A tender and compellling memoir of the author's grandparents, their literary salon, and a way of life that is no more.The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary polymath and bibliophile who a...

Jerry App's farm stories open the barn door to understanding life in the country."Even with the all the hard work, we had more time (perhaps we took more time) to enjoy what was all around us: nights filled with starlight, days w...

Jerry Apps details the virtues and hardships of rural living. "Do your chores without complaining. Show up on time. Do every job well. Always try to do better. Never stop learning. Next year will be better. Care for others, espe...

Named a Top Summer Reading Pick by the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Esquire, Christian Science Monitor, Vol 1. Brooklyn, BBC.com, and Mental FlossAn intrepid journalist joins the planet's largest group of nomads on an annual migrat...

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best DocumentaryTo compose his stunning documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin's published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from his books...

The famed author of If Beale Street Could Talk reveals his personal response to American racism and offers a new statement on the present racial crises in Africa and the United States, in a candid, insightful portrait of his own life,...

James Baldwin's screenplay based on Alex Haley's now classic The Autobiography Of Malcolm X makes immediate and terrfyingly real the stunning events that gave birth to a forceful, determined man . . . and created the atmosphere of hat...

With the panoramic story of one colored elite family who rose from the ashes of the Civil War to create an American cultural dynasty, Ball offers the historical and literary successor to his highly acclaimed 'Slaves in the Family.

"This book will make you laugh and cry and laugh again. I didn't want it to end."—Emma Woolf, author of An Apple a DayThe Best Gifts in Life are the Gifts We Give Ourselves...Breathtaking ocean views, tranquil beaches, del...

In celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of this renowned maritime thriller, a new edition for the next generation of readers.It was the largest moving object on the face of the earth,but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a to...

Four-time mayor of Washington, DC, Marion Barry, Jr. tells his shocking and courageous life story, beginning in the cotton fields in Mississippi to the executive offices of one of the most powerful cities in the world.Known nationally...

Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. Wells's refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a "dangerous radical&qu...

Included on BookBub's "The Most Exciting Memoirs Coming Out in 2018" listKrishan Bedi came to the United States in December of 1961 at the tender age of twenty. He had only $300 in his pocket, and he had made it out of his s...

Short stories about adventures of Edith de Belleville, a native Parisian woman in Paris. In Paris you can meet funny people : A weird Australian student who wants to learn "How to date a French woman "? A dangerous b...

Dear Reader, Our grandchildren came to us asking for help with their school assignment to uncover their family ancestry. The more they learned, the more intrigued they became. Quite frankly, once I dove into my own extensive research ...

These are the major speeches made by Malcolm X during the last tumultuous eight months of his life. In this short period of time, his vision for abolishing racial inequality in the United States underwent a vast transformation. Breaki...

"An instant classic.... With echoes of Scout Finch, the feisty Menuchah guides readers on an unforgettable journey." --Leah Vincent, author of Cut Me Loose.In this tender and hilarious memoir of an ultraorthodox girlhood,...

Tell'em is the story of one man's struggle. Fleeing through the darkness of slavery, chains, whips and the brutal rays of the sun that beat down on the back of the blackest skin burning into his soul. Desperate to escape he would leav...

This book, with dozens of illustrations by artist Ron Hill, is written for a broad audience. It explores Kings legacy, the continuing importance of his work, and his quest for the beloved community, and will serve as an excellent intr...

An excellent resource of inspiration for young people all over the world. It is a story about a young man, Saikou Camara, from West Africa, the Gambia, who persevered through some very difficult times in his early life to becoming one...

This is a story of an Italian family, their trials and tribulations of coming to America and the struggles they endured building a new life. It is a story of love, laughter, heartache, and passion as the author grew up in North Denver...

The doctors gathered around, passing the stethoscope from hand to hand, taking turns listening to my chest. Finally, the lead doctor said, "Now, that's what I call a heartbeat!"I snapped, "Whaddaya mean?""It's...

Down on his luck and disabled, cancer survivor Matthew Evans had nothing to lose by fleeing the farmsteads of Muscatine, Iowa, at age 21 to pursue his Chinese Dream. With all the makings of a classic folk tale, his curiosity became an...

In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a 'b...

Born in the former British colony of Rhodesia, Alice Chidzero has served as an educator, Bible teacher, inspirational speaker and missionary in several African countries, as well as in the US. Alice graduated with a teaching certifica...

“A tremendously impressive book.”—Washington Post “Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbought and Unbossed—illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms ...

A moving family biography in which the poet traces her family history back through Jim Crow, the slave trade, and all the way to the women of the Dahomey people in West Africa.  Buffalo, New York. A father’s funeral. Mem...

From the hip hop icon, Hollywood star, and "a true artist and writer of deep talent" (James McBride, author of The Color of Water)—a candid, New York Times bestselling memoir ranging from his childhood on Chicago's South s...

Starting from a photograph and writings left by her grandmother, acclaimed African-American novelist Thulani Davis goes looking for the "white folk" in her family, a Scots-Irish family of cotton planters unknown to her-and u...

One man's extraordinary journey through the twentieth century and how he learned to read at age 98 "Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn't anything I would change about my li...