Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
By: Wil Haygood
4.34
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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1. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
By: Walter Rodney , Vincent Harding
4.42
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The decisiveness of the short period of colonialism and its negative consequences for Africa spring… read more
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"It was economics that Europe should invest in Africa and control the continent's raw materials and labour. It was racism which confirmed the decision that form of control should be direct colonial ru…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a calculation to cover mortality in transshipment. The Atlantic crossing, or…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out profits for a few, but today the quests for profits comes into s…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"Governor Cameroon of Tanganyika in the 1920s was known as a "progressive" governor. But when he was attacked for trying to preserve the African personality in the educational system, he denied the ch…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
2. Dorothy Dandridge
By: Donald Bogle
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer—the first nominate… read more
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3. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
By: bell hooks
3.91
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of feminist history and theory analyzing the complex relations between variou… read more
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4. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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5. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
By: Mark Harris
4.10
Format: None pages,
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6. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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7. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
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"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
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8. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
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3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
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9. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
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4.35
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10. Eight Billion Genies: Deluxe Edition
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4.31
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11. Music Is History
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3.86
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12. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
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4.12
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13. The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear
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3.74
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14. Girls That Never Die: Poems
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4.30
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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"I will begin by writing a sentence about cutting. I will begin by writing a sentence about silence. I will continue by writing a sentence about cutting. I will proceed to ask the question about cutti…"-Safia Elhillo, Girls That Never Die: Poems
15. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
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3.60
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16. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
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4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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17. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
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4.09
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18. The World Record Book of Racist Stories
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4.40
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
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19. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
By: Gloria Dickie
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
20. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
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3.72
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21. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
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3.88
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
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22. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
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4.36
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23. But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films
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Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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24. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
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3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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25. Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
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3.97
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26. Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems
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4.08
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27. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
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28. Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
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29. Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates
By: Katie Barnes
4.35
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30. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
By: Wil Haygood
4.34
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE • ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOO… read more
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31. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
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3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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