Science Fiction
Neil Degrasse Tyson
PUBLISHER: Norwood House Press
"Describes the life and work of Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist, writer, and public advocate for science"--
$10.60
Katherine Johnson
PUBLISHER: Norwood House Press
"Describes the life and work of Katherine Johnson, a mathematician whose calculations made many early space missions possible"--
$10.60
One Step Further: My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Lifelong Mission
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Kids A 2021 Publishers Weekly Black History Month pick!This inspirational picture book reveals what is was like for a young black mother of three to navigate the difficult world of the 1950s and 60s and to succeed...
$17.99
Look Up with Me: Neil Degrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars
PUBLISHER: Katherine Tegen Books A 2020 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12! With an introduction from Neil DeGrasse Tyson about the importance of kid-like curiosity, this lyrical picture book biography on the beloved astrophysicist and host of Cosmos is the perfect gift...
$8.99
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
PUBLISHER: Crown Books for Young Readers. The inspirational and true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the country, comes to life in this picture book biography perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Little Leaders. Includes...
$17.99
Mae Jemison
PUBLISHER: Cherry Lake Publishing The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Mae Jemison, the first African American woman astronaut, in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop...
$12.79
Herland
PUBLISHER: Independently Published Herland is a utopian novel published in 1915 and written by the feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The story describes an isolated society composed entirely of women. The result is a perfect social order, free of all...
$6.99
Ready Player One
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.“Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment WeeklyA world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize....
$17.00
This Is How You Lose the Time War
PUBLISHER: Gallery / Saga Press03/17/2020 HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLANEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA“[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays...
$14.99
The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America
Publisher: Princeton University Press How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divide On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness...
$29.95
Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying on a Montgomery Family's Civil Rights Legacy
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books In 1950, before Montgomery, Alabama, knew Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger, before the city’s famous bus boycott, a Negro man named Hilliard Brooks was shot...
$27.99
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2019 The award-winning biography that restores William Monroe Trotter to his essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and Malcom X in the pantheon of American civil rights...
$35.00
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Publisher: 37 Ink A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to...
$26.00
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement...
$27.00
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Publisher: William Morrow & Company The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space—a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding...
$27.99
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation about Race in America
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Named a 2018 Notable Work of Nonfiction by The Washington PostNOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Winner, The 2018 Southern Book PrizeNAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Chicago Tribune • Time • Publisher's WeeklyA stunning follow up to New York Times bestseller Tears We Cannot...
$24.99
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Publisher: Little Brown and Company Instant #1 New York Times bestseller. "The Atlantic writer drafts a history of slavery in this country unlike anything you’ve read before” (Entertainment Weekly).Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of...
$29.00
A Black Women's History of the United States
Publisher: Beacon Press 2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee: Outstanding Literary Work – Non-FictionHonorable Mention for the 2021 Organization of American Historians Darlene Clark Hine AwardA vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to...
$27.95
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation One of Publishers Weekly's 10 Best Books of 2017Longlisted for the National Book Award This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review). In this...
$27.95
Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
Publisher: St. Martin's Press THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.From Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, the dynamite husband and wife duo behind CreativeSoul Photography, comes GLORY, a photography book that shatters the conventional standards of beauty for Black children.Featuring a foreword by Amanda SealesWith...
$30.00