For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hooks's classic and early pieces of cultural criticism from the '80s. Addressing topics like pedagogy,...

In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in Confederate States were legally free. But word traveled slowly during the Civil War. It wasn't until June 19, 1865--more than two months after the war ended--that the good news...

"Brenda Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters you fall in love with." --Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author An all-new Brenda Jackson romance set in the small Louisiana town of Catalina Cove. A no-strings night of pleasure...

After their no-strings fling in paradise, Lyric and Devon never thought they'd see each other again. Until they did. Now they have very different ideas about what the future holds... Sometimes you just have to take the leap... What happens in Aruba,...

Going vegan doesn't mean you have to give up those fried, BBQed, comfort meals you love, thanks to this incredible collection of plant-based street food recipes. Will Edmond is a vegan chef and travel blogger, known for his boisterous personality and...

Marking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who returns to Jim Crow and searches for a mythical ideal Set in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book...

"Brenda Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters you fall in love with." --Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author An all-new Brenda Jackson romance set in the small Louisiana town of Catalina Cove. A no-strings night of pleasure...

Timeless photos offer a rare portrait of the jubilant, vibrant, vital, nearly hidden, and now all-but-vanished world of small-town Black rodeos. Long before Americans began to officially commemorate Juneteenth, in the heat of East Texas, saddles were...

Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a powerful, visionary work that will enrich our teaching and our lives. Combining critical...

In an awesome meeting of minds, cultural theorists Stuart Hall and bell hooks met for a series of wide-ranging conversations on what Hall sums up as "life, love, death, sex." From the trivial to the profound, across boundaries of age, sexualities and...

Colloquial Swahili: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Swahili as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a...

Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Yoruba as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical...