Cultural Literature

Ignited by the infamous shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed and innocent, at the hands of New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson was moved to assemble this landmark anthology on the topic of police violence and brutality: an indispensable...

Includes a foreword by Spike Lee, the screenplay for the film Poetic Justice (starring Janet Jackson), poetry by Maya Angelou, and sixteen pages of photographs from the set At twenty-four, John Singleton became the youngest filmmaker and only African...

I find prayer to be the best tool available for enduring life's challenges; therefore, I want to share some characteristics of prayer and steps to developing a productive prayer life. In this book, you will find that it is not just about prayer but is...

Plexiglass pays homage to the millions of adults and children affected by mass incarceration in "the land of the free." Through this collection of interrelated poems, some of which speak the words of men and women sequestered from view in jails and...

The Victorians in this richly peopled narrative maneuvered through decades marked by frequent shifts in taste, some seeking safety in traditional styles, others drawn to the avant-garde of artists, composers, and writers. Peter Gay's panoramic survey...

Please God, Be With Us answers the question, "What was it like to grow up in the Brazil of the 1960's?" The sixties are a decade of turmoil for Americans, but most of it happened in the U.S. in the last half of the decade. In Brazil the turmoil was...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). PlayTime Piano Jazz & Blues is a fun collection of beginning jazz and blues pieces. The book offers a pleasing variety of sounds from soulful blues to jazz originals and standards and is a wonderful supplement for the late...

This collection features plays written between 1935 and 1996. This revised and expanded Black Theatre USA broadens its collection to fifty-one outstanding plays, enhancing its status as the most authoritative anthology of African American drama with...

"Playing Through the Fence" is part memoir, part self-help for emerging leaders or anyone seeking inspiration while facing obstacles on his or her career journey. Nineteen women, including the author, share powerful reflections of fortitude and...

This story is both a memoir and a handbook for survival for young men and women of color in 21st-century America. It includes a step-by-step instructional on how to become a commercial pilot, with specific advice that lays out a road map showing how to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes "the best Jordan book so far" (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan's legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team's second...

The Tales Of Miles Grey goes deep into many real-life challenges faced in inner-city Brooklyn. Through the experiences of this young man trying to break free of his rough environment, light is shed on the impact fathers and mentors hold in becoming the...

This book is for all songwriters, pianists, singers, musicians, music producers and music teachers wanting to learn how to play by ear on the piano. In Part 1 you will learn STEP by STEP how to add harmony to the tune Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using...

After landing a job in the auto plant in the Motor City, Detroit, it seemed inevitable that Michael would follow in his family's footsteps. Fate would intervene and take him to near top as a deejay, only to then take him down as a crack addict. The one...

After landing a job in the auto plant in the Motor City, Detroit, it seemed inevitable that Michael would follow in his family's footsteps. Fate would intervene and take him to near top as a deejay, only to then take him down as a crack addict. The one...