My American Journey, Paperback

Reducere. "A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK."--The New York Times Book ReviewColin Powell is the embodiment of the Ame...

Contributor(s): Author: Raj GuptaAuthor: Syd HavelyOEight Dollars and a Dream tells of a remarkable personal and professional journey by one of Ame...

Reducere. William "Bubba" Paris former, Three time Super Bowl Champion with the San Francisco 49ers; an All-American at the University of Michigan. A motivat...

Reducere. DescriptionMy Journey to America is a personal tale of one man's expedition to reaching his American Dream. It commences from his humble beginnings...

In My Bike, a motorcycle graphic novel, Leeron goes on a coast-to-coast motorcycle ride in search of freedom and the elusive American Dream. This h...

Reducere. Journey with female protagonist, Oksana as she shares her Ukrainian American experience. Thirty-eight pages of detailed color illustrations transpo...

Reducere. Margaret Walker became the first African American to win a national literary award when her collection For My People was chosen for the Yale Series...

Reducere. In "My Olympic Life", readers will journey with an African American youngster from racially-charged and segregated Indianapolis in the 1950s and '6...

Reducere. Kimberly Wieser takes us on an expansive journey across mixedblood Indian Americana in this collection of poetry. Home is a place where our surroun...

This book provides a different perspective on the Vietnam conflict. Journey to South Vietnam is a story of real life events, including my career in...

Contemporary / American English Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has...

Reducere. Meet Evie and Andrew Join them on exciting adventures in Taiwan. Discover colorful celebrations, Chinese language, and even more delicious fun. Dan...

Reducere. George Blue Spruce Jr. is recognized as the first American Indian dentist in the United States. His life story reaches back to the ancient Pueblo c...

Reducere. DescriptionInfluential naturalist, author, and co-founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir loved the outdoors. His writings and advocacy for protectio...

As an African-American male, I am sadly, yet keenly aware of prejudice, racism, and discrimination. When I was a teenager, my father taught me how ...

Reducere. The gripping conclusion of the bestselling Fire and Ice Trilogy I'd thought the threat from Seattle was finished. That we showed up in time and too...

Whenever my mother, Betty Marcus, observed a positive event in the lives of her family, she would exclaim: "Only in America."In this memoir, I shar...

The bestselling autobiography of the legendary Louis Zamperini, hero of the blockbuster UnbrokenA modern classic by an American legend, Devil at My...

Reducere. BRAVE FOR MY FAMILY is a book for every American child to read and celebrate the bravery of those on the homefront when a parent is away fighting f...

Reducere. One of the best crime novels of the 50's, and a sublime example of American Noir, is BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL by Elliott Chaze, whose earlier war n...

Reducere. Description"Calling My Name is a treasure."--Nic Stone, New York Times-bestselling author of Dear MartinCalling My Name is a striking, luminous, an...

Reducere. #1 New York Times Bestseller President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of the 42nd U.S. president, a global leader who dec...

DescriptionTriumph is the story of my journey through the fire service and has been a dream of mine since I was promoted to the rank of fire lieute...

Reducere. Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, ...

Reducere. The debut novel from Zack Parsons (My Tank is Fight!) is a mind-bending journey through time and genres. Beginning in 1874, with a blood-soaked wes...

This is my personal journey through one of the greatest warrior and leadership cultures of today, which ultimately provided me with defining leader...

I dedicate this book to my son Leslie, because he agreed to travel with me to Shanghai, Bogota, and my birthplace Gumbinnen, otherwise this book wo...

Reducere. A New York Times bestseller, this is the official biography from the beloved Mexican-American singer who lost her life in a tragic plane crash. The...

Reducere. DescriptionThe American Heart Association says that Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 836, 546 deaths in the US. That's about 1 of every 3...

Reducere. While working on his second novel, John Sedgwick spiraled into a depression so profound that it very nearly resulted in suicide. An author acclaime...

Reducere. Looking out from my office window overlooking the skyline of New York City on September the 11th 2001, I watched history unfold before my very eyes...

Reducere. Why choose an HBCU? The answers may vary, but the overwhelming sentiments that I frequently hear is a love of culture, a feeling of acceptance and ...

Reducere. DescriptionGod boldly proclaims throughout the book of Acts, "There is no ethnic home team when it comes to Christianity." But the minority experie...

Reducere. I was viscerally aware of my overlapping identities. I am a Palestinian Arab, raised with the narrative that Jews and Israelis are the enemy of my ...

DescriptionThe inspiring and critically acclaimed all-American story of faith, family, hard work, and perseverance by Olympic fencer, activist, and...

True Detective Stories. If you would like to put a little excitement in your life, come along for the ride The detective stories in this book will ...

Reducere. Do you think about your risk for getting breast cancer? If you are a female with breasts or love someone with breasts, this book is for you. Accord...

Reducere. "Searing and sensationally funny... As raw in its language and raucous in spirit as it is smart and provocative." The New York Times"Funny, smutty ...

Reducere. This is a story of adoption, resilience, and redemption designed for all who have had moments when they have felt voiceless, marginalized or abando...

DescriptionDiane Guerrero, the star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, presents her personal story in this middle-grade memoir about h...

Reducere. A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006. Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by the...

Anya Mowry was born in Siberia, Russia and was given the birth name Lavrentiva Anna Ulyvna. She was in and out of an orphanage from ages five to el...

Lutheran Mzungu is an exploration of personal cultural awakening when an American Lutheran professor of English volunteered for a six-month teachin...

Reducere. "I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stori...

Reducere. This is the previously untold story of a 1950s gay teenager who runs away from home, setting out on an adventure that redefines his life and puts h...

Reducere. Colin Powell, one of America's most admired public figures, reveals the principles that have shaped his life and career in this inspiring and engro...

Description**The National Bestseller** From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Patty DukeAuthor: William JankowskiThe Miracle Worker. The Patty Duke Show. Valley of the Dolls. Those perennial film and t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nastia LiukinNastia Liukin is an Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medalist, but the road to her success was not an easy o...

Reducere. Drinking Dry Clouds is Gretel Ehrlich's storytelling in full swing. This inspired collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys,...

Reducere. How would you fight to keep your dream alive? In this relatable true story, award-winning journalist Nita Wiggins reveals the abuses that happen of...

Reducere. For more than three decades, bestselling author Louise Erdrich has enthralled readers with dazzling novels that paint an evocative portrait of Nati...

DescriptionLights with no apparent source, heating her back while she walks along a riverbank, initiate American anthropologist Judith Hoch into an...

""I offer this book as an outgrowth of my faith journey in the African American Church and as an ethicist who is deeply concerned about the distort...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: George W. BushAuthor: Mickey HerskowitzI was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation. The president of the ...

Reducere. "I hated my father--really, really hated him. I hated working for him and I hated being around him. I hated it when he walked through the front doo...

From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from Englan...

This is about my journey to the United States for the hopes of a better life. It puts you in the same shoes as the immigrant crossing the border wi...

Born near a dusty cement plant in the northeast Missouri village of Ilasco, close to Mark Twain Cave, Hannibal native Gregg Andrews draws on the vo...

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Asian & Asian American Studies. Born in a rural Chinese village and identified as a girl at birth, Lei Ming, ...

Reducere. In the late 1960s Elmyr (pronounced el-MEER) de Hory was the world's most talented-and most successful art forger-ever. For over 20 years his bogus...

Reducere. All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bie...

Reducere. DescriptionSergeant Lionel "Chooch" Pinn was an American warrior, an Osage Indian whose career as an army sergeant met the high standards set by hi...

Reducere. Jerry Blavat's rockin' life story pulses with celebrity names, infamous episodes and "offers readers an insider's view into the golden era of rock ...

Reducere. When John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook. When he learned that two...

DescriptionThis edition has been expanded and annotated with updated information. Suzie King Taylor made a remarkable journey from slavery to freed...

Reducere. "When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to (Sinclair's) no...

Reducere. "Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, nearest to where I intended to build my house, and began...

Reducere. If your office building were on fire, would you lock the door and keep working? If you were unhappy with your career, would you pedal a rental comm...

Kate Riley is not the sort of heroine we meet in most American novels. Self-centered, shape-shifting, driven from one man to another and one city t...