Collection: Non-Fiction

  “These stories remind us that food is not just fuel, nor is travel just movement,” writes Bryant Terry in his introduction. “They are acts...

The highly anticipated debut monograph from trailblazing artist Nina Chanel Abney Combining representation and abstraction, Nina Chanel Abney's paintings capture the frenetic pace of contemporary...

An extraordinary chronicle of youth that evokes the paradoxes of modern Africa—complex, contradictory, and full of conflict, tragedy, and joy.Patrice Nganang, the acclaimed author of Dog...

“A sumptuous tapestry of magic spells and memories.”—Los Angeles Times A stunning collection of spells and stories to infuse our lives with ritual, history, and...

From the creators of the New York Times bestseller Invisible Things, this entertaining exploration of invisible mysteries is a mind-tickling, STEM-friendly invitation to explore the unseen world. The...

As groundbreaking as Code Girls and Hidden Figures, this is the shocking true story of two segregated codebreaking units racing to unlock Stalin’s atomic secrets...

WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD • The first comic ever created by African Americans, for African Americans.Three quarters of a century ago, Orrin C. Evans lead a team of...

Find the power to be your authentic self in Christ and take hold of the life you have been longing for. Are you tired of...

Exploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used toportray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyoncé to Ntozake Shange In this book, Sheneese Thompson analyzes works...

A USA TODAY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK“A remarkably intimate and insistently human chronicle of a moral authority’s coming of age.” —The New York TimesThis is not the story...

WINNER OF THE 2025 JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD FROM THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETSA stunning new collection exploring lineage and the legacy of survival as seen...

Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (The Attention Merchants) explains how we can reclaim control and...

My Brother Ashley Clark Has Broke It Down To What Black Film Was, Is Present Day, And What The Future Might Be. BLAK IZ BLAK....

Reminiscent of style icon Iris Apfel's New York Times bestseller Accidental Icon and echoes of Andre Leon Talley’s The Chiffon Trenches comes the entertaining and thoughtful long-awaited memoir from the irrepressible...

A Domestic Cook Book (1866) by Malinda Russell is the oldest known published cookbook written by an African American woman. Born in Tennessee, and descended from...

"The embodied and tender guide that every Black woman needs" Kelechi Okafor"A deeply moving love letter to all our curls" Fola Evans-Akingbola"More than a hair manual -...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder’s lessons for surviving and resisting America’s arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents...

With style and straight talk, musician and activist Lachi redefines disability as a cultural movement, an empowering identity, and a blueprint for innovation that you...

The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the...

In Open Admissions Danica Savonick traces the largely untold story of the teaching experience of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich at the...

Finalist for the National Book Award for NonfictionYiyun Li’s remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James.“There is...