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This is a compelling story about child molestation and emotional distress in the Kelly family, from rags to riches, stardom, and fame, and the relentlessness of a mother who battled with poverty and dealt with many stressors. She tried to raise her children to the best of her ability and made many sacrifices to give her kids a fighting chance in this life, in order to overcome all of the wrong hands in the deck of cards that we were dealt as children. Even now, she is still teaching us right from wrong as a strong Black woman who keeps her faith in God.

The Mighty Cross Gospel Singers have maintained a strong presence. The founder, Felton L. Holmes, steered the ship through the tumultuous early 1960s. This era was defined by some of the most contentious periods in American history—a time marked by the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, protests, and the emergence of a generation gap. It was within these challenging times that the need for inspiration was paramount in sustaining weary hearts.

This is a short book about Wes and my crazy adventures in high school. We got away with quite a bit of shenanigans, but had the time of our lives!

Brought to you by Penguin. 'That night, I'd survived my life flashing before me, with my dignity intact. Yes, this chaotic life has always been a gamble. ... But what a gamble.' Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quizzing mastermind and a happily-married husband. But for much of his life...

Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr's legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way. From Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, to Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, these writers used words to create a liveable world – a “home” – for Black people destined to live in a bitterly racist society.

Once a week, Monroe County Reporter (Georgia) columnist Steve Reece surprises thousands of readers with his insight into a wide range of subjects reflective of the culture, history, and diversity of the South and America in general.

Mark Daniels Liebeserklärung an die Ruhrstadt und die Menschen, die seine Herzensheimat prägen. Das Hörbuch erzählt kuriose und berührende Geschichten unter anderem von Peter Steger, Hildegard Doebner, „Earny“ Dussin, Franco und Dominik Sapia oder Eddi und seinen Durst & Wurst Express. Historie und Humor strömen aus Orten wie Muttental, Thyssen, Wiesenviertel oder der Tanzschule Feldmann-Hartmann.

Jay Ellis, star of HBO’s Insecure, tells the story of growing up with an imaginary best friend you will never forget—part Dwayne Wayne from A Different World, part Will Smith from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—in this hilarious, vulnerable memoir. “So funny, poignant, and personal. I loved...

If David Goethel were a cat, he would be in the market for more lives. But David is a small boat fisherman, an endangered species, who works tirelessly for himself and others like him to survive. Follow along on that journey with sea stories and autobiography mixed with twists and turns of science and management as David and his family work relentlessly to feed America sustainable seafood.

The uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal—the shark. "Jasmin Graham has that winning combination of talent and grit needed to excel...

The mockery invented by Philip’s father, because he was badminton-mad and useless (said father) at all else, lingered with him through school in Malaysia. It travelled with him on an Aeroflot to England in 1970, aged 18, functioning on adrenaline. It stuck through his navigation of parochial middle England—washing backsides in a mental hospital, law practice, sports, and professional and personal relationships.

An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation When Mary McLeod Bethune died, tributes in newspapers around the country...

Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor From the acclaimed author of Foreskin’s Lament, a memoir of the author’s attempt to escape the biblical story he’d been raised on and his struggle to construct a new story for himself and his family Shalom Auslander was raised like a veal in a...

2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism...

Slavná kniha ze zlatého fondu světové literatury. Poprvé vyšla v roce 1972, stala se bestsellerem i předlohou animovaného filmu, seriálu a několika počítačových her. „Sem tam některý panáčkoval na vrcholku mraveniště, s nastraženýma ušima se rozhlížel kolem a větřil. Ale nerušený zpěv kosa na pokraji lesa zvěstoval, že odtamtud nebezpečí nehrozí.“ Nebezpečí však přichází s člověkem a jeho plány postavit domy na území obývaném sandlefordskou králičí kolonií.

Ve své druhé knize se laureát ceny Magnesia Litera vyznává z hluboké náklonnosti k Izraeli, Palestině a jejich obyvatelům. Skrze výrazné životní příběhy a vlastní čtvrtstoletí trvající orientální zkušenost usiluje o nabourání leckdy schematického vnímání neklidného regionu. Audiokniha v podání Vasila Fridricha odhaluje autorovo vlastní hluboké pouto k Blízkému východu, k exotické, a přece blízké oblasti, jejím lidem, historii, kultuře a přírodě.

From brass knuckle beatdowns on the schoolyard to showdowns with the SEC on the national news, every second of Deaton’s life has been a fight for survival. This book is the raw, wild John Deaton story, straight from the source. Born in one of the worst neighborhoods in Detroit--the kind of place the city cordoned off with warning signs--and growing up surrounded by hustlers, addicts, abusers, gang bangers, and the downtrodden, Deaton became a fighter, with violence becoming second nature.

For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a “scorchingly honest…hugely evocative memoir” (Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author of H Is for Hawk) about the daughter of ambitious Asian American immigrants and her search for...

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave...

Born and raised in South Jamaica Queens, Jamal Doctor lived a life of revolving emotions. This in his words is a soul baring tale of how he realized the hard truth of being the “black sheep” of the family. The obstacles he faced and the lack of support from his family and how much harder life was because of it. Learning to navigate family relationships while always being the one in the wrong was taxing mentally and physically. Being loyal and loving to a family that never loved him became his cross to bear.