Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone. --Elton JohnWaris Dirie ran away from her...

Historically, black Americans have affiliated in far greater numbers with certain protestant denominations than with the Roman Catholic church. In analyzing this phenomenon scholars have sometimes alluded to the dearth of black Catholic priest, but non...

From hip hop kingpin and #1 New York Times bestselling author 50 Cent comes a gritty novel that dares to tell the truth about the Life on the Street: One man did his time...but now he wants payback. Who's gonna hire an ex-con? That's just one question...

This story explores the lives of sixteen-year-olds Denim Mitchell and André Patterson, who have shared an intense bond ever since they were kids. Denim years to date Andre, known by his friends as Dré. However, Denim's parents are doing everything in...

It can be difficult to find reliable information that amplifies the voices and the viewpoints of those who have direct experience dealing with diversity, equity and inclusion. In Demystifying Diversity: Embracing our Shared Humanity, Biracial journalist...

It can be difficult to find reliable information that amplifies the voices and the viewpoints of those who have direct experience dealing with diversity, equity and inclusion. In Demystifying Diversity: Embracing our Shared Humanity, Biracial journalist...

Through empathy and understanding, we can create a more inclusive world. But empathy and understanding are not purely intellectual--they require application. In the Demystifying Diversity Workbook, Biracial journalist Daralyse Lyons offers tangible tools...

Demon's Consort is an urban fantasy romance that wonders what it would be like if demons walked among us, but they were not necessarily evil. Anya Orlov has been raised believing that she was destined to bte consort of a powerful demon.Anya is smart,...

A secret power...When Caitlin Faire visits a nightclub with a friend, she expects to have fun, not suddenly develop magical abilities and learn that demons exist. Now the fearsome leaders of the paranormal underworld are chasing her, convinced she's at...

Demons have changed my life forever, though mostly they've just torn it apart. In the space of a week, I've become the target of the most powerful forces in the demon world and nearly lost my best friend to a madness that would have consumed her mind and...

For 2,000 years Western culture has leaned heavily on the Ten Commandments for guidance in religion, ethics, and morality. The author, drawing upon modern Biblical science, demonstrates that those laws were designed for an entirely different purpose--to...

The love of my life has betrayed me. A past love I forgot has returned. And they both want me back. So, what do I do? Run off to solve a brand-new ancient mystery, of course!Nia Rivers knows better than anyone that immortality comes at a terrible cost...

AWARD-WINNING CREATIVE NONFICTION BIOGRAPHYO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE "10 TITLES TO PICK UP NOW" 20181885-1914. Mary Fields, a fifty-three-year-old second-generation slave, emancipated and residing in Toledo, receives news of her friend's impending death...

The civil rights movement that looms over the 1950s and 1960s was the tip of an iceberg, the legal and political remnant of a broad, raucous, deeply American movement for social justice that flourished from the 1920s through the 1940s. This rich history...

Poetry. African American Studies. For melissa christine goodrum, definitions are acts of subversive re-definings and un-definings, in lines which forcibly penetrate surfaces, sing and swiftly cross multiple layers of text/geography through a turbulent...