What Color Is My World': The Lost History of African-American Inventors, Paperback - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Reducere. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineupof little-known African-American inventors in this l...

Reducere. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineupof little-known African-American inventors in this l...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Otha Richard SullivanEditor: Jim HaskinsMeet the black inventors who lived their dreams--from the earlyyears to modern time...

Reducere. Did you know your cellphone was invented by an African American? What about the doorknob, mailbox, or the home security system? Through the book, y...

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Reducere. The bestselling novel starring Sherlock Holmes's enigmatic brother, from NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Fresh out of Cambridge University, the you...

DescriptionThe new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1872, and a series of gruesome m...

DescriptionThe new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1873, and Mycroft Holmes is in s...

The young Mycroft Holmes draws on his brother's assistance, investigating a mysterious orphanage overdose with connections to the top of the Britis...

Reducere. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERKareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Heather Andrea WilliamsAfter the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspa...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael A. CarsonA considerable amount of the world's most influential inventors have been African-American, which is a fac...

DescriptionLook closer. Grant Snider's beautiful debut picture book explores the wonders--and colors--of nighttime. For night is not just black and...

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After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?, Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature? The idea of Africa...

Reducere. In thirteen candid and provocative essays, author Jarrett Neal reports on the status of black gay men in the new millennium, examining classism amo...

DescriptionA post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets of the past that may hold the key to his future, in this captivating debut novel in the...

Reducere. A post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets from the past that may hold the key to his future in this "sensual, twisting gothic tale...in the ...

Contributor(s): Author: Otha Richard SullivanEditor: Jim HaskinsMeet African american women of science and invention from the early years to modern...

DescriptionAfrican American poetry is as old as America itself, yet this touchstone of American identity is often overlooked. In this critical hist...

"A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A compelling saga that gives a voice...

The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history--Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--and their attempt to create an electric-powered c...

Reducere. "A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A compelling saga that gives a voice...

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This definitive history of African-American theatre embraces companies from across the U.S., as well as the anglophone Caribbean and African-Americ...

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Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Thomas HagerIllustration(s): Black-and-white images throughoutNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380, ...

Reducere. DescriptionBill Spiller was forty-seven when he was forced by desperate finances to caddie at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. One day Sp...

Reducere. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only lim...

Argues that, contrary to historical and popular depictions of African Americans as naturally religious, freethought has been central to black polit...

Reducere. This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n...

Reducere. Starting in pre-Islamic Arabia and deepest Africa, following the lives, adventures and writings of three Muslim slaves through antebellum America a...

Philosophical esotericism--the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts "between the lines"--was a common practice until the end of the ...

This book charts the history of Scotland's unique legal system from medieval times to the digital age, including previously unknown material from A...

Reducere. Over the past thirty years, visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig has crafted a highly distinctive body of work. Playful, enthralling, and whip-...