I Am a Girl from Africa
By: Elizabeth Nyamayaro
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring journey of a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that change…
Want to Read $ 11.39"As Africans we must uplift each other."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
"If one of us is unwell, then none of us is well."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
"When we uplift others, we in turn uplift ourselves."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
"What we share is more powerful than what divides us."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
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1. The Quarry
By: Damon Galgut
3.60
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
A thrilling parable of death and deception from the Booker-shortlisted Galgut. On a lonely stretch … read more
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2. Unbreak My Heart
By: Toni Braxton
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling solo R&B artist finally opens up about her rocky past and her path to redemption Wh… read more
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3. An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century
By: James Orbinski
4.67
Format: 87 pages, Hardcover
As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor's role is as a witness-to witness authentically the reality of hu… read more
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4. Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
By: Mona Eltahawy
3.60
Format: None pages,
A passionate manifesto decrying misogyny in the Arab world, by an Egyptian American journalist and … read more
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5. Voice in the Night: The True Story of a Man and the Miracles That Are Changing Africa
By: Bill Johnson , David Wimbish , None
4.50
Format: 232 pages,
Astonishing True Story of the Miracles That Are Changing Africa Born into a long line of witch doct… read more
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6. The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
By: Marilyn Brookwood
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating―and eerily timely―tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched t… read more
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7. The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
By: Carol Anderson
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, an unflinching, critical new look at the … read more
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8. Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
By: Eliot Schrefer
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and … read more
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"Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people."-Eliot Schrefer, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
9. The Colour Storm
By: Damian Dibben
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The new spellbinding and enchanting story set in Renaissance Venice, from the internationally accla… read more
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10. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
By: Clemantine Wamariya
4.19
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of the imagination to save us Clemantine … read more
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"Now it felt like I did nothing. I had everything and I did nothing."-Clemantine Wamariya, The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
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11. I Am a Girl from Africa
By: Elizabeth Nyamayaro
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring journey of a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that change… read more
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"As Africans we must uplift each other."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
"If one of us is unwell, then none of us is well."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
"When we uplift others, we in turn uplift ourselves."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
"What we share is more powerful than what divides us."-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa
12. The Woman at the Wheel
By: Penny Haw
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Inspiring historical fiction based on the real life of Bertha Benz, whose husband built the first p… read more
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13. The 1619 Project Book: A Brief History of The 1619 Project
By: University Press
3.92
Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition
University Press returns with another short and captivating book – a brief history of The 1619 Proj… read more
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14. How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir
By: Kate Mulgrew
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parent… read more
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"How is it that words so longed for can hit and miss with equal acuity?"-Kate Mulgrew, How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir
"I thought again about the miracle of time, its manifest cruelty and sublime mercy."-Kate Mulgrew, How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir
"Homesickness is a sickness of the heart, not of the mind. It is deeply subjective and belongs, inarguably, to the sufferer alone."-Kate Mulgrew, How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir
"Fear is a starkly felt emotion, it is not nuanced, and as I looked around the room, I saw how it had manifested itself in each of my siblings."-Kate Mulgrew, How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir
15. Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home
By: Mondiant Dogon
4.60
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus A st… read more
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16. This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
By: Ilhan Omar
4.26
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Ilhan Omar was eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her … read more
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"I grew up knowing that hard things only get harder when you don’t have real conversations about them."-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
"The more we listen to and learn from those with different backgrounds and present circumstances from our own, the more we can find connections to our own lived experience."-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
"As a refugee who fled civil war as a child, I am still trying to figure out where I fit in - which is perhaps why the most important note I found sticking to the wall outside my office had only three…"-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
"As we continue to perfect our union, citizens, neighbors, coworkers, and family must keep expanding our circles of self-interest to learn and relearn the fundamental truth that we are all connected. …"-Ilhan Omar, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
17. This Wild, Wild Country
By: Inga Vesper
3.53
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Three women. An isolated town. A decades-old mystery. They hate me down there, in Boldville. I c… read more
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18. Black and Female: Essays
By: Tsitsi Dangarembga
4.16
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
The first wound for all of us who are classified as “black” is empire.In Black and Female, Tsitsi D… read more
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19. Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission
By: Stephen Puleo
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Puleo has found a new way to tell the story with this well-researched and splendidly written chron… read more
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20. Death at a Country Mansion (Daisy Thorne, #1)
By: Louise R. Innes
3.89
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
“First in a new series…this lively cozy has glamour, intrigue, and romance.” – Booklist Fans of … read more
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21. The Thing with Zola: A Novel
By: Zibu Sithole
3.94
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
Twenty-nine-year-old Zola has spent the past ten years working and studying in Europe, thanks to a … read more
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