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A perfect book for young readers to discover lesser-known places that have shaped Black history in the United States. The square in New Orleans where enslaved people met to sing, dance, and play music together. The oldest Black church still standing in the United States. The first Freedmen’s colon...
A perfect book for young readers to discover lesser-known people who have shaped Black history in the United States. The organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The first Black American head coach in the National Football League. The first Black female state senator from ...
A perfect book for young readers to discover lesser-known events that have shaped Black history in the United States The Stono Rebellion of enslaved people in 1739. Harriet Tubman's Combahee River raid in 1863. The Biloxi Wade-in to desegregate beaches in 1959. Throughout history, Black people have ...
From COVID to climate-change-induced wildfires and hurricanes, we live in an era when catastrophes have become the new normal. But even though these events affect us all, some members of society are more vulnerable to harm than others. This essay collection explores how the definition of catastrophe...
From the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV+ series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon comes “a vivid account” (The Wall Street Journal) of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between natives and colonists in Massachusetts ...
Professional sports teams are engaged in a fiercely competitive race for success both ‘on’ and ‘off’ the field. This vital work will appeal to those individuals responsible for recruitment and appointment of elite staff and the research conclusions will have far-reaching implications for ana...
Recounts the harrowing journey of Chue, a Hmong woman who survived the U.S.-backed Secret War in Laos, fleeing genocide, starvation, and displacement before resettling in America. Told by her daughter Kao Kalia Yang, the memoir illuminates a little-known chapter of history and honors the resilience ...
A piercingly powerful memoir, a grandson’s account of the coup that ended his grandfather's presidency of Haiti, the secrecy that shrouded that wound within his family, and his urgent efforts to know his mother despite the past. “A brilliant, absorbing book...I couldn’t stop reading.” —Sal...
For fans of New Kid and Stealing Home, an unforgettable portrait of childhood during the one-child era in China. In this graphic novel memoir, Yinfan Huang describes growing up as an only child in China in the 1990s. Yinfan’s early years are spent near family in the small county of Xintian, but wh...
From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics comes the definitive biography of Audley Moore—mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparations “Queen Mother is a monumental achievement, a rendering worthy of the great Audley Moore herself.”—Jelani Co...
Highlights the mobility and migration of celebrity violinists in the twentieth century, reflecting on the mechanisms of cultural exchange, the issues associated with living 'parallel identities', and the evolution of new performance traditions in an era of globalisation.
A gripping, genre-bending novel about a mysterious new drug plaguing a small town and one girl who must uncover the terrifying truth behind the haunting side effects—or she will be next. At sixteen, Kyra is still haunted by the horrors she saw growing up with her drug-addicted mother. She doesn’...
For fans of Midnight Mass comes a haunting new horromance. Something dreadful is festering in the old Thomas Bog. For years, it’s done what it has been taught to do—it swallows. But it’s done following orders. It’s been three years since Mila Thomas’ brother Jed went missing and his case w...
Ghosts have long been connected with the Gothic, but until now there has not been a book dedicated to the subject. This collection examines ghostly presences (and absences) in both classic and lesser-known Gothic texts from the beginning of the genre to the present in a global context. Arguing that ...
Eat your way around the world in style and live your own extended vacation alongside the colorful guests and employees of the luxurious resort and spa with The White Lotus Official Cookbook. Fans of the biting comedy-drama series, The White Lotus, can bring fabulous, five-star food to their own kitc...
Recipes inspired by Liberty City, Los Santos, Vice City, Las Venturas, San Fierro, and more! From sidewalk to skyline, snatch and grab felonious food and criminal cocktails inspired by the rich, action-packed world of Grand Theft Auto! Whether you're planning your next heist or running from the law ...
The matchmakers of the Wagtail Ridge Knitting Club return - with a new couple in their sights. A moving story about finding and accepting love from the award-winning author of The Library at Wagtail Ridge. Anna Prentiss, the town vet, keeps herself emotionally distant from everyone. Badly scarred in...