Cultural Region/African
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Africana: More Than 100 Recipes and Flavors Inspired by a Rich Continent
$37.50 Read moreA culinary adventure and celebration of African cooking and cultural diversity, from a pioneering West African food writer, television personality, and cooking teacher.
Food writer and cook Lerato Umah
- Author: Umah-Shaylor, Lerato
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0063277492
- Language: English
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My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef: A Cookbook
$35.00 Add to cartA BON APPETIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – What is American food? In his first cookbook, the acclaimed author of Notes from a Young Black Chef shares the dishes of his America; dishes that show the true di… [more below]
- Author: Onwuachi, Kwame
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0525659609
- Language: English
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Where the Black Flowers Bloom
$18.99 Add to cartA gripping, richly imagined African-inspired fantasy in which a Black girl finds her power and saves her people from evil, by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Bla
- Author: Smith, Ronald L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1328841626
- Language: English
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There Flies the Witch
$18.99 Add to cartRed may not know who her true family is, but she’s determined to find out where she belongs, in this story about magic, nature, family, love, and betrayal. There Flies the Witch will enchant fans of E
- Author: Paasewe-Valchev, Mayonn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 006299364X
- Language: English
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
$17.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming serie… [more below]
- Series: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #1
- Author: McCall Smith, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 06 2003
- ISBN10: 1400034779
- Language: English
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Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
$19.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African n
- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Steptoe, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 31 2018
- ISBN10: 0688040454
- Language: English
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Illegal
$14.99 Add to cartA powerfully moving, award-winning graphic novel that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants from New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl gra
- Author: Colfer, Eoin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 7, 2018
- ISBN10: 1492665827
- Language: English
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The Water Princess
$18.99 Add to cartBased on supermodel Georgie Badiel’s childhood, a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village
With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful- Author: Verde, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 13, 2016
- ISBN10: 0399172580
- Language: English
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The Gabi That Girma Wore
$18.99 Add to cartFrom seed to harvest, from loom to shop, to a gift for Girma, this lyrical story of the Ethiopian Gabi is a beautiful celebration of weaving, community and culture.
Written in the cadence of The Hous- Author: Adefris, Fasika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 27, 2024
- ISBN10: 0316470775
- Language: English
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The Poisonwood Bible
$22.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller – Pulitzer Prize Finalist – An Oprah’s Book Club Selection
“Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Kingsolver, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0061577073
- Language: English
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World of Reading: Black Panther: : This Is Black Panther-Level 1: Level 1
$4.99 Add to cartThe This is line of World of Reading early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers books they will want to read by featuring the origin stories of characters they love.
Growing up, T’Challa was- Series: World of Reading
- Author: West, Alexandra C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 16, 2018
- ISBN10: 1368008534
- Language: English
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Every Word You Cannot Say
$16.99 Add to cart*May this book find the person it needs to. May they find every word they were looking for.*
**I know you don’t want to talk sometimes. Sometimes because it hurts and sometimes because you’re just not- Author: Thomas, Iain S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1449495206
- Language: English
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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost
$26.99 Add to cart“To read Bloom’s insights here is to bask in the emanation of genius. As entertaining and erudite as his choices of the works he most loves are, the book’s overriding strength is the guidance it gives
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: August 7, 2007
- ISBN10: 0060540427
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Madagascar
$24.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Madagascar is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Spot chameleons an
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Ham, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1788688406
- Language: English
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Black Art: A Cultural History
$29.95 Add to cartThe African diaspora–a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism–has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae to the paintings of the pione
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Powell, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 26, 2021
- ISBN10: 0500204667
- Language: English
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The Sheltering Sky
$18.00 Add to cartA landmark of twentieth-century literature. Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans’ incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures.
A story about three
- Author: Bowles, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0062351486
- Language: English
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Flying Up the Mountain
$18.95 Add to cartAto and his friends Dzifa and Leslie have been selected to visit Nnoma, the bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped build before he died. Ato is convinced that his father hid something valuable on the
- Author: Baitie, Elizabeth-Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 3, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324052678
- Language: English
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Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
$20.00 Add to cartA renowned healer and shaman’s life-changing journey of discovery, healing, and wisdom
“Malidoma has kept faith with the ancestors and with his own heart. His journey is a shimmering ‘missing piece’ … [more below]- Series: Compass
- Author: Some, Malidoma Patrice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0140194967
- Language: English
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Out of Africa
$27.00 Add to cartSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells- Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
- Author: Dinesen, Isak
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 05 1992
- ISBN10: 0679600213
- Language: English
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Desertion
$18.00 Add to cartA masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which the consequences of an illicit love affair reverberate from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath of African independenc… [more below]
- Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593541979
- Language: English
