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  Knocking Down The Wall -...

  Davis Truman

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  The "Knocking Down The Wall: Muhammad Ali's Revolutionary Leadership for Black America's Rise" – is a captivating and thought-provoking exploration of one of the most iconic figures in history. In this gripping book, prepare to embark on a remarkable journey through the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali, delving deep into his extraordinary role as a revolutionary leader for the rise of Black America. 
  Through vivid storytelling and insightful analysis, this book unveils Ali's pivotal role in shaping the course of Black America's rise. It explores his unwavering determination to challenge the status quo, dismantle barriers, and empower marginalized communities. Ali's actions reverberated throughout the nation, from his influential alliance with the Nation of Islam to his courageous stance against the Vietnam War. They inspired generations to strive for a more inclusive and equitable society. 
  Prepare to be enthralled as this remarkable book peels back the layers of Muhammad Ali's life, revealing the indomitable spirit of a true leader and his unwavering dedication to advancing Black America. "Knocking Down The Wall" is a compelling tribute to the revolutionary legacy of a man who transcended the boundaries of sport, leaving an indelible mark on history.

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  Traveling Without Moving -...

  Taiyon J. Coleman

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  Amid the White smiles of Minnesota Nice and the Minnesota Paradox—the insidious racism of an ostensibly inclusive place to live—what do you do? If you're Taiyon J. Coleman, you write. 
   
   
   
  In Traveling without Moving, Coleman shares intimate essays from her life: her childhood in Chicago—growing up in poverty with four siblings and a single mother—and the empowering decision to leave her first marriage. She writes about being the only Black student in a prestigious and predominantly White creative writing program, about institutional racism and implicit bias in writing instruction, about the violent legacies of racism in the US housing market, about the maternal health disparities seen across the country and their implication in her own miscarriage. She explores what it means to write her story and that of her family—an act at once a responsibility and a privilege—bringing forth the inherent contradictions between American ideals and Black reality. 
   
   
   
  Using a powerful blend of perspectives that move between a first-person lens of lived experience and a wider-ranging critique of US culture, policy, and academia, Coleman's writing evinces how a Black woman in America is always on the run, always Harriet Tubman, traveling with her babies in tow, seeking safety, desperate to survive, thrive, and finally find freedom.

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  Truths Up His Sleeve: The Times...

  John Howard

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  This first critical biography of radio broadcaster, stage director, and auteur filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis examines his prolific body of work within the socio-political context of his times. Best known as a bold modernist for triple-Oscar-winner 'Zorba the Greek', Michael likewise was hailed as an astute classicist for his inventive interpretations of Euripides. Working across several continents and languages, he forwarded feminist, humanist, and pacifist agendas, as he further innovated crafty LGBT narratives of unprecedented artistry and complexity. Despite intense persecution during the Cold War red scare and lavender scare, his casts and crews of frugal cosmopolitans critiqued racism, militarism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Avoiding censorship, job loss, and jail, Michael thereby laid foundations for the 1990s new queer cinema and set the stage for empowering dramas of socio-economic justice in the third millennium. Over his long life and productive career, Michael exposed and espoused the vital truths up his sleeve.

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  A Beautiful Death - Keeping the...

  Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

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  WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE IS ABOUT TO DIE? In this compelling story of selfless courage and compassion, Cheryl Lafferty Eckl chronicles how she and her beloved husband, Stephen, moved beyond merely coping with his imminent death from colon cancer to approaching it as one of life's great mysteries--a process of profound learning, mutual devotion, and deep personal growth. Writing with stunning candor and immediacy, Cheryl takes the reader on a journey that plumbs the depths of loss and soars to the heights of the soul's release-even providing a powerful glimpse into the Other Side of life. A Beautiful Death will comfort and inspire you. It may even change how you view life's inevitable end.

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  The Ride - Paul Revere and the...

  Kostya Kennedy

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  “Audiobook narrator Johnny Heller has a brisk, ardent manner, moving through events at a spirited trot, conveying the urgency and high stakes of Revere’s mission.”—The Washington PostTimed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events: Paul Revere’s legendary ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the story Americans have heard since childhood but hardly understoodOn April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on a borrowed horse to fulfill a dangerous but crucial mission: to alert American colonists of advancing British troops, which would seek to crush their nascent revolt.Revere was not the only rider that night, and indeed, he had completed at least 18 previous rides across New England and other colonies, disseminating intelligence about British movements. But this ride was like no other, and its consequences in the months and years to come—as the American Revolution morphed from isolated skirmishes to a full-fledged war—became one of our founding legends.In The Ride, Kostya Kennedy presents a dramatic new narrative of the events of April 18 and 19, 1775, informed by fresh primary and secondary source research into archives, family letters and diaries, contemporary accounts, and more. Kennedy reveals Revere’s ride to be more complex than it is usually portrayed—a loosely coordinated series of rides by numerous men, near-disaster, capture by British forces, and finally success. While Revere was central to the ride and its plotting, Kennedy reveals the other men (and, perhaps, a woman with information about the movement of British forces) who helped to set in motion the events that would lead to America’s independence.Thrillingly written in a dramatic, unstoppable narrative, The Ride retells an essential American story for a new generation of listeners.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

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  Trailer Park Parable - A Memoir...

  Tyler Zed

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  "Attempted murder victim told the Brainerd Dispatch she believes her sixteen-year-old son saved her." 
   
   
   
  This is the news article detailing the event that would drastically change Tyler Zed's life and that of his family forever. 
   
   
   
  Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Tyler and his two brothers filled their days with chaotic fun, from playing hockey to building forts to making their own home movies. The household was also full of addiction and abuse that ultimately led to their father attempting to murder their mother on Christmas Eve 2007. 
   
   
   
  Trailer Park Parable follows Tyler and his family before Christmas Eve 2007, the events leading to that night, and the years afterward. It trails the boys as they deal with varying degrees of PTSD and their own battles with addiction, before they eventually turned their creative coping mechanisms, like their YouTube channels, into million-subscriber successes. 
   
   
   
  From living in a trailer park to running a multi-million-dollar business, Trailer Park Parable highlights a true, American-dream story, countering a popular narrative that tells us you may as well not even try, the system is rigged against you.

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