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Gifted Hands PB: The Ben Carson Story

By Carson & Murphey

Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Incredible Journey into the World of India's Godmen

By Shah, Tahir

Obama: From Promise to Power

By Mendell, David

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By Khan-Cullors, Patrisse

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood (Bryson)

By Bryson, Bill

Out of the Ordinary

By Smith Meyer, Ruth

Chinese Encounters

By Morath, Inge, Miller, Arthur

Black Diamonds: The Wisdom of Booker T.Washington

By Washington, Booker T.

All Arms and Elbows

By Ireland, Innes, Brabham, Sir Jack

The Way to Rainy Mountain

By Momaday, N Scott

Stanley

By McLynn, Frank

Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness

By Shaw, Allyson

The Captain's Apprentice: Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Story of a Folk Song

By Davison, Caroline

Of This Our Country: Essays from some of Nigeria’s greatest writers, including Ayobami Adebayo, Inua Ellams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Helon Habila, Chigozie Obioma, Bolu Babalola and more

Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind (P.S.)

By Ung, Loung

Michael O'Leary: A Life in Full Flight

By Ruddock, Alan

House at Sugar Beach, the

By Coper, Helene

Tell It to the World: An Indigenous Memoir

By Grant, Stan

Too Afraid to Cry – Memoir of a Stolen Childhood

By Eckermann, Ali Cobby

The Three of U.S.: A New Life in New York

By Coles, Joanna, Godwin, Peter

The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging

By Maas, Sharon

Kaffir Boy in America

By Mathabane, Mark

The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

By Alondra Nelson

Lumumba: Africa's Lost Leader (Life & Times)

By Leo Zeilig

Through The Children's Gate: A Home in New York

By Gopnik, Adam

Paul Robeson

By Duberman, Martin Bauml

God Is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations

By McDonald, Chine

Miles Davis (Life & Times)

By Brian Morton

TEN THOUSAND MILES WITHOUT A CLOUD

By Shuyun

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

By McBride, James