Cultural Literature

Architecture is often described as the marriage of art and technology, and integral to good design is an in-depth understanding of materials and construction. The complex range of technical and practical factors that need to be considered in the design...

(Harmonica Play-Along). The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the audio to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks...

This autobiography, published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), highlights Lieutenant General Becton's remarkable career, reflects on his youth, his almost forty years of service in the U.S. Army, and his subsequent...

What could compel the humble son of a carpenter to build a boat, battle the shark-infested waters of the Florida Straits, and leave the only life he's ever known?A Sea between Us is the harrowing true story of Yosely Pereira, the love of his life, Taire,...

A riveting exploration of how the power of visual media over the last few years has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice by the author of the worthy and necessary (The New York Times) Nobody Marc Lamont Hill and the...

Matt James had no idea what was in store when he agreed to be the first Black lead on the 25th season of ABC's beloved television show The Bachelor. You may think you know everything there is to know about him, but that was only his first impression...

Although Belgium officially withdrew its military forces from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in July 1960, unofficially the former colonial ruler of this central African country maintained a political, economic, and military presence...

In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma. For the British, the longest land campaign of the Second World War had begun. 100,000 African soldiers were taken from Britain's colonies to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungles. They performed heroically...

This inspiring memoir tells the story of one woman's self discovery while surviving poverty, loss, loneliness, maltreatment, and fighting to get an education.​ A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the fifties and sixties,...

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy. Awaiting the return of her husband and young son from a road trip, Obiajulu...

Although it occurred nearly a century ago, the Elaine Massacre of 1919 remains the subject of intense inquiry as historians try to answer a multitude of questions, such as why authorities in the Arkansas Delta used such overwhelming violence to put down...