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Help teachers understand and close the provision gap for culturally and linguistically diverse learners, effecting greater opportunities for academic success. Written by Dr. Almitra Berry, this completely revised second edition introduces a new five-step...

Recipes and food stories from the East of the Caribbean by award-winning author Riaz Philipps Explore flavors from the eastern reaches of the Caribbean. The shared foods of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname are rooted in similarity and yet...

Home Sweet Sanctuary: Idlewild Families Celebrate a Century is a cultural study of the remarkable community of Idlewild, an African American resort in northern Michigan, one of the few remaining settlements of its kind in the United States. Idlewild was...

Day presents a striking portrayal of poverty, with all its related problems, among African America women in America. The book explores unemployment, underemployment, isolation, and lack of assets such as a car or home ownership.

An epic poem touching on issues of racism, intolerance, and environmental destruction, from the Booker Prize-winning author. There is much to celebrate in the human journey so far--art in all its forms, advances made in the fields of technology and...

Understanding how culture affects the ways we communicate--how we tell jokes, greet, ask questions, hedge, apologize, compliment, and so much more.We can learn to speak other languages, but do we truly understand what we are saying? How much detail...

The new edition of 101 Things to Do With Grits has a groovy new look to showcase all the easy-to-make 101 recipes using grits in this bestselling cookbook from a series of over 3 million copies sold. Along with a new design, the book is now a concealed...

Raising Simba takes readers on a journey from the dim corners of the South Side of Chicago to the bright lights of Broadway.  The idea of starring as one of the world's most beloved characters on one of the world's biggest stages seems like a...

Although many know about Jackie Robinson's experiences breaking major league baseball's colour barrier in 1947, few are familiar with the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, a Black Canadian team from 1930s Ontario who broke racial barriers in baseball even...