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Book Summary of The Light We Carry By Michelle Obama. Discover the extraordinary life of Michelle Obama in her captivating memoir, "The Light We Carry." From her humble beginnings to becoming a globally recognized figure, Michelle Obama's journey is an inspiring testament to resilience, courage, and the power of making a positive impact.In this intimate and heartfelt book, Michelle Obama shares personal experiences, triumphs, and challenges she encountered...
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"Golden documents her conversations with psychologists, writers, and young Black males themselves. She writes her son's story against the backdrop of a society plagued by systemic racism, economic inequality, and mass incarceration and offers a form of witness and testimony in a time of crisis for Black Americans. Not only does Golden confront the root causes of violence inflicted upon Black teen boys, she reassesses the legacy of her own generation's...
3) We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott
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The granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future.
In this stirring tribute to Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr., their granddaughter, Yolanda-a national civil rights figure in her own right-is ready to lead in this powerful picture book text! With inspiration from Langston Hughes and deep love for her...
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Carrie Gress shows that fifty years of radical feminism have solidified the primacy of the traditionally male sphere of life and devalued the attributes, virtues, and strengths of women. Feminism, the ideology dedicated to "smashing the patriarchy," has instead made male lives the norm for everyone. After fifty years of radical feminism, we can't even define "woman." In this powerful new book, Carrie Gress says what cannot be said: feminism has abolished...
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Shadow Mountain Publishing
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[2023]
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English
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"A recounting of the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, an English stockbroker who arranged for the transport of nearly 700 children who would otherwise have been sent by the Nazis to concentration camps in the late 1930s. From the 2022 Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas concert"--
"The inspiring, true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, who ingeniously rescued hundreds of children before Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia. The shadow of war was spreading...
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Little Simon
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2017.
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This truck-shaped, lift-the-flap board book about delivery trucks packs in all kinds of surprises.
Beep! Beep! Look whos driving down the road. Its the Delivery Trucks!
We deliver all kinds of different things to all kinds of different places.
Welcome to Delivery Truck Central! Buckle up for a surprise delivery in this lift-the-flap story about trucks and all the special things they carry from town to town! Its a green light to explore. From the...
10) Earlier
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Semiotext(e)
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2023.
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Shuttling between his first year of life (1967) and the year he wrote the book (2020), 'Earlier' is a glorious sequence of moments, a record of the experiences that set the shape of a life. Frere-Jones's prose floats between clinically precise fragments and emotional impressions of revelations, pleasures, and accidents. It's a book about how lives happen and sensibilities form.
"Shuttling between 1967 and 2023, 'Earlier' is a record of relationships...
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