Cultural Literature
Bob Marley in Comics!
Supplier: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing In the middle of a depressing youth in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley sees only one way out: music. And that music will be what Jamaica made of rock and pop locally...
$27.99
Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani
Supplier: Selfmadehero Saudi Arabia offers few prospects for the bright young Mohammed El-Gharani. With roots in Chad, Mohammed is treated like a second-class citizen. His access to healthcare and education are restricted; nor can he make the most of his...
$24.99
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 1: 1975-1981
Supplier: Fantagraphics Books This encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop captures the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars like DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, plus the charismatic...
$27.99
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 2: 1981-1983
Supplier: Fantagraphics Books The second installment of this acclaimed graphic novel hip-hop history (originally serialized on the popular website Boing Boing) covers the years 1981-1983. 2015 Eisner Award Winner: Best Reality-Based Work. Covering the early years of 1981-1983, Hip Hop has...
$27.99
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984
Supplier: Fantagraphics Books This encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop captures the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars like DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, plus the charismatic...
$27.99
How I Tried to Be a Good Person
Supplier: Fantagraphics Books This graphic memoir is about obsession, gender conflict, and self-liberation, told with an honesty few cartoonists are capable of. Lust's follow-up to her first internationally lauded graphic memoir, How I Tried to Be a Good Person, picks up...
$34.99
Knock Out!: The True Story of Emile Griffith
Supplier: Selfmadehero An intoxicating portrait of boxer Emile Griffith, an Afro-Caribbean-American bisexual athlete and one of the world’s greatest fighters The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days...
$22.99
Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, the Graphic Novel
Supplier: Faber & Faber Social From 'Crossroads Blues' to 'Sweet Home Chicago', 'Hellhound on My Trail' to 'Come On In My Kitchen', Robert Johnson wrote some of the most enduring and formative songs of the original blues era, songs that...
$29.95
Mandela and the General
Supplier: Plough Publishing House In this thrilling graphic novel, Nelson Mandela’s fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. Unless he can win over his archenemy, the white supremacist General Viljoen, the democratic struggle for equality and...
$19.95
Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution
Supplier: First Second "Read this invigorating graphic narrative, then―quickly, before the spell breaks!―play one of Monk's records." ―Saul WilliamsShe is Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter, a free-spirited baroness of the Rothschild family. He is Thelonious Sphere Monk, a musical genius...
$29.99
True War Stories
Supplier: Z2 Comics A sniper in Haiti faces the repercussions of the shot he never took. A team of SEALs help rescue a kidnapped girl in the Philippines. Army interpreters in Iraq battle their toughest foe: the rats of Saddam’s...
$24.99
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pulitzer Prize, History, 2019 The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists...
$37.50
Funeral Diva
Publisher: City Lights Books Funeral Diva is the Winner of the Lambda Award for Lesbian Poetry! A poetic memoir about coming-of-age in the AIDS era, and its effects on life and art. "Sneed is an acclaimed reader of her own poetry,...
$16.95
Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Nearly 50 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the 20th century's most iconic figures. Popular fans still appreciate his later hits such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a Wonderful World," while in...
$34.95
Obama: The Historic Presidency of Barack Obama - Updated Edition (Revised)
Publisher: Sterling A vibrant celebration of President Obama, this stunning commemorative book provides a valuable record of his historical presidency and the years since he left office. It has now been more than two years since Barack Obama concluded his historic...
$29.95
Odetta: A Life in Music and Protest
Publisher: Beacon Press An AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2020The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” who combatted racism and prejudice through her music.Odetta channeled her anger and despair into some of the most powerful...
$28.95
The Golden Thirteen: How Black Men Won the Right to Wear Navy Gold
Publisher: Beacon Press The story of the 13 courageous black men who integrated the officer corps of the US Navy during World War II—leading desegregation efforts across America and anticipating the civil rights movementThrough oral histories and original interviews with...
$28.95
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin "A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"A compelling saga that gives a voice to those that history tried to erase...Poignant and eye-opening, this is a must-read."—Booklist In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a...
$28.00
This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey, on and Off the Record
Publisher: St. Martin's Press This program is read by the author, and includes archival recordings of conversations between the author and Prince. A warm and surprisingly real-life biography of one of rock’s greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only...
$29.99