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A collection of two dozen essays written by bestselling author Julia Alvarez that discuss the major issues she has had to face in her life.

American author Anna Quindlen discusses how her love of reading has impacted her life from childhood through adulthood. Includes eleven lists of recommended books.

Memoirs and responses by 32 writers who were involved in the feminist movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Journalist Russ Rymer uses three personal stories to study the meaning of race relations in the United States and discuss how the African-American experience can help people deal with the struggles they face in modern America.

A history of African-American art from its origins in the early eighteenth century through the 1990s, discussing folk, decorative, and fine arts; highlighting specific developments such as the New Negro Movement of the 1920s; and including numerous examples of quilts, paintings, sculptures, and other art objects.

Tells the story of how the publishing industry rose from virtual obscurity during the Victorian age to dominate English and world literature, and relates personal anecdotes about authors, editors, and publishers of the era and their attempts to make decent livings.

Eighteen essays examine Islam from its origins with the prophet Muhammad to the current Muslim revival; issues such as Islamic theology and doctrine; the religion's contribution to math, science, and art; and the experiences of American Muslims are discussed.

Explores Indian achievements in architecture and agriculture and surveys what the Indians gave to the world.

An account of the development of sculpture in the post-World War II era, looking at the work of sculptors who had established reputations by 1945; examining the similarities between American and British sculpture; and discussing the use of the human figure, the introduction of everyday objects, the Anti-Form movement, and other topics.