Cultural Literature

Ancient Hebrew Slavery1870-1440 BCAfrican Slave Trade1440-1870 ADWhat if the European slave traders descended from Israel's lost tribes? Does that mean the African slave trade was a case of sowing and reaping? Can seeds sown in antiquity come to harvest...

While sailing around the Caribbean, Ann Vanderhoof and her husband Steve track wild oregano-eating goats in the cactus-covered hills of the Dominican Republic, gather nutmegs on an old estate in Grenada, make searing-hot pepper sauce in a Trinidadian...

"If you are a basketball fan, you should be aware of Spencer Haywood's immense historical importance. If you're not aware, you should be." --Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, MVP, and All-Star could all be used to describe...

Originally published by Lumen Publishing House in 2012, The Spectacle of the Body in Late Medieval England, now thoroughly revised and with an updated bibliography, welcomes medievalists, humanities students and the general public alike to the bygone...

THE SOUTHERN PHOENIX was born out of the Black experience in America during the mid-1900s. It is an intense story reflecting the lives of very real people. Throughout this historical fiction novel, the reader is introduced to events such as the sit-ins...

The South Side is a quietly powerful story of how a white, middle-class, and largely Jewish neighborhood, built from prairie on Chicago's far South Side in the optimistic years after World War II, rapidly and dramatically changed to a middle-class black...

**One of Buzzfeed's 18 Best Nonfiction Books Of 2016** A lyrical, intelligent, authentic, and necessary look at the intersection of race and class in Chicago, a Great American City In this intelligent and highly important narrative, Chicago-native...

Words have power and can either build us up, or tear us down. What about hidden agendas with words? Music has that same power, with the right words attached. This book will help you examine just how impressionable you are. Emotions ride high and...

?Few books make history and fewer still become foundational texts for the movements and struggles of an entire people. The Souls of Black Folk occupies this rare position.? --Manning Marable W.E.B. DuBois was the foremost black intellectual of his time...

First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history--it helped alter its course. Written after Du Bois had earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and studied in Berlin, these fourteen essays contain both the academic language...

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary--each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed...

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From the author of Baseball 100"A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a nation and persevered to become a beloved figure...One of the best baseball books in years, filled with depth style and clarity. --Cleveland Plain DealerAn...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear. ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear. ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS...