Non-Fiction

"An important resource that also lays a foundation for social change." --Edna Acosta-Belén, distinguished professor, University at Albany, SUNY Physical, emotional, verbal, and now cyber bullying are an increasing problem in our nation's schools and...

We accomplish extraordinary things when we do ordinary things together. This heartfelt and hopeful conviction led LSU professor Marybeth Lima to begin the LSU Community Playground Project as a way to involve her students in the larger Baton Rouge...

James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prizewinning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things brown in this powerful new collection. "Vital and sophisticated ... sinks hooks into you that cannot be easily removed." --The...

In the past ten years, Terry E. Carter has established himself as a durable and authentic voice in American poetry. Through his writing, he offers insightful and spirited commentary on faith, culture, community and the Black Experience. In this fifth...

Brown Skin and the Brand New Day: A Poet's Renaissance is the third volume in Terry's series of poetic reflections and brings his love of poetry, art, music, Black culture, and God full circle. In this collection, the rhymes flow freely and love is the...

Brown Bō'hēmians captures the essence and voice of an underrepresented demographic: creative people of color. Influenced by a deeply held belief that stories sculpt our collective narrative, a group of authors and artists came together to...

At last -- a book, written by a black man, for black men and women who want less conflict in their relationships and better ways to deal with anger. Although the unique problems of black men are not new, they have been habitually discussed without solid...

SHOCKING...JAW DROPPING... Adults called him DIABLO! His addictions started by age 6! Leon wanted to be like other kids; he wanted to be normal, he wasn't! BROKEN...A gripping tale of a lost and damaged kid that will take you on a powerful, emotional,...

I am a survivor with an extensive history with domestic abuse, who speaks candidly and writes transparently about my journey. I say what victims and most survivors aren't willing or able to say. Victims are afraid to speak out. They don't have the...

I am a survivor with an extensive history with domestic abuse, who speaks candidly and writes transparently about my journey. I say what victims and most survivors aren't willing or able to say. Victims are afraid to speak out. They don't have the...

Why are so many Black males dropping out of school? Why are prisons filled with Black males? When does a Black male become a man? This book answers these questions. It also provides how the rites of passage ceremony should be conducted.

If any one thing, Brilliant Orange is about Dutch space and a people whose unique conception of it has led to the most enduring arts, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer--Total Football--that led in 1974 to a World Cup...

Barbara Ehrenreich's New York Times bestselling Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism Americans are a positive people -- cheerful, optimistic, and...

The iconic restaurant famous for "Breakfast at Brennan's" was a Creole favorite and New Orleans staple for decades before its closure in 2013. Now available in paperback, these classic recipes are sprinkled with both family and restaurant history and...

A book of collective poems that have been inspired by different experiences in relationships. It contains themes that fall in the categories of being healed, wanting love, being in love, hurt by love, you know better than that, insecurities,...