Cultural Literature

My Emigration to the United States and Achieving the American Dream chronicles how Glenn Chelliah achieved the American dream through hard work, his Catholic faith, and the kindness of many American benefactors.Glenn grew up in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)...

A nostalgic voyage that reveals the Syrian capital's majestic past Writer and architect, Suad Amiry, was born in an old neighborhood of Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. In My Damascus she takes her reader by the hand through...

In this "story of hope--an affirmation of the promise, the potential, and the reality of the American Dream," (Nancy Pelosi), the first Muslim to be elected to Congress speaks out about what divides Americans--and what can bring us together. As a Black,...

From noted parenting expert and New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner comes the definitive book about parenting African American children. For over a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published...

A journalist's raw, first-person account of what his family endured after his eldest brother killed a man and was sentenced to life in prison. At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return...

It's in the back of every officer's mind: the bullet that could end his or her life. They take the risk and are heroes for it-but can you imagine doing this at a time when bulletproof vests were not standard? In the early 80s Hawkins and his partner...

My Bondage and My Freedom is the second of three published autobiographies from one of the most brilliant and eloquent abolitionists and human rights activists in American history. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave was...

Activist and abolitionist Frederick Douglass is one of the most famous anti-slavery writers in American history. Following 20 years of enslavement in Maryland, Douglass made a daring bid for freedom in 1838, travelling north via the 'underground...

"My Bondage and My Freedom," writes John Stauffer in his Foreword, "[is] a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the...

Website for more information is: www.myblooddividesandunites.comComing of age in South Africa as apartheid falls, a young mixed-race woman struggles to overcome her identity and heritage.Born into poverty and state-mandated third-class status, Jesmane...

Truth is constant. Truth does not change, neither does it have variables. However, the truth referred here is that which the bible teaches. It is the truth of salvation which is man's reconciliation and restoration after the fall. This truth is found in...

My Awesome Adventure With the Holy Spirit: Life Lessons From the Bible's Greatest Tour Guide is the personal account of author, Gretchen Nero as she shares intimate stories of her most treasured moments with the Holy Spirit. Gretchen's transparent...

My Awesome Adventure With Holy Spirit: Life Lessons From the Bible's Greatest Tour Guide is the personal account of author, Gretchen Nero as she shares intimate stories of her most treasured moments with the Holy Spirit. Gretchen's transparent telling of...

An important, electrifying memoir of race and rage, rebellion, and redemption, from one of the most preeminent minds in American psychiatry. Medical professional, corporate consultant, freedom fighter, family man--Dr. Cobbs is diversity defined. A black...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book."--The New York Times Book ReviewColin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He...

The first book to analyze and celebrate Baltimore's underappreciated jazz tradition, Music at the Crossroads shines new light on legends such as Eubie Blake and Cab Calloway, honors neglected figures such as Ellis Larkins, Hank Levy, and Ethel Ennis,...