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One of NPR’s “Nonfiction Books We Love from 2025” One of Kirkus’s “Best Nonfiction Books of 2025” A powerful new voice, telling the American story through three generations of Black mothers. "This searing, poetic memoir covers generations of powerful Black women who raise...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home led him to find escape and belonging through food. Until he...

A deeply personal account of a young Black woman who set out to shake up her life by moving abroad but got a lot more than she bargained for. Surviving Paris is not Emily in Paris. It’s not a story of moving to the City of Light, meeting a dashing Frenchman, and raising beret-wearing enfants...

Miles to Go is a frank and intimate exploration of Miles Davis' eccentric working life, drug habits, paranoia, depression, and subsequent recovery. Murphy explores Davis' troubled relationship with his children and the controversial role Cicely Tyson played in his life. The book also delves into the dynamics that made Davis' band work so well together, placing Davis' work in a historic, literary, and musical framework.

Com relatos marcantes, esta obra resgata memórias muitas vezes esquecidas, valorizando a trajetória de cidadãos de todas as classes sociais e profissões. Mais do que um simples livro, é um convite para fortalecer o orgulho de um povo, preservando o legado de quem construiu Pedro Afonso.

The Last Courtesan was his mother's story. Nautch Boy tells his own. A sweet-faced, quiet boy dressed in matching pink shorts and a top poses demurely for a photograph in a kotha, holding a flower vase with plastic white daisies in it. Powdered, scented women around him sparkle and pirouette...

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands is the bold, witty memoir of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who defied racism and sexism to care for soldiers during the Crimean War in the 1850s. Writing in her own voice, Seacole recounts her travels across the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe, sharing vivid stories of healing, hardship, and independence.

Weeping Becomes a River, narrated by award-winning author and performer Siphokazi Jonas, weaves seemingly discordant worlds, rooted in her experiences of growing up in an Afrikaans dorpie, attending an English boarding school, and going on annual holidays to a village emaXhoseni during the transition years of South Africa’s democracy.

Die Wende hat ihre eigenen Kinder – doch wer erzählt ihre Geschichte? YouTube-Star und SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Alexander Prinz (Du kannst sie nicht alle töten), selbst aufgewachsen nach der Wiedervereinigung im ländlichen Sachsen-Anhalt, gibt seiner Generation nun eine kraftvolle Stimme. In seinem neuen Buch Oststolz bricht er mit Klischees und liefert eine längst überfällige Perspektive auf ein noch immer gespaltenes Land.

Well-known journalist and presenter Mike McRoberts opens up about his experiences of reconnection to te ao Māori and learning te reo, and encourages others to do the same. 'Mike has bravely given voice to the inner conflicts and deep-seated longing many of us feel as we seek the power of...

In a career that has seen him face coup leaders in his native Ivory Coast and lead some of the most prestigious Western financial institutions, Tidjane Thiam has blazed a trail through African and European politics and business. After a childhood in tumultuous west and north Africa, Thiam broke...

El primer relato de uno de los niños que fue detenido en el infame campamento migrante Tornillo en la frontera de Estados Unidos y México. D Esperanza tenía solo trece años cuando fallecieron sus cuidadores, su querida abuela y su tío. Ya que ambos de sus padres se encontraban trabajando y...

Audio contains exclusive bonus interviews with Shaka Senghor's inner circle: his cousin, actor Jerrel O'Neal; his wife, Chicago Beyond founder Liz Dozier-Senghor; and his son Sekou Senghor. USA Today Bestseller. "I love this book—because it teaches you how to manifest freedom in your own life...

Profoundly honest and moving, Kihiani is the uplifting story of an Inuk artist’s journey to healing and self-discovery Born in Fort Churchill, Manitoba, but raised in Arviat, a predominantly Inuit community on the western edges of Hudson Bay, Susan and her six siblings grew up in a humble but...

A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer...

A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025 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 mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in a moving celebration of resilience and innovation...

ಕುಂವಿಯವರ ಆತ್ಮಕಥನಾತ್ಮಕ ಬರವಣಿಗೆ. ಕುಂವೀ ಬರಹಗಳೇ ಹಾಗೆ. ಓದುತ್ತಾ ಓದುತ್ತಾ ಭಯ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಕಾಣಿಸಿದರೂ ಕಥೆ ಮುಗಿಯುಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸೆಳೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಾಂಧ್ರ ಗಡಿ ಭಾಗವಾದ ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳ ಬದುಕನ್ನು ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟುವಂತೆ ಕುಂವೀ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯ ನಕ್ಸಲೀಯರು, ಸದಾ ಹತ್ತನ್ನೆರಡು ಗನ್‌ಮ್ಯಾನ್‌ಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬದುಕುವ ಜಮೀನ್ದಾರರು, ಅಮಾಯಕ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜನತೆ-ಇವರು ಹೀಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಬದುಕಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ ಎಂದು ಅಚ್ಚರಿಪಡುವಷ್ಟು ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಬದುಕನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯ ಎರೆಮಣ್ಣು ಮಳೆಗಿಂತ ರಕ್ತದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ನೆನೆದಂತೆ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುವ ಇವರ ಬರವಣಿಗೆ ಕಂಡು, ಖ್ಯಾತ ಲೇಖಕ ಪಿ. ಲಂಕೇಶರು ಹೀಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಇರಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ ಎಂದು ಅಚ್ಚರಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತ ಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದುಂಟು.

1980s Albania. The world's most isolated country and "the first atheistic state." Captain Dosti knows that by secretly listening to a Christian radio station he could put his life and the life of his whole family at risk. And yet, he cannot resist. This inspiring story of Berti's journey from Captain Dosti to Pastor Dosti gives us a glimpse of the explosive growth of the early Albanian church after nearly half a decade of repressive atheism and the untiring efforts of Trans World Radio to broadcast the Christian message across closed borders to Albanians.

Книга "Пазолини. Умереть за идеи" исследует творчество Пьера Паоло Пазолини от поэзии до художественной литературы, от театра до кино, от журналистики до литературной критики, предлагая читателю взгляд на его работы как на единое целое. Автор Роберто Карнеро анализирует различные фазы творчества Пазолини, пересекая их в постоянно меняющемся творческом дискурсе. Книга выделяет великие "пазолинские" темы, такие как молодость, отношения с религией и политикой, ностальгия по прошлому и апокалиптическая фаза последних лет.

या पुस्तकात जगातील स मोठी लोकशाही अस्तित्वात कशी आली या घटनेचा मानवी पैलू सांगण्याचा प्रयत्न लेखकाने केला आहे. चमकदार उदाहरणं आणि सखोल संशोधनानं समृद्ध अशा या पुस्तकासोबत बीबीसी रेडिओ सीरिज4 या मालिकेच्या माध्यमातून लेखकाने अध्यात्म क्षेत्रातील भगवान बुद्धांपासून ते भांडवलशहा धीरूभाई अंबानींपर्यंत 50 भारतीय जीवनांचा आढावा घेतला आहे.