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Blues from the Malabar Coast

by Nalini Warriar

Published: 2002-05-01

Paperback: 144 pages

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Winner of the 2002 McAuslan First Book Award, Blues from the Malabar Coast is a collection of 12 delightful linked stories that begin in a small village on India's Malabar coast. The Variyars are a traditional matriarchal family, large and close-knit,their children are numerous and spoilt,...

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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday

by Angela Y. Davis

Published: 1999-01-26

Paperback: 464 pages

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The author of "Women, Race and Class" suggests that "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday represent a black working-class, feminist ideology and historical consciousness. Davis' illuminating analysis of the songs performed by these artists provides readers with a compelling and tra...

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The Bluest Eye (Oprah's Book Club)

by Toni Morrison

Published: 2000-04-26

Paperback: 224 pages

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The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for ...

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The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

by Toni Morrison

Published: 2007-05-08

Paperback: 206 pages

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New York Times BestsellerPecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit i...

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The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison

Published: 1993-12-28

Hardcover: 215 pages

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The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove -- a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others -- who prays ...

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Blu's Hanging

by Lois-ann Yamanaka

Published: 1998-07-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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On the Hawaiian island of Molokai, life goes on for the three young Ogata children after the death of their mother and subsequent emotional withdrawal of their grief and guilt-stricken "Poppy." The eldest at 13, Ivah is now responsible for the safety and well-being of tiny Maisie, vulnerab...

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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

by Nelson Johnson

Published: 2010-09-01

Paperback: 312 pages

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Providing the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award�winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award�winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City�forever a freewheeling ...

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The Boat of Dreams: A Christmas Story (Preston, Richard)

by Richard Preston

Published: 2003-11-01

Hardcover: 111 pages

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In 1969, William Foster, Sr., a thirty-three-year-old army reserve soldier, is lost in action in Vietnam. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Sarah Ann; a six-year-old daughter, Lila; and a thirteen-year-old son, Will, Jr. They live in a trailer on the coast of Maine, and parked beside the trailer is...

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Boaz Brown (Reading Group Guides)

by Michelle Stimpson

Published: 2005-10-17

Paperback: 344 pages

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Prejudices that exist in the African-American church are addressed in this daring debut novel about a young Christian woman who finds her own racist attitudes--as well as those of her family, friends, and church--challenged when she is drawn to a man of a different race.

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Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights from Friends and Fellow Musicians

by Kathleen Mackay

Published: 2007-03-01

Hardcover: 226 pages

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Dylan's friends--from Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Rosanne Cash to Bono to Tom Petty--offer insight into the singer-songwriter's artistic genius and personality. This is an oral history of a major musician who played a significant role in America's cultural history. His story is...