Non-Fiction

A four-month cycling trip from tip to tail of Africa - in the company of like-minded individuals, accompanied by a support team - was the perfect way for Beryl and Bernie Doiron to marry their joy of cycling with their love of travel and to escape the...

This upbeat, one-of-a-kind collection brings the Def poets -- as featured in the Tony Award-winning Broadway show and popular HBO television program -- to life on the page. Among them: Suheir Hammad, Beau Sia, Steve Colman, Stacyann Chin, Mayda del...

"Completely satisfying, as well-paced and exhilarating as a good run."--The Boston Globe Whether running is your recreation or your religion, Adharanand Finn's incredible journey to the elite training camps of Kenya will captivate and inspire you, as he...

Histories, stories, lyrics, aspirations, dreams, pressures, and images are spun into a musical tale through a site of convergence: the Black female body. Swarmed by external gazes and narratives, the inhabitant of this body uses her power to turn down...

Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track-and-field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible; it is about faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. It is the American dream come true and a stark...

A celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reveals why some countries, cultures, and individuals take rules more seriously and how following the rules influences the way we think and act. In Rule...

In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers celebrated cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising...

Karen Baldwin's masterful memoir reads like a suspense thriller as this resolute American woman of "a certain age" journeys alone to South Africa to teach Zulu children. There she encounters a stunning resistance to change from those who invited her...

Gail's poems are inspirational and uplifting. They are powerful with deep meaning. They touch people's hearts and help them see things in a different light. Reaching words of thought, if we can't learn from each other, we can surely learn from God.Having...

Someone once told Molinda they wanted nothing more than to smooth her rough edges. She decided she needed her rough edges being a black woman and that she should expose them in her book of poetry. Rough_Edges will titillate your sensibilities with her...

André Chapman left his lucrative Silicon Valley career in high-tech sales to work full time in the field of foster care. Some questioned that move. But twenty-five years later, Unity Care Group, the organization he founded and directs, serves thousands...

Rose Petals for Josephine is the sequel to Secret Diaries of Jean Batiste. Jean takes a woman from the multitude, Josephine, and places her on personal public display. Chronicling the trials of love and loss, as well as its ups and downs, Jean Batiste...