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This classic work on lilacs was first published in 1988. AUTHOR: John L. Fiala
PUBLISHER: Timber Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Gardening 
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 | Prison Writing in 20th Century America by Bruce H. Franklin, Tom Wicker
Sixty works in a variety of genres on the experience of imprisonment. Writers include Jack Henry Abbott, Iceberg Slim, Malcolm X, Agnes Smedley, Chester Himes, and Nelson Algren. AUTHOR: Bruce H. Franklin, Tom Wicker
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes
Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America. His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work. AUTHOR: Langston Hughes
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Emily Dickinson
Eschewing the misconception that Dickinson (1830-1886) was not engaged in a changing dynamic because of her reclusiveness, this study of her life and work discusses how her decision to cloister herself allowed her greater expression than her age ordinarily permitted. A thorough study of the New England religious revival, which she resisted in her youth, sheds light on her tremendous strength of character.
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Daughters of Joy by Deepak Chopra
Description not available.Struggling writer Jess Conover's ordinary life is turned upside down by an encounter with Elena, a lovely but mysterious woman who is the leader of an ancient mystery school called The Daughters of Joy, who pass on sacred lessons of love from generation to generation. By the author of Soulmate. 30,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Deepak Chopra
PUBLISHER: Putnam Publishing Group, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Walking to the Bus Rider Blues by Harriette G. Robinet, Raul Colon
In this novel set in 1956, a 12-year-old boy named Alfa and his family participate in the Montgomery bus boycott. To further complicate matters, Alfa sets out to prove his family's innocence after they are falsely accused of stealing from the white family for whom they work. AUTHOR: Harriette G. Robinet, Raul Colon
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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