ALL NEW EDITION WITH BONUS STORY, "THE FIX". Perry Samson loves drugs. He'll take what he can get, but raw atlys is his passion. Shot hard and fast into his testicles, atlys helps him forget that he lives in an abandoned Baltimore school, that his...

A mysterious map leads siblings Nyana and Noah on a fantastic adventure to a wonderfully unique and colorful world. Their quest to the Greatest Treasure teaches them valuable lessons about teamwork, self-confidence, and love. Finally, they discover the...

In his boldest and most accessible book to date, Manning Marable lays out a new way to think about the past and the future of race in America. Building upon a unique framework for understanding black history from slavery to Jim Crow to the modern urban...

This critically acclaimed picture book suitable for a wide range of readers chronicles the Great Migration--the diaspora of African Americans who headed to the North after WWI--through the iconic paintings and words of renowned artist Jacob Lawrence. The...

This comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words, is both wonderfully anecdotal and a serious piece of...

Saving the school -- one con at a time. (And in paperback!)A political heist page-turner set in middle school? Is that even possible? Varian Johnson shows us how it's done. - Gordon Korman, author of SWINDLE Do yourself a favor and start reading...

The world is full of many great black men and women who changed the course of history. Because of their contributions, they are rightfully considered heroes by not just black people around the world, but people of all backgrounds. In The Great Book of...

A new edition of Arthur Conan-Doyle's classic account of the Second Anglo-Boer War, originally published in 1901. Now completely reset and updated with 194 new footnotes explaining terms, personalities, and events to the present-day reader, in addition...

A new edition of Arthur Conan-Doyle's classic account of the Second Anglo-Boer War, originally published in 1901. Now completely reset and updated with 194 new footnotes explaining terms, personalities, and events to the present-day reader, in addition...

The 1970s. Austin, Texas. In which two Mexican brothers from South Tejas move to Austin to seek a degree from the famous University of Texas. While there, they become radically sensitive to the separation of "whites" and browns" in the overall scheme of...

The West Wing meets Entourage when "one of the most provocative political bloggers in the country" (The Philadelphia Tribune) exposes the stunning implications a historical bid for the presidency has on the candidate's inner circle. Michigan governor...

Aebrey, an Iraqi farmer who grazed cattle, moves to America due to the chaos caused by the war in Iraq. He lost his bull and accidentally found himself immigrated to the United States. Back in the deserts of Iraq, he would use the sun, the moon, and the...