Directly addressing the relationship with his father, a Marxist Caribbean nationalist, Kwame Dawes presents a memoir of intellectual rigor that is coupled with great tenderness. With the immediacy of a man thinking aloud and the careful structure of art...

Eritrea, as home of 9 ethno-liguistic & multi-faith groups, has the potential ingredients of identity-based conflicts. However, in spite of its potentially conflict-prone social structure, there have never been, in the country's history, any major...

This is the story of Nehemiah and his adventure back in time after being separated during a school field trip. Travel with him, as he goes back to the time of slavery in America. Share his trip and be surprised by what happens in the last chapter. As a...

Providing useful definitions of respect in terms that are easily understood by youngsters, this picture book expresses the importance of valuing adults and classmates alike. Combining cheerful illustrations with simple language, this useful guide...

A gripping tale of personal revolution by a man who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and anti-gang activistWhen his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips,...

From the man who catapulted the Covenant with Black America to number one on the New York Times bestseller list comes a searing memoir of poverty, ambition, pain and atonment. Tavis Smiley grew up in a family of thirteen in rural Indian, where money was...

Jonathan Plummer made headlines when New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan--who based her novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back on their romance--filed for divorce, claiming that Plummer hid his homosexuality in order to marry her for her money...

An unputdownable and sizzling mystery in the heart of Hollywood, perfect for fans of Devil in a Blue Dress and Miami Vice.Casanegra follows the adventures of Tennyson Hardwick, a gorgeous, sexy actor and former gigolo, living on the fringes of the good...

An astonishing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who survived the foster care system to become an award-winning journalist On a rainy night in November 1999, a shoeless Stacey Patton, promising student at NYU, approached her adoptive parents' house...

A seemingly happy and stable marriage spirals out of control in a hailstorm of hurt and betrayal.Vivid and raw, full of the consequences of terrible actions done in the name of love, The Precious Life documents the unraveling of a marriage that, on the...

Hog Hammock, located on Georgia's Sapelo Island, is only accessible by ferry or private boat. It is one of the last island-based Gullah-Geechee communities in America--a living connection to West African languages, folkways, and spiritual traditions...

A sexy, raw novel about the life of a young murderess who lures her victims to their own deaths by seducing them.Ghetto-born and street-raised, Katrina--or Kat for short, is a self-proclaimed hood goddess. With her in-your-face razor-sharp attitude,...