Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartIn this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse.
In Living the Asian Century, Kishore- Author: Mahbubani, Kishore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1541703049
- Language: English
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The Sole Man: Jan Matzeliger’s Lasting Invention
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1873, at the age of 21, Jan Ernst Matzeliger immigrated to America, having left all that was familiar behind in South America. He arrived with hopes and dreams of a bright future in this new countr
- Author: Keller, Shana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1534113002
- Language: English
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The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me about (Desiring) Men
$16.95 Read moreFeaturing deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas–all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men–this insightful memoir-in-essays is a… [more below]
- Author: Betancourt, Manuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1646222229
- Language: English
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The Hot Dog Diaries: Stories from Morgantown’s Oldest and Most Beloved Neighborhood Bar
$19.99 Add to cartThis book is for everyone who has stepped through the front door of Morgantown’s oldest and most beloved neighborhood bar-Gene’s Beer Garden. Over the past eighty years, there have been too many beers
- Author: Bonner, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: May 17 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218410339
- Language: English
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Water on Fire: A Memoir of War
$17.99 Read moreIn this evocative, insightful memoir, a leading voice in Middle Eastern Studies revisits his childhood in war-torn Lebanon and his family’s fascinating history, coming to terms with trauma and desire.… [more below]
- Author: El-Ariss, Tarek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1635424461
- Language: English
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Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
$28.00 Add to cart“Nothing less than the history of a people in the form of an absorbing and emotionally searing memoir.”–David Treuer, author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
Growing up in Montana, Chris La Tray alway… [more below]
- Author: La Tray, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1571313982
- Language: English
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All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
$17.00 Read moreNate Shaw’s father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of fort… [more below]
- Author: Rosengarten, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 0525562850
- Language: English
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Grant Me Vision: A Journey of Family, Faith, and Forgiveness
$30.00 Read moreForeword by DeAndre Hopkins
In this extraordinary memoir, Sabrina Greenlee, the indomitable mother of NFL sensation DeAndre Hopkins, unveils her journey of triumph over adversity–a saga of tenacity, r
- Author: Greenlee, Sabrina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0063291231
- Language: English
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First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream
$29.99 Add to cartAn unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire- Author: Hoppe, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1250865220
- Language: English
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Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience
$26.00 Read more“My grandparents used to tell me Rwanda is a country unlike any other, and I knew they spoke the truth. Blessed with majestic mountains and breathtaking valleys, it is a sacred and spiritual land. And
- Author: Nkuranga, Alpha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1773103342
- Language: English
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
$37.00 Add to cart“The Barn is the most brutal, layered and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read…Reporting and… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Wright
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0593949102
- Language: English
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If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana
$30.00 Add to cartThe popular Washington Post contributing opinion columnist challenges readers to have uncomfortable conversations about race, drawing on the first-person perspectives of the author and Americans from
- Author: Johnson, Theodore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0063346451
- Language: English
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The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me
$27.00 Add to cartAn ultra-vivid, carnivalesque memoir of Jennifer Clement’s early life from 60s Mexico to 80s New York City – the prequel to Widow Basquiat
Growing up in ’60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next do
- Author: Clement, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1838859276
- Language: English
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Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul
$32.00 Add to cartFrom Time 100 honoree Saad Mohseni, the deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan.
Saad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby
- Author: Mohseni, Saad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0063299801
- Language: English
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Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It
$29.00 Add to cartThrough essays with stunning photography, the beloved multimedia storyteller and author of Woman of Color shares the powerful lessons she’s learned about creating a home that honors the past and celeb… [more below]
- Author: Latonya Yvette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593242416
- Language: English
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My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant’s Search for Home Across Four Continents
$28.00 Read moreWith heart, humor, and razor-sharp observation, this intimate and incisive memoir traces the journey of a Black, queer woman as she searches the world for a place of security and acceptance to call ho… [more below]
- Author: Neal, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1646221842
- Language: English
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Trust and Betrayal: The Levit Fernandini Story
$23.99 Read moreThis true crime story about the life of Levit Fernandini comes from the author of Born in the Life: Gene Borrello.
Levit Fernandini was born in poverty in the Bronx, NYC, and attempted to escape throu
- Author: Romano, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1944906460
- Language: English
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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartFinalist for the National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A subtle psychological portrait of the author’s relationship with his father during the twentieth-cen
An NPR Best Book of the Year- Author: Shehadeh, Raja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1635425239
- Language: English
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Hispanic Star: Bad Bunny
$18.99 Add to cartRead about Bad Bunny, known as the King of Latin Trap, who is among the most groundbreaking and iconic Latinx heroes to have shaped our culture and the world in the latest installment of the Hispanic
- Series: Hispanic Star
- Author: Edelman, Claudia Romo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250339669
- Language: English
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George Clinton & the Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire
$17.00 Add to cartThe biography of George Clinton, one of music’s most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters, featuring a new cover and foreword by critic Miles Marshall Lewis.
The most comprehensive history
- Series: Omnibus Remastered #3
- Author: Needs, Kris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1915841372
- Language: English
