Biography

To demonstrate the special place Italian immigrants hold in the city of New York to this day, readers will experience a visual tour of their traditions and landmarks.New York City's five boroughs have been home to more Italian immigrants than any other...

Never Come Back is a gold mine of anthropological/sociological information about a very distinct social-religious group of people. The determination with which these Mennonites faced and overcame countless obstacles is a wonder and inspiration. -Col...

Nelson Mandela became a legend in his own lifetime. The son of a chief, he qualified as a lawyer, then was one of the leaders of the African National Congress whose long, heroic struggle against the infamous system of Apartheid is vividly described in...

"Heather & Chris have shared how a cross-cultural marriage can work in the best sense of the word, particularly when based upon a close relationship with Jesus Christ". -Max Gove Former MAF pilot, serving in various leadership roles from 1972 - 2015, and...

Thoas Mails presents spiritual practices of the Hopi, the Cherokee, the Apache, and the Sioux and explains how these ancient ceremonies invoke both natural and supernatural powers. Native American Pathways explains how to: experience connectedness with...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of...

Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller This Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives--crucial works that each illuminate and inform the other. ...

An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials A Penguin Vitae Edition The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the...

A new Vintage Classics edition of the abolitionist leader's classic autobiography. This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Frederick Douglass's...

Truth's landmark slave narrative chronicles her experiences as a slave in upstate New York and her transformation into an extraordinary abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher. Based on the complete 1884 edition, this volume includes the Book of...

Truth's narrative is a powerful rendering of bondage, denial, and loss transcended by genius, family, and a spiritual base. It juxtaposes spirituality with moral turpitude. Truth was a freethinker who lived within a family of wretched circumstances in...

The way is the direction in life. The day is we hope and wait for that to come while waiting let's choose the right way. Sometimes, thoughts can come to our mind to choose the wrong way. But let's give all the power to the right thoughts and ideas.

The inspiring story of activist and poet Ian Manuel, who at the age of fourteen was sentenced to life in prison. He survived eighteen years in solitary confinement--through his own determination and dedication to art--until he was freed as part of an...

My Story is an autobiography of the life of Uuka Umi Ato. It consists of his family matters, accomplishments, meetings, and living experiences with others in other continents, as well as his life during the Jim Crow Era in the North and South of the...