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…
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1. A Beautiful Mind
By: Sylvia Nasar
4.13
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more
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- science
"Nash was respected but not well liked."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
2. 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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"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
3. 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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- nonfiction
- history
4. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
By: Kate Moore
3.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger. The Curies' newly discov… read more
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- science
5. 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
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- history
- biography
- historical
- feminism
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- space
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6. Hidden Figures - Screenplay
By: Taylor Sheridan , Allison Schroeder , Theodore Melfi
3.99
Format: 272 pages, ebook
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- nonfiction
7. 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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8. 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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9. Twelve Years a Slave
By: Solomon Northup
3.58
Format: None pages, ebook
A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more
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10. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By: Irin Carmon , Shana Knizhnik
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
You can't spell truth without Ruth. Only Ruth Bader Ginsburg can judge me. The Ruth will set you fr… read more
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11. 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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12. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
By: Daniel James Brown
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowi… read more
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13. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
By: Liza Mundy
4.00
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girlsis the astonishing, untol… read more
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14. 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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15. Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
By: Nathalia Holt
3.88
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the… read more
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- biography
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- space
- science
16. 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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17. 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
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
18. 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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- history
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19. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harperperennial Modern Classics by Harper Lee | Recap and Analysis
By: Instarecap
4.25
Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition
False Copyright Claims will result in legal actions by Unlimited Press Works, LLC SPECIAL OFFER $2… read more
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20. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- space
- science
21. Apollo 13 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
By: Jim & Jeffrey Kluger Lovell
4.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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