Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
$20.00 Read moreThe hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.
“Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New- Author: Baum, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0385523203
- Language: English
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Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption
$20.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX – A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our br… [more below]
- Author: Stevenson, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0593133935
- Language: English
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Let ‘er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion
$18.99 Read more“Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. . . . James’ painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental hors
- Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1512498084
- Language: English
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
$9.99 Read moreA lyrical picture book biography of John Coltrane that focuses on his childhood.
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear, growing up in the south during the 1930s: church songs,- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 125082270X
- Language: English
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Somewhere There Is Still a Sun: A Memoir of the Holocaust
$9.99 Read moreResilience shines throughout Michael Gruenbaum’s “riveting memoir” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about his time in the Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust, in this National Jewish Bo… [more below]
- Author: Gruenbaum, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 144248487X
- Language: English
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What You Never Knew about Stephen Curry
$8.99 Read moreStephen Curry has wowed fans with his incredible basketball skills, including three NBA Championships. But what is his life like off the court? High-interest details and bold photos of her fascinating… [more below]
- Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies
- Author: Allen, Nafeesah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669049248
- Language: English
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When I Was Eight
$21.95 Add to cartBestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father’s warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home t… [more below]
- Author: Jordan-Fenton, Christy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1554514916
- Language: English
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Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up
$27.95 Read moreExamines firsthand the lives of legendary Black writers who made a way out of no way to illuminate a road map for budding creators desiring to follow in their footsteps
Acclaimed Cave Canem poet and e- Author: Bingham-Risher, Remica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 080701592X
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Written by Himself
$14.95 Add to cartA new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis.
A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0872865274
- Language: English
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Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums
$16.99 Read moreThough a disability stunted his growth and left him with a hunched back, William Henry “Chick” Webb did not let that get in the way of his musical pursuits. Even as a young child, Chick saw the world … [more below]
- Author: Donohue, Moira Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1534110976
- Language: English
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Willpower: It’s Not What You’ve Been Through, But It’s How You Get Through
$17.95 Read moreAs far back as he can remember, R&B singer, rapper, and activist/social worker Will (Keeps) Holmes has dreamed of a career in music. Originally inspired and influenced by Michael Jackson, Keeps felt t… [more below]
- Author: Holmes, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1947305883
- Language: English
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Passport
$17.99 Read moreAn unforgettable graphic memoir by debut talent Sophia Glock reveals her discovery as a teenager that her parents are agents working for the CIA.
Young Sophia has lived in so many different countries… [more below]- Author: Glock, Sophia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0316459003
- Language: English
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The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride
$27.99 Read moreA STEPHEN CURRY’S BOOK CLUB PICK
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS ALLIANCE BESTSELLER
“A story of triumph and resilience centered around those who dedicated their lives to the Civil Rights movement. It
- Author: Dennis Jr, David J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0063011425
- Language: English
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Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School
$19.99 Read moreInspired by an iconic Norman Rockwell painting and translated from an original French text, this is a story about the day a little girl held her head high and changed the world.
- Author: Cohen-Janca, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1568463413
- Language: English
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I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice
$19.00 Read moreIn 1877, Chief Standing Bear’s Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe’s ow
- Author: Starita, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0312606389
- Language: English
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I Am Harriet Tubman
$9.99 Read moreHarriet Tubman’s heroic and pivotal role in the fight against slavery is the subject of the fourteenth picture book in this New York Times bestselling biography series. (Cover may vary)
This friendly,- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 059361917X
- Language: English
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Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter
$25.99 Read moreHarriet Tubman, freedom fighter and leader in the Underground Railroad, is one of the most significant figures in U.S. history. Her courage and determination in bringing enslaved people to freedom hav
- Author: Taylor-Stinson, Therese
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1506478336
- Language: English
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A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard
$35.00 Read moreIn the years following Brown v. Board of Education, countless Black citizens endured violent resistance and even death while fighting for their constitutional rights. One of those citizens, Clyde Kenn… [more below]
- Series: Race, Rhetoric, and Media
- Author: Anderson, Devery S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1496844041
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. = Martin Luther King, Jr.
$12.79 Read moreThe Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children … [more below]
- Series: Mi Mini Biografía (My Itty-Bitty Bio): My Early Library
- Author: Haldy, Emma E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1534133186
- Language: Spanish
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Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 3: From Macedonia to France
$29.95 Add to cartThe end of a journey, the beginning of a new life
–I’m Syrian, and I got here from Turkey. –Whoaaa! That’s a hell of a trip!
–You could say that . . . I left home almost three years ago. After- Author: Toulme, Fabien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1637790317
- Language: English
