Cultural Literature

LIMITED AUTOGRAPHED COPIES AVAILABLE Michael Jackson was once universally acclaimed as a song-and-dance man of genius; Wacko Jacko is now, more often than not, dismissed for his bizarre race and gender transformations and confounding antics, even as he...

From the man who changed music, here are the stories behind the songs. Over the last three decades, one legendary music producer and record man has transformed the business, discovering and producing some of the greatest acts in pop music history,...

The most important producer of the decade. The New Yorker Timbaland is indisputably one of the most innovative music producers working today. The Grammy Award wining producer, rapper, songwriter, and composer has collaborated with the mega-superstars of...

It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that have had as much influence on American culture when they were published as Alex Haley's monumental bestsellers, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965), and "Roots "(1976). They...

The Cultural Matrix" seeks to unravel a uniquely American paradox: the socioeconomic crisis, segregation, and social isolation of disadvantaged black youth, on the one hand, and their extraordinary integration and prominence in popular culture on the...

When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live. Stuart Scott  The fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor Stuart Scott s unrelenting fight...

Ray Lewis, legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm that threatened to ruin...

This manual is both educational and instructive. A practical guide for maintaining and living with dreadlocks, a hairstyle that most in American society consider impractical. This book is full of good advice and even contains helpful diagrams. I am...

T.D. Jakes, founder and senior pastor of The Potter's House church in Dallas, Texas, is a celebrated speaker and author with many bestselling books to his credit, including "Woman, Thou Art Loosed!" and "So You Call Yourself a Man?" His weekly television...

From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance Scarface is the...

Tavis Smiley recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou.  Tavis Smiley and Maya Angelou met in 1986, when he was twenty-one and she was fifty-eight. For the next twenty-eight years, Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley,...

Don't let your past keep you from a full future.  Like every girl, Sarah Jakes dreamed of a life full of love, laughter, and happy endings. But her dreams changed dramatically when she became pregnant at age thirteen, a reality only compounded by...