Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America (coming soon - September 10, 2024)
In a deeply personal follow-up to his #1 bestseller This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends about Racism, a modern media iconoclast faces a test of faith—and reveals how such tribulations can make us stronger, as individuals and...
$30.00
I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays
"Very good writers have an ability to make you understand what they're feeling. But the very best writers have an ability to make you understand what you're feeling. And that's where Michael Arceneaux sits, and that's what he does in this new...
$19.98
I Curse You with Joy
Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy. It's been a minute. Readers last sat down with Tiffany in her bestselling debut The Last Black Unicorn. Since then, Haddish has catapulted to A-list fame...
$28.99
The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait...
$29.98
Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A must-read for anyone who cares about their quality of life . . . Dr. Sharon Malone is the first person I turn to for a whole host of issues, especially my health.”—MICHELLE OBAMAA practical guide to aging...
$30.00
Grant Me Vision: A Journey of Family, Faith, and Forgiveness (coming soon - July 9, 2024)
Foreword by DeAndre Hopkins In this extraordinary memoir, Sabrina Greenlee, the indomitable mother of NFL sensation DeAndre Hopkins, unveils her journey of triumph over adversity—a saga of tenacity, redemption, faith, and the profound reclamation of personal power. Sabrina Greenlee was...
$30.00
God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin
Baldwin’s life and legacy as remembered by a pantheon of artists and writers: from Jamaica Kincaid and Barry Jenkins to Richard Avedon and Alice Neel When author James Baldwin died in 1987, he left behind an extraordinary body of work:...
$39.95
Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks (Hardcover)
From Charlamagne Tha God, host of the morning radio phenomenon The Breakfast Club, and founder and CEO of iHeartRadio’s Black Effect Podcast Network, a rundown on how small talk from small minds have taken over our world, and the BIG conversations...
$28.99
The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop’s Crusade in Mormon Country (coming soon- September 17, 2024)
New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing police work in the most unlikely place for a Black cop in the ’90s.Determined to pursue his passion for undercover work wherever it leads, Ron Stallworth...
$30.00
Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future
For readers of Kiese Laymon’s Heavy and Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Little Devil in America,a beautiful, painful, and soaring tribute to everything that Black men are and can beGrowing up in the Bronx, Joél Leon was taught that being soft, being vulnerable, could end...
$28.98
An End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America
An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author When Jonathan Kozol’s Death at an Early Age appeared in 1967, it rocked the education world. Based on the Rhodes Scholar’s first year of teaching in Boston’s Black community,...
$25.98
Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field
Instant New York Times BestsellerDeion “Coach Prime” Sanders is one of the greatest motivators and inspirational leaders of all time—on the field, in business, with family, and in his community. Now, he delivers the ultimate playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies,...
$29.98
Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice (coming soon- August 6, 2024)
How states are making their legal systems more equitable, seen through the story of a Black man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder.In 1987, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey...
$30.00
Cardinal Dreams: The Legacy of Charlie Peete and a Life Cut Short
The untold story of one of the first Black players for the St. Louis Cardinals, who dreamed of leaving a lasting impact on Major League Baseball. Charlie Peete was poised for greatness. After a meteoric rise through the minor...
$120.00
The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis
“Gregory Pratt had a rare front-row seat to the passions, problems, peculiarities, hopes, disappointments, shenanigans, and pettiness in the drama and farce that was Lori Lightfoot’s uneasy tenure on the fifth floor at City Hall. What he delivers on these pages takes...
$28.99
Clyde's
“A deceptively simple flavor-bomb of a new comedy about survival, second chances, and digesting whatever life serves up.” —Naveen Kumar, Variety With a chance at reclaiming their lives, the formerly incarcerated people working at Clyde’s, a roadside sandwich stop, strive hard...
$16.95
Coming Home
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.“Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner’s time held captive in Russia. Coming...
$30.00
Breaking Glass Ceilings: Clara Stanton Jones and the Detroit Public Library (comin soon - July 15, 2024
This book tells the story of Clara Stanton Jones, the first woman to direct a major public library system in the United States and the first African American president of the ALA. After being appointed as Director of the Detroit...
$200.00
A Darker Shade of Blue: A Police Officer’s Memoir
A transparent first-hand account of a Black officer maneuvering through three terrifying yet rewarding decades of policing, all while seeking reform in law enforcement When 16-year-old Keith Merith finds himself pulled over, berated, and degraded by a white police officer,...
$21.95
The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit
This “inventive, poetic, vulnerable, and sincere” book from an acclaimed author and poet weaves two wrenching personal narratives of recovery and reclamation, spliced with a dazzle of pop-culture (Kirkus).The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return...
$30.00
Becoming a Composer
'Singer, composer, musician . . . Renaissance Woman of contemporary music.’ - The Observer I am a composer. A composer of classical music. Quite honestly I am not quite sure how that happened to a girl born in Belize and brought...
$27.95
The Beautiful Dream: A Memoir
“A captivating read from one of our country’s greatest athletes.”―Christine Sinclair, former captain of the Canadian Women's National Soccer Team and National Bestselling Author of Playing the Long GameOut of the Toronto suburb of Brampton comes an irresistible story of trials, perseverance,...
$26.00
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
“The Barn is the most brutal, layered and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read…Reporting and reckoning can get no better, or more important, than...
$35.00
Another Word for Love: A Memoir
A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing.In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in...
$28.00
Another Sojourner Looking for Truth: My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond
Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justiceMillicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle...
$26.99
Always Enough: A Global Food Memoir
A memoir of global travel and the 160 recipes it inspired.Always Enough: A Global Food Memoir is a storied cookbook, a love letter to the author's tables in America, Europe, and Africa. From Philadelphia to Paris, Morocco to the Ivory Coast, Bologna to...
$29.99
All You Need is Rhythm & Grit: How to Run Now―for Health, Joy, and a Body That Loves You Back
$27.95
All You Need is Rhythm & Grit: How to Run Now―for Health, Joy, and a Body That Loves You Back
An infectiously positive and inclusive guide to running, from everyone's favorite Apple Fitness+ and Nike trainer, Coach Cory Wharton-Malcolm."Everything Wharton-Malcolm does has the aim of helping people achieve the best version of themselves."—Evening StandardThink running isn't for you? Cory Wharton-Malcolm...
$27.95
All in Stride: A Journey in Running, Courage, and the Search for the American Dream
The inspiring stories of distance runners Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir and their determination to build meaningful lives as new American citizens. Professional distance runners Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir grew up in rural Kenyan villages. Though their lives began in...
$40.00
Africa, My Passion (Coming Soon - August 27, 2024)
In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, author of the global bestseller The White Masai, delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places. Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, and...
$23.99
Black Panther: Protectors of Wakanda: A History and Training Manual of the Dora Milaje from the Marvel Universe
Learn what it takes to become a member of the Dora Milaje—Wakanda’s elite, all-female guard—with this exclusive in-world history and training manual.The world of Wakanda, a technologically advanced society with a deep history and culture, prides itself on tradition, honor,...
$22.99