Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey Germany - 21st Century and insurgent black intellectual--writes about

and insurgent black intellectual--writes about a new kind of education

Jesse numbed his pain by losing himself in the hyper-masculine culture of the streets and wherever else he could find it--in alcohol

Taken slave in childhood

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people

and power in today's modern world

Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey Germany - 21st Century and insurgent black intellectual--writes aboutMaking My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a college baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League, she accomplished what no woman had