Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, Paperback - James Sturm

DescriptionBaseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has ...

Reducere. DescriptionLeroy "Satchel" Paige was a man of many words--boastful, brash, bitter, wise. Maybe I'll Pitch Forever is Paige's story in his own words...

Reducere. Satchel Paige was forty-two years old in 1948 when he became the first black pitcher in the American League. Although the oldest rookie around, he ...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Clarence A. HaynesNumber of pages: 144Collection: True HistoryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 216 x...

Reducere. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, R...

A new edition of the classic tale of a barnstorming Jewish baseball team during the great depressionBefore penning his acclaimed graphic novel Mark...

The first children's book from superstar England striker, Ian Wright.Publisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): Ian WrightNumber of pages: 256Publication date...

Reducere. For a hundred years after the end of the Civil War, a quarter of all Americans lived under a system of legalized segregation called Jim Crow. Toget...

Reducere. From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Contributor(s): Author: C. Vann WoodwardWith: William S. McFeelyC. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Sou...

DescriptionThe New York Times bestseller. A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the vi...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Brooks E. HefnerIllustration(s): 15 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 248Publication ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through...

Reducere. DescriptionOn August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Flo...

Reducere. In Segregating Sound, Karl Hagstrom Miller argues that the categories that we have inherited to think and talk about southern music bear little rel...

Reducere. An authoritative text and historical and contemporary photographs that bring independent African American communities out of the shadows of history.

Striking Out is a spiritual diary of Stephen Cottrell's pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Comprising reflections, prayer poems and evocative im...

Reducere. Cuba's geographic proximity to the United States and its centrality to U.S. imperial designs following the War of 1898 led to the creation of a uni...

The first children's book from superstar England striker, Ian Wright.Publisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): Musa OkwongaNumber of pages: 256Publication da...

Reducere. Bring the thrilling story of one red bird to life. When an innocent bird meets two cruel kids, their world is forever changed. But exactly how that...

In a fairy tale town by the edge of the woods, Red Riding Hood skips to the shops. She'd better be careful if M'Grady's about or she might end up a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jim PiersallAuthor: Al Hirshberg"Jim Piersall, 22 year old outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, had a mental breakdown in 195...

DescriptionRage. Depression. Divorce. Politics. Love. A visceral story that you can see, taste, and feel.How could this happen? The question of 201...

Reducere. Tells the story of one of the most important strikes in labour history, that of the Bryant and May matchmakers in 1888. 1400 women and girls walked...

Reducere. The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in educatio...

A feel-good picture book about friendship and change, from the bestselling author of The Suitcase, translated into over 20 languages. Beetle and Ca...

Georgia is pony-mad, and she spends all her spare time at the local stables. When she stumbles across a mistreated pony in the Welsh hills, she kno...

A thrilling, unputdownable debut, with extraordinary twists and incredible action, from an incredible new voice in children's fiction. I can steal ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom her unique vantage point in New Orleans, Sybil Haydel Morial's life spans one of the most critical periods in our country's history...

First class nature writing from an acknowledged master