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"From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date-a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance."--
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Ten years have passed since Billy Blessing's adventure in Chicago, and a lot has changed. With the advances in television--the vanishing cable news and the flood of streaming channels entering the market--Billy found himself out of a job. Oh, and his restaurant had a fire (maybe suspicious? Billy does have enemies...), but the insurance won't cover a rebuild. So Billy is reinventing himself on the North Fork of Long Island, where on a clear day you...
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2024.
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English
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"Drawing on 150 interviews and extensive archival research, this definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time, who gave women a permanent place on the air, reveals the woman behind the legacy-one who broke all the rules to tell viewers what they deserved to know."--
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2024.
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English
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"A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impact. Small acts of courage matter. Sometimes, they change the world. Our history books are filled with the stories of those who fought for democracy and freedom-for idealism itself-against all odds, from Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. These iconic struggles for social change illustrate the importance of engagement and...
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Worthy Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Porsha Williams is one of today's most recognizable faces in pop culture and a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on a deeply personal journey filled with tragedy, triumphs, humor, and tears as she shares her search for happiness and self-acceptance, giving fans a first-hand look into the defining moments that have never been captured on-screen or in the press. Charged with candor,...
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Ballast Books
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Mike ""The Situation"" Sorrentino gives fans the inside scoop they've been begging for with his explosive tell-all. In this page-turning whirlwind of action-packed, unbelievable stories, Mike paints a raw and uncensored picture of his rise to stardom, steep fall, and amazing renaissance, all told with unwavering honesty. Divulging everything from.
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Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The first of its kind, this illustrated gift book, written by veteran Washington Post TV reporter Bethonie Butler, is a comprehensive look at the rich history of groundbreaking--and often underappreciated--television shows with leading Black characters from the last fifty years"--
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Black Privilege Publishing, Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Embracing his life roles as a cultural curator, social commentator, job creator and Girl Dad, the cohost of the nationally syndicated morning radio institution The Breakfast Club shares his thoughts on growth, empowerment and evolution in our fast-changing world--in short, it's time to stop lying to each other, and ourselves.
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HarperCollinsEspañol
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Español
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Carmen Rita Wong siempre ha anhelado un sentido de pertenencia: primero cuando era una niña pequeña en una habitación cálida llena de mujeres latinas negras y morenas, como su madre, Lupe, animándola bailando durante su infancia en Harlem. Y en Chinatown, donde su padre inmigrante, "Papi" Wong, un estafador, la exhibiría a ella y a su hermano mayor en opulentos restaurantes decorados en rojo y dorado. Luego vinieron los patios de recreo casi...
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English
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EGON SCHIELE: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN: At the beginning of the 20th century, Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna. Beautiful women and an era that is ending drive his life and work. Two women will have a lasting impact on him his sister and first muse Gerti, and seventeen-year-old Wally, arguably Schiele's one true love, immortalized in his famous painting Death and the Maiden. Schiele's radical paintings scandalize Viennese...
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