| The African-American Century : How Black
Americans Have Shaped Our Country by Cornel
West,
Henry Louis, Jr. Gates ~ Featured on: 1/15/01 Show ~ Black Americans are at the heart of the greatest achievements of our history, from music to law, from politics to sports, from literature to religion. Now the two leading African-American intellectuals of our day show us why the twentieth century was The African-American Century, with one hundred original profiles of the most influential African Americans from W. E. B. Du Bois to Oprah Winfrey. ~
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West offer their personal picks of the African-American figures...
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| Bobbi Brown Teenage Beauty : Everything You
Need to Look Pretty, Natural, Sexy & Awesome by Bobbi
Brown,
Annemarie Iverson ~ Featured on: 1/5/01 Show
~ Bobbi Brown Teenage Beauty is the ultimate beauty guide for young women. It takes the mystery out of all those confusing rituals so that you can figure out how to feel happier and more relaxed about your looks. You'll look your prettiest! ~
Your teen years are the most emotionally charged of your life. Your body's developing at a rapid pace, your skin changes from day to day, and your hormones are raging (in case you didn't notice). Everything in your life is in total... read more |
| Desert Sojourn : A Woman's Forty Days and
Nights Aloneby Debi
Holmes-Binney Featured on: 1/11/01 Show ~ At age 31, having left a stifling
decade-long marriage, Debi Holmes Binney set off alone into the harsh Utah
desert to find direction and spiritual renewal. Armed with only basic
supplies and her writing journals, she spent an extended sojourn in a
place by turns physically terrifying, psychologically invigorating, and
gloriously beautiful. Her moving account will appeal to both physical and
spiritual adventurers. |
| The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and
150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around
Themby Freedom
Writers, Zlata
Filapovich (Contributor), Zlata
FilipovicFeatured on: 1/15/01 Show |
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| Go To Your Destiny
by Calvin
Harrison, Alvin
Harrison ~
Featured on: 1/16/01 Show ~ In 1995, Identical Twin Brothers Calvin and Alvin Harrison were living in their car; within a year, they were competing for spots on the United States Olympic Track and Field Team. And their dream was only beginning. Alvin won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 x 400-meter relay in 1996, and four years later in Sydney, Australia, the identical twin brothers each ran a leg on the gold-medal-winning 4 x 400-meter relay team. All told, the Harrisons have won three Olympic gold medals and a silver despite a shared life marked by tragedy and misfortune. Together, Alvin and Calvin persevered and are now poised to become the greatest tandem in the history of international track and field.
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| King : The Photobiography of Martin Luther
King, Jr.by Charles
Johnson, Bob
Adelman, Robert
Phelan (Photographer),
Richard Woodley ~ Featured on: 1/15/01 Show ~ Man, martyr, and myth--an American giant in a photobiography of unprecedented scope and depth.
King is the first true photobiography of a hero's journey. Never before has his life been so richly chronicled from so many different points of view. A powerful collection of photographic images combined with text by National Book Award-winning writer Charles Johnson detail the pivotal events of King's public life--as well as his family life--in a rich and stirring format. In this book, we see Martin...read more |
| Running
to the Mountain : A Midlife Adventureby Jon Katz (Paperback -
March 2000)
Featured on: 1/11/01 Show
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| Wishes in Black &
Whiteby Eileen
Williams Sabry, Roya
Movafegh Featured on: 1/15/01 Show ~ Wishes In Black & White showcases Eileen Sabry's
insightful, compassionate interview-based commentaries on healing human
relations between the races. Enhanced with the photography of Roya
Movafegh, Wishes In Black & White is a unique and enduring
contribution to Black Studies and is highly recommended reading for anyone
concerned with racism in America today. |
| A
Year by the Sea : Thoughts of an Unfinished Womanby Joan Anderson
(Paperback - August 2000)
Featured on: 1/11/01 Show |
| A
Year By The Seaby Joan Anderson (Audio Cassette) |
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A
Year by the Sea : Thoughts of an Unfinished Womanby Joan Anderson
(Hardcover - May 1999) |
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