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Mendocino. 1992. November 1992. Audio Scholar. Audio cassettes. Very Good in Plastic Case. Still Wrapped in Plastic. 1879557045. Black Americans of Achievement. Senior Consulting Editor: Nathan Irvin Huggins, Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute For Afro-American Research, Harvard University. Two Cassettes - Approximately 2 Hours - Read By Steven Anthony Jones �. audio cassette. keywords: African American Politics History Malcolm X. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A dynamic clergyman and radical visionary, Malcolm X electrified Blacks throughout America by insisting that they battle racial oppression with militant action. He argued against the nonviolent tactics and integrationist policies favored by most civil rights leaders. He proposed instead a revolutionary program that called for a separate society for Blacks. In 1965, in the midst of his efforts to build an international Black political movement, Malcolm X was assassinated. Yet his call for Black self-determination remains powerfully alive. A bold leader… Read More

New York. 1976. Lawrence Hill & Company. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0882080679. Translated from the French by Clive Wake. 114 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonializer in French-speaking Africa. XALA is the story of a El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye, a rich businessman struck by what he believes to be a curse of impotence (‘xala' in Wolof) on the night of his wedding to his beautiful, young third wife. El Hadji grows obsessed with removing the curse through visits to marabouts, but only after losing most of his money and reputation does he discover the source to be the beggar who lives outside his offices, whom he wronged in acquiring his fortune. inventory #28281 ISBN: 0882080679.

New York. 1991. Dutton. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0525448926. Illustrated by Tony Ross . unpaginated. hardcover. Cover art by Tony Ross . keywords: Childrens . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Professor Xargle teaches his class of extraterrestrials about travel on Earth, as it must seem to a resident of outer space. inventory #15684 ISBN: 0525448926.

New York. 1990. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0525446001. Illustrated by Tony Ross . unpaginated. hardcover. Cover art byTony Ross . keywords: Children . FROM THE PUBLISHER - School's in session again, and here's a quiz for you: What has tusks in the front, a waggler at the back, and can jump as high as a roast beef? Why, it's an Earth Hound, of course - the subject of the latest and zaniest lesson about life on planet Earth as taught by that learned alien Professor Xargle. With completely original, rib-tickling humor, this hilarious introduction to an Earthling's ‘best friend' will hit home with hound lovers young and old. inventory #14009 ISBN: 0525446001.