Collection: Non-Fiction

The life and legacy of pioneering international basketball superstar Hakeem Olajuwon, a two-time NBA champion whose Hall of Fame career forever changed the game, both...

A guide to the art of journaling--and a meditation on the central questions of life--by the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms   For as long...

The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in--and stretching beyond--a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integration of classical music into...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe....

In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned...

The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now...

Tatreez — elaborate hand-embroidery — is an ancient Palestinian craft characterised by remarkable beauty and complexity. Beginning with an introduction to the regional diversity of...

This book features more than two hundred photographs Polillo took of the illustrious musicians active in those years, from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington, Count Basie,...

'Fugitive Archives' is not a book about African architecture or its history. It is a book about the role of primary research in the work...

Over the course of 2020-2021, during the pandemic, Kara Walker has produced series of drawings in the style of a medieval 'Book of Hours'. Enigmatic...

In a quaint town nestled in North Carolina, the Lumbee tribe defies conventional notions of identity. Since 2011, photographer Maria Sturm has been capturing their...

A glorious chronicle of a life like none other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood “You are Celestine,” she...

Born in San Francisco, William Scott has developed his artistic practice while working at Creative Growth, an art centre where people with developmental disabilities are...

'Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre & Textiles' highlights Black women's contributions to art and history through fibre-related mediums. The author, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer (Baton Rouge,...

A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?Imagine a world where your brain can be...

The incredible story of the first director of the Morgan Library: a visionary Black woman who walked confidently in an early 20th-century man's world of...

Boafo's sculptural, collage-like paintings present a contemporary image of Black self-empowerment and self-perception This volume accompanies the first museum exhibition in Europe for the Ghanian...

First published in 1998, Leeming's landmark biography of Beauford Delaney returns to print Long out of print, this new edition of David Leeming's landmark biography...

Shining Lights is the first critical anthology of Black women photo-graphers active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s, providing a richly illustrated overview...

Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval tells the story of an unlikely partnership between June Jordan and R. Buckminster Fuller, and their attempt to reimagine Harlem...

The James Beard Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Mi Cocina is back with a guide to the brightest dish in any Mexican meal, snack-filled afternoon, or...

A compact introduction to Cauleen Smith's experimental, imaginative films incorporating science fiction, Afrofuturism and contemporary Chicago culture Since making her first feature while a student...

A richly illustrated rediscovery of Elizabeth Catlett: printmaker, sculptor and tireless advocate for human rights Born in Washington, DC, Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) moved to Mexico...

An NAACP Image Award Nominee, Queenie: Godmother of Harlem is a historical graphic novel inspired by the life of legendary mobster Stephanie Saint-Clair, the infamous criminal who made herself...