Non-Fiction

NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Literary Work From the poet, novelist, and cultural icon behind the award-winning and extraordinary Broadway play, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, comes "a kaleidoscopic...

The title of "Wife "is both ironic and deeply serious. There are wittily sharp poems on the gender inequalities and potential prisons of marriage, that are in dialogue with poems that celebrate the physical joys of intimacy and poems that explore the...

In recent years, hundreds of companies have relocated to the Lone Star State. But they don't just move - they stay, grow, expand and tell others to join them. Why? The answer to this question is revealed by author Ed Curtis in his new book Why Texas: How...

Dr. Holtz, with College, Seminary, and Post Seminary degree concentrations in Christian Education, Church Administration, Pastoral Counseling, and studies in Addiction Therapy [with his devoted wife Ramona], has decades of proven expertise in: -...

Details the major aspect of Brazilian popular music and its relation to the formation of national identity in Brazil including a wealth of in-depth musical history about such sub-genres as choro, bahia, bossa nova, axe music, Brazilian jazz, and a...

Rajen Persaud brings a refreshingly honest voice to the highly controversial topic of interracial dating as he explores the stereotypes and perceptions associated with it. Why do so many high-profile black men date and marry the most ordinary white...

This work, by a colleague of Nelson Mandela, reveals the richness of Africa's peoples, traditions, and cultures - and why that is good news for the world. It portrays a breathtaking as well as heartbreaking continent whose peoples possess both tremendous...

The definitive guide to one of the most iconic barbecue traditions--Carolina-style chopped pork--from the third generation pitmaster of Sam Jones BBQ and the legendary Skylight Inn, featuring more than 20 family recipes for large-batch barbecue, sides,...

A lyrical, genre-bending coming-of-age tale featuring a queer, Black, Guyanese American woman who, while seeking to define her own place in the world, negotiates an estranged relationship with her father.

Capitalize on the latest educational research and youth voices to inform your teaching and become more culturally and developmentally aware In Who's In My Classroom?, accomplished educator and author delivers an inspirational and practical combination of...

Churches have begun awakening to social and political injustices, often carried out in the name of Christianity. But once awakened, how will we respond?Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice...

Churches have begun awakening to social and political injustices, often carried out in the name of Christianity. But once awakened, how will we respond?Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice...

In March 2005, a nine-year-old boy was gunned down in his Columbia Heights neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The unsolved murder tore the community to its core and sets Rose Marie Berger on an exploration for the soul of our nation's capital. How can...

A true story of romance, secrets, and the forces of history, told through the letters exchanged by the parties.Celia Antopolsky travels to British-controlled Palestine with her best friend, Lillian, in search of adventure and a view of the Holy Land...

More than 200 recipes and 45 full-color photographs celebrate 25 years of good eatin' in this original regional Southern cooking classic.A quarter-century ago, while many were busy embracing the sophisticated techniques and wholesome ingredients of the...