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New York Times Bestseller •  TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s B... Read More about Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no correspondi... Read More about Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All

New York Times Bestseller •  TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s B... Read More about Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the demon the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of adventure. In the 1950s, after the publication of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Nea... Read More about The Life of Herod the Great: A Novel

This biography explores Alice Walker's life experiences and her lifework in context of her philosophical thought, and celebrates the author's creative genius and heroism. Born in Eatonton, GA, in 1944, a daughter of sharecroppers, Alice Walker has lived a remarkable and courageous life, and she co... Read More about Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times (Women Writers of Color)

This exploration of Zora Neale Hurston's life and work draws on a wealth of newly discovered information and manuscripts that bring new dimensions of her writing to light. "The Inside Light" New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston caps a decade of resurgent popularity and critical interest in Hu... Read More about 'The Inside Light': New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston