Non-Fiction

Thunderclouds in the Forecast traverses the linked histories of two friends--one Black, the other white--who grew up wards of the state in New York. It's April 1976 and Ray is taking Amtrak to San Francisco to reconnect with Scotty, his oldest friend,...

What makes us happy? It's not wealth, youth, beauty, or intelligence, says Dan Buettner. In fact, most of us have the keys within our grasp. Circling the globe to study the world's happiest populations, Buettner has spotted several common principles that...

Sent by the World Health Organization to assist the Ethiopian government in preventing meningitis outbreaks in 1990, Dr. Cornelia Davis eagerly accepted this posting. She headed to Addis Ababa, unaware of an obscure war that had gone on for two decades...

When adult Levonne Gaddy returns to the rural North Carolina community, where she was born and raised, to attend her mother's funeral, the director bars her entry to the viewing room, assuming she is white and therefore not related to the "colored" woman...

Three for Me is a book about a young man who experienced harsh, catastrophic events early in life and the trials and tribulations he experienced as he grew into adulthood and created a family history that exists today. It's a family tree that is alive,...

It is an account of the author's visit to his native country, Ghana, after almost 13 years' absence (1994-2007). It details the quite remarkable improvement in the economic and political life of the country that had taken place in his absence. The book...

In his debut collection, Aaron Coleman writes an American anthem for the 21st century, a full-throated lyric composed of pain, faith, lust and vulnerability. Coleman's poems comment on and interrogate the meaning of home and identity for a black man in...

19th Poet Laureate of the United States "A powerful, beautifully crafted book."--The Washington Post "Ripe with the perfidies and paradoxes of thralldom both personal and public, it is utterly elegant."--Elle Charting the intersections of public and...

The case of James Somerset, an escaped slave, in June of 1772 in London's Westminster Hall was a decisive turning point in human history. Steven Wise has uncovered fascinating new revelations in this case, which statesmen of the time threatened would...

This teacher lesson plan includes comprehension questions, group activities, coloring pages and more. It's been said that when teachings are passed down from one generation to the next, good things can happen. Language is learned, knowledge is shared and...

Krystal A. Smith's bold new work explores the depths of our most revered human emotion: love. This is Not About Love: Poems explores the complexities of our capacity or inability to love via memory, experience, and imagination. Smith reminds us that love...

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age.In our youth obsessed culture, we're bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and...

This book is hilarious. This book is sad. This book is genius. This book is everything that you would ever want to see in a book, on the television screen or on the radio because what you are about to read is real life manifested through written words of...

"Powerful memoir. . .Ford's thought-provoking narrative tells the story of African-American pride and perseverance." -Publisher's Weekly (Starred)"A masterful storyteller, Ford interweaves his personal story with the backdrop of the social movements...

With concise, thought-provoking passages, Derrick Jaxn shares what he learned in love once he discovered the difference between just hearing a woman and truly listening to her.There's a fear that resides in most men disguised as pride of listening to...

Description: When he was asked to summarize his philosophy, Plato reportedly said: ""Practice dying,"" which seems a rather strange, even morbid, comment until one realizes that every life consists of passages, some smooth and some not. Within these...