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Just Wanna Testify: A Novel

Just Wanna Testify: A Novel

Pearl Cleage

Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage.
Babylon Sisters: A Novel

Babylon Sisters: A Novel

Pearl Cleage

Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled. From the Hardcover edition.
What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day

What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day

Pearl Cleage

Acclaimed playwright, essayist, New York Times bestselling author, and columnist Pearl Cleage has created a world rich in character, human drama, and deep, compassionate understanding, in a remarkable novel that sizzles with sensuality, ...
Till You Hear from Me: A Novel

Till You Hear from Me: A Novel

Pearl Cleage

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Pearl Cleage's Just Wanna Testify and a Till You Hear from Me discussion guide.
Blues for an Alabama Sky

Blues for an Alabama Sky

Pearl Cleage

THE STORY: It is the summer of 1930 in Harlem, New York.
Flyin' West and Other Plays

Flyin' West and Other Plays

Pearl Cleage

The first collection by one of the leading African American women playwrights.
I Wish I Had a Red Dress

I Wish I Had a Red Dress

Pearl Cleage

Since Joyce Mitchell was widowed five years ago, she's kept herself occupied by running the Sewing Circus, an all-girl group she founded to provide badly needed services to young women at risk, many of whom are single mothers.
We Speak Your Names: A Celebration

We Speak Your Names: A Celebration

Pearl Cleage

Use it, adapt it, pass it on. . . .” Destined to become a classic, We Speak Your Names is a treasure to keep forever and a precious, inspiring gift for the ones you love. From the Hardcover edition.
Flyin' West

Flyin' West

Pearl Cleage

THE STORY: Facing problems ranging from the inevitability of long, cold winters, to the possibility of domestic violence, to the continuing spectra of racial conflict, the women of FLYIN' WEST include Miss Leah, the old woman whose memories ...
The Black Pearl

The Black Pearl

Scott O'Dell

From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven.
The Pearl

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

But when he finds The Pearl of the World he believes that his life will be magically transformed. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbours and himself.
Path of the Pearl: Discover Your Treasures Within: Easyread ...

Path of the Pearl: Discover Your Treasures Within: Easyread ...

Mary Olsen Kelly

Anna S. Sofianides and George E. Harlow. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. The Pearl Book: The Definitive Buying Guide. Antoinette L. Matlins. Woodstock, Vt.: GemStone Press, 2000. Pearl Buying Guide. Renee Newman. Los Angeles: ...
Pearl Harbor Honor Flight: One Last Goodbye

Pearl Harbor Honor Flight: One Last Goodbye

Billie Nicholson

Pearl Harbor Honor Flight, The Last Goodbye, a book created to honor military veterans of the Greatest Generation for their courage and personal sacrifice during the attack on United States military forces at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
Bill Pearl - Images Through the Years

Bill Pearl - Images Through the Years

Richard R. Thornley Jr

A collection of 54 photographs from 1953 to 1987 of Bill Pearl's bodybuilding career.
Pearl Harbor Blues

Pearl Harbor Blues

Victoria Heckman

It all began on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawai'i.
Open and Shut

Open and Shut

David Rosenfelt

Her name is Cathy Pearl.” “This eyewitness, Cathy Pearl, did she say to you, 'I saw Willie Miller'?” “No. She was not familiar with his name. She described him, and the bartender told us that it sounded very much like the defendant.” “So at that ...
The Last Pearl

The Last Pearl

Leah Fleming

His father was a fisher on a tributary of the Tay river in Perthshire, Scotland, and together they found the rarest of pearls, a great white pearl they call Queenie. When this is stolen from them, Eben vows revenge.
The Last Pearl

The Last Pearl

Leah Fleming

His father was a fisher on a tributary of the Tay river in Perthshire, Scotland, and together they found the rarest of pearls, a great white pearl they call Queenie. When this is stolen from them, Eben vows revenge.
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Gordon William Prange

Records the planning and execution of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and looks at what it reveals about American leadership
Pearl

Pearl

Mary Gordon

Receiving a call from the State Department that her daughter Pearl has been protesting global violence by chaining herself to a flagpole at the American embassy in Dublin and refusing to eat, liberal New Yorker and single mother Maria ...
Pearl in the Sand SAMPLER: A Novel

Pearl in the Sand SAMPLER: A Novel

Tessa Afshar

Enjoy these SAMPLE pages from Pearl in the Sand- Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel?
Pearl in the Sand: A Novel

Pearl in the Sand: A Novel

Tessa Afshar

Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible’s answer is yes. Pearl in the Sand tells Rahab’s untold story.
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Judy L. Hasday

Chronicles the events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the details of the attack itself, and the ensuing reaction of the United States.
December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor

Gordon Prange

Built around eyewitness accounts, this book provides an unprecedented glimpse of how it felt to be at Pearl Harbor on the day that would live in infamy.
Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris

Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris

Edmund White

Inside a Pearl vividly recalls those fertile years, and offers a brilliant examination of a city and a culture eternally imbued with an aura of enchantment.
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

Lauren Tarshis

Visiting his favorite Hawaiian beach when Japanese forces suddenly attack Pearl Harbor, 11-year-old Danny Crane struggles through the smoke, destruction and chaos to make his way back home.
The Last Rose Pearl: A Low Country Love Story

The Last Rose Pearl: A Low Country Love Story

Grace Walton

But she agrees to pose as his betrothed to help him save lives. Rory just prays she can guard her heart. And she prays she won't be forced to make The Last Rose Pearl.
The Pearl-shellers of Torres Strait: Resource Use, ...

The Pearl-shellers of Torres Strait: Resource Use, ...

Regina Ganter

Many men died at this dangerous work. Regina Ganter charts the progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday through its several crises resulting from overfishing to its present cautious management.
Mikimoto

Mikimoto

Nick Foulkes

The name Mikimoto would become tantamount with the pearl around the world. Today, Kokichi Mikimoto's goal - that every woman might know the splendor of the pearl - extends to nearly every major city in the world.

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