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A writer navigates shady-and potentially deadly-political campaigns in this vibrant graphic novel about unconscious bias and how the cynical exploit it.April Wells, a celebrated African-American memoirist and essayist, lands a writing assignment unlike any she has had before: covering the presidential campaign of the presumptive Democratic nominee, William Waters, for a high-profile magazine. Waters, a well-spoken progressive with lofty ideals...

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An African-American writer's concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America.In the tradition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me comes Clifford Thompson's What It Is. Thompson was raised to believe in treating every person of every color as an individual, and ...

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Excerpt from The Ethics of William WollastonIt has happened more than once in the history of thought that a really great and creative thinker has become the vic tim of a traditional interpretation, which soon became so thoroughly established that no further thought was given to his system. Instead of giving his thought the critical examination which it really deserved, each generation of thinkers and writers would simply pigeonhole it accordin...

This work provides profiles of 400 of the world's most accomplished performers, composers, conductors and band leaders in musical genres from opera to hip-hop. Each article describes a subject's life, his or her work and its significance to its genre, and includes commentary from critics.

The true story of a fire-fighter and his experiences of high-profile disasters during his 25 year career.

Each year, all profiles and obituaries from the monthly issues of Current Biography are updated and presented alphabetically in a single hardcover volume. Current Biography Yearbook 2009 delivers nearly 200 profiles in all. A sturdy library binding and acid-free paper make this investment last.

Includes biographies of Julian Assange, Timothy Dolan, Grizzly Bear, Josh Hamilton, Sandra Lee, Rory McIlroy, Edith Pearlman, Wanda Sykes, Abby Wambach to name just a few of the over 150 profiles that cover everyone from climate scientists to rock stars, jazz pianists and journalists. A fascinating look at important personalities in 2011.

This volume looks at noteworthy individuals in a variety of fields. Included are actors Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen, political figures John Kerry and Arnold Schwarzenegger, musical groups OutKast and Coldplay, sports figures Tom Brady and Floyd Mayweather, and many more.

Excerpt from The Ethics of William Wollaston It has happened more than once in the history of thought that a really great and creative thinker has become the victim of a traditional interpretation, which soon became so thoroughly established that no further thought was given to his system. Instead of giving his thought the critical examination which it really deserved, each generation of thinkers and writers would simply pigeonhole it accordi...

The novel is set in Washington, D.C., in 1979 and focuses on the Hobbs family. Lester Hobbs, nineteen years old, is mentally retarded and mute ¿ until the day he suddenly begins to rap at the top of his lungs about life with his parents and older siblings. That development has a profound effect on the rest of the family, whose members struggle to figure out what it means, for Lester and themselves. Lester's wise-cracking brother, Greg, the mid...

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