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The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists
by Irene Taylor Alan TaylorA book of quotes from well known diarists.
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and its Legacy
by Paul HendricksonThe true story of a racial murder in the South.
The Evening Crowd At Kirmser's: A Gay Life In The 1940s
by Ricardo Brown William Reichard Allan H. SpearSet in 1945-1946, documentary of a WWII vet discharged for homosexuality and gay life at the time period.
Becoming Bille Holiday
by Carole Boston WeatherfordIn a series of free-verse poems and bluesy lyrics, headed by song titles, Weatherford retraces Holiday's childhood and early career in the renowned jazz singer's own voice. "At eleven, I had the body / of a grown woman, / the mouth of a sailor, and a temper / hot enough to fry an egg." Growing up in Baltimore, she moved to Harlem with her sometimes-absent mother after being molested by a neighbor, and quickly fell in love with late-night life. Dubbed "Lady Day," she earned money singing in clubs, was "discovered" by jazz-enthusiast John Hammond, and battled racism on a groundbreaking tour with Artie Shaw's all-white band. Closing with Holiday's spectacular headline gig at the Café Society, where she sang "Strange Fruit"--"how could I not claim: / this is my song?"--Weatherford leaves the 25-year-old at a high spot in her career, before later troubles and drug addiction. After the whole story readers will find a generous assortment of recommended reading and listening at the end of this proud, clear-voiced testimonial. Grades 6-9. --John Peters
Nanak Singh
by Sant Singh SekhonThe volume includes selected writings of Sant Singh Sekhon, the most innovative writer of Punjabi in the 20th century. Life and works of Nanak Singh in Punjab.
Composing Myself: A Journey through Post-Partum Depression
by Fiona ShawFollowing the birth of her second child the author was hospitalized for two months with a severe postpartum depression. She was treated with electroshock therapy which left her with large gaps in her short-term memory. In an effort to make sense of what had happened to her she set out to write about her own life. She further launched an exploration of the literature about post-partum depression, and interviewed other women who had experienced this frightening and little-understood illness.
A Restricted Country
by Joan NestleA proud working-class woman, an “out” lesbian long before the Rainbow revolution, Joan Nestle has stood at the forefront of American freedom struggles from the McCarthy era to the present day. Featuring photographs and a new introduction by the author, this classic collection which intimately accounts the lesbian, feminist and civil rights movements through personal essays is available again for the first time in years.
Turnabout Children: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities
by Mary MaccrackenAfter receiving her masters degree in special education, the author decides to go into private practice as a learning-disabilities specialist. In this book, she tells of five of the children she worked with, and the techniques she used to help each child overcome his or her unique set of difficulties.
The Sophie Horowitz Story
by Sarah SchulmanSometimes intrepid Jewish reporter for the Feminist News searches for captured radical feminist leaders.
The Silver Saddle: Memories of Alvin Ruxer and Marty Mueller
by Bob RuxerThe Silver Saddle is about two of the most influential men in the Saddlebred industry, during the last half of the twentieth century. It is not a chronicle of their lives, but rather passes on some pearls of their wisdom. Packed full of both horse sense and common sense, this book is bound to pass on many life lessons, while keeping the mood light and humorous.
Paarvaiyatra Mudhal Pattadhari Penn Helen Keller
by Yercaud ElangoHelen Keller is an example for self-confidence and perseverance. For her hard work, social service, education and equal rights, the world feted her. For the achievements of serving people by breaking the barriers by this Blind, deaf woman, people praised her as Wonder Woman. This book describes the wonderful lifetime achievements of this blind, deaf woman and by reading this book, the readers will get impulse to strive for the cause of social progress.
Ratanbai: A sketch of a Bombay high caste hindu young wife
by Shevantibai M. NikambeLife of Ratanbai, a high caste hindu young wife.
Rabindranath Tagore
by Sisirkumar GhoseA renaissance figure, breathtaking in vigor, volume and variety, Tagore put us on the literary map of the world. He was many other things besides a poet: dramatist, writer of short stories, novelist, a social, and political figure.
Amaruka
by N. P. UnniOn the life and works of Amaru, a Sanskrit poet, including his depiction of love in his poetry.
Forbidden Love (UK title) Honor Lost (USA title)
by Norma KhouriNorma writes this book in loving memory of her friend Dalia, an Arabian Muslim living in Amman, Jordan. Dalia fell in love with a Catholic, forbidden in Jordan, and suffered shocking consequences.