Noted novelists, poets, and essayists, including Samuel R. Delany, Min Jin Lee, Joy Harjo, and Zadie Smith, consider how we are shaped by the past.It is rare now for people to stay where they were rai
Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can’t protect her from memories of an impoverished past in the South Side. One
More than a quarter-century after his death, James Baldwin remains an unparalleled figure in American literature and African American cultural politics. In Who Can Afford to Improvise? Ed Pavlic offer
"You've been thinking to yourself that it all feels very American." Ed Pavlic's tireless, resourceful speaker is American, of indeterminate race, implicated at every conceivable poin
More than a quarter-century after his death, James Baldwin remains an unparalleled figure in American literature and African American cultural politics. InWho Can Afford to Improvise? Ed Pavlic offers
This moving collection of prose poems about seventies soul singer Donny Hathaway presents a complex view of a gifted artist through imagined conversations and interviews that convey the voices, surrou
Often the most recognized, even brutal, events in American history are assigned a bifurcated public narrative. We divide historical and cultural life into two camps, often segregated by a politicized,
From the Jurassic period and the dark ages to feudal Japan and the Victorian era - this book contains everything you ever needed to know about surviving any time, any place, anywhere. Packed full of f
Explore contains everything you will ever need to know to survive and thrive when traveling the four corners of the globe - from the ice caps of the poles to the dusty dunes of the Sahara. Kids can fi
Grab your portable time machine and set off on a guided tour through the most interesting parts of ancient history. Find out ancient secrets: How are mummies made? Where does Chinese silk come from?
Three original shaggy dog tales for children who have just started reading on their own. Includes stories about a dog show, a sheepdog in danger and pups who save the Dog Home from dastardly bank robb
Winner of the APR/Honickman First Book.In her introduction Adrienne Rich describes Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue, as "a fully conceived book, speaking as a whole from the first lines to the las
Pack your knapsack and get ready, adventurers, we’re going on a trip around the world! Make sure you have your compass and hiking boots and are prepared for the coolest and craziest adventures,
In “an unabashedly biased, deeply researched book” (SF Gate), Ed Asner—the actor who starred as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show—reclaims the Constitution from the right-
In the tradition of Al Franken and Michael Moore, Ed Asner—a.k.a. Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show—reclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that they and only the
Albie doesn't want to tidy his toys away but when a comic-book baddie snatches one away, he has to chase after them! Follow Albie into a world of flying superheroes, crazy contraptions and daring resc
Ride Strong, Ride Long ... Whether Your Goal Is 30 Miles or 3,000From two of the country's top cycling experts the most comprehensive guide ever to achieving the strength, skills, and strategies you
Caldecott Award winner Ed Young balances the relationship between words and pictures and emotions by exploring the form and symbolism of Chinese characters.In this deeply personal book, artist and aut
Caldecott Medalist Ed Young delivers a visually stunning, poignant story about humility, wastefulness, and appreciating what one has.In a place called Hunger Mountain there lives a lord who has everyt
Two historical mysteries set in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the first being the story of a man whose past catches up with him when his bank robbing brother comes to town, and the second the story of an aspiri
