Tar Baby. A Global History, Paperback - Bryan Wagner

DescriptionA richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktalePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was pub...

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Charts the facts and myths surrounding the invention of the bicycle in the 19th century, and then to consider its cultural impact on western and no...

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An unforgettable and transformative novel that explores race and gender with scorching insight from the Nobel-prize winning author of Beloved. Into...

Ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary, Tar Baby is Toni Morrison's reinvention of the love story. Jadine Childs is a black fashion model...

Most of us can't make it through morning without our cup (or cups) of joe, and we're not alone. Coffee is a global beverage: it's grown commerciall...

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