Non-Fiction

The perfect introduction to one of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s, featuring a career-spanning collection of poems and three of his most powerful stories. Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in...

Views From My Kaleidoscope is a compilation of quotes, mantras, and beliefs from best-selling artist and designer, Melissa A. Mitchell. It is through her optimistic lens that she has been able to propel to higher heights throughout life. She understands...

How does a girl who started life with the short end of the stick grow into a woman who is filled with favor? How does a victim of abuse and trauma turn the hopeless situation into victory. Journey with me through the hills and valleys (mostly valleys) of...

This book is divided into THEMES instead of chapters, representing lessons learned, while combining an unshakable spiritual foundation that's been heavily relied upon. No matter the theme, INSPIRATION, coupled with an exuberance to write, continues to...

Verses is a lyrical glimpse into the life of a wife, mother, and career woman in the #MeToo era. Exploring the good, the bad, the ugly, and the in-between, it began as an inexpensive form of therapy and ended a battle cry for all women to stand up and be...

With high expectations, Vanguards of a Missionary Uprising calls on Christian African-American students to step forward and lead a new international missionary movement. Celebrating their leadership potential, a veteran urban missionary makes this...

Jonathan Mumbai is a member of a species closely related to humans. Humans are classified as Homo Sapiens. Jonathan Mumbai is a member of a species known as Vampire Sapiens, a forgotten relative of man lost to history and lore. Thought to be erased from...

USA and Racial Divide: Lord Heal Me and Heal Our Land addresses racism from the perspective of a sixty-three-year-old African American Christian woman who has struggled with her ability to experience the love of God because of her contradictory reality...

urbansouls foreshadows the Ferguson uprising by offering keen insight on the social and cultural situation of the greater St. Louis region. Written while serving as a youth pastor and community center director in the late '90s, Sekou theorizes on race,...

This book fills a long-standing need in literature: Voodoo, Santeria, and Macumba as practiced today in cities throughout the Western world. It is not another history or sociological study, but a candid personal account by two who came to "the religion"...

"Harryette Mullen is a magician of words, phrases, and songs . . . No voice in contemporary poetry is quite as original, cosmopolitan, witty, and tragic." --Susan Stewart, citation for the Academy of American Poets FellowshipUrban tumbleweed, some people...

Survived physical abuse. Witnessed community violence. Conquered the streets.Saved by education.This is Dr. Maysa Akbar's story. A story of overcoming Urban Trauma.It's easy to look down at urban communities and wonder why economic and social disparities...