Cultural Literature

Five junior military officers in the Gambia ousted the government of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in 1994. After three decades of relative political stability under a democratically elected government, it was a stunning turn of events - and what followed was...

A collection of Jamaican folktales about Annancy the Spider as told by famous Tarot artist Pamela C. Smith with a foreward by the publisher.

This book is the first complete and accurate biography of the remarkable life and revolutionary career of Anita Garibaldi. Illiterate and poor, the daughter of a herdsman in 19th century Brazil, Anita lifted herself from a life of obscurity to one that...

The world has witnessed several battles since the dawn of time. Whether ancient or recent, they all contain a wealth of data useful for life in several circumstances. These battles, which had a significant influence on the life of mankind and defined the...

An independent kingdom of runaway slaves founded in the late 16th century, Angola Janga was a beacon of freedom in a land plagued with oppression. In stark black ink and chiaroscuro panel compositions, D'Salete brings history to life; the painful stories...

Born to legendary Nat King Cole in the halcyon days of the 1950s, Natalie Cole grew up to become a versatile singer with Grammy Award status. But that success came with a price, where she was dragged down by depression and drugs. This is her story.

Hankering to go, but needing to stayA true story about facing the challenges of Christian leadership in a volatile environment of political intrigue and church secessionTwenty-eight year old Andrew Murray has just married Emma Rutherfoord, the girl of...

In this book the author gives the complete history of Swing music and Big Bands from it's beginning to it's place in the world today. It tells where it began. When it began. How it spread and grew to become America's number one popular music in the...

Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of their exceptional IQs and test scores...

Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing--the Pyramids of Giza.Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilization and its continued influence on the world today,...

If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Africa, then keep reading...Africa is the continent where the first humans were born. They explored the vast land and produced the first tools. And although we migrated from that continent, we...

A fully revised and updated version of the classic work on the origins of animal agriculture and our longstanding contempt for and hatred of nature and animals. In 1993, Jim Mason, journalist, advocate, and pioneering figure in the contemporary animal...