An American Childhood, Paperback

Death of an American Beauty, Paperback - Mariah Fredericks

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Dust to Dust: A Memoir, Paperback - Benjamin Busch

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Reducere. DescriptionTim O'Brien meets Annie Dillard in this remarkable memoir by debut author Benjamin Busch. Much more than a war memoir, Dust to Dust bril...

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Crushing Soft Rubies: A Memoir, 10th Anniversary Edition, Paperback - Janet C. Stickmon

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Janet C. StickmonCrushing Soft Rubies is the place where spirit, culture, and survival meet. It is the story of a Filipino-...

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Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot, Paperback - George E. Stanley

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Louisa May Alcott, Paperback - Beatrice Gormley

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Living the Dream: The Story of Lloyd W. Fig Newton, Paperback - Lloyd W. Fig Newton

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Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex, Paperback - Elizabeth Reis

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In the summer of 2020, the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital apologized to their former intersex patients who endured early childhood sur...

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Bronte Wilde, Paperback - Fanny Howe

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I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, Paperback - Malaka Gharib

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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built, Paperback - Jack Viertel

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Reducere. A New York Times BestsellerFor almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with t...

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Spoon River Anthology, Paperback - Edgar Lee Masters

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Reducere. DescriptionOriginally published in "Reedy's Mirror" from May 29, 1914 until January 5, 1915 and then first in book form in 1915 with an expanded ed...

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Bridge Between Worlds: A Lebanese-Arab-American Woman's Journey, Paperback - Hala Lababidi Buck

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Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story, Paperback - Paula Yoo

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Paula YooAuthor: Lin WangBorn in 1905, Anna May Wong spent her childhood working in her family's laundry in Los Angeles's C...

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The Last Innocent Hour, Paperback - Margot Abbott

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Frank Little and the Iww: The Blood That Stained an American Family, Paperback - Jane Little Botkin

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Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander, Paperback - Stephen L. Ossad

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Appalachian Indians of Warrior Mountains, Paperback - Rickey Butch 'Walker

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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life, Paperback - Arlene Blum

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Killing Cousins, Paperback - Oj Modjeska

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On Top of Spaghetti, Paperback - Rebecca Reck

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Reducere. The classic "On Top of Spaghetti" song is reimagined to prove that Dad can stink more than losing a silly traveling meatball.About the Author: Aman...

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2017 NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Teachers of Childhood (Grades 1-6) (221/222/245), Paperback - Sharon A. Wynne

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Main-Travelled Roads, Paperback - Hamlin Garland

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hamlin GarlandIntroduction by: William Dean HowellsIntroduction by: Joseph B. McCulloughMain-Travelled Roads contains eleve...

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Adventures in Anglotopia: The Makings of an Anglophile, Paperback - Jonathan W. Thomas

114,00 RON

What makes an Anglophile? What makes someone love a country not their own? Adventures in Anglotopia is a journey to answer this question, framed th...

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Passing, Paperback - Nella Larsen

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Nella Larsen's remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambit...

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Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life, Paperback - Alberto Ledesma

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Reducere. In this hybrid memoir, Alberto Ledesma wonders, At what point does a long-time undocumented immigrant become an American in the making? From undocu...

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Conversations with Joan Didion, Paperback - Scott F. Parker

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Reducere. DescriptionJoan Didion (b. 1934) is an American icon. Her essays, particularly those in Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, have reson...

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Colored People, Paperback - Henry Louis Gates

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Reducere. In a coming-of-age story as enchantingly vivid and ribald as anything Mark Twain or Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., recounts his childh...

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Henry James: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Susan L. Mizruchi

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An elegant introduction to one of America's most complex and influential writers. From his childhood in a family of leading American intellectuals ...

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Once, Paperback - Meghan O'Rourke

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Reducere. The incandescent poems in Once, the second collection by an astonishing and formidable poet, explore loss, violence, and recovery. Facing a mother'...

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John Adams: Young Revolutionary, Paperback - Jan Adkins

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Reducere. Dear Reader: The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an...

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Purpose: An Immigrant's Story, Paperback - Wyclef Jean

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Reducere. Purpose is Wyclef Jean's powerful story of a life rooted in struggle, soul-searching, art, and survival.In his own voice the multi-platinum musicia...

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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Paperback - Ernest J. Gaines

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Make Trouble: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Find the Courage to Lead, Paperback - Cecile Richards

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DescriptionFrom Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured spe...

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The Little House Set, Paperback - Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Reducere. This nine-book paperback box set of the classic series features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.The nine books in the timel...

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What We Lose, Paperback - Zinzi Clemmons

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An Amazon Best Book of July 2017: In its simplest form, What We Lose tells a story of a young African American woman coming to terms with adulthood...

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Day of All Saints, Paperback - Patricia Grace King

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Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Martin Silva de Choc, childhood survivor of an army massacre during the Guatemalan civil war, and now a language-sc...

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Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World, Paperback - Jon F. Sensbach

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jon F. SensbachRebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspir...

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The Music of Django Reinhardt, Paperback - Benjamin Givan

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The Virgins, Paperback - Pamela Erens

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Reducere. * A New York Times Editor's Choice selection * A Chicago Tribune Editor's Choice selection* A Best Book of 2013, The New Yorker* A Best Book of 201...

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Behind the Badge: Her Story, Paperback - Antoinette M. James

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Reducere. In the Spring of 2002, thirty-one-year-old Antoinette Bostic, an African American woman raising three daughters on her own, graduates from the Detr...

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Dying for a Drink: What You and Your Family Should Know about Alcoholism, Paperback - Anderson Spickard

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Rift Zone, Paperback - Tess Taylor

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Reducere. RIFT ZONE, Taylor's much-anticipated third book traces literal and metaphoric fault lines--rifts between past and present, childhood and adulthood,...

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The Nature of Generosity, Paperback - William Kittredge

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Luke Ten Nineteen, Paperback - J. A. Segura

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Jizo Bodhisattva: Guardian of Children, Travelers, and Other Voyagers, Paperback - Jan Chozen Bays

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A Pickle For The Knowing Ones (Annotated), Paperback - Timothy Dexter

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An Act of Defiance, Paperback - Irene Sabatini

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Harare, 2000: Gabrielle is a newly-qualified lawyer fighting for justice for a young girl. Ben is an urbane and charismatic junior diplomat attache...

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Johnny Cash: The Biography, Paperback - Michael Streissguth

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Whatever Happened to Dagmar?: An Immigrant's Autobiography, Paperback - Dagmar (van Der Meer) Howe

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Eye of the Hurricane, Paperback - Richard Bellman

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My Beloved World, Paperback - Sonia Sotomayor

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The American Dream: Love, Lust, and Lies, Paperback - Lloyd Miller

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My Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver, Paperback - Mark D. Hersey

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Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama, Paperback - Diane C. Fujino

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On February 12, 1965, in the Audubon Ballroom, Yuri Kochiyama cradled Malcolm X in her arms as he died, but her role as a public servant and activi...

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China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia, Paperback - James R. Lilley

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My Story, My Song!: A true and inspirational story..., Paperback - Christine Clark Brasfield

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My View From the Back of the Bus, Paperback - Merritt D. Long

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The Life of Charles Eastman Ohiyes'a: Indian Boyhood & from the Deep Woods to Civilization (Volume 1&2), Paperback - Charles Eastman

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Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag, Paperback - Ann Weil

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The Language of Baklava, Paperback - Diana Abu-Jaber

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Passing, Paperback - Nella Larsen

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Youngblood Hawke, Paperback - Herman Wouk

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The Long Winter, Paperback - Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Reducere. Immerse yourself in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House series, now featuring Garth Williams' classic art in vibrant full-colorThe Long Win...

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Wish Upon a Duke, Paperback - Jr. Salisbury

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The duke's bargain never included falling in love...When Savannah Dawson married the second son of an English earl, she never dreamed she'd have to...

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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, Paperback - William Zinsser

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Reducere. An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir Anyone undertaking the project of w...

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Barbecue / Bootycandy (Tcg Edition), Paperback - Robert O'Hara

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Mirrored Reflections: A Memoir, Paperback - Kitty La Perriere

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The Gilded Years, Paperback - Karin Tanabe

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Essential Ruth Stone, Paperback - Ruth Stone

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Reducere. Expertly and sensitively selected by her granddaughter Bianca, The Essential Ruth Stone bears witness to a vivid fifty-year career of one of Americ...

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The Lifer and the Lawyer, Paperback - George Critchlow

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