A Good African Story

Reducere. This book tells the story of why the spider has long legs, a traditional African folk tale. In it, Anansi the spider learns that you usually have t...

Reducere. Everything Good Will Come introduces an important new voice in contemporary fiction. With insight and a lyrical wisdom, Nigerian-born Sefi Atta has...

DescriptionPractice counting to fifteen while exploring Africa through movement. Experience the benefits of combining yoga and literacy while learn...

Reducere. From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to gathering round Gran Lee's stove on a cold winter afte...

Reducere. I Am Me is a delightful, fun-loving rhyming story that teaches children to love themselves no matter what. Even though the main character is a youn...

Descriptiontell them we are rising ""The inspiring story of how one woman gave back.""--Ed Bradley ""This is a heartwarming story about struggle, s...

God Bless You and Good Night is now available as a touch-and-feel book This beloved bedtime classic has touched more than 315, 000 families, and th...

A compelling story of African adventure, romance and intrigue, perfect for readers of bestselling true crime such as WHITE MISCHIEF and MIDNIGHT IN...

Reducere. Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her ...

Reducere. "Timely corporate history--as exciting and poignant as any good tale of derring-do against great odds by all-too-flawed giants. " - Kirkus ReviewsW...

A chance meeting between a young white boy and an African American community mentor leads to an altruistic obsession in this one-of-a-kind biograph...

Reducere. Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations. AFR...

It was the first and only combat mission for the B-24 Liberator "Lady Be Good." On April 4, 1943, she left her base on the North African coast of L...

Reducere. "A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise." --New York Times Book Review "For anyone who wants to understand how the African economy reall...

Reducere. After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers' dete...

The companion volume to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021With a Foreword...

This story has been written in the setting of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, forcing many children to ensure an unsettling change in lifestyle, ...

Reducere. "My destiny has never been pre-determined by my skin color, more than anything else, it is being shaped by the choices I make daily, good and bad."...

Reducere. "My destiny has never been pre-determined by my skin color, more than anything else, it is being shaped by the choices I make daily, good and bad."...

Reducere. In Pursuit of Jubilee Field is about a businessman who rose to the challenge and initiated an effort that would result in one of the largest discov...

DescriptionAward-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefull...

Reducere. In the 1950s and 1960s, as the white residents, real estate agents, and municipal officials of many American cities fought to keep African American...

In Pursuit of Jubilee is about a businessman who rose to the challenge and initiated an effort that would result in one of the largest discoveries ...

DescriptionThere is no one quite like her. Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Heather ForestWinner of PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers and the Storytelling World AwardThis collection of fi...

DescriptionServing Time Too: A Memoir of My Son's Prison Years is the universally accessible story of a mother and son: what she knew about him; wh...

Reducere. DescriptionA flying story about leaving the world behind, being in the wilderness, being free. Poetic, lyrical; a novel for free spirits. Beyond Th...

Reducere. When Walt Harrington was first invited to Kentucky to hunt with his African American father-in-law and his country friends--Bobby, Lewis, and Carl-...

Reducere. An "astonishing debut collection, by a writer reminiscent of such greats as Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and even Chekhov" (Sara Gruen, author of...

Reducere. Jock of the Bushveld is a story set in the rough Bushveld of South Africa's gold mining era. Jock is the faithful dog and companion of a transport ...

Reducere. This literary adventure takes place in nineteenth-century Texas and follows the story of a Tejana lesbian cowgirl after the fall of the Alamo. Mica...

Reducere. Self-published in 1899 and sold door-to-door by the author, this classic African-American novel--a gripping exploration of oppression, miscegenatio...

Reducere. AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTIONEpic.... I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American family.... A combination of...

Reducere. The first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it. America's World War II military was a forc...

Reducere. Being a big brother is the most important job a little boy can have He must share his toys. He must do extra chores. He must be brave. He even must...

Reducere. In the Spring of 2002, thirty-one-year-old Antoinette Bostic, an African American woman raising three daughters on her own, graduates from the Detr...

Reducere. THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY - Young Readers Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the basis of ...

Reducere. Launched by legendary music industry executive Art Rupe in the mid-1940s, the Los Angeles-based Specialty Records emerged as one of the most import...

Reducere. Chronicling the underappreciated black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, this book presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre...

Translingual Inheritance tells a new story of the early days of democracy in the United States, when English had not yet become the only dominant l...

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, "a lovely, heartrending story about love and lo...

DescriptionThe Spanish translation of this "beautifully written, thought provoking" (School Library Journal, starred review) novel in verse by Youn...

DescriptionThe Spanish translation of this "beautifully written, thought provoking" (School Library Journal, starred review) novel in verse by Youn...

Reducere. As a young boy growing up in North Carolina, Romare Bearden listened to his great-grandmother’s Cherokee stories and heard the whistle of the train...

Reducere. First published in 1981, Murder at the Broad River Bridge recounts the stunning details of the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Penn by the Ku K...

In the first cookbook by a Black pitmaster, James Beard Award-winning chef Rodney Scott celebrates an incredible culinary legacy through his life s...

Contributor(s): Author: Tony WeaverWith: Andrew IngramTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NSRI, here is a collection of daring rescues filled ...

DescriptionFew narratives in pop encompass Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Madonna, Duran Duran, Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis and Led Zeppelin....

In the late 19th century, discoveries of ancient civilizations, like those in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, stirred the imaginations of Europeans wi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mr Graeme Robert BellEditor: Mrs Luisa BellIllustrator: Mr Graeme Robert BellIn 2010, the Bell family, Graeme, Luisa, Keela...

Volume VI contains the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Thorndyke novels, published in 1927, 1928, and 1930, respectively.A Certain Dr. Thorndyke - Uni...

Volume VI contains the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Thorndyke novels, published in 1927, 1928, and 1930, respectively.A Certain Dr. Thorndyke - Uni...