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A generous new framework for one of the most controversial subjects in contemporary literature.

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A modern masterpiece of instruction.

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On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it.

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Anyone who has ever thought of taking the step from reader to writer should begin here.

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Instruction on fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner.

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An instructive, inspiring guide to the craft and art of writing

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A thoughtful and welcome tool that offers direction to help Black artists establish their own creative practice.

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Ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago come to life in this wonderfully researched book with beautiful illustrations by Hillary Wilson.

In this biography, learn more about this popular author's journey as a writer, from his first published poem about sports to the bag of chicken bones that inspired his first published novel.

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Being a Leader and Making Decisions tells the stories of great leaders—why they led, how they gained support and became leaders, and why people followed them.

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Overcoming Prejudice provides readers with multiple true stories of people who have faced various prejudices and describes how they dealt with it.

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A biography of the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time, and a personal hero of Baptiste.

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The first-ever biography of the author of the Twilight series.

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This biography follows the trajectory of Al Gore's career from political player to environmental champion.

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A biography of the Newbery-winning author of Walk Two Moons, and winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal.

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Imprisoned for twenty-seven years for protesting against South Africa’s system of apartheid, Nelson Mandela was elected the nation’s first black president and became known as one of the greatest world leaders in recent memory.

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This gleefully gut-churning volume offers up some very vile medicinal practices, culinary delicacies, political and battle practices of the Ancient Egyptians.

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Ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago come to life in this wonderfully researched book with beautiful illustrations by Hillary Wilson.

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Without Claudette Colvin, the Montgomery bus boycott may never have happened. This book is a celebration of her activism and of collective action.

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Find out how Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin met, and follow their work as activists during the Montgomery Bus Boycott!

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