Non-Fiction

How do young black fathers relate to their children, as well as to their own fathers? How do they see -- and play -- their roles in both family and community? These are some of the big questions this timely, accessible book addresses. Written by both...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand...

Amirah Al Wassif's latest English-language collection of poetry explores how women must cope in a culture that suppresses everything in them, even their curiosity. Her words fearlessly display and challenge the impact that the repressive male attitude...

Odyssey in Progress presents through various styles of poetry the life experiences of Sandra Brown. Haiku #1 and My Odyssey serve as the starting points of Brown's poetic memoir. She becomes incarcerated for defending her life, but pieces such as Truth...

Rich in information, Motion for Justice: -- I Rest My Case shares Brian Vukadinovich's experiences and intimate knowledge of governmental and judicial corruption and what went on behind the scenes in Indiana for years in efforts to take away his freedom...

Think you know your neighbors? Think you know yourself? Well, after reading these poems, you may beg to differ.'Cause It Is What 'Tis is composed of 36 narrative poems. The poems are divided into three sections. Each section may include some poems that...

Equity is a term we hear a lot these days, but what does it really mean? How can teachers ensure that every student gets what he or she needs to learn and succeed? Education leaders from around the country share their thoughts through essays that explore...

In A Staggered Road author René Chandler reveals the omniscient resilience that God has place in us as humans. This book is about living life as an overcomer not realizing it was God who allowed you to overcome. It reveals how God protects us while we...

Award-winning essayist and poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips presents a bracing renewal of civic poetry in Living Weapon. . . . and we'd do this againAnd again and again, without everKnowing we were the weapon ourselves, Stronger than steel, story, and...

Named one of the top 14 autism influencers on social media by The Mighty Community.Foreword by Tommy HilfigerJeremiah Josey, at age 22, is already a baker, model, author, and motivational speaker. From cooking on the Steve Harvey Show to walking the...

Discover the power, magic, and secrets of Afro-Brazilian herbal witchcraft with this thorough guide. Compiling three volumes into one updated edition, Sacred Leaves spotlights the authentic day-to-day magic practiced in the Orisha religion, making these...

'A powerful and moving book - it's quite a battle he has faced' Nick Robinson, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme 'It really is an interesting read' Dan Walker, BBC Breakfast *INCLUDES A FOREWORD BY SIR ALEX FERGUSON*__________ 'I'm not sure whether life...

A Haiku is a Japanese short form poem. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a kireji, or "cutting word". The three phrases in a haiku comprise of 17 syllables total in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a kigo, or seasonal reference...

Ford's overlap of past and present, narrative and commentary is masterful, and makes this volume all the more valuable to those readers wise enough to allow the past to inform the future. Of Blood and Sweat is a myth-busting work of genius that will...