Literature
Literature
African and African American Children’s and Adolescent Literature in the Classroom: A Critical Guide (Black Studies and Critical Thinking)
The essays in this collection discuss multicultural issues in children’s and adolescent literature, focusing particularly on African and African American cultures. They challenge our understanding of what, in an age of globalization, multicultural texts really are. Cumulatively, these essays illustrate...
$200.00
The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni
This omnibus edition collects celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni’s adult prose: Racism 101, Sacred Cows and Other Edibles and seven (7) selections from Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet, which was nominated for the...
$18.99
Correlations: Life + Work: Bentel & Bentel Architects
The monograph will feature some thirty projects, including: Le Bernardin restaurant, New York Hall Arts Hotel, Dallas The Modern restaurant at MoMA, New York Craft restaurant, New York Suites at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas St. Stephen Church, Warwick, NY...
$60.00
Chateau Reawakening: One Couple’s Wild And Wonderful Journey To Restore A Crumbling French Masterpiece
Chateau Reawakening is the story of the highs and lows of one couple's journey to save an eighteenth century French chateau.When former Australian politician Tim Holding and his fiancee Felicity Selkirk discovered a crumbling French chateau just south of the Loire...
$50.00
12 Truths & a Lie: Answers to Life's Biggest Questions
Life is full of difficult questions and many of them often seem impossible to answer. In 12 Truths & a Lie, author and pastor J.D. Greear confidently tackles some of the most perplexing questions that Christians face. It’s not unusual to...
$24.95
A Little Bit of Angel Numbers: An Introduction to Messages from the Universe
Have you ever randomly looked at the clock and noted that it was 11:11? Then congratulations: you’ve received a message from the universe. Angel numbers, repeating numerical sequences with mystical significance tied to numerology, are a spiritual concept that is...
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I Wonder: Celebrating Daddies Doin’ Work
Perfect for Father's Day or all year round! What do daddies do with their children? They style hair, they carpool, they cuddle (after they look under beds for monsters). They play, they motivate, and they comfort. Dads may sometimes wonder...
$8.99
Bad Kitty Does Not Like Easter
Are you ready to find some Easter eggs, Kitty?Kitty doesn’t want an Easter egg. Kitty wants the Easter egg. Kitty wants…the GOLDEN EGG!So she goes on the hunt.There! A blue egg! But Kitty doesn’t want a blue egg.Or there! A purple egg! But Kitty...
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Iowa's Changing Wildlife: Three Decades of Gain and Loss
Much has changed with Iowa’s wildlife in the years 1990 to 2020. Some species such as Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once were rare in Iowa are now common, and others like sandhill crane, river otter, and...
$30.00
A Death for Adonis / A Death for a Darling: An F&M Duet
With Adonis and Darling we are delighted to open the Robert Forsyth series, which was written primarily in the 1980s but carries all the flavors (er, flavours) that fans of British Golden Age mystery have come to expect. Forsyth himself—a brilliant young barrister forced to...
$28.95
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters
Shona McMonagle is your ordinary, garden-variety librarian: comfortably padded, in her middle years, expert in various arcane martial arts. She also has an impressive knack for time travel (“impressive” may be overstating things: her first two forays—revolutionary Russia, 19th-century France—went...
$16.95
The Zombies: every album, every song
Most lauded for the gorgeously baroque Odessey and Oracle, and the ageless singles, ‘She’s Not There’ and ‘Time of the Season’, The Zombies’ were at the forefront of The British Invasion, recording music described by Tom Petty as ‘so original...
$22.95
Linda Ronstadt 1969 to 1989: every album, every song
Linda Ronstadt is one of the most important women and people in the history of popular music. Starting her solo career in 1969, she redefined what a music superstar could be by expanding her repertoire from her country rock roots,...
$22.95
The Smashing Pumpkins 1991 to 2000: every album, every song
The Smashing Pumpkins rose to fame during the grunge movement of the early nineties, however, the Chicago quartet’s soaring guitar-driven anthems and beautifully crafted ballads instantly set them apart from their Seattle contemporaries. Possessing not one but two magnum opuses...
$22.95
Diaghilev's Empire
A Best Book of the Year at The New Yorker and The Telegraph“Amusing and assertive . . . [Christiansen’s] delight is infectious.” ―Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book ReviewRupert Christiansen, a renowned dance critic and arts correspondent, presents a sweeping history of the...
$20.00
The Grreatest Evil is War
Now with a new preface for the paperback edition by the author, an unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our finest war correspondents.Drawn from experience and interviews by Pulitzer-prize-winner Chris Hedges, a devastating look...
$14.95
Keeping Sheep
While they can be hardy and self-sufficient, sheep require a knowledgeable and dedicated shepherd to care for them throughout the year. With an easy-to-read style and over 200 colour photographs, this book provides guidance on managing a healthy flock, as...
$29.99
American Refugees
A net exodus of Americans from blue to red states has been in progress for several years now. This is largely a southbound movement, and perhaps some migrants are “running from the cold up in New England,” as the song goes....
$29.99
Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life
#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Discover practical steps you can take today to live a life focused on things that matter, from the bestselling author of The More of Less and The Minimalist Home.“Things That Matter points the way to free ourselves from the distractions of...
$19.00
Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire
A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of history of Ancient Rome through the modern eye.In 66 b.c., young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via...
$30.00
I Didn't Know I Needed This: The New Rules for Flirting, Feeling, and Finding Yourself
From TikTok star Eli Rallo, an irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and searingly honest take on modern dating and romance with tips, tricks, and survival-guide style rules. I Didn’t Know I Needed This is the dose of confidence every girl needs to live...
$26.99
Bold Words from Black Women: Inspiration and Truths from 50 Extraordinary Leaders Who Helped Shape Our World
Publisher : Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (January 18, 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 112 pages
ISBN-10 : 1534463941
ISBN-13 : 978-1534463943
$19.99
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
Publisher : Amistad; First Edition (January 18, 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063043858
ISBN-13 : 978-0063043855
$29.99
Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition
Publisher : Penguin Classics (February 16, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 656 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143136089
ISBN-13 : 978-0143136088
$22.00
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up
Publisher : Beacon Press (September 6, 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 080701592X
ISBN-13 : 978-0807015926
$27.95
Relations: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices
Publisher : HarperVia (January 17, 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063089041
ISBN-13 : 978-0063089044
$27.99
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company (September 14, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0393651908
ISBN-13 : 978-0393651904
$26.95
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
Publisher : Ecco (September 27, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 848 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063017601
ISBN-13 : 978-0063017603
$24.99
In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams (January 12, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1419735306
ISBN-13 : 978-1419735301
$26.00
The Essential Dick Gregory
Publisher : Amistad (October 11, 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0062879200
ISBN-13 : 978-0062879202
$27.99