Biography & Autobiography
Biography & Autobiography
African American Women of Achievement
"Mindfulness occurs when people are able to experience their feelings, sensations, and the environment in the present and without judging those things as 'right' or 'wrong,' while also steering their thinking away from thoughts about the past or future. By...
$66.00
Female Force Beyonce the Graphic novel
Beyoncé's transformation from pop royalty to a fierce feminist trailblazer leaves a glittery empowerment trail in her wake. And now, with "Cowboy Carter," she's rustlin' up a new sound, proving she's not afraid to ride off into uncharted musical territory....
$33.00
Female Force: Angel Reese
OIn this electrifying 22-page biography comic, step into the life of basketball phenom Angel Reese. From her early days learning the game in a basketball-loving family to dominating the NCAA and securing her spot in the WNBA, this comic dives...
$44.00
Fame: Mr. T
"FAME: Mr. T" is a bold and action-packed comic book biography chronicling the life of one of pop culture's most iconic figures. From his tough upbringing in Chicago to becoming a bodyguard for celebrities and winning "America's Toughest Bouncer", Mr....
$33.00
Fame: Dwayne "THE ROCK" Johnson
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's journey is one of resilience and determination. Once a homeless, unemployed young man, Dwayne hit rock bottom, desperate enough to call his father from a payphone for help. But through grit and sheer willpower, he rose...
$44.00
Fame: Dr. Dre
Introducing DR. DRE- a Hip Hop legend who changed the music world! Andre Romell Young, famously known as Dr. Dre, is the mastermind behind Gangsta Rap and the creator of G-Funk. From the streets of Compton to global stardom, discover...
$44.00
Ella Fitzgerald: The Official Graphic Novel
Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of jazz with Ella Fitzgerald: the official graphic novel, capturing her life, music, and indomitable spirit. Experience her journey from humble beginnings to becoming the First Lady of Song.In this vibrant graphic novel, follow...
$25.00
Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir
A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of iconic, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s autobiography, telling the story of his coming-of-age in Harlem, adapted by Guy A. Sims and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. Legendary author Walter Dean Myers was once a troublemaker and...
$24.00
Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali, one of the most revered―and controversial―figures of the twentieth century, immortalized those words with the beauty, strength, and originality of his boxing style. Now, his epic story is retold in...
$26.00
Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems
The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image—a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space, and reality to illuminate the expansiveness of Black femme lives....
$33.00
Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this vulnerable and enlightening book of life lessons, globally renowned performer Cynthia Erivo draws from her singular experience to show us how to embrace being “too much” and to live up to the fullest iteration of ourselves.It...
$29.00
Simply West African: Easy, Joyful Recipes for Every Kitchen: A Cookbook
Experience the vibrant cuisines of West Africa any night of the week with 80 easy, accessible recipes from a James Beard Award–winning chef. “Chef Pierre Thiam offers an entry point into the cooking of a region that has been ignored by...
$28.00
Sing a Black Girl's Song: The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange
GMA’s 15 Spectacular New Books to Read in September Ms. Magazine’s September 2023 Reads for the Rest of UsThe Millions “Most Anticipated” Books of 2023LitHub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023Never-before-seen unpublished works by award-winning American literary icon Ntozake Shange, featuring essays, plays,...
$30.00
The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR • Award-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans—fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home—and a powerful lens...
$35.00
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S FIVE BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY •...
$40.00
The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters
One of NPR’s “Nonfiction Books We Love from 2025” • One of Kirkus’s “Best Nonfiction Books of 2025” •A powerful new voice, telling the American story through three generations of Black mothers."This searing, poetic memoir covers generations of powerful Black women...
$30.00
Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations
The very first cookbook to celebrate Juneteenth, from food writer and cookbook author Nicole A. Taylor—who draws on her decade of experiences observing the holiday.On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
$31.00
The Way Home: A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with Over 100 Recipes
Kardea Brown, the breakout star of Food Network’s hit show Delicious Miss Brown celebrates the Gullah/Geechee culinary traditions of her family in this spectacular cookbook featuring 125 original mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous four-color photos. The Way Home brings a taste of the Lowcountry...
$35.00
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
Winner of the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismWinner of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionWinner of the 2020 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian NonfictionFinalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/BiographyNamed one of the Best...
$20.00
We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy
A WALL STREET JOURNAL FAVORITE FOOD BOOK OF THE EAR From the author of Queen Sugar—now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay—comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings...
$40.00
What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in...
$32.00
What Is African Art?: A Short History
A history of the evolving field of African art.This book examines the invention and development of African art as an art historical category. It starts with a simple question: What do we mean when we talk about African art? By...
$65.00
When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical That Changed the World
$19.00
When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical That Changed the World
The untold story of the musical that revolutionized Broadway―and the Black artists who made it unforgettable. "This musical introduced Black excellence to the Great White Way. Broadway was forever changed and we, who stand on the shoulders of our brilliant...
$19.00
When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
“Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn’t miss this for the world.”—Leslie Jones When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and...
$30.00
When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy
This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees.The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan...
$28.00
Who's Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race
“A fascinating, if disturbing, window onto the origins of racism.”―Publishers Weekly“The eighteenth-century essays published for the first time in Who’s Black and Why? contain a world of ideas―theories, inventions, and fantasies―about what blackness is, and what it means. To read them is...
$30.00
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances
This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with. In an intimate and...
$28.00
Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur
From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today.“In a time in which having a rich relationship with the truth...
$32.00
The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience
The inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man who, sentenced to life in prison, refused to surrender his future—a story so powerful that it transformed even the judge who handed down the sentence. If our world were more just, Chris Young...
$29.00
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue)
An award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind is one of our most important records of the American Civil Rights Movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a “national treasure,” this is a gripping first-hand account of the fight for...
$22.00