Biography

Reminiscent of The Year of Magical Thinking and Somebody's Daughter, a deeply empathetic and often humorous collection of essays that explore the author's ever-changing relationships with her grandmother and mother, through sickness and health, as they...

The Travails of King Akalor is a miniature replica of leadership tussle in the African continent. The play portrays the struggle for leadership and the extent at which power mongers go to acquire power in Nigeria in particular. It revolves around the...

From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a longawaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, then watching it torn asunder in a tragic civil war The defining experience of Chinua Achebe's life was the Nigerian civil war, also...

"Madness embraces us / There is no rest / Fighting for a cause / Without reason or test." The Great Migration of the 1910s - 1940s was both a flight and a pursuit, as African Americans moved north and west in hopes of leaving behind the South's violence...

RuPaul's Drag Race superstar Ginger Minj shares her favorite recipes, best advice, and wildest stories in this hilarious book that's part memoir, part cookbook. Perfect for fans of Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood. Drag icon Ginger Minj...

If you don't know Tina Turner's spirituality, you don't know Tina. When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll in the 1980s, she attributed her comeback to one thing: the wisdom and power she found in Buddhism. Her spiritual...

How Michael Jordan's path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn't enough for Michael Jordan to merely excel on the court. He also had to become something...

My name is Kevin J. Phillips. The virus behind profiling comes in many forms, races, religions, sexual preferences, etc. I was a subject of profiling while driving, and my goal is to educate others on the problematic effects of profiling through this...

My name is Kevin J. Phillips. The virus behind profiling comes in many forms, races, religions, sexual preferences, etc. I was a subject of profiling while driving, and my goal is to educate others on the problematic effects of profiling through this...

An essential and improbable football story that crosses continents, cultures, and sports Christian Okoye never dreamed of playing football. He passed hours playing soccer each day in Enugu, Nigeria, until he outgrew the sport--physically. His focus...

"I love this book, and I promise you will too!"Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup of for the Soul(R) series and author of The Success Principles(TM)Why do women so often feel unworthy, even ashamed, of their success? And why do brilliant,...