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The pursuit of happyness
At the age of twenty, African American Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's w…
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- 9780060744878
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- xii, 302 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates: ill. ; 24 cm.
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- SS 920 GAR p
The bluest eyes
Pecola Breedlove, a young eleven-year-old black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dreams grow more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful exam…
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- 9780307278449
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- xiii, 205 p. ; 21 cm
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- SS F MOR b
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