Travel

This is the touching true story of a beautiful young woman, who was born in Zululand, South Africa. It takes you through her two major illnesses. It is also a story of her emigration to America, and the trials that had to be overcome. It is a story of...

A lush journey through Cuba, its paladars, and its flavorful cuisineFor Cubans, food is a complex story--a tapestry of love and loss woven so deeply into their culture that it goes well beyond that of history or sustenance. Gershman, who's love affair...

Born deep in rural south Alabama, in one of the poorest corners of the poorest counties in the state, the grandson of people born into slavery, Arthur N. Dunning left Alabama as a young airman while the Vietnam War raged half a world away. And then, the...

Penguin announces a prestigious new series under presiding editor Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Many works of history deal with the journeys of blacks in bondage from Africa to the United States along the "middle passage," but there is also a rich and little...

With heart, humor, and razor-sharp observation, this intimate and incisive memoir traces the journey of a Black, queer woman as she searches the world for a place of security and acceptance to call home I've never seen home as a permanent concept; it is...

Once the wealthiest Black neighborhood in the world, the Sweet Auburn Historic District in Atlanta, Georgia, now occupies a distinct place, both historically and geographically. It is at once the globally significant birthplace of the civil rights...

Taking an important step toward a more inclusive and truthful understanding of Cape Cod's past, this book uncovers and reflects upon Cape Cod's role in the institution of slavery. Through this work of historical, creative nonfiction that also includes a...

A collection of 101 jaw-dropping stories, as told by the very people who experienced them - first-hand accounts of sightings, scrapes and encounters in one of Africa's greatest National Parks. It details hair-raising experiences from the Kruger Park's...

From Black clubwomen to members of preservation organizations, African American women have made commemoration a central part of Black life and culture. Alexandria Russell illuminates the process of memorialization while placing African American women at...

Reclaiming Home is the diary of Lesego Malepe's travels in South Africa in 2004, the 10th anniversary of South Africa's democracy. The book begins with Malepe taking the bus from Pretoria, where she grew up, to Cape Town, where she visits Robben...