New York Times BestsellerAcclaimed for his bestselling thriller series, James Lee Burke makes a brilliantly successful departure with this epic story of love, hate, and survival set against the tumultuous background of the Civil War and Reconstruction. At the center of the novel are Burke's own ancestors: Robert Perry, from a slave-owning family of wealth and privilege; and Willie Burke, born of poor Irish immigrants, as irreverent as he is brave and decent. Despite their personal an political conflicts, both men join the Confederate army. Facing ordeal by fire, they're determined not to back down in their commitment to their beliefs, to their friends, and to the abolitionist woman with whom both are infatuated.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oklahoma

White Doves at Morning

89c68b68-d71d-4b63-8dc9-bb3644ae7201-1

Kerby Rosanes

A few pages are colored but the majority are untouched. Slightly worn cover

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Color new realms

From the internationally bestselling artist that brought you the Morphia series, this incredible coloring book includes 96 double-sided pages of pure imagination in an all-new Kerby Rosanes universe.

A new fantastic and super-detailed adult coloring book, in an entirely new world, from the prodigious bestselling illustrator. Colorists will find Kerby Rosanes's new creations to be hypnotic, with spread after dizzying spread featuring creatures, people, animals, and landscapes that blur the line between familiar and magical, between reality and imagination.

Fans will be thrilled to see Kerby return with this 96-page book, providing an apparently endless coloring challenge for even his most dedicated and enthusiastic fans.

Worlds Within Worlds

7671bcc1-c623-4e6a-bbfd-e917d4c978f8-1

Corey Brettschneider

Historic Supreme Court cases that impact modern-day issues of American liberty, in a short, accessible volume as part of the new Penguin Liberty series. A Penguin Classic Penguin Liberty is a curated series of historical, political and legal classic texts relevant to constitutional rights. This collection will include canonical and major cases that are often taught and that are not featured in our Civic Classics Supreme Court Decisions volume. Each Penguin Liberty volume will feature a series introduction and volume introduction by series editor Corey Brettschneider.

Classic Supreme Court Cases

4fa20570-382d-40ab-b74a-bbbc052447e9-1

#africanamerican #blackhistory #emancipation #slavery

An adept distillation of the scholarship that has been produced since the 1950s-thoughtfully reorganized and updated to include a consideration of new works that have appeared since 1987-this new edition of Michael Perman's highly popular book examines the ways in which historians have interpreted what was perhaps the largest program of domestic reform undertaken in the history of the United States.

In addition to accessing the impact of what might best be described as a maturation of the Revisionist history of Emancipation and Reconstruction, Perman introduces previously neglected areas of interest that have assumed new significance, such as the nature of the southern labor system after slavery and the role of African Americans in Reconstruction politics.

The result is a lucid portrait of the post-Civil War years, one reluctant to employ such simplistic and judgemental terms as success or failure in assessing the complex problems of rebuilding the nation.

Emancipation and Reconstruction

2693379e-fb3f-41ba-98cd-5bb646c4bc9f-1

#paperback #frederickdouglass #blackhistory #slavery #blackauthors #africanamerican

His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time

B. H. V. Topping is an honorary professor at the University of Pecs in Hungary and an emeritus professor at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. J. M. Adam and F. J. Pallarés are senior lecturers at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain. R. Bru and M. L. Romero are professors at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

0abffd2b-6c8d-4b46-a1cf-0dd21c4f421c-1

#paperback #blackauthors #blackhistory #slavery #africanamerican

10 Stories

Features 10 of the best stories by a pioneer in the development of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po' Sandy," "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny," "The Wife of His Youth," "Dave's Neckliss," "The Passing of Grandison," "A Matter of Principle," more. Witty, charming, and insightful. Edited and with an Introduction by Joan Sherman.

Tales of Conjure and the Color Line

4d0ad248-7192-4049-bc18-f61a81bf2d23-1

#paperback #blackauthors #blackhistory #Africanamerican #civilrights

A Novel

Natchez, Mississippi, 1965: Racial tension is running high, the Ku Klux Klan holds a community captive, and many local blacks -- impoverished and apathetic -- are resigned to a fate decided by Jim Crow. A novel based in part on the author's own experience as a voter registration driver and Civil Rights activist, Long George Alley follows the lives of twenty-two men and women who endure two eventful days of racial strife at Duncan Park.
Duncan Park is a place that boasts an oasis of lush green lawns, a world-class golf course, and long-held attitudes about segregation in the South. But soon the old folks at this exclusive country club will see a new generation of blacks and whites rally together -- in protest -- and make history. Strikingly original and brilliantly written, Long George Alley offers a rare and evocative look back at a critical, unforgettable time in America's history.

Long George Alley

d35f2419-ea51-4df5-8de2-2d112b611c8f-1

#paperback #classics #blackhistory #africanamerican

The 5,000,000 copy bestseller of life in the black ghettos of America - written by a white man! This shocking book is a first hand account of the story of a man who underwent a series of medical treatments to change his skin colour temporarily to black. His purpose was to try and find out what it was like to be a black man in America.

Black Like Me

f03d05e4-24c8-451d-8e7d-7876beb31467-1

#paperback #biography #africa #southafrica #apartheid #blackhistory

The True Story of a Black Youths Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

A Black writer describes his childhood in South Africa under apartheid and recounts how Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith helped him leave for America on a tennis scholarship

Kaffir Boy

8514af70-2fed-4fd6-8dd5-e232f7454fb4

#paperback #fiction #africanamericanauthors #classic #literature #zoranealehurston #75thanniversaryedition #africanamericanliterature 

Their Eyes Were Watching God

7c41ba46-c0d1-4025-96b5-ef9877276a66-1

#paperback #vintage #haitian #haiti #african 

The Haitian People

#paperback #civilwar #essays #frederickdouglass #historical #history #narratives #maryprince #blackhistory #africanamerican

No group of slaves anywhere, in any era, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage as African-American slaves. Here are four of the most notable narratives: The Life of Olaudah Equiano; The History of Mary Prince; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; and Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl.





The Classic Slave Narratives

42c01779-52f5-48d1-be9c-52ce8caa7955-1

Impress Friends, Family - And Other Dogs!

Find the remote control. Pull off kids socks. Open and close the refrigerator door. Who knew dogs could accomplish such feats? In this fun, easy-to-use trick-training guide, longtime trainer Gerilyn J. Bielakiewicz shows readers how to teach their dogs all sorts of great maneuvers that strengthen the dog-human bond and bring endless enjoyment to both owner and pet.

The Only Dog Tricks Book You'll Ever Need

99d6026e-fe98-4963-82c9-610b674bd4d6-1

#paperback #blackhistory #africanamerican #nonfiction

"Once in a while a book comes along that projects the spirit of an era; this is one of them . . . Vibrant and expressive . . . A well-researched and well-written work." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

With the rallying cry of "Black Power!" in 1966, a group of black activists, including Stokely Carmichael and Huey P. Newton, turned their backs on Martin Luther King's pacifism and, building on Malcolm X's legacy, pioneered a radical new approach to the fight for equality. Drawing on original archival research and more than sixty original oral histories, Peniel E. Joseph vividly invokes the way in which Black Power redefined black identity and culture and in the process redrew the landscape of American race relations. In a series of character-driven chapters, we witness the rise of Black Power groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panthers, and with them, on both coasts of the country, a fundamental change in the way Americans understood the unfinished business of racial equality and integration.

Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour traces the history of the Black Power movement, that storied group of men and women who would become American icons of the struggle for racial equality.

Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour

4bd3b4a4-8b1d-4592-b6e7-41ef1d7de89f-1

#paperback #blackhistory #africanamerican #poetry

An Anthology, 1773-1930

Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from the religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753-1784) to 20th-century work of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Other contributors include James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, many others. Indispensable for students of the black experience in America and any lover of fine poetry.

African-American Poetry

f4fd7130-89fd-486b-b4f7-2c544fad1655-1

#paperback #blackhistory #haiti

This is the firsthand account of a young doctor's year in Haiti. At the age of 27 years old, Dr. Bentivegna, fresh out of his internship, spent a volunteer year working with the Missionaries of Charity (the order of Mother Teresa). He describes the brutal poverty that led to the multiple disease he treated. This book quickly became the "must read" for anyone wishing to practice Third World Medicine and also became a standard textbook in medical schools and colleges in courses that emphasis social justice. 

A Physician's Year in Haiti

The Neglected and Abused

2aab0608-68a8-42af-b1d4-15461a23cd49-1

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Love Affair That Changed America

In the last 20 years pets have gone from the backyard to sleeping on our beds, then showing up in every corner of America. Pet Nation tells the story of this seismic shift and the economic, media, legal, political, and social dramas springing from this cultural transformation.

Since 1998 the pet population in the U.S. has almost doubled-about two-thirds of the country now owns a pet. No longer left to wander the neighborhood, dogs and cats eat special food, get individualized medical attention, and even fly in the cabin. As founder of the Animal Policy Group, Mark Cushing provides an inside look at the rise of Pet Nation, tracking the myriad ways pets are acquired (a "Canine Freedom Train" runs south to north), reporting on pet rights legislation (and the unseen problems that come with elevating their status), pet healthcare (revealing the truth and myths about large scale breeders), and discovering that despite what many organizations would have us believe, there is a shortage of dogs.

Insightful, surprising, and full of great stories, Pet Nation opens our eyes to the big changes happening in front of us right now. It shows us not only what our love of animals says about pets, it shows us what it says about ourselves.

Pet Nation

a309960a-3a9c-40d7-991c-6f8adafa6b42-1

#hardcover #nonfiction #history #nativeamericans 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

"Sets a new standard for Western Indian Wars history." --Stuart Rosebrook, True West Magazine
 
*Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History and the 2017 Caroline Bancroft History Prize
 
*Finalist for the Western Writers of America's 2017 Spur Award in Best Western Historical Nonfiction

Bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters including Custer, Sherman, Grant, and a host of other military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud, The Earth is Weeping--lauded by Booklist as "a beautifully written work of understanding and compassion"--is the fullest account to date of how the West was won...and lost.

With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment experienced by the tribes and the tribal conflicts over whether to fight or make peace, and explores the squalid lives of soldiers posted to the frontier and the ethical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with their native enemies.

*A Times "History Book of the Year" and A Smithsonian "Top History Book of 2016"
 
*Shortlisted for Military History Magazine's Book of the Year Award


The Earth Is Weeping

8d38f304-13d8-4b39-8621-137dc51e2643-1

#hardcover #fiction #classic #literature #religion #paperback #salmanrushdie #salmonrushdie 

Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices, fall earthward from a bombed jet toward the sea, singing rival verses in an eternal wrestling match between good and evil

The Satanic Verses

cc6501cb-d995-4b38-958d-1ee6488e433e-1

#action #suspense In-a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the
FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had, a young woman named Faith Lockhart.
For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and she'll tell too much.
BELIEVE

When lobbyist Faith Lockhart stumbles upon a corruption scheme at the highest levels of government, she becomes a dangerous witness who the most powerful men in the world will go to any lengths to silence in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.

In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had: a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and will tell too much.

Feared by some of the most powerful men in the world, Faith has been targeted to die. But when a private investigator walks into the middle of the assassination attempt, the shooting suddenly goes wrong, and an FBI agent is killed. Now Faith Lockhart must flee for her life--with her story, her deadly secret, and an unknown man she's forced to trust...


Saving Faith

0389767d-1ddd-48d5-bba5-84e2df343c73-1

#paperback #nonfiction #biography #autobiography #barackobama #obama #politicalscience Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance is a memoir by Barack Obama that explores the events of his early years in Honolulu and Chicago until his entry into Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama originally published his memoir in 1995, when he was starting his political campaign for the Illinois Senate. 

A Story of Race and Inheritance

The son of an African father and white American mother discusses his childhood in Hawaii, his struggle to find his identity as an African American, and his life accomplishments.

Dreams from My Father

eb398080-1479-4ec4-bc84-1b1b53c8d0b1-1

#paperback #paranormalromance #urbanfantasy #vampire The second novel in the addictive bestselling supernatural series begun with Dead Witch Walking.

To save herself and her vampire roommate, former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan must confront six feet of sheer supernatural seduction―the vampire master―and dark secrets she’s hidden even from herself.

It's a tough life for witch Rachel Morgan, sexy, independent bounty hunter, prowling the darkest shadows of downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle the leather-clad vamps and even tangle with a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is definitely pressing the limits. Confronting an ancient, implacable evil is more than just child's play -- and this time, Rachel will be lucky to escape with her very soul.

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

db57ca74-1a46-4ec9-acf0-cab5b73e8707-1

#paperback #fiction #modernclassic #barbarakingsolver #bestseller #theprisonwoodbible #historicalfiction #compelling  The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, is a best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River. The novel's title refers to Bible errata.

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it -- from garden seeds to Scripture -- is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

The Poisonwood Bible

b6f687e1-ec7a-4cef-a81f-67c792eee6b8-1

#paperback #film #depression #20s #30s Has some highlights and wear. Looking at the figures for movie attendance in the 1930s, one
might conclude that the America of the Great Depression was a
land of Bijous, Gems, Orpheums, Strands, and Rivieras. Americans
needed their movies, as Mr. Bergman notes, and they needed them
not just for escape. In We're in the Money, Mr. Bergman looks at
the films of the thirties (many of which we now regard as classics)
and shows how Hollywood helped prop up the nation's funda-
mental institutions during the gravest economic crisis in history.
Movies, he demonstrates, kept alive the myth of a mobile and
classless society, focused on the endless possibilities for individual
success, turned social evil into personal evil, and made the New
Deal into a veritable leading man.



Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Depression America and Its Films

Looking at the figures for movie attendance in the 1930s, one might conclude that the America of the Great Depression was a land of Bijous, Gems, Orpheums, Strands, and Rivieras. Americans needed their movies, as Mr. Bergman notes, and they needed them not just for escape. In We're in the Money, Mr. Bergman looks at the films of the thirties (many of them which we now regard as classics) and shows how Hollywood helped prop up the nation's fundamental institutions during the gravest economic crisis in history. Movies, he demonstrates, kept alive the myth of a mobile and classless society, focused on the endless possibilities for individual success, turned social evil into personal evil, and made the New Deal into a veritable leading man. "The kind of book that both old film buffs and the new post-grads of Sesame Street' can really enjoy. It makes history fun, enables teachers and kids to test out their own assumptions about how the 30s turned out the gangsters, the hi-steppers, the FBI gurus, the zany anarchists and the mythical down-on-the-farm good guys who took on the whole punchy and reeling microcosm of America."--Robert Geller, Center for Understanding Media. "First rate. It should stand for a long time as a pioneer work in a field where all too little has been written."--Alfred B. Rollins, Jr.

Browse by categories

James Lee Burke

White Doves at Morning

Kerby Rosanes

Worlds Within Worlds

Corey Brettschneider; Corey Brettschneider

Classic Supreme Court Cases

Michael Perman

Emancipation and Reconstruction

Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Tales of Conjure and the Color Line

Richard Hall

Long George Alley

John Howard Griffin (Epilogue by); Robert Bonazzi (Afterword by)

Black Like Me

Mark Mathabane

Kaffir Boy

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

James G. Leyburn

The Haitian People

Henry Louis Gates (Editor, Introduction by)

The Classic Slave Narratives

Gerilyn J. Bielakiewicz; Paul S. Bielakiewicz

The Only Dog Tricks Book You'll Ever Need

Peniel E. Joseph

Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour

Joan R. Sherman (Editor)

African-American Poetry

Joseph F. Bentivegna

The Neglected and Abused

Mark Cushing

Pet Nation

Peter Cozzens

The Earth Is Weeping

Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

David Baldacci

Saving Faith

Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father

Kim Harrison

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Andrew Bergman

We're in the Money

Get The App