Non-Fiction

National Book Critics Circle Award--2017 Nonfiction Finalist "Nothing less than a tour de force--a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling."--The New York Times Book Review,...

Nominated for an NAACP Image AwardA Publishers Weekly Top 10 History Title for the seasonBooklist's Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction titles for the yearBookRiot's 50 Must-Read Poetry CollectionsMost Anticipated Books of the Year--The Rumpus, Nylon A revelatory...

A Booktiful Love is a collection of poems that deal with the entirety of human experience in its various forms. Didactically rich, the poems explore ideas ranging from love, relationships, and patriotism to marriage, morality, and many other concepts...

"My name is Romanuel Washington, Jr. I have been involved in healthcare for over 70 years..." So begins this stellar recap of the life and thoughts of Dr. Romanuel Washington, the first Black licensed chiropractor in the state of Texas. Through his...

When a police officer pulls over a male African American driver, the result is usually an arrest. In most cases, the charges have nothing to do with motor vehicle violations, and everything to do with racial profiling, and how the driver conducts himself...

Black men in general and specifically in America are survivors. In the twenty-first century, strategies are needed to overcome the petulant and devious psychosocial racist hurdles yet remaining. A guide or handbook employs the "how to" in recognizing...

A BLACK FIRST: The Blackness Continues....... Is a thought-provoking book about the existence of Black Lives, successes therein, and the questioning of that combination.At the end of this book, author Peter E. Carter asks, "How do Black Lives Succeed?"...

A BLACK FIRST is the story of an African-American, Black, Negro, colored man who weathered the storms of racism and bigotry and became a prominent educator in the State of New Jersey among its most powerful leaders for a significant period of time. The...

If we are what we eat, Kat Robinson is made of Arkansas cuisine. Thefood historian, travel writer and TV host has spent a lifetime withinThe Natural State's borders, from toddlerhood to teenage yearsto adult traveler and explorer. Now the author of...

As the go-to girl for relationship and dating advice, this real life Carrie Bradshaw and editor at Essence magazine shares the what-to-dos and what-not-to-dos for fabulous single living. LIVE A FABULOUS SINGLE LIFE! Are you stressed about meeting "the...

This is a journey that God brought me through and I can't do anything but praise him. We all go through trials and tribulations and our testimony is what makes us and not breaks us. Be of good courage, even when your back is up against the wall, don't...

During the turbulent 1960s, when much of the Western world was undergoing social upheaval and unrest, and years before computers, smartphones and the proliferation of modern-day guidebooks, two young men set off from their native England to work their...