Not only biography, but also one of the earliest American attempts to trace the development of jazz.--from the foreword by Dan Morgenstern The first autobiography of a jazz musician, Louis Armstrong's Swing That Music is a milestone in jazz literature...

Back in 1909, not far from Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones opened a special place for orphans named Piney Woods Country Life School. Dr. Jones loved music and wanted the children to love it too. In 1939 he started a school band that was...

The Sweeter the Juice is a provocative memoir that goes to the heart of our American identity. Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, in an effort to reconcile the dissonance between her black persona and her undeniably multiracial heritage, started on a journey of...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Now a series on StarzBrilliantly written. . . . Outstanding.--The New York Times Book Review Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job working front of house at a celebrated downtown restaurant. What...

New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree's seductive, insightful novel exploring the age-old question: how do people fall in love--and stay in love? When Anthony Ant Poole, a young auto mechanic with a creative approach to the mating game,

Moses is found as an infant next to his dying mother, an escaped slave, and is brought to Boston and raised with a baker's family. He grows to be a willful teenager, and after his uncle enlists in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment -- the first and most...

Sweet Relief is the remarkable story of how twenty-eight-year-old Marla Ruzicka took on the US government, changed the world, and made the ultimate sacrifice. Marla Ruzicka was a free spirit, a savvy political operator, a wartime Erin Brockovich...

In this fictional story set in the South in the 1920s, an African American girl and her family sell Mama's sweet potato pies at the Harvest Celebration to raise money and save their farm.The summer a great drought sweeps across the county, the only crop...

The Berry family tree is growing this Autumn! Meet characters like Junebug's daughter- Ladybug whose big recital is a few days away; Gumbo Moe who has the best catch in town; Fluffy the Dog who dances down the soul train line; Cousin Peanut who visits...

The famous Berry Family gives every season! Meet new characters like Little Dumplin' who writes about his purpose in a journal; Jelly Bean who travels through the snow to tell a story about adoption; Curly Girl whose courage proves the world wrong;...

When the summer breeze is a perfume of magnolias and jasmine, there is nothing better than sipping on your favorite batch of sugar tea while nibbling on those famously scrumptious, honey butter biscuits! "Sweet Pea & Sugar Tea's Country Family...

The famous Berry family is back at it again! Readers will meet new characters like Cup Cake who owns the town's bakery, Junebug the Janitor who sweeps a magical surprise into school, Cousin Big Skinny who plans the best summer cookouts and more!

Rae Dalcour is no longer the wild child she was growing up in small town Louisiana, but she still lives life on her own terms. A blues guitarist and singer, she leads her band and loves every minute of being on the road. When her father dies Rae does...

"Sweet" grows up in a middle class two parent home with a great support system. She attends great schools and holds on to good morals. That is until she meets new friends and lovers that would influence her and her future greatly. She gets involved in a...

"Sweet" grows up in a middle class two parent home with a great support system. She attends great schools and holds on to good morals. That is until she meets new friends and lovers that would influence her and her future greatly. She gets involved in a...