Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this middle-grade nonfiction book helps...
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Penguin Classics- Used)
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeIn Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life—from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his...
$9.95
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Devotions to the Saints
A treasury of Meditations, devotions, gems of wisdom, verses, etc. for daily help. Cover may vary.
$25.00
Jamaican Entrepreneurship
WHAT MAKES AN ENTREPRENEUR? Dr. Glen Laman answers this question in his book, Jamaican Entrepreneurship, exploring the achievements of 15 outstanding Jamaicans and their divergent paths to success. The book shows what they did, how they did it and why...
$20.00
Napoleon: A Life
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller“A thrilling tale of...
$20.00
Zora Neale Hurston (Coming soon-August 12, 2024)
The life, work, and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most published African American women. This book explores the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), the most-published African American woman of the first half of the twentieth century....
$22.00
You Get What You Pay For: Essays
In her “witty and searing” first essay collection, award-winning poet Morgan Parker examines “the cultural legacy of Black womanhood and the meaning of finding ‘well-being’ in a world that wasn’t built for you” (Vogue).“Riveting and deeply personal . . . filled with...
$28.00
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
“As sensitive and touching as it is urgent . . . [Wild Life is] a poignant exploration of the natural world.” –O, The Oprah Magazine“Wild Life is the bushwacking, honest, and inspiring memoir I wish I'd had as a budding scientist. Dr....
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Who's That Girl?: A Memoir (coming soon-September 17, 2024)
The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning, Emmy®-nominated rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, mother, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.In 1999, Eve Jihan Cooper made history with her solo debut album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, reaching number one on the Billboard...
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When We Are Seen: How to Come Into Your Power--and Empower Others Along the Way
From one of the first and few women of color to reach the C-suite in Silicon Valley, Apple’s former chief of HR and first VP of inclusion and diversity, comes a heartfelt story of growing up Black and female in...
$30.00
What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection
A decade behind bars spurs fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights. "Whoever wants to assuage their doubts that radical change is possible—from the level of the individual to that of law, culture, and...
$24.00
We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men
As seen in the New York Times The women have something to say. Are you listening? In this powerful and needed collection, editor Angela P. Dodson brings together the voices of more than thirty-five accomplished women writers on the topic of...
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We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything
Black Chicago culture is American culture.During the Great Migration, more than a half million Black Americans moved from the South to Chicago, and with them, they brought the blues, amplifying what would be one of the city’s greatest musical art forms. In...
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The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown
“Remarkable . . . The Way You Make Me Feel affirms that Black and Brown existence in America comes with no guarantee of collective solidarity, no innate promise of racial equality. The path to justice is uncertain, Sharma reminds us, and we...
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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography
Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs—brother of Harriet Jacobs—was buried in a...
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Under Jackie's Shadow: Voices of Black Minor Leaguers Baseball Left Behind
Under Jackie’s Shadow is a portal to the hidden world of Minor League baseball in the era just after Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.What was it like to be Black and playing in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in...
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Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms
Shaunie Henderson—wife, mother, entrepreneur, producer, and creator of the hit TV show Basketball Wives—opens up about finding love, offers advice for raising strong, smart, grounded Black children in today’s world, and reveals how to define your career and personal life by...
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Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t attractive, well-spoken, demure, or sinless enough to receive their rightful place in history, until now, from New York Times bestselling author Therese Oneill.Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The...
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Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes On a Deadly American Epidemic
The inspiring story of a Black doctor who was deeply affected by the violence that plagued his Brooklyn childhood and later dedicated himself to addressing trauma and violence as public health issuesRob Gore first encountered violence when he was beaten...
$27.95
Traveling without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America
A stunning lyrical commentary on the constructions of race, gender, and class in the fraught nexus of a Black woman’s personal experience and cultural histor The Fair Housing Act passed in 1968, and more than fifty years later, yours seems...
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To Reach the Nation's Ear: A History of African American Public Speaking (coming soon-August 15, 2024)
Throughout much of American history, African Americans have been denied easy access to most of the traditional modes of effective reform, such as newspapers, legislative assemblies, unions and political parties. Public speaking has thus been one of the most critically...
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To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement (Coming soon-July 9,2024)
A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of colorFor over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the...
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Tiger, Tiger: His Life, As It’s Never Been Told Before (coming soon- July 15, 2024)
The impossible life of Tiger Woods—how did he become the G.O.A.T., what drove him to fall so spectacularly, and how has he made his way back to the pinnacle of golf? In Patterson’s hands, Tiger’s story is an unputdownable thriller.On...
$32.95
Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright
Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape Wright’s long-overlooked writing for theater and other performative mediums. Drawing on decades of research and interviews with Wright’s family and Wright scholars, Bruce Allen Dick uncovers...
$55.00
This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood
“Beautiful… A gift to ourselves and to the world.”— Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood FeminismFrom gender adviser to the UN Catherine Joy White comes This Thread of Gold, a lyrical celebration of the history of Black women who challenged stereotypes...
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “powerful” (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the...
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The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a...
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Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde (Comin soon – August 20, 2024)
A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde.We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus...
$35.00
Spirit of the Century: Our Own Story
An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues. The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel...
$30.00
Sideshow: Living with Loss and Moving Forward with Faith (Coming soon- September 17, 2024)
How do you live with the pain of watching someone you love suffer from addiction? How do you cope with the grief of losing them especially when your job is to make people laugh every day? Comedian Rickey Smiley has...
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