Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
By: A'Lelia Perry Bundles
3.98
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
By: Trevor Noah
4.49
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days… read more
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- audiobook
"You didn’t know your dog was deaf?"-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
"Don't fight the system, mock the system"-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
"Don't fight the system. Mock the system."-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
"Relationships are built in the silences."-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
2. Living History
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
3.76
Format: 567 pages, Paperback
The Phenomenal #1 Worldwide Bestseller—With a New Afterword Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hun… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Fail to plan, plan to fail."-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History
"What did you do with the time and talents i gave you? God's question..."-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History
"In this world and the world of tomorrow, we must go forward together or not at all."-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History
"Rumors become the story du jour. And while our past experiences may have seemed like ancient history to us, every detail of our lives was being sifted and combed as if we were some sort of archaeolog…"-Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History
3. Between the World and Me
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.40
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live wi… read more
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- race
- history
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Soft or hard, love was an act of heroism."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
4. Obama: From Promise to Power
By: David Mendell
3.95
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F… read more
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- history
- race
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5. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
By: Garry Wills
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more
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- history
- biography
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6. Nigger
By: Dick Gregory , Robert Lipsyte
4.27
Format: 637 pages, Paperback
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a good many Southerners in the room ton… read more
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7. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By: Bryan Stevenson
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more
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- audiobook
8. Long Walk To Freedom (Volume 1: 1918-1962)
By: Nelson Mandela
3.82
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
From his birth in a village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Transkei to his politicisation … read more
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- history
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9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X
4.36
Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more
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"We all like chicken"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
10. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
11. They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School
By: Bev Sellars
1.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- history
- biography
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- audiobook
12. St. Patrick of Ireland
By: Philip Freeman
3.86
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend, but the true story of St. Patrick is far m… read more
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13. My Life
By: Bill Clinton
3.74
Format: 1056 pages, Paperback
An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is a refreshingly candid look at the f… read more
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- history
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"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."-Bill Clinton, My Life
"The idea that power was an end in itself, rather than a means to provide the security and opportunity necessary for the pursuit of happiness, seemed to him stupid and self-defeating." (about Senator …"-Bill Clinton, My Life
"I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh j…"-Bill Clinton, My Life
14. Letter to My Daughter
By: Maya Angelou
4.33
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wi… read more
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15. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
By: Barack Obama
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voic… read more
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16. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Clayborne Carson , Martin Luther King Jr.
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpubl… read more
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17. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
By: Octavia E. Butler , John Jennings , Damian Duffy
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Instant #1New York TimesBestseller Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterp… read more
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18. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
By: Maya Angelou
4.50
Format: 142 pages,
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern tow… read more
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19. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
By: Louis Fischer
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This is the extraordinary story of how one man's indomitable spirit inspired a nation to triumph ov… read more
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20. Einstein: The Life and Times
By: Ronald William Clark
3.89
Format: None pages,
THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY Albert Einstein was far more than the physicist who confidently claimed th… read more
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21. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
By: Manning Marable
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Selected by The New York Times Book Reviewas a Notable Book of the Year Years in the making-the def… read more
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22. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
By: Malala Yousafzai , Christina Lamb
3.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. Wh… read more
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23. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By: Barack Obama
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more
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24. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By: Rebecca Skloot
4.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henriet… read more
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25. Becoming
By: Michelle Obama
4.45
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most ico… read more
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"When they go low, we go high"-Michelle Obama, Becoming
"Grief and resilience live together."-Michelle Obama, Becoming
"I've learned that it's harder to hate up close."-Michelle Obama, Becoming
"At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be."-Michelle Obama, Becoming
26. Drum Beats, Heart Beats (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #3)
By: Maria Nhambu
4.29
Format: 474 pages, Kindle Edition
In this final volume of The Dancing Soul Trilogy, we join an ever insightful and passionate Nhambu … read more
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27. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
By: A'Lelia Perry Bundles
3.98
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
28. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
By: Shomari Wills
3.91
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching… read more
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29. Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home
By: Jane Blasio
3.60
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a smal… read more
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
By: Joy-Ann Reid
4.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold Amer… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
By: Maria Nhambu
4.30
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
In America’s Daughter, the second book of the trilogy, the author arrives in the United States in t… read more
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- nonfiction
"How could I live without dancing?"-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
"Standing up for your human rights is what you must always do."-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
"It was Cathy who taught me the true meaning of the word “risk."-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
"There is no such thing as immunity from the joy or pain of the past."-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
