Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
EYE OF THE ORACLE: The Timeless Sacrifice that Forged the Legend of YORUBA’S
In the heartland of Ijebu, a small town in Nigeria, a tale of sacrifice and spirituality unfolds. This is the story of an Ifa priest, a custodian of ancient wisdom and a vessel of divine guidance, who embarks on a...
$25.45
Soul on Ice
The classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. With a preface by Ishmael Reed • “As with Malcolm X, Cleaver’s book is a spiritual autobiography. An odyssey of...
$14.00
African-American Classics (Graphic Classics, Vol. 22)
African-American Classics presents great stories and poems from America's earliest Black writers, illustrated by contemporary African-American artists. Featured are "Two Americans" by Florence Lewis Bentley, "The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "Becky" by Jean Toomer, two short plays by Zora...
$17.95
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner, told in his own words as related at his trial, is an inspiring and powerful account of the leader of the most significant slave rebellion in American history. A gripping and vivid narrative of Turner's...
$8.00
Prince of Cons
I knew I would not see any of these people ever again. I was ready to start the rest of my life—to tackle the real world. I was ready for my next con. Everyone eventually loses their childhood dreams. It's a...
$19.99
Best of Both Worlds: Bilingual Yoruba/English Children's Book About Nigerian and Black American Culture
Join Tomisona and his parents as he explores his Nigerian and Black American culture through food, music, fun and more! Readers are sure to have fun learning the days of the week in this English and Yoruba book!
$12.98
Authentic Nigerian's Yoruba Cuisines: "Flavors of Nigeria: Exploring Yoruba Culinary Heritage"
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Authentic Nigerian's Yoruba Cuisines: "Flavors of Nigeria: Exploring Yoruba Culinary Heritage"
Discover the essence of Yoruba cuisine with " Authentic Nigerian's Yoruba Cuisines Recipes cookbook." This cookbook invites you to savor the rich flavors and heritage of Nigeria's Yoruba dishes, from the comforting Efo Riro to the sensational Amala with Gbegiri. Delight in...
$10.98
Abbeokuta Or Sunrise Within The Tropics: An Outline Of The Origin And Progress Of The Yoruba Mission (1855) Hardcover
Abbeokuta or Sunrise Within the Tropics: An Outline of the Origin and Progress of the Yoruba Mission is a historical book written by Sarah Tucker in 1855. The book provides a detailed account of the establishment and development of the...
$45.95
Abbeokuta Or Sunrise Within The Tropics: An Outline Of The Origin And Progress Of The Yoruba Mission (1855) paperback
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available...
$30.00
The Reveal: An Anthology
The Reveal is an anthology that opens the door into the hidden complexities of life. What will these ten authors reveal as you walk with them? Sink deep into these short stories and journey through secrets revealed & mysteries solved; come face to...
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Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony
As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling author of Buck, written to a nephew who was shot nine times and survived—a reflection on life, overcoming odds,...
$26.99
The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now (Hardcover)
The New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landscape and policies that are impacting Black families and communities and offers solutions for a better tomorrow. In late May in 2020, while discussing the murder of George Floyd on...
$29.99
Unveiled Memories: Twins Reunited After the Holocaust
For many years I lived my life with a hole in my soul that could notbe filled. Something was missing. In 1995 my beating heart foundthe echo heartbeat of my twin brother Adam. Each of our questioningand searching finally came...
$25.00
All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words: Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews.All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko...
$32.00
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy Award–winning and multiplatinum artist. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers—as well as fans of all ages!"A...
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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers
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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers
This “celebration of the world of books” (Kirkus) is filled with true stories from the booksellers and librarians—the superheroes of reading—as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson. To be a bookseller or librarian… You have to play detective. Be...
$28.00
Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of their parallel journeys...
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Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir
The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but...
$28.99
Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was?)
Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Taylor Swift always knew she...
$6.99
Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.“Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley…takes...
$30.00
A Stranger's Pose
Through stories remembered and imagined, and images by acclaimed photographers, A Stranger's Pose draws the reader into a world of encounters in more than a dozen African towns. Iduma blends memoir, travelogue and storytelling in these fragments of a traveler's...
$14.95
A Small Silence
Prof is an ex-prisoner, activist and retired academic, who resolves to live a life of darkness after his release from prison. He holes up in his apartment, pushing away friends and family, and embraces his status as an urban legend...
$15.95
Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria's Queer Men Speak
Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria’s Queer Men Speak is a raw and powerful collection of 25 first-person narratives that explore the diverse experience of queer Nigerian men. These stirring stories cut across age, class, religion, ethnicity, family and relationships, offering a...
$20.95
Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds
Winner of the John Avery Award at the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016. "A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh...
$16.95
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the Year“A thorough and damning exploration of the incestuous relationship between Trump and his favorite channel.” —The New York Times“A Rosetta Stone for stuff about this presidency that doesn’t otherwise make sense to normal...
$28.00
Winter Pasture
Named one of The Washington Post's Best Travel Books of 2021. "Winter Pasture is Li Juan's crowning achievement, shattering the boundaries between nature writing and personal memoir."—Smithsonian Magazine"Li Juan spent minus-20-degree nights with nomadic herders in the Chinese steppes. You’ll want to join her."—Laura...
$27.00
Wild Dances
"A page-turning, tragicomic memoir . . . By ingeniously weaving improbable and conflicting forces that make up his personal history, Adams affirms a resilient idea of home that yearns to transcend space and time." —Thúy Đinh, NPRA memoir of glitz, glamour, geopolitics,...
$26.00
The Rent Collectors
Tattoos on the Heart meets Ghettoside in this gripping true story about a botched gang murder set in the invisible economy of LA's immigrant street vendorsBaby-faced teen Giovanni Macedo is desperate to find belonging in one of LA’s most predatory gangs, the Columbia...
$27.00
The Chronicles of DOOM
The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.From the journalist behind From the Streets of Shaolin and packed with behind-the-scenes content, for fans of hip-hop biographies like Dilla Time and The Marathon Don’t Stop.On December...
$29.00
The Bathysphere Book
Winner of the 2024 National Book Foundation's Science + Literature AwardA Washington Post top 10 best book of 2023A Publishers Weekly best nonfiction book of 2023"Hypnotic . . . Beautifully written and beautifully made."—W. M. Akers, The New York Times Book Review"one of the...
$28.00