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Non-Fiction
The Hill We Climb and Other Poems
A collection of poetry by presidential inaugural poet Amanda GormanIncluding "The Hill We Climb," the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, this collection of the same name reveals an energizing...
$19.99
The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
The inspirational true story of one girl who changed the minds of her elders, reformed traditions from the inside, and is creating a better future for girls and women throughout Africa. Nice Leng`ete was raised in a Maasai village in...
$28.00
The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier
The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946.
$28.00
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos -- and a call for a more just practice of science. In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from...
$28.00
The Afrominimalist's Guide to Living with Less
Forget the aesthetics of mainstream minimalism and discover a life of authenticity and intention with this practical guide to living with less…your way.When Christine Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never intended to become The...
$21.99
Terraform: Building a Better World
In this debut collection of essays and poetry, musician, speaker, and activist Propaganda inspires us to create a better, more equitable world. “If we get to make the very cultures that shape who we are, then let us remake them...
$24.99
Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good white person of liberal leanings must be in want of a Black friend. In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes...
$26.99
Stones: Poems
A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called "one of the poetry stars of his generation" (Los Angeles Times)."We sleep long, / if not sound," Kevin Young writes early on...
$27.00
Still Breathing: 100 Black Voices on Racism--100 Ways to Change the Narrative
‘A timely book and a conversation starter on race in Britain.’ Rachel Edwards, Author of Darling and Lucky ‘A timely book in a year that has made clear that Britain still has a very long way to go towards becoming the model of...
$25.99
State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built
“A masterful book…reaffirms the urgency of the current state of Black people in America and the power we all have to win transformative change.” —Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times bestselling author“Gives us the words and tools to fight for the justice...
$26.00
Sports Illustrated Tiger Woods: 25 Years on the PGA Tour
A new, fully illustrated gift book commemorating the unparalleled rise, fall, and comeback of golf’s greatest championTiger Woods turned pro at age 20 in 1996, rapidly ascending to become the No. 1 ranked player in the world at age 21...
$30.00
Sports Illustrated Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend
A profound remembrance of a life of greatness cut shortIn 20 seasons in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Kobe Bryant ascended from teenaged rookie to 18-time all-star and five-time NBA champion. The superstar known as The Black Mamba left his...
$30.00
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
“Hear the dark liquor of her laughter rippling behind her sentences” in this magnetic memoir as it explores a journalist’s obsession with pop culture and the difficulty of navigating relationships as a Black woman through fanfiction, feminism, and Southern mores...
$17.99
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“This is a book people will be talking about forever.” ―Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed“Ford’s wrenchingly brilliant memoir is truly a classic in the making. The writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and...
$27.99
She Memes Well: Essays
“In She Memes Well, Quinta gives more than a peek behind the curtain. She invites us in, lets us poke around and offers a balm for our aching souls. She moves beyond the jokes into something much deeper, something we may...
$25.00
Shades of Black
One might say that the womb of death&;the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonization&;gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point of departure, Nathalie Etoke examines Black existence today in her riveting new book, Shades of Black. In a...
$14.50
Seeing Serena
A riveting chronicle of trailblazing tennis champion and cultural icon Serena Williams’s turbulent 2019 tour season and a revealing portrait of who she is, both on and off the court.Serena Williams is an undisputed global sports celebrity. Ranked #12 on...
$26.00
Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture
A collection of provocative essays exploring the key social justice issues of our time—from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. Kennedy is "among the most incisive American commentators on race" (The New York Times).Informed by sharpness...
$30.00
Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming
Blending mythology and memory, Saga Boy follows a young Black immigrant’s vibrant personal metamorphosis.Growing up as a clever, willful boy in a tiny village in the tropical forests of Trinidad―raised by his indomitable grandmother, Miss Excelly, and her King James Bible―Antonio Michael...
$25.00
Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America
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Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America
Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and after the Revolutionary War. Karen Cook Bell's enlightening and original...
$24.95
Refugee: A Memoir
Persecuted for his political activism, Emmanuel Mbolela left the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2002. His search for a new home would take six years.In that time, Mbolela endured corrupt customs officials, duplicitous smugglers, Saharan ambushes, and untenable living...
$28.00
Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
$27.00
Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
“A moving and beautifully crafted memoir.”—SCOTT TUROW“A daring act of justified defiance.”—SHAKA SENGHOR“Nothing less than heroic.”—JOHN GRISHAM He was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now a pioneering lawyer, he recalls the...
$27.00
Rebound: Soaring in the Nba, Battling Parkinson's, and Finding What Really Matters
“Basketball gave me a life; Parkinson’s taught me how to live it.” —Brian Grant After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was...
$28.00
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
A brilliant scholar imparts the lessons bequeathed by the Black community and its remarkable artists and thinkers. Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase "read until you understand," a line her father, who died when she was...
$26.95
Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK • A TODAY SUMMER READING LIST PICK • AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST DEBUT OF SUMMER PICK • A PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF SUMMER PICKA poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir about Blackness, masculinity, and addiction“Punch Me Up to the Gods obliterates what we thought were the...
$26.00
Promise That You Will Sing about Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar
A stunning, in-depth look at the power and poetry of one of the most consequential rappers of our time.Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his incredible lyrics...
$29.99
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
Instant New York Times Best Seller From the New York Times best-selling author of I'm Judging You, a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear - that everlasting hater - and audaciously step into lives, careers, and legacies that go beyond even our...
$26.00
Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father
A deeply personal exploration of fatherhood, addiction, and resiliency from Craig Melvin, news anchor of NBC’s Today show. For Craig Melvin this book is more an investigation than a memoir. It's an opportunity to better understand his father; to interrogate his family's...
$26.99
$22.00
Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays
Turns out me looking like a bootleg Diana Ross on this book’s cover is not enough to entice folks to read this book. And it’s apparently insufficient to tell websites to put the following on their page: “Hilarious, smart, and...
$27.00
Permission to Dream
In the spirit of The Last Lecture, The Secret, and The Alchemist, this small book presents BIG ideas for turning your “one day” into today, including the generational transfer of a dream and a powerful blueprint for a masterpiece life—from the author of the New...
$24.99