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The runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior while on holiday in Kenya. After overcoming severe..

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Director Steven Spielberg turns the camera on a long-neglected but pivotal event in the fight for equality and freedom in America: the 1839 revolt by a group of African captives on board a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Long Island. The legal..

The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black..

Director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams have forged a remarkable partnership over the past 20 years, one that's evolved in recent years into a very practical balance of art and commerce. The Spielberg/Williams team followed the..

At last -- a book devoted to the concerns of people of color that will help you enhance and protect the health and beauty of your skin, hair, and nails. Dr. Susan Taylor, a Harvard-trained dermatologist and a beautiful woman of color, bases her..

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One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones. The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the..

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,..

Grupo La Amistad (15 Grandes Exitos)01. Naila 02. Perdona Carino 03. Embrujo 04. Donde Vas Paloma 05. De Mi Estatura 06. Te Dije Adios 07. Cuando Te Charchaste Tu 08. Esa 09. Tu Melodia 10. Pies Desnudos 11. Como Dios Manda (La Otra) 12. Tiempo..

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Product Details Actors: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel HawthorneDirectors: Steven SpielbergWriters: David FranzoniProducers: Bob Cooper, Bonnie Curtis, Colin Wilson, Debbie Allen, Laurie MacDonaldFormat:..

A 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner. Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under..

These are just some of the works of art you will find in this stunning collection that pairs twenty poems by distinglushed African-American poets with twenty works of art by acclaimed African-American artists.Alice Walker's poem "Women" -- about..

Set in Manchester County, Virginia, 20 years before the Civil War began,Edward P. Jones's debut novel, The Known World, is a masterpiece ofoverlapping plot lines, time shifts, and heartbreaking details of life underslavery. Caldonia Townsend is an..

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar, a musical prophet who brought the sound of the Third World to the entire globe. Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley goes beyond the myth of Marley to bring you the private side of a man few people ever really..

Life in Harlem isn't easy, but Tippy and his grandmother are doing okay. Then Grandma Carrie gets sick, and Tippy goes to live with Lonnie, his father. Lonnie's got his own thing going on, and he doesn't have much room in his life for a son he..

Steve Harvey can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years—women who can run a business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. So when it comes to relationships,..

With Come to Win, Venus Williams, the multiple Grand Slam tennis champion and entrepreneur, along with an esteemed group of business leaders, politicians, and acclaimed artists, serves up a book of wisdom that shows how to turn a competitive spirit..

From journalism and lectures to drama, visual art, and the Spielberg film, this study ranges across the varied cultural reactions--in America and Sierra Leone--engendered by the 1839 Amistad slave ship revolt.Iyunolu Folayan Osagie is a native of..