Cultural Literature
MICHELLE OBAMA: FIRST LADY OF HOPE
There is no one quite like her. Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal flair, and poise are certain to make her one of the most influential First Ladies...
$14.95
BLACK BOY
Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. When Black Boy exploded onto the literary...
$18.99
MAYA ANGELOU: A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION
Beautifully designed and featuring over 150 sepia portraits, family photographs, and letters from the life of one of the world’s most beloved and admired artists, this moving biography will appeal to all fans of the poet laureate, phenomenal bestselling author,...
$30.00
GIL SCOTT-HERON: PIECES OF A MAN (COMING SOON)
Excellent Book. Product details ASIN : B00JTIRUSE Publisher : St. Martin's Press (November 11, 2014) Publication date : November 11, 2014 Language : English File size : 919 KB Text-to-Speech : Enabled Screen Reader : Supported Enhanced typesetting : Enabled X-Ray : Not Enabled Word Wise : Enabled Print length...
$83.44
MADIBA A TO Z: THE MANY FACES OF NELSON MANDELA
From the makers of the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, a completely unique biography and thematic telling of the story of Nelson Mandela. This book, which provided key source material for the film, is an unexpurgated collection of the views and...
$35.00
HIGH PRICE: A NEUROSCIENTIST'S JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY THAT CHALLENGES EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT DRUGS AND SOCIETY
High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a man who grew up in one of Miami’s toughest neighborhoods and, determined to make a difference as an adult, tirelessly applies his scientific training to help save real...
$16.99
GAME OVER: MY LOVE FOR HIP HOP
Winter Ramos, one of the new faces of VH1's hit reality television show, Love& Hip Hop- New York Season 3 delivers a brazen and unabashed memoir of her life in the world of hip hop. In Game Over Winter puts...
$24.98
MY LIFE, AS I SEE IT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years old. No one knew then that she would become an international music legend, but what she knew—as...
$19.99
IS IT JUST ME?: OR IS IT NUTS OUT THERE?
Have you noticed that things aren’t as civil as they once were Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that...
$22.99
HOMELAND: AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HOPE AND SURVIVAL
Homeland is the remarkable memoir of George Obama, President Obamas Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goalto better the lives of his own peoplein his elder brothers example. In the spring of 2006, George met his older...
$25.00
FINDING MARTHA'S PLACE: MY JOURNEY THROUGH SIN, SALVATION, AND LOTS OF SOUL FOOD
Welcome to Martha's Place . . . Martha Hawkins was the tenth of twelve children born in Montgomery, Alabama. There was no money, but her childhood was full of love. Martha's mother could transform a few vegetables from the backyard into...
$21.99
BURN, BABY! BURN!: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MAGNIFICENT MONTAGUE(COMING SOON)
Presents the memoirs of the African American disc jockey, poet, producer, and radio station owner. Product details Publisher : University of Illinois Press; 1st Printing edition (November 1, 2003) Language : English Hardcover : 232 pages ISBN-10 : 0252028732 ISBN-13 : 978-0252028731 Item Weight : 14.4...
$24.40
I AM THE NEW BLACK
The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious...
$25.00
NEVER MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE: LESSONS ON LOVE AND LIFE LEARNED THE HARD WAY
T he Real Housewives of Atlanta averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode in its first season. Nene Leakes, the show’s outrageous, dazzlingly captivating, tell-it-like-it-is star, has been lauded by her legions of fans for her refreshing honesty, her infectiously genuine style, and...
$15.99
EVERY DAY I'M HUSTLING
Vivica A. Fox is a dynamo who has created a lasting career on her own, through sheer, roll-up-your-sleeves DIY hustle. Every Day I'm Hustling is a personal book with a message Fox passionately believes in: that you make your own luck, that...
$26.99
DADDY KING: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
From growing up amidst poverty and racism to preaching from the Ebenezer pulpit for forty years, King, Sr., reveals his life inside the civil rights movement—illustrating the profound influence he had on his sonBorn in 1899 to a family of...
$15.99
JULIUS CHAMBERS: A LIFE IN THE LEGAL STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936–2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney. Following passage of the...
$35.00
APPROACHING ALI: A RECLAMATION IN THREE ACTS
The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali’s retirement, told through the story of an unexpected, powerful and life-changing friendship In 1988, then struggling writer and video store worker Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali’s mother’s modest Louisville house, knocked...
$15.95
BORN BRIGHT: A YOUNG GIRL'S JOURNEY FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING IN AMERICA
*Green River College's 2018-2019 One Book Selection* Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty, and episodic homelessness, often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn...
$27.99
BELIEVING IN MAGIC: MY STORY OF LOVE, OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, AND KEEPING THE FAITH
In her new memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.On November 7, 1991, basketball icon...
$26.00