Cultural Literature

Bronzeville was once America's most vibrant Black community--next to Harlem. Nightclubs, dance halls, rialtos, and jazz and blues joints lined the streets of Chicago's South Side. Not much is left. A few sound recordings, memories passed down from...

SHOCKING...JAW DROPPING... Adults called him DIABLO! His addictions started by age 6! Leon wanted to be like other kids; he wanted to be normal, he wasn't! BROKEN...A gripping tale of a lost and damaged kid that will take you on a powerful, emotional,...

In Broken Soul, the author tells the story of her mother's alcoholism, and fanatic love for her father; which nearly destroyed her entire family from the late 1940's to the present. She believed that her baby brother suffered the most, and was also let...

- The first monograph on the work of the pioneering art collective- A must for anyone with an interest in contemporary art and design, street art, or Middle Eastern cultureOver the last two decades Broken Fingaz have won international acclaim, emerging...

I am a survivor with an extensive history with domestic abuse, who speaks candidly and writes transparently about my journey. I say what victims and most survivors aren't willing or able to say. Victims are afraid to speak out. They don't have the...

Expert ananlyis and first-hand accounts of combat during the Anglo-Zulu war in 1879: Nyezane, iSandlwana, and Khambula. As seen in the movie Zulu, starring Michael Caine, Zulu discipline and courage overcame British firepower at iSandlwana, and almost at...

Why are so many Black males dropping out of school? Why are prisons filled with Black males? When does a Black male become a man? This book answers these questions. It also provides how the rites of passage ceremony should be conducted.

What happens after you click Tweet? The heart-stopping definitive account of the mission to rescue hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction ignited a global social media campaign and a dramatic worldwide intervention. In the spring of 2014,...

If any one thing, Brilliant Orange is about Dutch space and a people whose unique conception of it has led to the most enduring arts, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer--Total Football--that led in 1974 to a World Cup...

Barbara Ehrenreich's New York Times bestselling Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism Americans are a positive people -- cheerful, optimistic, and...

The iconic restaurant famous for "Breakfast at Brennan's" was a Creole favorite and New Orleans staple for decades before its closure in 2013. Now available in paperback, these classic recipes are sprinkled with both family and restaurant history and...