Things can be much more than things. Why do we love the things that we do? The old guitar, the champagne flutes, the miniature model car--and what happens when those objects change hands? In the buying and the selling of things, objects once loved but...

Now available in trade paper!How do you live with the pain of watching someone you love suffer from addiction? How do you cope with the grief of losing them especially when your job is to make people laugh every day?Comedian Rickey Smiley has dealt with...

Winner of the Theatre BC Canadian Playwriting Competition, two Betty Mitchell Awards, and two Calgary Theatre Critics' AwardsSelma Burke: Carving a Sculptor's Life is a flight of fancy based on the incredible life of sculptor Dr. Selma Hortense Burke,...

Undoing Slavery excavates cultural, political, medical, and legal history to understand the abolitionist focus on the body on its own terms. Motivated by their conviction that the physical form of the human body was universal and faced with the growing...

A wild country heart longing to be tamed... Rancher Ellis Corey cherishes his quiet life in Tenacity, and he's in no hurry to settle down--or so he thinks. Tiffany Brandt may not be a cowboy-boot-wearing, hang-out-at-a-saloon type of date, but that's...

In collaboration with the estate of Bill Traylor, this publication offers a comprehensive look at the self-taught artist's distinctive imagery, which mixes subjects and iconography from the American South with a strong formalistic treatment of color,...

The origins and influence of Jim, Mark Twain's beloved yet polarizing literary figure "Astute. . . . Sheds new light on a much-studied character."--Publishers Weekly Mark Twain's Jim, introduced in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), is a shrewd,...

A finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Adrian Matejka has been a mainstay of contemporary American poetry for over two decades. Collecting hits from six extraordinary collections, Be Easy showcases Matejka's singular sonics and...

A successful investor, philanthropist, and leading wellness CEO provides a practical, thoughtful testimony on the impact of deep friendships in our personal and professional lives, illustrating how all relationships help us show up and strengthen our...

With their two voices alternating throughout the telling, this is the true story of a unique relationship that manages to transcend today's racial and cultural divide. One is a successful Caucasian author of numerous non-fiction books who shares a home...

Explosive, sensual, and unapologetically raw, Rich and Rotten delivers Jahquel J.'s signature blend of passionate romance and high-stakes family drama--where love is the most dangerous game, and trust is the rarest luxury. In Greenwich Pointe's world of...

A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth century New Orleans to save her mother--and the soul of the city itself--in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau. In 1843 New Orleans, the reigning Voodoo...