Non-Fiction

A prophetic new collection of poems from Shane McCrae, "a shrewd composer of American stories (Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker) Writing you I give the death I takeI know I should feel wounded by your deathI write to you to make a wound write back Shane...

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 bold, mesmerizing debut collection exploring womanhood, the body, mental illness, and what it means to move between cultures Renowned for her storytelling and spoken-word artistry, Ama Asantewa Diaka is also an exultant, fierce, and visceral poet whose...

Whether you are a businessperson, a departmental manager, an employee, a homemaker, a student, or a head of state, author Myles Munroe explains how you can make your dreams and hopes a living reality. Through The Principles and Power of Vision, you will....

For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal, anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness...

Here are poems that celebrate and interpret the game by one of America's finest poets. They are for everyone who has experienced the magic released when three holy things come together: bat, ball and glove. "Ethelbert Miller is one of the most...

This important resource provides a set of practical tools--based on Christian principles, psychological theory, and research on African-American religious culture--that will help churches move beyond disputes and disagreements to harmony and heartfelt...

How African-American professionals can combine their personal strengths with the wisdom of others and plant the seeds of a positive and lasting legacy in the workplace.If the name Randal Pinkett sounds familiar, it may be because Pinkett was the first...

Do you feel like our workplaces, schools, and communities have become toxic? Are you tired of all the judgment, bullying, violence, and divisiveness? So is Mallory Whitfield, but she has a vision for a kinder, more inclusive world. We Are The Weird Ones:...

Our way of life Came from having to Survive the world with the little that we were given.How we as a people could take a small thing as, Corn, Potatoes, Cotton and Wheat Etc.And turn it into a money-making business. How our grandparents could build a...

An antiracist society starts with you. Gain the psychological skills you need to adopt an antiracist mindset and make meaningful and equitable changes in your community--and in the world.Racism has reached epidemic levels in our country, and every single...

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1848 he...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a...

A candid and insightful memoir from one the NBA's most unlikely stars Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. ...

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Nicolás Guillén Outstanding Book AwardFinalist for the Griffin International Poetry PrizeLong-listed for the National Book AwardLong-listed for the PEN Open Book AwardOne of The Washington...

Lawrence Lessig, "the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era" (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the...