Roots - Alex HaleyCondition: Pre loved When he was a boy in Henning, Tennessee, Alex Haley's grandmother used to tell him stories about their familystories that went back to her grandparents, and their grandparents, down through the generations all the way to a man she called "the African." She said he had lived across the ocean near what he called the "Kamby Bolongo" and had been out in the forest one day chopping wood to make a drum when he was set upon by four men,

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Their days now echo the tides: any progress made

An older sister returns home from a confusing time in America

A tale about the pain of secrets and the way they can result in alienation

a scheme complicated by a lack of money

The Mountain Shadow follows Lin on further adventures in shadowy worlds and cultures

resulting in a hundred personal letters from black women around the globe that cover topics such as identity

Even the simple act of keeping a diary – as Winston does – is punishable by death

corpulent psychic whose connection to the spiritual world torments her

The heist doesn’t go as planned

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though she's unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection