Cultural Literature

Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged...

(Jazz Book). Helps musicians know what to do with specific chords in specific contexts. Lays out clear and objective guidelines on how to turn scales and chords into real music. Perfect for a college or high school improvisation class!

"Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] 'archaeogenetics'--the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field."--Kyle Harper, The Wall Street JournalJohannes Krause is the director of the...

BlurbAt a time when our country grapples with issues like gun control, violence between its citizens, or whether to consider reparations for former slaves or their descendants, The Sharecropper's Daughter shines light on the life of one African American...

Author Tony Kail traces Memphis's colorful Hoodoo heritage from the arrival of Africans in Shelby County to the growth of conjure culture in juke joints and Spiritual Churches.Widely known for its musical influence, Beale Street was a

There is a level of defensiveness that comes with having a child out of wedlock. Both the child and the mother experience a lot of harsh criticism and judgment from almost everyone. Victims of teenage pregnancy are often stigmatized and stereotyped...

In his previous books, A Scientist At The Seashore and Meditations At Sunset, James Trefil used commonplace settings in the natural world as a point of departure for probing the mysteries of nature. In A Scientist In The City, Trefil takes the opposite...

Most of the contents of the book has to do with my work with the US government. I traveled to many countries performing my assigned duties and encountered many unusual situations. I have been held at gunpoint in several countries and was aboard aircraft...

In this book, I analyze why Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami prioritizes the use of the native language and the value of primal religions in spreading the gospel. According to Bigirumwami, the gospel should be taught in the native language, because it is the...

A non-fiction political essay that stresses the importance of using the ancient political philosophies of love, as pondered by Plato, and how these absolutes of love, as he describes them, ought to be used in our most pressing and current political...

This remarkable collection of poems, meditations, fragments, and journal entries was Mahmoud Darwish's last volume to come out in Arabic. This River is at once lyrical and philosophical, questioning and wise, full of irony, resistance, and play...

The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late 1863 to mid-1865. The regiment-drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England...

A Reflection is a decade by decade review of African-American history from 1909 until 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first Black President. Every aspect of life for African-Americans from the changes that have taken place in our...

After the Civil War, Delilah and Jameson Hartford return to their plantation in the south in an attempt to help rebuild it and save their people and an unfriendly town after the ravages of war. They are challenged with a myriad of complications,...

Under the editorship of the late Robert Nemiroff, with a provocative and thoughtful introduction by preeminent African-American scholar Margaret B. Wilkerson and a commentary by Spike Lee, this completely restored screenplay is the accurate and...