Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
$8.99 Read moreFull color photographs. -Hello, Stranger-Friend- begins Maya Angelou’s story about Thandi, a South African Ndebele girl, her mischievous brother, her beloved chicken, and the astonishing mural art pro… [more below]
- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0375825673
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$12.79 Read moreThe My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Rosa Parks in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and r… [more below]
- Series: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Haldy, Emma E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1634706013
- Language: English
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Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
$19.99 Read moreYour Black Friend and Other Strangers is a collection of culturally charged comics by cartoonist Ben Passmore, including the Eisner Award nominated and Ignatz Award-winning “Your Black Friend,” named … [more below]
- Author: Passmore, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1945509201
- Language: English
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Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
$19.99 Add to cartJoin thought leaders fighting to win the posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey, one of the most influential figures in Black history.
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Black political activist, journalist,
- Author: Garvey, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1506488722
- Language: English
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A Miracle in the Making
$14.95 Add to cartMy existence for many years depended solely on the advancement of my disease and the quality of my care. It wasn’t until many years after a cure that I was able to reflect on and document my journey.
- Author: Van Every, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 9798892436588
- Language: English
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Mal Goode Reporting: The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer
$35.00 Add to cartMal Goode (1908-1995) became network news’s first African American correspondent when ABC News hired him in 1962. Raised in Homestead and Pittsburgh, he worked in the mills, graduated from the Univers… [more below]
- Author: Tsoukas, Liann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0822948222
- Language: English
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When the Fudge Trees Bloom
$18.00 Add to cart“My mother’s land has a million fudge trees on it,” my husband told me. I giggled and pointed out his mistake, but he brushed it aside. His English was good, but delightfully imperfect. How could he m… [more below]
- Author: Rouhana, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: September 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1954779895
- Language: English
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Why Are You So Sensitive?: Navigating Everyday, Unintended Microaggressions
$22.99 Read moreA lively, engaging, and honest look at microaggressions told from a variety of different perspectives–and what we can do about them.
“You look better than me, and I’m a real woman!”
“You’re so well s- Author: Lee, Billie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1524873497
- Language: English
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Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartIn this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse.
In Living the Asian Century, Kishore- Author: Mahbubani, Kishore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1541703049
- Language: English
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The Sole Man: Jan Matzeliger’s Lasting Invention
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1873, at the age of 21, Jan Ernst Matzeliger immigrated to America, having left all that was familiar behind in South America. He arrived with hopes and dreams of a bright future in this new countr
- Author: Keller, Shana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1534113002
- Language: English
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The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me about (Desiring) Men
$16.95 Read moreFeaturing deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas–all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men–this insightful memoir-in-essays is a… [more below]
- Author: Betancourt, Manuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1646222229
- Language: English
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The Hot Dog Diaries: Stories from Morgantown’s Oldest and Most Beloved Neighborhood Bar
$19.99 Add to cartThis book is for everyone who has stepped through the front door of Morgantown’s oldest and most beloved neighborhood bar-Gene’s Beer Garden. Over the past eighty years, there have been too many beers
- Author: Bonner, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: May 17 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218410339
- Language: English
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Water on Fire: A Memoir of War
$17.99 Read moreIn this evocative, insightful memoir, a leading voice in Middle Eastern Studies revisits his childhood in war-torn Lebanon and his family’s fascinating history, coming to terms with trauma and desire.… [more below]
- Author: El-Ariss, Tarek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1635424461
- Language: English
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Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
$28.00 Add to cart“Nothing less than the history of a people in the form of an absorbing and emotionally searing memoir.”–David Treuer, author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
Growing up in Montana, Chris La Tray alway… [more below]
- Author: La Tray, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1571313982
- Language: English
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All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
$17.00 Add to cartNate Shaw’s father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of fort… [more below]
- Author: Rosengarten, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 0525562850
- Language: English
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Grant Me Vision: A Journey of Family, Faith, and Forgiveness
$30.00 Read moreForeword 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, r
- Author: Greenlee, Sabrina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0063291231
- Language: English
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First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream
$29.99 Add to cartAn unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire- Author: Hoppe, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1250865220
- Language: English
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Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience
$26.00 Read more“My grandparents used to tell me Rwanda is a country unlike any other, and I knew they spoke the truth. Blessed with majestic mountains and breathtaking valleys, it is a sacred and spiritual land. And
- Author: Nkuranga, Alpha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1773103342
- Language: English
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
$37.00 Add to cart“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… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Wright
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0593949102
- Language: English
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If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana
$30.00 Add to cartThe popular Washington Post contributing opinion columnist challenges readers to have uncomfortable conversations about race, drawing on the first-person perspectives of the author and Americans from
- Author: Johnson, Theodore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0063346451
- Language: English
