JM Coetzee   David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, is a scholar fallen into disgrace. After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, he has an...

Denene Miller It was a time of miraculous change in America, as the cry for justice and equality rang out, from the Deep South to the West Coast. And in...

Barack Obama   #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARSIn this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack...

Fatima Mernissi An exotic and magical narrative tells the story of a woman born in a harem in Morocco, growing up with wise, funny, individualistic women, and creating a fantasy...

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...

Michel Chauveau The book provides an easily digestible introduction to Cleopatra's world... A fascinating introduction to an era when the political and military face of the Mediterranean world was changing...

Geraldine Pinch From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the coveted treasures of the Great Pyramids, ancient Egypt has had an unfaltering grip on the...

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...

Juan Williams Eyes on the Prize traces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954 to the march on Selma and the passage of...

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...

Walter Mosley Walter Mosley, "one of crime fiction's brightest stars" (People), returns to mysteries at last-with a dazzling new thriller set in the deadly back alleys of 1950s L.A.... Bookshop...

Paul Theroux Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to...