Cultural Literature

Winner of the 2019 Christopher Award Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 SelectionThe Instant New York Times BestsellerA powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he...

Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, had a troubled life: a childhood in poverty, brothels, jail, broken love, and a dependence on alcohol and heroin. Her first performances in the night clubs of prohibitionist America was where...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 10 tracks from this critically acclaimed 1965 release by blues master B.B. King are featured in standard and notation and tab, including: Every Day I Have the Blues * Help the Poor * How Blue Can You Get * It's My Own...

Tyrone Wheeler: Killer Joe Bass Lines is for all musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording (sold separately) until you feel you've mastered his feel and nuances. Then, using...

Twenty-six years before the #metoo movement, Anita Hill sparked a national conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace.After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private citizen and became a...

In early 2011, Libya came under attack. The anti-Libya coalition included France, the United Kingdom, the feudal Gulf monarchies, the United States and other NATO countries. Although during the previous months, Muammar Qaddafi had visited the nations of...

How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and relocalized future.America's once-vibrant small-to-midsize cities--Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint, Rockford, and others--increasingly resemble urban...

Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more...

When revered Notre Dame alumnus and award-winning journalist Red Smith died in 1982, the University created a lecture series in his name, sponsored by John and Susan McMeel and Universal Press Syndicate, and founded by author Robert Schmuhl. Fifteen...

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Central Africa that today encompasses the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and...

(Jazz Transcriptions). 52 works transcribed exactly from the recorded solos of John Coltrane, including: Blue Train (Blue Trane) * Countdown * Cousin Mary * Giant Steps * Impressions * Lazy Bird * Lush Life * Mr. P.C. * Moment's Notice * My Favorite...

This 2-CD set is filled with 20 fantastic standards from the Golden Age of American songwriting. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Tyrone Wheeler (b); Jonathan Higgins (d). Titles: Pennies from Heaven * Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone * Somebody...

A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class, and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That...

The Temptations were named the #1 R&B/Hip Hop Artists of All Time by Billboard Magazine in 2017. They are one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world today, and their journey is one of the most extraordinary stories of the...

Lanise Howard is a visual artist based in California. Her figurative but often surrealistic and spiritual work investigates the esoteric, sacred geometry, ancient belief systems, the digital world, censorship, assimilation, hidden histories and her...