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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
epub, mobi |eng | 1986-03-25 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

When our grinning faces appeared at Julian’s door, he tried waving his arms to distract us, but only succeeded in agitating the tell-tale odors of sage, oregano and fried pork. ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 26,2014 )
TIS by Frank McCourt
epub |eng | 2011-10-14 | Author:Frank McCourt [McCourt, Frank]

My father applied for a plot out the road in Rosbrien and the government lent him a spade and a fork for the work. He took my brother Malachy and ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
One Generation After by Elie Wiesel
epub |eng | 2011-08-15 | Author:Elie Wiesel [Wiesel, Elie]

THE END OF A REVOLUTIONARY Somewhere, far away: noisy streets, crowded with people strolling and laughing, with window-shoppers and policemen. And much ado. About nothing. Aimless shouting and calling. And ...
( Category: Holocaust March 26,2014 )
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table by Maya Angelou
epub |eng | 2007-10-09 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

Tamales de Maiz con Pollo (green cornhusk tamales with chicken filling) MAKES I DOZEN TAMALES 2 whole chicken breasts 2 tablespoons vegetable oil ½ cup minced onions 2 cloves garlic, ...
( Category: Southern March 26,2014 )
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones by Amiri Baraka
epub, mobi |eng | 1984-01-01 | Author:Amiri Baraka [Baraka, Amiri]

Seven The Black Arts Politics, Search for a New Life The Cuban trip was a turning point in my life. Langston, Jimmy Baldwin, and John Killens were supposed to go, ...
( Category: African-American & Black March 26,2014 )
Jedward - Our Story: The Official Biography by O'Brien Jennifer
epub |eng | 2010-10-27 | Author:O'Brien, Jennifer [O'Brien, Jennifer]

In fact, he really hates them – he says he’ll quit if Jedward win, but that just makes the public try even harder to keep them in. John and Edward ...
( Category: Popular March 26,2014 )
Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing by Alan Paul
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-02-28 | Author:Alan Paul [Paul, Alan]

Chapter 19 Them Changes My day-to-day existence was being transformed, with the band moving from a fun little side project into a far more central place in my life. This ...
( Category: Rhythm & Blues March 26,2014 )
China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
epub, azw3, pdf |rus | 2011-11-07 | Author:Yu Hua [Hua, Yu]

In the 1990s, as the tide of economic development swept over China, a similar situation began to reappear. In the fields surrounding one large steel plant in eastern China, backyard ...
( Category: Asian March 26,2014 )
A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-12-14 | Author:Pete Hamill

3 THE GIRL’S NAME was Jenny. She had a long face framed by long brown hair. Her nose was long too, and she was self-conscious about it. I hate this ...
( Category: Irish March 25,2014 )
In the Wilderness by Kim Barnes
mobi, epub |eng | 1996-01-01 | Author:Kim Barnes

I settled into my basement room, larger than many of the shacks we had lived in. I lay in bed that first night, gauging the darkness against the city’s sounds ...
( Category: Authors March 25,2014 )
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism by Gershom Scholem
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1929-01-01 | Author:Gershom Scholem

11 If proper account is taken of all these facts, certain allusions in Moses de Leon’s writings to his mystical ‘sources’ appear no longer as anything but veiled references to ...
( Category: Kabbalah & Mysticism March 25,2014 )
Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving by Iyanla Vanzant
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-09-16 | Author:Iyanla Vanzant

CHAPTER ELEVEN What’s the Lesson When You Learn the Lesson, Then Forget It? For the rest of my life there are two days that will never again trouble me. The ...
( Category: Women March 25,2014 )
Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson by Wil Haygood
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-10-13 | Author:Wil Haygood

Many of the familiar faces—entertainers, bookies, sportsmen, newspapermen—were eagerly looking forward to the fourth matchup. There was a feeling that the bad blood between the two fighters was truly roiling. ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1951-09-02 | Author:Eric Hoffer

68 We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for ...
( Category: Compulsive Behavior March 25,2014 )
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy
mobi |eng | 2002-01-02 | Author:Randall Kennedy

Like every other significant feature of American life—including cigarettes, guns, pornography, drugs, stock trading, sex, religion, and money—nigger is thoroughly enmeshed in litigation. The disorderly diversity of the conflicts in ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )

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