"Ramshackle Wonderlands is writing at the red line, a volume spitting sparks. Its noises are those from haunts and haints and wanna-be heroes, its vistas tumbledown and blown whichaway with woe. Lordy, Craig Davis is a writer on a mission - to explode,...

The 1948 war was a watershed in the long history of Ramle, when most of the town's original Arab inhabitants were displaced, their material and symbolic assets appropriated by the nascent Israeli state. Those who remained in or returned to the now mostly...

Ramble Young Girl Ramble is a poetic dance of grace and fight to be heard. This 138-page turner of poetry and prose will make you look within with every read. RYGR requires much of its readers. It understands "inner freedoms become outer realities" and...

In the latter half of the nineteenth century a number of talented and industrious individuals immigrated to New Mexico in search of wealth and prestige. Among these enterprising newcomers was a young lawyer from Missouri named Ralph Emerson Twitchell...

When a dragon hatches on her pa's farm, a young girl finds a best friend. At first Ma and Pa are wary of Hank, but it's not long before they see him as their daughter does--and welcome the baby dragon into their family. As it turns out, Hank is not cut...

Geared towards African American parents, this handbook offers more than 100 tips on successfully guiding boys into manhood and helping them avoid common pitfalls. By understanding the detrimental impact that peer pressure, rap music, and television have...

Being a mother is one of the most rewarding experiences a person can have. It can also be one of the most challenging experiences. Raising a black son can come with a different set of obstacles that a mother must face and learn to address. A mother...

Hampton Hawes [1928-1977] was one of jazz's greatest pianists. Among his peers from California the self-taught Hawes was second only to Oscar Peterson. At the time of his celebration as New Star of the Year by downbeat magazine (1956), Hawes was already...

It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. Will they give us a notebook? Thomas asks. Will they give us a pencil?Will I learn to read? But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom,...

Elizabeth Ann Supernault Chamberlin has always loved children and animals, especially horses. Combined with her respect and admiration for the Native-American tribes, she has handcrafted this book which has been recreated digitally and published for the...

Perhaps the finest soul singer of the rock era-but equally at home singing blues and jazz -- Etta James is one of the great women of American music. In Rage to Survive she tells her mesmerizing tale in her uniquely big, bold, and unrepentant voice...

Beneath the streets, a feral fury stirs.Concertgoer, soul hunter, fiery redhead, wielder of weapons and wit: Fia Drake is many, many things. One thing she is not? Helpless.But when demons separate her and her low-key love interest, Max Hawkins, she is...

"In the company of a brave and determined young woman, Radical Spirits takes us to the fraught social and religious frontier between two cultures, India and America in the late 1800s. The journey makes for a captivating story, every page granting...

In a current world where everything you say or do can and will be held against you, even lighthearted humor has been put under a giant microscope. Cancel culture has become so normalized that oftentimes top comedians are unclear on how to freely perform...

We have arrived at a unique time in America when four issues - racism, slavery, salvation, and the Bible - are all sharing center stage. by product of these are new issues, yet each has been an important ingredient in what is currently happening...