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Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who...
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who...
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Set during the American Civil War, the son of an enslaved woman and her former master, Sgt. Richard Etheridge, member of the African Brigade, is eager to prove his manhood and worth, but conflicted about his own notions of Blackness and whiteness, Richard finds himself trying to navigate a world of violence and moral uncertainty, never knowing whether the shot that could end his life will be fired by his own white cousin or a fellow soldier.
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Marriage game volume 5
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William, Viscount Wivenly, plans to remain the most eligible of bachelors. He refuses to surrender to the schemes of husband-hunting ladies and matchmaking mamas. Fleeing the pressure of the ton, he's bent on finding refuge in the West Indies. What he finds instead is a fascinating stranger, a woman so unlike those of his society that he can't resist such a beguiling distraction ... Determined to let nothing complicate her mission to protect her family's...
6) Harriet
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"The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history"--From www.imdb.com.
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