MY OLD MAN WAS ALWAYS ON THE LAM is a blues memoir in verse. With brutal honesty and lyrical prowess, Tony Medina plays the changes in an intimate collection that sticks like a stinging Ali punch and moves like a New York City subway train through the...

Nowhere else in the world have both Islam and Christianity been more instrumental in shaping the history of a people and their way of life than in Africa. African Muslims and Christians have a lot in common, including kinship ties, shared languages and...

Steve D. Bullock spent 38 years with the American Red Cross, culminating with his appointment as Acting President following the departure of Elizabeth Dole. Prior to serving as Acting President of the national organization, he was the Chief Executive...

Steve D. Bullock was one of 22 children born to a sharecropper in segregated North Carolina...And rose to become the first African American President of the American Red Cross.Now his book chronicles how his "Four Pillars" of God, Family, Education, and...

My Name is Queen was written to inspire young queens worldwide to proudly wear their crowns. Get ready to embark on a journey with a young girl in Africa as she proudly proclaims that she is queen! My Name is Queen will not only inspire you, but also...

At the turn of the twentieth century, exotic dancer Mata Hari lived and loved by her own rules. *** My Name is Mata Hari tells the story of the infamous dancer and courtesan who began as Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, a young Dutch woman who married the...

You are not lost! You are not alone! A GPS system navigates you to where you are going, but your name could lead to what you are looking for. What's in a name? Ekuwah Mends uses the alphabet letters to answer that question. She opens a window into her...

You are not lost! You are not alone! A GPS system navigates you to where you are going, but your name could lead to what you are looking for. What's in a name? Ekuwah Mends uses the alphabet letters to answer that question. She opens a window into her...

Written in the tradition of works by Joan Didion, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Eve Ensler, this "profoundly insightful and brilliantly inciting" (Dominique Morisseau, Obie Award-winning playwright) exploration of the soul of the United States--the...

One of the Best Books of the Year: Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vulture - This uncompromising look at the immigrant experience, and the depravity of one man, is an electrifying page-turner rooted in a magical reality - "Impossible to stop reading" --Vulture...

Share this harrowing and painfully honest historical novel* at home or in the classroom. Through this extraordinary debut effort from the Sydney Taylor Award winner Robert Sharenow, readers will explore how ingrained prejudices--whether acted upon or...

God has chosen to use me once again, to bring forth powerful messages through poetry. Each poem was written as I was diligently seeking God's face. This book will truly bless anyone who dares to read and believe in the love, mercy, and the power of God...

"Infected with HIV after the course of an intense liaison, one man discovers that passion is not a predictor of the future, while the other learns that guilt is a psychological destroyer" (BookLife Prize)Career-driven, sometimes cynical Austin meets...

Jeff Hamilton, only thirteen when purchased in 1853 by Sam Houston at a slave auction in Huntsville, Texas, was Houston's personal body servant during the period Houston was U.S. Senator, during both governorships, and was with Houston at his death...

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about the American hero Johnny Appleseed! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers! In this simple yet lively book, preschoolers will be introduced to John Chapman,...

Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years old. No one knew then that she would become an international music legend, but what she knew--as words of wisdom passed...