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Michael Patrick MacDonald - All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

In this vivid memoir of growing up poor in Boston, a man recalls the colorful characters who played an important part in his life--some strong role ...

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Latest review by CyndiA Jun 28, 2008

"Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in South Boston. All Souls: A Family Story from Southie is his sto..." Read full review

$6 - $7

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Edwidge Danticat - The Farming of Bones: A Novel

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Farming of Bones : Paperback : Penguin Books : 9780140280494 : 0140280499 : 01 Sep 1999 : Memorializing the forgotten ...

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Latest review by Mattachine Jan 20, 2004

"Edwige Danticat's second novel, The Farming of Bones, shows her growth as a writer from the time of..." Read full review

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Ronald Takaki - A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America

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Latest review by rrubianes Mar 25, 2003

"From Jefferson's thoughts on Native and African Americans to the Industrial Revolution's demand for..." Read full review

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Milton Murayama - All I Asking for Is My Body

This novel, written in dialect, reveals the everyday elements and dimensions of life in Hawaii.

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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Nov 20, 2010

"Milton Murayama was born in 1923 in Lahaina, Maui. The two stories before the title novella in All I..." Read full review

Jessica Hagedorn - Dogeaters: A Play About the Philippines (Adapted from the Novel)

"As sharp and fast as a street boy's razor" (The New York Times Book Review), Dogeaters is an intense fictional portrayal of Manila in the heyday of ...

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Latest review by virtuelle2 Mar 1, 2007

"N.B. The American Book Award was given to the NOVEL, and not the play adapted from the novel. Hence..." Read full review

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Lois-Ann Yamanaka - Heads by Harry

Life in a Hawaiian town shimmers around the Yagyuu family taxidermy shop, where a young woman tries to cope with a gifted younger sister, an older ...

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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Aug 2, 2011

"The Hawaiian book that I picked up and read in Honolulu last week was Heads by Harry (2000) by Lois-..." Read full review

Helen Barolini - The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women

Drawing on rare sources and archival material Helen Barolini has collected for the first time in one volume fifty-six works by Italian American women ...

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Latest review by tonyfalcone Jun 12, 2007

"A brava! All the women, a particular note for women of Italian American decent. I particularly enjoy..." Read full review

Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe - Miles: The Autobiography

Miles Davis--a performer famous fornottalking--tells all: from his brilliant musical debut with Charles Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, to his creative ...

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Latest review by hepdood Dec 27, 1999

"Miles: The Autobiography is the only book you will need to learn about Miles Davis. All of the othe..." Read full review

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Rudolfo A. Anaya - Tortuga: A Novel

In this unusual coming-of-age story, a young boy enters a hospital for crippled children. At first he despises the other patients, but gradually he ...

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Latest review by jankp Jun 21, 2012

"Years ago when I enjoyed Rudolfo Anaya’s first, sometimes-banned novel Bless Me Ultima, I boug..." Read full review

Joy Kogawa - Obasan

Based on the author's own experiences, this story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during WWII ...

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Latest review by jc_hall Nov 4, 2006

"Naomi Nakane, an elementary school teacher in her 30s, receives news of her uncle&#146s death. Her a..." Read full review

Nelson George - Hip Hop America

This history of hip hop profiles key recording artists, including old school hip hop pioneers (1977-1987)--like Grandmaster Flash, KRS-One, and the ...

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Latest review by lambchops Jan 30, 2001

"Hip Hop America is a book for pop culture fanatics everywhere. Nelson George speaks can..." Read full review

Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico Mas Lindo Del Mundo/the Smartest Kid on Earth

This elaborate graphic novel (which features a cover that expands into a poster and all manner of foldout pages), set in a curious, otherworldly ...

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Latest review by blksqul Nov 20, 2003

"This book is inscrutable the first read through. It takes a while for the rhythms to find their way..." Read full review

Sandra Cisneros - The House on Mango Street

For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she ...

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Latest review by rasikamurali Oct 17, 2007

"I think that House on Mango street is a bad book. The chapters dont really relate to each other that..." Read full review

James Welch - Fools Crow

The year is 1870, and Fool's Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The ...

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Latest review by mekeel Jan 23, 2007

"This is a wonderful novel. I learned a great deal about the traditions, religion, and day to day exi..." Read full review

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Leslie Marmon Silko - Ceremony

"Demanding but confident and beautifully written" (Boston Globe), this is the story of a young Native American returning to his reservation after ...

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Latest review by arkhaine Aug 19, 2007

"The difficulties of a war veteran returning to normal life is a theme that has proved rich, fertile,..." Read full review

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