Author: Paul Finkleman Perhaps no other Supreme Court decision has had the political impact of Dred Scott v. Sandford . Using a variety of documents that reflect regional opinions and...

JM Coetzee Elizabeth costello is a humane, moral, and uncompromising creationthe subject of jm coetzee’s latest work of fiction is an australian writer of international renown -- fêted, studied and...

Nigel C GibonFanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondoloFanonian Practices in South Africa examines Frantz Fanon’s relevance to contemporary South African politics, and by extension, research...

Richard F Burton One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurer’s firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A treasury of detailed information on...

Philip S Hart Using personal interviews and historic photos, Hart reveals how black pilots of the 1920s and 1930s did not allow racial barriers to keep them from achieving their...

Walter MosleyIn spite of remarkable differences, Eric and Tommy are as close as brothers. Eric, a Nordic Adonis, is graced by a seemingly endless supply of good fortune. Tommy is...

Peter Biddlecombe Having travelled across West Africa for over 10 years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to French Africa. In countries such as Togo,...

Ernest H Adams I've read about American Jews and I've read about African Americans, but I've never read a book that so brilliantly illuminates these two groups as does Ernest...

Nadine Gordimer   Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer follows the inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances. Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory...

Toni Morrison A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year: San Francisco Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City StarAt the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning...

Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWINNER OF THE BAILEYS PRIZE BEST OF THE BESTWinner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpieceThis novel from Chimamanda...

Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation—the oppression of women and girls in the developing...