FOR STUDENTS GOING ABROAD, THE EXCHANGE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT IS THE FIRST THING TO PACK! Study exchange has never been more important. Ask anyone who has been an exchange student. As we come more and more to realize how interconnected our world is,...

(Percussion). The Evolution of Jazz Drumming presents a complete historical overview and analysis of jazz drumming. Designed as a guide and workbook for the high school, college level, and professional drummer, it is designed to be studied based on a...

Growing up without a father puts most boys at risk for becoming just like the men who abandoned them.How can a boy that's been raised in the streets of Detroit change the life that he was accustomed to?Being in a gang, getting shot and stabbed were just...

From the author of The Water Dancers and Good Family, an exquisitely crafted novel, set in Ohio in the decades leading to the Civil War, that illuminates the immigrant experience, the injustice of slavery, and the debts human beings owe to one another,...

"The Eternal Audience of One is laugh-out-loud funny with writing that is sometimes so beautiful that it dances off the page--to a millennial beat--in perfect tempo with its tales of migration, love, loss, and friendship." --Sarah Ladipo Manyika, author...

The Eternal Audience of One is laugh-out-loud funny with writing that is sometimes so beautiful that it dances off the page--to a millennial beat--in perfect tempo with its tales of migration, love, loss, and friendship. --Sarah Ladipo Manyika, author of...

The riveting story of the conflict over same-sex marriage in the United States--the most significant civil rights breakthrough of the new millennium Full of intimate details, battling personalities, heated court cases, public persuasion." --John...

Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to his fellow prisoners, endures inedible food, filthy conditions, and deadly storms on his voyage across the Atlantic. But the hazardous shipboard journey is...

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself. Why we need to defund the police and how we get there.Recent weeks have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists,...

The End of Bias is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate unintentional bias and discrimination, the great challenge of our age.Unconscious bias: persistent, unintentional prejudiced behavior that clashes with our...

Kriss wakes up alone divorced, disillusioned, in her plush Manhattan apartment. They have nothing in common. Just one amazing, passionate weekend in Chicago and a desire to meet again.

It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo, but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as masterpieces of art created from human bone. These unique structures...

Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period...

When teenaged Aaron discovers a baby elephant nearly drowning in the swimming pool at the guest lodge where he works, he acts quickly and manages to save the animal just in time. The rescued baby is brought to an elephant orphanage for care, and given...

Maya and Victor Green hope to see some elephants on their latest trip to visit their friend, Maatla, in Africa. But, the elephants have been declining in numbers and not many are left. It will take the Green Kids and all of Africa's animals to complete...

Kai is the only member of his family who can't get the dance steps to the Electric Slide right. But Kai is determined to bust a move in this fun and sweet celebration of African American families. Kai's aunt is getting married, and everyone in the...