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  • The Black Calhouns

    From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family

    by Gail Lumet Buckley ...
    "A history cum memoir by Lena Horne's daughter tells the story of her forebears . . . eloquently conveys . . . how politics and prejudice can shape a family." — The New YorkerIn The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley—daughter of actress Lena Horne—delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.Beginning ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Patriots: A Young People's Edition

    The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm

    by Gail Lumet Buckley, Tonya Bolden ...
    They fought on Lexington Green the first morning of the Revolution and survived the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge. They stormed San Juan Hill with Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and manned an anti-aircraft gun at Pearl Harbor. They are the black Americans who fought, often in foreign lands, for freedoms that they did not enjoy at home.Adapted for young readers, this dramatic story brings ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Fighting for Freedom

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    by Gail Lumet Buckley, Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. ...
    Series Book 5 - Double Exposure
    This, the fifth volume in the series Double Exposure, presents fifty images of African Americans in uniform, from the Civil War to the War in Iraq. The selection of photographs, which exemplify stories of patriotism, courage, and dignity, are enriched by the unique perspective of Frank Bolden, Jr., 12th Administrator of NASA and Gail Lumet Buckley, author of American Patriots. Photographers ... Read more

    $9.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Patriots

    The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm

    by Gail Lumet Buckley ...
    American Patriots is one of the great untold stories in American history. There have been books on individual black soldiers, but this is the first to tell the full story of the black American military experience, starting with the Revolution and culminating with Desert Storm.The best histories are about more than facts and events — they capture the spirit that drives men to better their lives and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Teen Girl Killer A Collection of True Crime

    by Gail Buckley ...
    Teenagers who commit serious crimes aren't as widespread as many people like to think. Certainly, there's the teenage impulse to fight against authority which may result in shoplifting, vandalism or trespassing. This is why, when teenagers commit particularly heinous crimes, the world is shocked by their violence. Males are much more likely to commit crimes of this nature than females - which, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Practice

    Edited by Jennifer Jones, John Buckley, Gill Furze, Gail Sheppard ...
    The authoritative clinical handbook promoting excellence and best practiceCardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Practice is a comprehensive, practitioner-focused clinical handbook which provides internationally applicable evidence-based standards of good practice. Edited and written by a multidisciplinary team of experts from the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and ... Read more

    $58.00 USD

  • American Catholics, American Culture

    Tradition and Resistance

    by Peter Steinfels, Peter Steinfels, J Bottum, Gail Buckley, Richard M. Doerflinger, William Donohue, Kenneth J. Doyle, Paul Elie, James T. Fisher, Andrew M. Greeley0, Mark Massa1, Paul Moses2, Susan A. Ross3, Valerie Sayers4, Mary C. Segers5, Mark Silk6, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead7, Kenneth L. Woodward8, Brian Doyle9, Daniel Callahan0, Michele Dillon1, Luke Timothy Johnson2, John T. McGreevy3, Alan Wolfe4, Robert Royal5 ...
    Series series American Catholics in the Public Square
    Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Essays by scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators and lobbyists, novelists, activists, policy makers and politicians address the most critical issues ... Read more

    $35.69 USD

  • Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation

    by Louis A Rabb, Roberta S. Maguire, Lauren Walsh, John F Callahan, Carol Friedman, Albert Murray, Greg Thomas, Anne-Katrin Gramberg, Caroline Gebhard, Don Noble, Maurice Pogue, Bert Hitchcock, Sidney Offit, Sanford Pinsker, Paul Devlin, Eugene Holley, Robin DuBlanc, Dr. Barbara A. Baker, PhD, Ms. Jay Lamar, Mr. Gail Buckley, Mr. Elizabeth Mayer Fiedorek ...
    Reimagining America Through the Blues, Jazz, and the Cultural Vision of Albert Murray.This collection consists of essays written by prominent African American literature, jazz, and Albert Murray scholars, reminiscences from Murray protégés and associates, and interviews with Murray himself. It illustrates Murray’s place as a central figure in African American arts and letters and as an American ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class

    by Sarah Smarsh ...
    “A must-read for today’s politics” (San Francisco Chronicle), the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America’s class problem are collected in one searing and insightful volume.In Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh brings her graceful storytelling and incisive critique to the challenges that define our ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex–Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    In this classic novel from the Harlem Renaissance, a biracial musician living in the Jim Crow era chooses to pass as white and deals with the consequences.First published in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex–Colored Man is the story of an unnamed, light-skinned, biracial narrator born in a small Georgia town during the years following the Civil War. He knows nothing about race—until he and his ... Read more

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  • The Original Black Elite

    Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

    by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor ...
    New York Times–Bestselling Author: "A compelling biography of Daniel Murray and the group the writer-scholar W.E.B. DuBois called 'The Talented Tenth.'" —Patricia Bell-Scott, National Book Award nominee and author of The Firebrand and the First LadyIn this outstanding cultural biography, the author of A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the ... Read more

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  • Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen

    Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

    by Margaret C. Jones ...
    The story of the daughter of Alfred the Great, who fought against Viking invaders and ruled a kingdom in the tenth century.Alfred the Great's daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led her army in battle against Viking invaders. She further broke with convention by arranging for her daughter ... Read more

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