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  • Mankiya

    A Memoir

    by Vee Konkin ...
    As a little girl growing up in British Columbia, Canada, Vee Konkin loved listening to her aunt Mankiyaor Marytell stories about her fascinating life.She kept notes from their conversations and _ led them away in a little wooden cigar box. She vowed to one day share her aunts story with the world.Born in Russia, Mankiyas parents were Doukobours, who were pacificts from Russia. _ ey refused to join ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

    The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant. ... Read more

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  • Dallas 1963

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  • Those Who Know

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  • Full Bore

    William McInnes, one of Australia's best-loved entertainers and authors, takes a look at the Aussie obsession with sports and pop culture.A chance encounter in an auction house is the jumping-off point for William's inimitable take on our sport-obsessed nation, Australian popular culture and the artefacts and memorabilia that both make us cringe with recognition and laugh with warm affection. His ... Read more

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  • No Name in the Street

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
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  • What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

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    For almost a decade, beloved storyteller E. Lynn Harris has welcomed you into his family with his passionate, warm and trail-blazing novels. Now, he invites you into the most intimate world ever--his own.Since his first book Invisible Life was published in the early 1990s, New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn Harris has wowed, charmed and romanced millions of readers. As a master storyteller, ... Read more

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  • Reaching for the Stars

    The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut

    An immigrant chronicles his life's journey from the agricultural fields of California to orbiting the Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery .Basis for the film A Million Miles Away starring Michael Peña.Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, José M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a r... ... Read more

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