We live in a world that all too often operates under the overriding template of self-promotion, embracing a "hooray for me" attitude, and which measures success in increasingly small timeframes dotted with markers of temporal value.

Millions of viewers know James Brown as a sports commentator and former athlete. With ROLE OF A LIFETIME, James reveals a different side of his character. Brown rose from a middle-class home to earn a scholarship to Harvard and a chance at a professional sports career before moving on to broadcast journalism. Part memoir and part self-help, this book draws on James's lessons from his faith and life experiences to guide readers to find fulfillment and significance. He offers values and encouragement to others of all generations, assisting them in their search for meaning in navigating a world that increasingly promotes transient values, if any at all. His message that shortcuts and gimmicks are counterproductive to a person's success provides hope that there is a God who cares about them and their futures.

The Pottery Barn Rules

by Del Waters

The Pottery Barn Rules is one of the most controversial books ever written about Africa. It is the culmination of a 3 1/2 year investigation that examined thousands of pages of documents, films and top secret recordings surrounding the African situation. The Pottery Barn Rules points an indicting finger at 'the power elite' who seek to control Africa because of its vast natural resources, its gold, diamonds and especially its oil. The book also examines the role that racism inside the White House and other U.S. Government agencies may have played in the collapse of an entire continent.

Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement

by Patricia Sullivan

In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois prophetically labeled the central challenge of the 20th century "the problem of the color-line." Six years later, in 1909, he joined black and white civic leaders and activists to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the country's oldest civil rights organization. Rejecting Booker T. Washington's Southern-based economic uplift strategy, the NAACP-celebrating its centenary this year-favored Du Bois's emphasis on complete equality for African-Americans as guaranteed by the Constitution, joining the fight at a time of deepening racism throughout the U.S. Spurred on by Woodrow Wilson's segregationist policies, the young NAACP rapidly grew to a formidable nationwide, grassroots-driven endeavor, waging campaigns in public squares, law courts, legislatures and-with Du Bois helming its organ, the Crisis-the court of public opinion. Historian Sullivan (Days of Hope) delivers a solidly researched examination of the organization's growth and influence, leaving us with a vital account of 100 years of foundational civil rights activism.

African American History for Dummies

by Ronda Racha Penrice

Want to better understand black history? This comprehensive, straight-forward guide traces the African American journey, from Africa and the slave trade through the Civil War, Jim Crow, and the new millennium. You'll be an eyewitness to the pivotal events that impacted America's past, present, and future - and meet the inspiring leaders who struggled to bring about change.

• How Africans came to America
• Black life before - and after - Civil Rights
• How slaves fought to be free
• And more...

Answering the Call: From a Child of the NAACP to the Federal Bench and Beyond

by Nathaniel R. Jones

This special excerpted edition of Answering the Call, the forthcoming memoirs of Judge Nathaniel R. Jones, was created to honor the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP. Judge Jones, former General Counsel of NAACP, provides context and analysis of major events in the civil rights movement. These accounts from the front lines of the judicial battlefront include a behind-the-scenes look at the Kerner Commission, President Johnson’s famous “Riot Commission;” an extensive section on the historic fight for justice in the military; and little-known facts about the pardon of the last of the “Scottsboro boys.”

From Jones’s experience as deputy counsel for landmark school desegregation cases in the north to his reflections on the election of President Obama, the retired U.S. Court of Appeals judge sheds new light on the chain of events that brought the country to the moment of electing its first African American president.

When the Time Comes: Families with Aging Parents Share Their Struggles and Solutions

by Paula Span

Journalist Paula Span shares the resonant narratives of several families who faced these questions. Each family contemplates the alternatives in elder care (from assisted living to multigenerational living to home care, nursing care, and at the end, hospice care) and chooses the right path for its needs. Span writes about the families' emotional challenges, their practical discoveries, and the good news that some of them find a situation that has worked for them and their loved ones. And many find joy in the duty of caring for an older loved one.

There are 45 million Americans caring for family members currently, and as the 77 million boomers continue to age, this number will only go up. Paula Span's stories are revealing and informative. They give a sense of all the emotional and practical factors that go into the major decisions about caregiving, so that readers will be better able to figure out what to do when the time comes for them and their loved ones.

Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview?: A Crash Course in Finding, Landing, and Keeping Your First Real Job

by Ellen Gordon Reeves

A witty, friendly, unexpected job hunter's bible that finally answers the real questions. Yes, if you're wedded to your nose ring, wear it to the interview. No, you shouldn't be e-mailing out hundreds of résumés. Writing with enormous authority and a compelling, lively voice, Ellen Reeves brings together her lifetime of experience of hiring, counseling, and résumé-doctoring into an essential guide for young job seekers.

Then once you're in, how to negotiate salary, what to expect in a review, and basic first job common sense: take initiative, be humble and helpful, never use your boss as aconfidant, and always say "I'll find out" instead of "I don't know." Now you're on your way.

Should America Pay: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations

by Raymond Winbush

This comprehensive collection — the only of its kind — gathers together the seminal essays and key participants in the debate. Pro-reparations essays, including contributions by Congressman John Conyers Jr., Christopher Hitchens, and Professor Molefi Asante, are countered with arguments by Shelby Steele, Armstrong Williams, and John McWhorter, among others. Also featured are important documents, such as the First Congressional Reparations Bill of 1867 and the Dakar Declaration of 2001, as well as a new chapter on the current status and future direction of the movement.

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is Another Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo with Foreword by Niall Ferguson

In this important analysis of the past fifty years of international (largely American) aid to Africa, economist and former World Bank consultant Moyo, a native of Zambia, prescribes a tough dose of medicine: stopping the tide of money that, however well-intentioned, only promotes corruption in government and dependence in citizens. With a global perspective and on-the-ground details, Moyo reveals that aid is often diverted to the coffers of cruel despotisms, and occasionally conflicts outright with the interests of citizens-free mosquito nets, for instance, killing the market for the native who sells them. In its place, Moyo advocates a smarter, though admittedly more difficult, policy of investment that has already worked to grow the economies of poor countries like Argentina and Brazil. Moyo writes with a general audience in mind, and doesn't hesitate to slow down and explain the intricacies of, say, the bond market. This is a brief, accessible look at the goals and reasons behind anti-aid advocates, with a hopeful outlook and a respectful attitude for the well-being and good faith of all involved.

Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting

by Terrie M. Williams, Foreword by Susan L. Taylor and Mary J. Blige

In Black Pain, Terrie has inspired the famous and the ordinary to speak out and mental health professionals to offer solutions. The book is a mirror turned on you. Do you see yourself and your loved ones here? Do the descriptions of how the pain looks, feels,and sounds seem far too familiar? Now you can do something about it.

Stop suffering. The help the community needs is here: a clear explanation of our troubles and a guide to finding relief through faith, therapy, diet, and exercise, as well as through building a supportive network (and eliminating toxic people).

Black Pain encourages us to face the truth about the issue that plunges our spirits into darkness, so that we can step into the healing light.

You are not on the ledge alone.

Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker

Super Bowlwinning coach and #1 New York Times best selling author Tony Dungy has had an unusual opportunity to reflect on what it takes to achieve significance. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture. He also works every day with young men who are trying to achieve significance through football and all that goes with a professional athletic careersuch as money, power, and celebrity. Coach Dungy has had all that, but he passionately believes that there is a different path to significance, a path characterized by attitudes, ambitions, and allegiances that are all too rare but uncommonly rewarding. Uncommon reveals lessons on achieving significance that the coach has learned from his remarkable parents, his athletic and coaching career, his mentors, and his journey with God. A particular focus of the book: what it means to be a man of significance in a culture that is offering young men few positive role models.

Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny

by Hill Harper with Foreword by Gabrielle Union

"The narrator, Hill Harper himself, is writing to a hypothetical "young sistah," a young sistah who could be any young woman. The way Harper addresses issues like drugs, relationships, family life, and future plans for this young sistah is informal and unpretentious because of the medium he's chosen. In responding to questions and concerns from this young sistah, it is not a forced conversation or one set up like a customary teacher/student. In the beginning, Harper even admits that he might not have all the answers, but if he doesn't, he'll find a woman friend, teacher, or mentor who does." — Erikka A. ("The Bookbinder" for TeensReadToo.com)

Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny

by Hill Harper

"Those of you with teenagers understand why we have a constant battle ... as they strive for independence and their own identity. Mr. Harper's books offer an important outside voice towards supplementing the efforts of all parents in similar circumstances. Both books are straight-forwardly written in an entertaining way. Reading them was akin to surreptitiously listening to an intimate conversation between two friends." — Reggie J. (Barnes and Noble Reader)

40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation

by James Carville with Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Every four years Americans hold a presidential election. Somebody wins and somebody loses. That's life. But 2008 was an anomaly. The election of President Barack Obama is about something far bigger than four or even eight years in the White House. Since 2004, Americans have been witnessing and participating in the emergence of a Democratic majority that will last not four but forty years.

To understand the emergence of a lasting Democratic majority we'll first have to spend a few moments reviewing the profound and relentless incompetence of the Bush administration — and the pursuant collapse of the Republican Party. That means looking back at the failure of Republican ideas — including a wholesale rejection of the myth of conservative superiority on the economy — and holding our noses long enough to survey the gallery of truly repellent scoundrels, scandals, and screwups that the Republican Party has been responsible for over the last eight years.

After completing the unpleasant but edifying task of autopsying the Republican Party, we'll examine the underpinnings of Democratic victories in 2004, 2006, and 2008 — and make the argument for why Democrats are going to keep winning. (Two words: young people.) In short, the Republicans are going to keep getting spanked again and again for forty more years because we're right and they're wrong, and Americans know it.

Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook

by Gina Neely, Paula Disbrowe, Patrick Neely

The Neelys’ down-home approach to cooking has earned them the highest accolades from coast to coast. It has also won them millions of viewers on the Food Network. Simply put, the Neelys are all about good food and good times. In this, their eagerly awaited debut cookbook, the Neelys share the delicious food they have been cooking up for years both at home and in their restaurants.

Here are the tried-and-true southern recipes that have been passed down from one Neely generation to the next, including many of their signature dishes, such as Barbeque Deviled Eggs, Florida Coast Pickled Shrimp, Pat’s Wings of Fire, Gina’s Collard Greens, Grandma Jean’s Potato Salad, Nana’s Southern Gumbo, Memphis-sized Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Slaw, Get Yo’ Man Chicken, and Sock-It-to-Me Cake. Certainly, no self-respecting southerner would dream of offering a meal to a guest without a proper drink, so Pat and Gina have includedsome of their favorite libations here, too.

Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power

by David T. Beito, Linda Royster Beito

One of the leading renaissance men of twentieth century black history, Howard successfully organized a grassroots boycott against Jim Crow in the 1950s. Well known for his benevolence, fun-loving lifestyle, and fabulous parties attended by such celebrities as Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson, he could also be difficult to work with when he let his boundless ego get the best of him. But T. R. M. Howard's impressive accomplishments and abilities vastly outshone his personal flaws and foibles. He was a dynamic civil rights pioneer and promoter of self-help and business enterprise among blacks.

With this remarkable biography, David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito secure Howard's rightful place in African American history. Drawing from dozens of interviews with Howard's friends and contemporaries, as well as FBI files, court documents, and private papers, the authors present a fittingly vibrant portrait of a complicated leader, iconoclastic businessman, and tireless activist.

From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews

by Rudolph R. Windsor

This is an excellent read for people who want to know more about African/ African American inheritance. This is a must have resource book for young Israelites acquireing knowledge!

In Every Tongue: The Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People

By Diane Tobin, Gary A. Tobin, Scott Rubin with Foreword by Lewis Gordon

A groundbreaking look at the changing faces of the Jewish prople and the implications for the world Jewish community.

This book explores the myth of a single authentic Judaism and shines a bright light on the thousands of ethnically and racially diverse Jews in the United States who live full and rich Jewish lives. It is impossible to read In Every Tongue without coming away with a deeper respect for and a broader understanding of the Jewish people today. In a time when Jewish community leaders decry the shrinking of the Jewish population, In Every Tongue imagines a vibrant and daring future of the Jewish people: becoming who they have always been.

Hebrewisms of West Africa

by Joseph J. Williams

From Nile to Niger with the Jews. This volume is the consequence of eleven years of intensive research, after the preliminary five years spent in Jamaica. It naturally follows along the line of study, with chapters parallel to the steps of investigation, except that the Hebrewisms are, for the most part, grouped together at the beginning of the work. The argument at best must be a cumulative one, and as a single witness may be accused of bias or of being liable for error, quotations must necessarily be multiplied, even with a danger of becoming tedious. The two closing chapters will deal with a general summary and the author's personal deductions.

The Africans Who Wrote The Bible: Ancient Secrets African and Christianity Have Never Told

by Nana Banchie Darkwah, Ph.D.

This book is absolutely phenomenal in terms of the information that it presents on the topic of the original writers and texts that compose today's Bible. The author convincingly presents incontrovertible information that really turns many of the basic premises of the Bible on it's head. In terms of books that reveal the "secrets" behind the Bible, this book has no equal. The only reason I could not give it five stars is due to the fact that the actual writing itself leaves some to be desired. The fact that the author is not a native English speaker is obvious by the structure of certain sentences. I loved the book and will always keep it as a reference. I can't relay how much I believe every Christian should read this book. — T. Brooks Jr (Amazon.com)

Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination

by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann

John F. Kennedy's assassination launched a frantic search to find his killers. It also launched a flurry of covert actions by Lyndon Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and other top officials to hide the fact that in November 1963 the United States was on the brink of invading Cuba, as part of a JFK-authorized coup. The coup plan's exposure could have led to a nuclear confrontation with Russia, but the cover-up prevented a full investigation into Kennedy's assassination, a legacy of secrecy that would impact American politics and foreign policy for the next 45 years. It also allowed two men who confessed their roles in JFK's murder to be involved in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, in 1968. Exclusive interviews and newly declassified files from the National Archives document in chilling detail how three mob bosses were able to prevent the truth from coming to light – until now.

The Colfax Massacre:  The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror and the Death of Reconstruction

by LeeAnna Keith

On Easter Sunday, 1873, in the tiny hamlet of Colfax, Louisiana, more than 150 members of an all-black Republican militia, defending the town's courthouse, were slain by an armed force of rampaging white supremacists. The most deadly incident of racial violence of the Reconstruction era, the Colfax Massacre unleashed a reign of terror that all but extinguished the campaign for racial equality.

If there was a single historical moment that effectively killed Reconstruction and erased the gains blacks had made since the civil war, it was the day of the Colfax Massacre. LeeAnna Keith gives readers both a gripping narrative account of that portentous day and a nuancedhistorical analysis of its far-reaching repercussions.

Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph

by C. Vivian Stringer

“Lots of people have dreams, but C. Vivian Stringer is the dream—a coalminer’s daughter who believed when her Poppa told her there was no obstacle she could not surmount. And she lives that dream, teaching others to rise up to meet challenges, turning underdogs into champions again and again—on and off the court. This is the quintessential American story, of a woman and of a family pulling together against the odds. Standing Tall offers an important message of hope to so many.”
—John Chaney, Hall of Fame college basketball coach

The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America

by Raymond Arsenault

Marian Anderson rose from humble beginnings in Philadelphia to become a world-renowned contralto and one of the most prominent African American women of her time. Arsenault (John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History, Univ. of South Florida; Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice) adds to the large body of literature on Anderson with a book focusing on her iconic 1939 Easter concert. Having been denied the right to perform in Constitution Hall because of its white-performers-only policy, Anderson sang for 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Arsenault writes that this was the "first time anyone in the modern civil rights struggle had invoked the symbol of the Great Emancipator in a direct and compelling way," with Anderson striking a historic blow for civil rights. While readers should be aware of Allan Keiler's more general Marian Anderson or Anderson's own autobiography, My Lord, What a Morning, Arsenault's book is a good one for serious students of the civil rights movement. - Jason Martin (Library Journal)

The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery

by Walter Mosley

Mosley leaves behind the Los Angeles setting of his Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series (Devil in a Blue Dress, etc.) to introduce Leonid McGill, a New York City private detective, who promises to be as complex and rewarding a character as Mosley's ever produced. McGill, a 53-year-old former boxer who's still a fighter, finds out that putting his past life behind him isn't easy when someone like Tony "The Suit" Towers expects you to do a job; when an Albany PI hires you to track down four men known only by their youthful street names; and when your 16-year-old son, Twill, is getting in over his head with a suicidal girl. McGill shares Easy's knack for earning powerful friends by performing favors and has some of the toughness of Fearless, but he's got his own dark secrets and hard-won philosophy. New York's racial stew is different than Los Angeles's, and Mosley stirs the pot and concocts a perfect milieu for an engaging new hero and an entertaining new series. (Mar.)

The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

by Gwen Ifill

The book's real departure, and its real value, is that it treats Obama not as the breakthrough candidate but as one, fairly typical member of a breakthrough generation of African American politicians…After 30 years of reporting for newspapers and television, Ifill is programmed to give both sides of the story and avoid expressing an opinion. She lends a sympathetic ear to Obama and Clinton, to the surviving lions and the impatient upstarts, to those who want to erase race from politics and those who think race is indelible. Perhaps that's why, in the end, her book is gently persuasive. Without cheerleading for any individual, it gives us something to cheer about: a breakthrough that is bigger, even, than Obama's.

- Alan Cooperman (The Washington Post)

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route

by Saidiya Hartman

In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman retraces the history of the Atlantic slave trade from the fifteenth to the twentieth century and reckons with the blank slate of her own genealogy.

There were no survivors of Hartman's lineage, nor far-flung relatives in Ghana of whom she had come in search. She traveled to Ghana in search of strangers. The most universal definition of the slave is a stranger — torn from kin and country. To lose your mother is to suffer the loss of kin, to forget your past, and to inhabit the world as a stranger. As both the offspring of slaves and an American in Africa, Hartman, too, was a stranger.

Eloquent, thoughtful, and deeply affecting, Lose Your Mother is a powerful meditation on history, memory, and the Atlantic slave trade.

Cote D'Ivoire Africa: Two Battles to Win by Daman Laurent Adjehi

by Daman Laurent Adjehi

September 19th, 2002, & November 7th, 2004, are two tragic, and trial times that the Ivorian people will not forget so soon; and that the continent of Africa will add up to its long list of disastrous, and inflicting events by which it is "Unfortunately" identified.

The UN Security Council has five (5) permanent member of which 3(3) are from Europe, one (1) from Asia, one (1) from the Americas, and (0) none from Africa. Why that? This leaves room for [subjection], [oppression], [injustice] and myriad questions.

And Justice for All: The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Feedom in America

by Mary Frances Berry

This is the story of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, through its extraordinary fifty years at the heart of the civil rights movement and the struggle for justice in America.

Mary Frances Berry, the commission’s chairperson for more than a decade, author of My Face Is Black Is True (“An essential chapter in American history from a distinguished historian”—Nell Painter), tells of the commission’s founding in 1957 by President Eisenhower, in response to burgeoning civil rights protests; how it was designed to be an independent bipartisan Federal agency—made up of six members, with no more than three from one political party, free of interference from Congress and presidents—beholden to no government body, with full subpoena power, and free to decide what it would investigate and report on.

Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas

by Halima Taha

Collecting African American Art effectively dispels the misconception that the hobby of art collecting is reserved solely for the wealthy. In these pages, lavishly illustrated with almost 200 works by a wide range of artists, readers will find practical guidelines for becoming an informed collector, including specific criteria for working with dealers. This guide presents both new and established artists and identifies dealers throughout the nation specializing in the field. Insightful and accessible, it is the first book to define the role of the collector of African American art. The result is a unique and essential guide to developing a meaningful and rewarding collection.

The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist: America's Lost Musical Genius

by Deirdre O'Connell

In this rollicking and heartrending book, O'Connell takes us through the life (and three separate deaths) of Blind Tom Wiggins, restoring to the modern reader this unusual yet quintessentially American life.

The son of slaves, Tom displayed early musical acuity and a fierce attachment to his owners' family piano, amazing onlookers with his ability to emulate music, dialog and sounds in nature; from age five, Tom was entranced by storms, which he could perfectly mimic, and later was able to play two tunes at a time with his back to the keyboard. Classified as an idiot, yet possessed of remarkable skills (including the ability to perform odd athletic feats), Tom's 40-year career enriched his owners and managers, especially as the effects of war and the opening of northern venues broadened Tom's audience (which included famous commentators like Mark Twain).

A Journal for Jordan:  A Story of Love and Honor

by Dana Canedy

A searching, poignant memoir of love and loss, "A Journal for Jordon" is a father's letter to the son he will never see--wrenching accounts of losing men in battle mixed with advice on everything from how to withstand disappointment to how to behave on a date. 8-page full-color insert.

At The Elbows of My Elders: One Family's Journey Toward Civil Rights
by Gail Milissa Grant

"Black families throughout the United States were fighting segregation in their local communities for decades before the civil rights movement. Their everyday battles (both individual and institutional) built the foundation for the more publicized crusade to follow. In this memoir, Gail Milissa Grant draws back the curtain on those times and presents touching vignettes of a life most Americans know nothing about. She recounts the battles fought by her father, David M. Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St. Louis, and describes the challenges she faced in navigating her way through institutions marked by racial prejudice."--BOOK JACKET.

The Service Member's Guide to Deployment
by Thomas A. Mengesha

What happens if one day you are living the life as a civilian attorney, the next you are in the Iraq war theatre. Find out from Captain Tom "The Adjutant" Mengesha who has published his first book on the military.

Read his riveting account on military life that includes pre, during and post deployment processes in the Iraq war theater of operations! A must read for all Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines deployed around the world! It's also an excellent read for anyone anticipating enlisting in the military or if you have a family member in the military.

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Played In Full - The Marketing Exploitation of Black America
by Robert L. Gatewood

This book examines how a disparate group of institutions, individuals, and their affiliates, have coalesced into an unlikely alliance of Players who opportunistically, individually and collectively extract wealth from past, present and future generations of Blacks. 

It exposes how 4 different types of Players engage in one-side and abusive relationships that promote and exploit a mindset of externalism and social proof that pervades the community. 

It's a handbook that provides a host of remedies that can be applied by the community's stakeholders in order to mend the sieve that is the pocketbook of Black America.

http://playedinfull.com

Talent is Overrated
by Geoff Colvin

One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called “What It Takes to Be Great.” Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field--from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch--are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn’t come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of business—negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the rest—obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved. This new mind-set, combined with Colvin’s practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career—and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.

The Race

by T.D. (Del) Walters

The writing of 'The Race' began in late 2004, long before Barack Obama publicly declared his intent to seek the office of the President of the US.  The Race is a work of fiction with true historical facts surrounding the Lincoln Assassination intertwined into the plot. All characters are truly fictional. However, it's eery to see how 'The Race' mirrors some of the actual events occuring in the Obama campaign.

Oops, People of Color Live There!: A Must Read for Sellers and Buyers of Real Estate

by Doug Wiliford

If you are selling your home, are you sure you have access to the full market or just people who look like you?

Will you purchase a home from anyone or just from people who look like you?

Will President Bush agree to stop by so the press can cover his visit and help us sell our home?

You will be amazed at the proof this book provides that there are a lot of people who will only purchase a home from people who look like them.

Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

by Deepak Chopra

Chopra's new novel expands on the themes advanced in his recent nonfiction title The Third Jesus. The narrative focuses on the mysterious span of time in Christ's life between the ages of 12 and 30. Chopra portrays the young adult Jesus as a malleable figure at the center of a host of pivotal political, cultural and religious shifts. The threads of his spiritual leadership become evident during these formative years, but Christ must devote himself to growing in enlightenment about the full nature of his identity and message.

Not surprisingly, Chopra casts the sources of this revelation to include both Western and Eastern perspectives. Chopra's narration may not always maintain a natural flow of dialogue among characters, but the ethereal power of his voice and the evocative manner in which he sets the stage remain effective. Perhaps the most compelling elements of the story line involve Judas and Mary Magdalene, two of New Testament history's most complicated and controversial figures.

The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

by Van Jones

Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country. The failing economy and our devastated environment are the two looming crises facing the United States today. From a distance, it appears that these two problems are separate, but when we look closer, the connection becomes unmistakable.

In The Green Collar Economy, acclaimed activist and political advisor Van Jones delivers a real solution that both rescues our economy and saves the environment.

Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs

by Deborah Willis, Kevin Merida

Through 150 striking color photographs, Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs charts the road to Barack Obama's nomination as the first African American to lead the presidential ticket of a major party. Announcing his campaign in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007, Obama stood on the grounds of the Old State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "House Divided" speech against slavery in 1858. During an eighteen-month campaign, from the snows of Iowa to the hunt for Democratic "superdelegates," this junior senator from Chicago confounded the party establishment and rewrote the playbook on modern presidential campaigning. This amazing collection of photographs captures the public and private moments of his journey, and offers a unique window into one of the great triumphs in American politics.

Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom

by Cornel West

The New York Times best-selling author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters offers open-hearted wisdom for our times in this courageous collection of quotations, speech excerpts, letters, philosophy, and photographs that reflect the profound humanity that fuels the passionate public intellectual. In a world that seesaws between unconditional love and acceptance and blind hatred and exclusion, Hope on a Tightrope will satisfy readers in search of deep wells of inspiration and challenge that marries the mind to the heart.

Pichon: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir

by Carlos Moore, Maya Angelou (Foreword by)

Remarkable yet true, this engaging autobiography chronicles the development of one man’s racial and political consciousness and his search for purpose in life. Vivid descriptions of Moore’s poverty-stricken childhood—one steeped in social exclusion, racial self-hatred, and maternal abuse—illustrate the universal questions of identity and race he experienced from an early age. After moving to New York with his father and siblings, Moore was shocked by new and dangerous challenges in the United States. Fortunately, he quickly found his mentor, Maya Angelou, as well as other intellectuals, artists, and scholars who taught him the deeper meaning of the black experience and the importance of truth and justice. His growing activism and revolutionary commitment eventually led him back to Cuba, where, despite the Revolution, skin color still determined one’s treatment. Moore’s eventual 34-year exile, and the hardship of an itinerant life, are frankly depicted, yet his overall story remains uplifting.

Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist
by William Ayers

This memoir is by a '60s political activist who went underground after the famous Greenwich Village townhouse explosion in 1970. Ayers tells of the political and cultural influences that radicalized him, his life in the Weather Underground prior to the explosion, his life on the run, and what happened to him after he turned himself in in 1981.

Career Comeback: Eight Steps to Getting Back on Your Feet When You're Fired, Laid Off, Or Your Business Venture Has Failed - And Finding More More Job Satisfaction Than Ever Before

by Bradley Richardson

Richardson, currently manager of the recruitment Web site of the Wall Street Journal and author of other career guides (Jobsmarts for Twentysomethings), was looking for work himself in 2000 after his company failed. The practical advice given here is based on his expertise in career guidance as well as on his personal experience finding employment. In addition to providing detailed suggestions for sharpening skills-such as sum writing, interviewing, working with recruiters and networking, he addresses the psychological and emotional problems that often accompany the loss of a job.

The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small: A Letter to My Grandchildren

by Marian Wright Edelman

In a series of open letters to parents, educators, young people, Dr. King-with whom she collaborated on the 1968 Poor People's Campaign-and her own grandchildren-Edelman (The Measure of Our Success), founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, addresses the millions of children silently suffering from abuse, abandonment and poverty. The author passionately inveighs against parental and community neglect ("Adults are what's wrong with our children," she writes); however, her rhetoric, marked by repetitive calls for change and use of jargon like "the Cradle to Prison Pipeline," is an ineffective vehicle for her good intentions, and the text-long on grim statistics-occasionally reads uncomfortably like a grant proposal. Her book comes to life when the author reminisces about her childhood and rousingly condemns government's support of the nation's richest citizens. Readers seriously concerned about the plight of American children may find many concrete suggestions for action, but the slew of numbers and lack of personal stories in the opening sections will certainly dissuade many others.

Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed

by Hugh B. Price

In Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed, Hugh B. Price shares the lessons learned while helping to do just that during his tenure as president of the National Urban League. Here, find out how educators can apply some of the same tactics to inspire and award academic achievement in even the most challenged school districts.

According to Price, a highly informed and engaged community is essential to closing the achievement gap. This book underscores that community-based efforts to motivate student success can be effective because they have been effective. The message for educators, parents, business and civic leaders, and members of the general public is that their consistent and creative involvement will result in invigorated youngsters, inspired to achieve in school and in life.

Credit Repair Kit for Dummies

by Stephen Bucci

Don't let your credit suffer needlessly from errors or outdated information

With tools and tips for fixing a bad credit report

A bad credit report can hurt your chances at qualifying for loans and credit cards, and it can even get in the way when you want to rent an apartment or land a job. Credit Repair Kit For Dummies is your essential guide to managing your credit — from fixing mistakes on your credit report, to improving your credit going forward, to establishing manageable payment plans with creditors.

Renegade for Peace & Justice: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks for Me

by Congresswoman Barbara Lee

In this candid and self-effacing autobiography, Barbara Lee chronicles the challenges she overcame to break the cycle of multi-generational domestic violence, and her rise from being a single mother of two young children to being one of the most progressive and respected voices in Congress today.

BEN’S CHILI BOWL 50 YEARS OF A WASHINGTON, D.C., LANDMARK
1999 IMAGES of America

by Tracey Gold Bennet t with Nizam B. Ali
Foreword by Bill Cosby

They never imagined that Ben’s would become world renowned or such a beloved restaurant in the nation’s capital. Today visitors to U Street will find a diverse and eclectic mix of residents, music venues, trendy shops, and, of course, “the Bowl.” The images in this book provide a look back over the 50-year history of Ben’s Chili Bowl, U Street, the Ali family, and the patrons who have helped define Ben’s as a vibrant cultural landmark.

Street Judge
by Greg Mathis

Detroit was once considered the murder capital of the nation, and as fresh-tothe-bench Judge Mathis discovers, it may be living up to its name. In one of the city's most horrific crimes ever, a young single parent has been discovered decapitated in an alleyway, with her head located several blocks away. The police are stumped until the arrest of a drug dealer promises to reveal vital information about the case. The only problem? The drug dealer won't talk to anyone but Judge Mathis.

The Way of The World

by Ron Suskind

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. In a sweeping, propulsive, and multilayered narrative, The Way of the World investigates how America relinquished the moral leadership it now desperately needs to fight the real threat of our era: a nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists. Truth, justice, and accountability become more than mere words in this story.

For anyone hoping to exercise truly informed consent and begin the process of restoring the values and hope -- along with the moral clarity and earned optimism -- at the heart of the American tradition, The Way of the World is a must-read.

The Alcohol Fuel Handbook

by Lynn Ellen Doxon

This book is an excellent resource for those interested in self-sufficiency or those who just want to beat the rising costs of oil and gas. The book breaks down the facts and knowledge needed to make alcohol fuel into simple and easy to understand language. The basics of alcohol fuel production are laid out and the details of building your own still are included. Even if you are not interested in producing your own alcohol fuel, but are interested in learning more about ethanol and alcohol based fuels, this book provides you with the facts needed to understand this growing market.

Don't Blame It on Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex

For fifteen years, Jewel Woods, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, has been studying the behaviors of black men. In this book, Jewel will explain why black men travel elsewhere for sexual pleasures. Don't Blame It On Rio does more than uncover this behavior; it offers tips for discovering the behavior and solutions for stopping it before it happens.

There is a not-so-new, not-so-secret destination where a growing number of American black men are traveling for the kind of sex and freedom they say they can't find with black women. Thousands of unsuspecting women are kissing their men good-bye while they go on "business" trips to Rio where they meet up with some of their friends and have sex every way they can imagine-no strings, no hassles, and no conscience.

Dr. Mary's Monkey
By Edward T. Haslam

The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medical secret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the JFK assassination and continued apace, sweeping doctors into coverups of cancer outbreaks, contaminated polio vaccine, the arrival of the AIDS virus, and biological weapon research using infected monkeys. To order or for more information, click here!

Road to Mega Success: Simple Strategies for Enriching the Bottom Line

by Louis G. Hutt, Jr.

The book is tailored for the entrepreneur who has experienced anxiety, frustration, or trauma in building a financially viable business. It demystifies the conventional financial methods of business management, so that the average person can easily understand. Deliberately designed to be an easy read, this book will help to increase the odds for your business success.

To pre-order this book, click here!

GIANT: The Road To The Super Bowl

by Plaxico Burress

In Giant, Plaxico Burress takes you into the locker room, onto the practice field, and into the huddle, providing a flat-out-honest look at life on and off the field with the New York Giants and at the making of a champion.

When he first joined the Giants, Plaxico expected to be the go-to guy for the young quarterback Eli Manning. What he didn't expect was the media and fan scrutiny that was heaped on Manning as they battled to win games.

It's all here. The ups and downs, the trash-talking, the sweat and blood, and what it takes to be the best.

The Race Beat
by Gene Roberts & Hank Klibanoff

An unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press—and the journalists responsible for them—profoundly changed the nation’s thinking about civil rights in the South during the 1950s and ‘60s.

Roberts and Klibanoff draw on private correspondence, notes from secret meetings, unpublished articles, and interviews to show how a dedicated cadre of newsmen—black and white—revealed to a nation its most shameful shortcomings that compelled its citizens to act. Meticulously researched and vividly rendered, The Race Beat is an extraordinary account of one of the most calamitous periods in our nation’s history, as told by those who covered it.

Wonders
Questions Exploring Black and White Culture

by J. Earl Ricks

Wonders is a collection of 169 candid questions analyzing the relationships and behaviors of White people and Black people and Black people and themselves -  questions designed to stimulate thought about controversial issues and ideas and provoke positive change in society. Although the questions are open-ended, the author has suggested potential answers to stimulate discussion. Author Earl Ricks takes a courageous step in challenging us to confront these sensitive topics, so that we can begin the process of finding solutions to racial and cultural biases.

Dr. Scott Whitaker
Jose' Sayyed-Fleming, B.Sc. CSTCM, CNC

This book is a fascinating and unique perspective of the unholy practices of allopathic medicine and the commercialization of devitalized and chemical based foods.

Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution (and Not a Moment Too Soon)

by Bill Press

Once champions of fiscal responsibility, conservatives have brought us, instead, record high federal spending and bloated budget deficits. Once leery of foreign entanglements, conservatives have launched us, instead, into an unprecedented age of imperial wars and conquests. Once apostles of honesty and integrity in government, conservatives have, instead, used their positions of power to enrich themselves or evade the rule of law.

For decades, conservatives struggled to topple liberals from the federal throne, but, once in power, they didn't deliver. Everything they touched, they trashed. Here is the story of who, how, and why.

April 4, 1968

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America

On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King—the prophet for racial and economic justice in America—ended his final speech with the words, “I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.”

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King’s assassination as the occasion for a provocative and fresh examination of how King fought, and faced, his own death, and we should use his death and legacy. Dyson also uses this landmark anniversary as the starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of Black America over the four decades that followed King’s death.

Eat, Pray and Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Oddly but aptly titled, Eat, Pray, Love is an experience to be savored: This spiritual memoir brims with humor, grace, and scorching honesty. After a messy divorce and other personal missteps, Elizabeth Gilbert confronts the "twin goons" of depression and loneliness by traveling to three countries that she intuited had something she was seeking. First, in Italy, she seeks to master the art of pleasure by indulging her senses. Then, in an Indian ashram, she learns the rigors and liberation of mind-exalting hours of meditation. Her final destination is Bali, where she achieves a precarious, yet precious equilibrium. Gilbert's original voice and unforced wit lend an unpretentious air to her expansive spiritual journey.

Twilight at Monticello:  The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson

by Alan Pell Crawford

"…a well-researched narrative of Thomas Jefferson's post-presidential years—with a notable non-emphasis on the best-known aspect of those years, Jefferson's correspondence with Adams. Crawford deserves credit for focusing on less trampled ground and for shedding new light on Jefferson's dysfunctional family life and shopaholic tendencies." - Michael Grunwald (Washington Post)

On The Road To Freedom

by Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

This in-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched, sat-in at lunch counters, gathered in churches; where they spoke, taught, and organized; where they were arrested, where they lost their lives, and where they triumphed.

Einstein:  His Life and Universe

by Walter Isaacson

A century after Albert Einstein began postulating his "Big Idea" about time, space, and gravity, a new biography examines the scientist whose public idolization was surpassed only by his legitimacy as one of humanity's greatest thinkers. Walter Isaacson, the author of excellent profiles of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger, utilizes a trove of material from recently opened Einstein archives to offer a probing look at a provocatively freethinking individual.

Mirror to America:  The Autiobiography of John Hope Franklin

by John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin is one of the greatest historians that America has ever produced, and he is also one of the most valuable citizens we have ever produced. His memoir, though written in a calm, modest, and understated prose, is lucid and illuminating throughout, and readers seeking the emotional core of this great man and great scholar need only read to find it.