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Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South

by E. Patrick Johnson

Published: 2011-09-01

Paperback: 592 pages

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Giving voice to a population too rarely acknowledged, Sweet Tea collects more than sixty life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive" and offers a window into t...

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Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

by Ken Liu

Published: 2019-02-19

Hardcover: 480 pages

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Sixteen short stories from China's groundbreaking science fiction writers, edited and translated by award-winning author Ken Liu.In Hugo award-winner Liu Cixin's ‘Moonlight,’ a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction. Hao J...

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Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid

Published: 2019-12-31

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connect...

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Doomed

by Chuck Palahniuk

Published: 2014-07-15

Paperback: 352 pages

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Welcome to Purgatory. Chuck Palahniuk style.  After a botched Halloween ritual, Madison Spencer, the snarkiest dead girl in the universe, finds herself trapped in Purgatory, otherwise known as Earth. The upside: she is no longer subject to physical limitations (she can pass through doors...

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The Women: A gripping psychological thriller

by S.E. Lynes

Published: 2019-05-20

Paperback: 318 pages

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‘Wow, just wow.’ ?????, Goodreads reviewer‘Blew me away and I'm still gasping for air.’ ?????, Goodreads reviewer‘Totally jaw-dropping.’ ?????, Goodreads reviewer‘Had me on the edge of my seat.’ ?????, Goodreads reviewer‘One of the must-read books of the year. I could not...

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The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

by Donalyn Miller

Published: 2009-03-16

Paperback: 240 pages

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Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets...

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

Published: 1992-01-08

Paperback: 84 pages

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A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery....

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The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Brought Suit Against the Coal Company- And Won

by Gerald M. Stern

Published: 2008-05-06

Paperback: 304 pages

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One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people...

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The Underdog Advantage - Rewrite Your Future By Turning Your Disadvantages Into Your Superpowers

by Dean Graziosi

Published: 2019

Hardcover: 0 pages

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WHAT IS THE UNDERDOG ADVANTAGE ALL ABOUT? Do you ever feel stuck in your life? Here's how to FLIP THAT SWITCH! Finally the success road-map for those not born to privilege or advantaged. Do things look good on the outside but on the inside, you feel like a prisoner trapped in mediocrity? Or maybe you...

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A Tale Magnolious

by Suzanne Nelson

Published: 2019-06-18

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Fans of Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate will warm to this story of an orphan and an elephant who band together to save a lovelorn town, relying on an eccentric crew and a couple of miracles along the way. Nitty Luce is an orphan--and a thief. Magnolious is an elephant--and a fugitiv...