caraïbes, le présent semble pencher vers l’avenir. Entre le réchauffement des relations avec les États-Unis et la fin annoncée du règne des Castro, le pays est « en...
- Author:Gilio-Whitaker, DinaSummary:
The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activismThrough the unique lens of "...
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Author:Saunders, DougSummary:A groundbreaking current affairs book documenting the largest population move in human history, as a third of the world's people migrate into cities, rupturing societies across the globe.
- Author:Quinn, JuliaSummary:
Les Bridgerton sont stupéfaits : le vicomte Anthony veut se ranger ! Et il sait ce qu'il veut : une femme dont il ne risque pas de tomber amoureux, car l'amour est subalterne dans le couple. Edwina Sheffield est la reine de la saison,...
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Author:Younge, GarySummary:Award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It's a searing portrait of youth, family, and the way that lives can be shattered in an instant on any day...
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Author:Tolstoy, LeoSummary:Anna Karenina is the wife of a prominant Russian government official. She leads a correct but confining upper-middle-class existence. She seems content with her life as a proper companion to her dignified, unaffectionate husband and an...
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A string of gruesome, ritualistic murders of Hungarian immigrants has the Thames River Police Commander stuck on solving the pattern in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling William Monk series. When a Hungarian...
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Author:McCoy, Doris LeeSummary:McCoy has collected the opinions and ideas of such noted figures as Steve Forbes, J.W. Marriott, Patricia Schroeder, and others, who offer their wisdom on such crucial issues as business practices, health, and the reawakening American...
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Author:Pompe, JeffreySummary:The constant assault of natural forces make fragile barrier islands some of the most rapidly changing locations in the world, but human activities have had enormous impact on these islands as well. In Altered Environments, Jeffrey and...
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Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:It's the All-Star team, made up of the WHL's young hockey players, just one short step away from the NHL. Their goal is to beat the Russian All-Stars in a best-of-seven series to be shown as a television special. Hog Burnell, one of the...
- Author:Marsh, BeezySummary:
Annie is the eldest daughter of a laundress in Acton, London, raised to keep the rich families of Kensington spick and span. As she grows up in poverty in the 1920s and 1930s, her life centres on the family business, working long hours...
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