{"title":"Biographies \u0026 Memoirs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-rebellious-life-of-mrs-rosa-parks","title":"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis (Hardcover is out of print)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab3\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis provides a revealing window into Parks’s politics and years of activism. She shows readers how this civil rights movement radical sought—for more than a half a century—to expose and eradicate the American racial-caste system in jobs, schools, public services, and criminal justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cspan\u003eJeanne Theoharis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover: 320 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e will undoubtedly be hailed as one of the most important scholarly contributions to civil rights history ever written. … I can’t wait to assign this book in every class I teach.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMelissa Harris-Perry, host, MSNBC’s \u003ci\u003eMelissa Harris-Perry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Theoharis brings all of her talents as a political scientist and historian of the civil rights movement to bear on this illuminating biography of the great Rosa Parks.”—\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Louis Gates Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Charisma is not a word often used to describe Rosa Parks yet we have to recognize her star. The Rosa Parks challenge to the political system was deep and lasting even while she never raised her voice. The first female Speaker of the House of Representatives once said, 'You can get a lot done if you don’t need to take credit for it.' She took a page from the book of Parks. Theoharis’ scholarship brings forth a woman whom many followed without ever realizing they were. She was courageous and strong. She also had a wonderful sense of humor. And an awesome sense of responsibility. This is a much needed book on the woman who is, arguably, the most important person in the last half of the twentieth century. Just as the Lincoln Memorial needs a statue of Frederick Douglass gently bending over with a pen in his hand for Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. needs a statue of Rosa Parks just one or two steps ahead mouthing the words: 'Come on, Dr. King. 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She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother’s cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cspan\u003eRebecca Skloot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: 400 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"simple-html\" id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1380996980310_1693\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I could not put the book down . . . The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Science writing is often just about ‘the facts.’ Skloot’s book, her first, is far deeper, braver, and more wonderful.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of science writing...one of the best nonfiction books I have ever read.” \u003cb\u003e—Wired.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eA deftly crafted investigation of a social wrong committed by the medical establishment, as well as the scientific and medical miracles to which it led.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eRiveting...a tour-de-force debut.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Chicago Sun-Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A real-life detective story, \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e probes deeply into racial and ethical issues in medicine . . . The emotional impact of Skloot’s tale is intensified by its skillfully orchestrated counterpoint between two worlds.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A jaw-dropping true story . . . raises urgent questions about race and research for ‘progress’ . . . an inspiring tale for all ages.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This extraordinary account shows us that miracle workers, believers, and con artists populate hospitals as well as churches, and that even a science writer may find herself playing a central role in someone else’s mythology.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Has the epic scope of Greek drama, and a corresponding inability to be easily\u003cbr\u003eexplained away.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSF Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“One of the great medical biographies of our time.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Like any good scientific research, this beautifully crafted and painstakingly researched book raises nearly as many questions as it answers . . . In a time when it’s fashionable to demonize scientists, Skloot generously does not pin any sins to the lapels of the researchers. She just lets them be human . . . [and] challenges much of what we believe of ethics, tissue ownership, and humanity.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Indelible . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e is a heroic work of cultural and medical journalism.” \u003cb\u003e—Laura Miller, Salon.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“No dead woman has done more for the living . . . a fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.” \u003cb\u003e—Hilary Mantel, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e does more than one book ought to be able to do.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Above all it is a human story of redemption for a family, torn by loss, and for a writer with a vision that would not let go.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This remarkable story of how the cervical cells of the late Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman, enabled subsequent discoveries from the polio vaccine to in vitro fertilization is extraordinary in itself; the added portrayal of Lacks's full life makes the story come alive with her humanity and the palpable relationship between race, science, and exploitation.\" \u003cb\u003e—Paula J. Giddings, author of \u003ci\u003eIda, A Sword Among Lions\u003c\/i\u003e; Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor, Afro-American Studies, Smith College\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e“Skloot’s engaging, suspenseful book is an incredibly welcome addition for non-science wonks.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Extraordinary . . . If science has exploited Henrietta Lacks [Skloot] is determined not to. This biography ensures that she will never again be reduced to cells in a petri dish: she will always be Henrietta as well as HeLa.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “Brings the Lacks family alive . . . gives Henrietta Lacks another kind of immortality—this one through the discipline of good writing.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A work of both heart and mind, driven by the author’s passion for the story, which is as endlessly renewable as HeLa cells.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “In this gripping, vibrant book, Rebecca Skloot looks beyond the scientific marvels to explore the ethical issues behind a discovery that may have saved your life.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “More than ten years in the making, it feels like the book Ms. Skloot was born to write . . . Skloot, a young science journalist and an indefatigable researcher, writes about Henrietta Lacks and her impact on modern medicine from almost every conceivable angle and manages to make all of them fascinating . . . a searching moral inquiry into greed and blinkered lives . . . packed with memorable characters.” \u003cb\u003e—Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Top Ten Book of 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “Astonishing . . .No matter how much you may know about basic biology, you will be amazed by this book.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Clinical Investigation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Rebecca Skloot did her job, and she did it expertly . . . A riveting narrative that is wholly original.” \u003cb\u003e—THEROOT.COM\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “Moving . . .” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s history of the miraculous cells reveals deep injustices in U.S. medical research.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating look at the woman whose cultured cells—the first to grow and survive indefinitely, harvested without compensation or consent—have become essential to modern medicine.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable feat of investigative journalism and a moving work of narrative nonfiction that reads with the vividness and urgency of fiction. It also raises sometimes uncomfortable questions with no clear-cut answers about whether people should be remunerated for their physical, genetic contributions to research and about the role of profit in science.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNational Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “An indelible, marvelous story as powerful as those cells.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “As much an act of justice as one of journalism.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “A stunning book . . . surely the definitive work on the subject.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “Graceful . . . I can’t think of a better way to capture the corrosive effects of ethical transgressions in medical research. 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As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion—and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. \"God is the color of water,\" Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. 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He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Kiki, and their children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32782627438673,"sku":"9780142181218","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/16158559.jpeg?v=1677646240"},{"product_id":"a-hope-in-the-unseen","title":"A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1380905966135_1410\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1993, and Cedric Jennings is a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods, where the dropout rate is well into double digits and just 80 students out of more than 1,350 boast an average of B or better. At Ballou, Cedric has almost no friends. He eats lunch in a classroom most days, plowing through the extra work he has asked for, knowing that he’s really competing with kids from other, harder schools. Cedric Jennings’s driving ambition–which is fully supported by his forceful mother–is to attend a top-flight college.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn September 1995, after years of near superhuman dedication, he realizes that ambition when he begins as a freshman at Brown University. In this updated edition, A Hope in the Unseen chronicles Cedric’s odyssey during his last two years of high school, follows him through his difficult first year at Brown, and now tells the story of his subsequent successes in college and the world of work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cspan\u003eRon Suskind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: 373 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"simple-html\" id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1380996980310_1693\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A beautiful book of a heroic American struggle.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--David Halberstam in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[An] extraordinary, formula-shattering book.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A story of sheer human grit that should be read by others as example and inspiration.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Jonathan Yardley, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Absolutely gripping.  A sort of suspense novel of the human psyche. . . . 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Here, the man who called himself \"the angriest Black man in America\" relates how his conversion to true Islam helped him confront his rage and recognize the brotherhood of all mankind. An established classic of modern America, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was hailed by the New York Times as \"Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book.\" Still extraordinary, still important, this electrifying story has transformed Malcolm X's life into his legacy. The strength of his words, the power of his ideas continue to resonate more than a generation after they first appeared.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"simple-html\" id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1380996980310_2240\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1380996980310_2241\"\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32694382919761,"sku":"9780345350688","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/81kQBRCqt-L.jpg?v=1677646238"},{"product_id":"black-boy","title":"Black Boy by Richard Wright","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780063008618-black-boy?bookstore=frugalbookstore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/button-buy-on-audiobook_2-01.svg?v=1724852867\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives.\" —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA striking new edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author’s grandson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen it exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was both praised and condemned. Orville Prescott of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wrote that “if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy.” Yet from 1975 to 1978, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was banned in schools throughout the United States for “obscenity” and “instigating hatred between the races.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWright’s once controversial, now celebrated autobiography measures the raw brutality of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a black boy. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in the woods of Mississippi, Wright lied, stole, and raged at those around him—whites indifferent, pitying, or cruel and blacks resentful of anyone trying to rise above their circumstances. Desperate for a different way of life, he may his way north, eventually arriving in Chicago, where he forged a new path and began his career as a writer. At the end of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to “hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo.” More than seventy-five year later, his words continue to reverberate. “To read \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is to stare into the heart of darkness,” John Edgar Wideman writes in his foreword. “Not the dark heart Conrad searched for in Congo jungles but the beating heart I bear.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the great American memoirs, Wright’s account is a poignant record of struggle and endurance—a seminal literary work that illuminates our own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ January 10, 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32688624500817,"sku":"9780062964137","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/Black_Boy.jpeg?v=1729795051"},{"product_id":"twelve-years-a-slave","title":"Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab3\"\u003eVideo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1381012616939_1465\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWench\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwelve Years a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolomon Northup was an entrepreneur and dedicated family man, father to three young children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo. What little free time he had after long days of manual and farm labor he spent reading books and playing the violin. Though his father was born into slavery, Solomon was born and lived free.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn March 1841, two strangers approached Northup, offering him employment as a violinist in a town hundreds of miles away from his home in Saratoga Springs, New York. Solomon bid his wife farewell until his return. Only after he was drugged and bound did he realize the strangers were kidnappers—that nefarious brand of criminals in the business of capturing runaway and free blacks for profit. Thus began Northup's horrific life as a slave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDehumanized, beaten, and worked mercilessly, Northup suffered all the more, wondering what had become of his family. One owner was savagely cruel and Northup recalls he was “indebted to him for nothing, save undeserved abuse.” Just as he felt the summer of his life fade and all hope nearly lost, he met a kindhearted stranger who changed the course of his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its firsthand account of this country's Peculiar Institution, this is a book no one interested in American history can afford to miss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwelve Years a Slave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cb\u003eSolomon Northup\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover: 320 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"video-container\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z02Ie8wKKRg?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32874218946641,"sku":"9780143125419","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/0143125419.01._SCLZZZZZZZ.jpeg?v=1675226881"},{"product_id":"i-am-malala","title":"I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE BESTSELLING, \"REMARKABLE\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"I come from a country that was created at midnight. 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With fascinating insight into the early days of artists as diverse as TLC, Usher, Pink, Kanye West, and Justin Bieber, his story offers a detailed look at what life was like for stars at the start of their meteoric rise and how he always seemed to know who would be the next big thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a captivating portrait from the inside of popular music evolution over the last three decades. Part music memoir, part business story of climbing to the top, this beautifully designed book, jam packed with photos, showcases Reid's trademark passion and ingenuity and introduces a multifaceted genius who continues to shape pop culture today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePublished ‏ : ‎ February 7, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":16659748677,"sku":"9780062274762","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/products\/sing_to_me.jpg?v=1729823518"},{"product_id":"my-life-with-earth-wind-fire-by-maurice-white-herb-powell","title":"My Life with Earth, Wind \u0026 Fire by Maurice White, Herb Powell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780062562944-my-life-with-earth-wind-fire?bookstore=frugalbookstore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/button-buy-on-audiobook_2-01.svg?v=1724852867\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop\/R\u0026amp;B\/soul\/funk\/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today. 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EARTH because they grow on you; WIND because it moves you in one loving direction and FIRE because they consume your heart in a single flame of love.\"?Steve Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its dynamic horns, contrasting vocals, and vivid stage shows, Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire was one of the most popular acts of the late twentieth century?the band \"that changed the sound of black pop\" (\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e)?and its music continues to inspire modern artists including Usher, Jay-Z, Cee-Lo Green, and Outkast. At last, the band?s founder, Maurice White, shares the story of his success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite reflects on the great blessings music has brought to his life and the struggles he?s endured: his mother leaving him behind in Memphis when he was four; learning to play the drums with Booker T. 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This multitalented “force of nature” landed her first Broadway role within eleven days of her graduation from college and later earned the title “Reigning Queen of High-Camp Cabaret.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the audaciously honest voice that her fans adore, Jenifer describes her transition to Hollywood, with guest roles on hits like \u003cem\u003eThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFriends\u003c\/em\u003e. Her movie \u003cem\u003eJackie’s Back!\u003c\/em\u003e became a cult favorite, and as the “Mama” to characters portrayed by Whitney Houston, Tupac Shakur, Taraji P. 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