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Lifelines
The Black Book of Proverbs
Written by Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is... Read more >
The Black Book of Proverbs
Written by Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is... Read more >
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Lifelines
The Black Book of Proverbs
Written by Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is... Read more >
The Black Book of Proverbs
Written by Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is... Read more >
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Forever a Hustler's Wife
Written by Nikki Turner
Read by Bahni Turpin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $20.00
The high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with the novel fans have been feenin’ for: the sequel to her #1 bestselling novel, A Hustler’s Wife.
Des, Virginia’s slickest gangsta, is about to become a dad when he is charged with the murder of his own attorney. But with... Read more >
Written by Nikki Turner
Read by Bahni Turpin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $20.00
The high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with the novel fans have been feenin’ for: the sequel to her #1 bestselling novel, A Hustler’s Wife.
Des, Virginia’s slickest gangsta, is about to become a dad when he is charged with the murder of his own attorney. But with... Read more >
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The Gift
Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
Written by Lewis Hyde
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $14.95
Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
Written by Lewis Hyde
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $14.95
Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Jury of Her Peers
American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Written by Elaine Showalter
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $30.00
A Jury of Her Peers is an unprecedented literary landmark: the first comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000.
In a narrative of immense scope and fascination—brimming with Elaine Showalter’s characteristic wit and incisive opinions—we are introduced to more than 250 female writers. These include not only famous and... Read more >
American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Written by Elaine Showalter
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $30.00
A Jury of Her Peers is an unprecedented literary landmark: the first comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000.
In a narrative of immense scope and fascination—brimming with Elaine Showalter’s characteristic wit and incisive opinions—we are introduced to more than 250 female writers. These include not only famous and... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson
Written by James Weldon Johnson
Edited by Rudolph Byrd
Foreword by Charles Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $15.00
“A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitively edited by Rudolph Byrd.”
–Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
One of the leading voices of the Harlem Resaissance and a crucial literary figure of his time, James Weldon Johnson was also an editor, songwriter, founding member and leader of the NAACP, and the first African American to hold... Read more >
Written by James Weldon Johnson
Edited by Rudolph Byrd
Foreword by Charles Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $15.00
“A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitively edited by Rudolph Byrd.”
–Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
One of the leading voices of the Harlem Resaissance and a crucial literary figure of his time, James Weldon Johnson was also an editor, songwriter, founding member and leader of the NAACP, and the first African American to hold... Read more >
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Letters of the Century
America 1900-1999
Edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $18.00
"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that... Read more >
America 1900-1999
Edited by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $18.00
"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that... Read more >
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Mozart and Leadbelly
Written by Ernest J. Gaines
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
In this collection of stories and essays, the beloved author of the classic, best-selling novel A Lesson Before Dying shares with us the inspirations behind his books, how he came to choose the vocation of a writer, the childhood in rural Louisiana that he continually re-creates in his fiction, and his... Read more >
Written by Ernest J. Gaines
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
In this collection of stories and essays, the beloved author of the classic, best-selling novel A Lesson Before Dying shares with us the inspirations behind his books, how he came to choose the vocation of a writer, the childhood in rural Louisiana that he continually re-creates in his fiction, and his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Gift
Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
Written by Lewis Hyde
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $14.95
By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An... Read more >
Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
Written by Lewis Hyde
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $14.95
By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Buck Peterson's Complete Guide to Bird Hunting
Written by Buck Peterson
Illustrated by J. Angus Mclean
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2007
Price: $12.95
Targeting those bird hunters of a feather who flock together, outdoor funnyman Buck Peterson scours the skies and fields to find the latest victims of his special brand of hunting humor. In this third book in Buck'¬?s hunting series-following DEER HUNTING and FISHING-Buck trains his eagle eye on the intricacies of... Read more >
Written by Buck Peterson
Illustrated by J. Angus Mclean
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2007
Price: $12.95
Targeting those bird hunters of a feather who flock together, outdoor funnyman Buck Peterson scours the skies and fields to find the latest victims of his special brand of hunting humor. In this third book in Buck'¬?s hunting series-following DEER HUNTING and FISHING-Buck trains his eagle eye on the intricacies of... Read more >
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Mozart and Leadbelly
Written by Ernest J. Gaines
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $12.95
In this collection of stories and essays, the beloved author of the classic, best-selling novel A Lesson Before Dying shares the inspirations behind his books and his reasons for becoming a writer. Told in the simple and powerful prose that is a hallmark of his craft, these writings by Ernest J... Read more >
Written by Ernest J. Gaines
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $12.95
In this collection of stories and essays, the beloved author of the classic, best-selling novel A Lesson Before Dying shares the inspirations behind his books and his reasons for becoming a writer. Told in the simple and powerful prose that is a hallmark of his craft, these writings by Ernest J... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Melville
His World and Work
Written by Andrew Delbanco
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $17.00
If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historian’s perspective and a critic’s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates that Melville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded — in his books, letters, and marginalia; and in conversations with... Read more >
His World and Work
Written by Andrew Delbanco
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $17.00
If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historian’s perspective and a critic’s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates that Melville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded — in his books, letters, and marginalia; and in conversations with... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Melville
His World and Work
Written by Andrew Delbanco
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2005
Price: $30.00
With Moby-Dick Herman Melville set the standard for the Great American Novel, and with “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd he completed perhaps the greatest oeuvre of any of our writers. Now Andrew Delbanco, hailed by Time as “America’s best social critic,” uses unparalleled historical and critical perspective to... Read more >
His World and Work
Written by Andrew Delbanco
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2005
Price: $30.00
With Moby-Dick Herman Melville set the standard for the Great American Novel, and with “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd he completed perhaps the greatest oeuvre of any of our writers. Now Andrew Delbanco, hailed by Time as “America’s best social critic,” uses unparalleled historical and critical perspective to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Mommy Yoga
The 50 Stretches of Motherhood
Written by Julie Tilsner
Illustrated by Susan Mckenna
Format: Hardcover, 102 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2005
Price: $12.95
Thousands of women turn to yoga to relieve stress and maintain health, but millions more Practice yoga without even knowing it. A mom is a jungle gym, a porter, a tissue, and a horsie all rolled into one. They contort, they bend, they naturally stretch in unnatural ways ...because at the... Read more >
The 50 Stretches of Motherhood
Written by Julie Tilsner
Illustrated by Susan Mckenna
Format: Hardcover, 102 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2005
Price: $12.95
Thousands of women turn to yoga to relieve stress and maintain health, but millions more Practice yoga without even knowing it. A mom is a jungle gym, a porter, a tissue, and a horsie all rolled into one. They contort, they bend, they naturally stretch in unnatural ways ...because at the... Read more >
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