Biography

It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle...

It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle...

"Books are what cast the Rooks aside."True words spoken by my father. I was only fourteen when they came and snatched me from my home. Escape is pointless, I've seen first hand what happens to the slaves that oppose Massa.

From renowned diplomat and musician András Simonyi -- whom Stephen Colbert calls "the only ambassador I know who can shred a mean guitar!" -- comes a timely and revealing memoir about growing up behind the Iron Curtain and longing for freedom while...

I was born in the years of the baby boomers. At this time, it was the years of segregation. We were poor people, if one would compare those times to today. Now, we would have been considered poor, but no one knew it then as everyone in the community was...

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This man is a gift from God to the world. This book is a gift from Al Sharpton to us. Let's appreciate them both."--Michael Eric DysonBeginning with a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson, Rise Up is a rousing call to action for our...

A rousing call to action for today's turbulent political moment, drawing on lessons learned from Rev. Sharpton's unique perspective and experience as a politician, television and radio host, and civil rights leader.When the young Alfred Charles Sharpton...

Riddy Ann Overcoming the ODDs follows the life of a baby girl left in a swing of an apartment complex to, later on be given away to her maternal great-grandmother, grandmother, and step-grandfather, therefore, causing her to be an orphan at an early age...

Blending exclusive rare interviews with Rachel Robinson (Jackie's widow), Mack Robinson (Jackie's brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner, and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives...

"An illuminating study of a complex, memorable historical figure." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review A remarkable biography that examines the notorious Black revolutionary meticulously within the context of his changing times Charismatic, brilliant, and...

The former multi-platinum hip hop star Ma$e shares his inspirational story of leaving behind the excesses of a glamorous life to follow a path lit by God. His rise to fame was one of rap's great success stories. He had millions of fans and the prospect...