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Becoming: Michelle Obama by Michelle Obama

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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America--the first African American to ...Show more

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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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Category: Literary Fiction

Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people. Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she will never meet. Winsome is a young Windrush bride, recently arrived from Barbados. Amma is the fierce queen of her 1980s ...Show more

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The Warmth of Other Suns - The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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Category: Cultural Studies

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS ...Show more

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A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment of a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens' life changes. With her intelligence and passion for wearing the cast-off shoes of her mistress, Florens has never blended into the background and no ...Show more

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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

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Category: Contemporary Fiction

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019 'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' - Barack Obama Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink o ...Show more

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Beloved by Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison's magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel - first published in 1987 - brought the unimaginable experience of slavery into the literature of our time and into our comprehension. Set in post-Civil War Ohio, it is the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked her life in order to wrenc ...Show more

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Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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Category: Literary Fiction

THE BLUEST EYE chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio- Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola. Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged blond white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by ...Show more

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

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Category: Memoir & Biography

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Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

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Category: Non-Fiction

'Educated is a remarkable memoir of a young woman raised in a survivalist family in Idaho who strives for education while still showing great understanding and love for the world she leaves behind.' - BARACK OBAMA Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for t ...Show more

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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A New York Times BestsellerWinner of The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionWinner of The Aspen Words Literary PrizeIn a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet -- sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and ...Show more

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Florida by Lauren Groff

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FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018 The universally acclaimed return of the New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies. "Haunting and arresting." (New York Times Book Review) "Outstanding." (The Boston Globe) "Marvelous." (The Economis ...Show more

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Furious Hours - Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

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Category: Memoir & Biography

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-c ...Show more

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Becoming: Michelle Obama by Michelle Obama

$49.99 AUD

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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The Warmth of Other Suns - The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

$32.99 AUD

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

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Beloved by Toni Morrison

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Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

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Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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Florida by Lauren Groff

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Furious Hours - Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

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