Robin Miles
Author
Language
English
Description
Initially drawn together because of their shared belief in women’s rights and the power of education, civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt fight together for justice and equality, holding each other’s hands through tragedy and triumph.
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “[A] richly textured and deeply moving debut” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) about one unforgettable Southern Black family and its youngest daughter’s coming of age in the 1990s.
“A triumph . . . Redwood Court is storytelling at its best: tender, vivid, and richly complicated.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times...
“A triumph . . . Redwood Court is storytelling at its best: tender, vivid, and richly complicated.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Vanderbeekers are celebrating! Two of their favorite people are getting married in Harlem, and Laney, Hyacinth, Oliver, Jessie, and Isa have so much to look forward to—and to organize! But when one of the siblings becomes seriously ill, wedding plans come to an abrupt halt. Suddenly, instead of preparing for a party, the family is spending their days at the hospital. And soon the Vanderbeekers attempt to help a newly made and critically ill...
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 6
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Vanderbeekers are off on their first big trip! Recreating a cross-country road trip Papa never got the chance to take with his own father, the biracial crew pack up and hit the highway, ready for anything that travel might bring. Nothing, not wet tents, creepy campgrounds, or overheated vans, can dampen their enthusiasm for seeing America's sights and finally reaching California.
But when the younger Vanderbeekers learn of a frightening change...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of The Memory Painter, comes a sweeping and suspenseful tale of fate and fortune
Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, specializing in deciphering ancient texts. And when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele
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