Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Books Product Reviews and Prices

Assimilation in American Life : The Role of Race, Religion and National Origins - Milton M. Gordon - 9780195008968 - 0195008960

ISBN13: 9780195008968. ISBN10: 0195008960. by Milton M. Gordon. Published by Oxford University Press. Edition: 64 More at Textbooks.com

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Maxine Hong Kingston - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

Maxine Hong Kingston writes about the bonds as well as the conflicts between women in Chinese-American culture--how the traditional Asian way of life ...

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Latest review by pookiebear6 Jul 6, 2008

"Probably most intriguing about the structure of Maxine Hong Kingston&#146s Woman Warrior, beginning..." Read full review

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Farley Mowat - People of the Deer

A classic account of the degradation of a tribe of Canadian Indians focuses on the fate of the Ihalmiut people of Northern Canada who suffered ...

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Latest review by canuckster1127 May 19, 2009

"Farley Mowat is a Canadian National treasure. This novel is set in the northern territories of Canad..." Read full review

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Claude Brown - Manchild in the Promised Land

The classic autobiography of growing up in Harlem in the fifties. From a life of mischief and encounters with gangs, drug pushers, and the police, ...

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Latest review by lonniepoole May 18, 2005

"The book is about a black man by the name of Claude Brown. Claude brown is a black young man who mad..." Read full review

Basil Davidson - The Lost Cities of Africa

Combining archeological evidence and scholarly research, Davidson traces the exciting development of the rich kingdoms of the lost cities of Africa, ...

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Latest review by pambo Jan 5, 2001

"This book is for you if you believe that civilization didnt develop in..." Read full review

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Robert Coles - Migrants, Sharecroppers, Mountaineers

"Children of Crisis" is a five-volume masterwork by Robert Coles. It examines the lives of children in urban and rural settings in America and is the ...

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John Howard Griffin and Robert (AFT) Bonazzi - Black Like Me: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

Publisher's description: Studs Terkel tells us in his Foreword to the definitive Griffin Estate Edition of Black Like Me: "This is a ...

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Latest review by ricsan Nov 8, 2005

"I read this book when I was in high school 28 years ago. It is one I've never forgotten. I think it'..." Read full review

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Pat Conroy - The Water Is Wide: A Memoir

The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw island, ...

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Latest review by toiletoctopus Feb 18, 2013

"After reading Pat Conroy's "The Prince is Tides," I was hoping for another piece of literary ex..." Read full review

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Melissa Fay Greene - Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction

Melissa Fay Greene's celebrated nonfiction book takes place in the '70s in a rural Georgia town, where a poor and uneducated black man stands up to ...

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Latest review by toiletoctopus Jan 22, 2005

"The country song by Reba Mcentire, "Thats the Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia," sounds lik..." Read full review

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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James McBride - The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

A young African-American man describes growing up in an all-black Brooklyn housing project, one of twelve children of a white mother and black ...

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Latest review by sweet36 Aug 27, 2007

""The Color of Water" discusses the life of James McBride and his mother, Ruth McBride Jordan. It sho..." Read full review

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Russell Banks - Cloudsplitter

A triumph of the imagination and a masterpiece of modern storytelling, Cloudsplitter is narrated by the enigmatic Owen Brown, last surviving son of ...

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Latest review by barakhouda Jun 1, 2000

"If you are interested in things like anti-government militias and cults, or if you are fascinated wi..." Read full review

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Edward Ricardo Braithwaite - To Sir, With Love

Free Worldwide Delivery : To Sir, with Love : Paperback : Penguin Putnam Inc : 9780515105193 : 0515105198 : 01 Jul 1995 : The author's experiences as ...

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Latest review by playchina Nov 22, 2002

"This is the book that inspired me to become a teacher. I have realized since that the author made h..." Read full review

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Toni Morrison - Beloved

In 2006 the New York Times chose Toni Morrison's fifth novel from 1987, BELOVED, as the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years, beating ...

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Latest review by sbunnell27 Jan 13, 2004

"Whats amazing about Toni Morrison's Beloved is this: its a true story. A woman named Garner does wha..." Read full review

Taylor Branch - Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63

Traces the birth of the American civil rights movement and profiles Martin Luther King, Jr., detailing the roles played by key figures around him and ...

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Latest review by jdcorley Jul 6, 2000

"If I had to sum up "Parting the Waters" in one sentence, it would be this: This book deser..." Read full review

Results for Books > Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Assimilation in American Life : The Role of Race, Religion and National Origins - Milton M. Gordon - 9780195008968 - 0195008960

$25.00

Maxine Hong Kingston - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

$8 - $13

Farley Mowat - People of the Deer

$15

Claude Brown - Manchild in the Promised Land

Basil Davidson - The Lost Cities of Africa

$9 - $17

Robert Coles - Migrants, Sharecroppers, Mountaineers

$24

John Howard Griffin and Robert (AFT) Bonazzi - Black Like Me: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

$5 - $12

Pat Conroy - The Water Is Wide: A Memoir

$10 - $13

Melissa Fay Greene - Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction

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

$7

James McBride - The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

$14

Russell Banks - Cloudsplitter

$7

Edward Ricardo Braithwaite - To Sir, With Love

$7

Toni Morrison - Beloved

Taylor Branch - Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63

$9

Maxine Kingston - The Woman Warrior / China Men

$10