Life Under the Baobab Tree: Africana Studies and Religion in a Transitional Age is a compendium of innovating essays meticulously written by early and later diaspora people of African descent. Their speech arises from the depth of their experiences under the Baobab tree and offers to the world voices of resilience, newness/resurrection, hope, and life. Resolutely journeying on the trails of their ancestors, they speak about setbacks and forward-looking movements of liberation, soc...

From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Mars Room, a career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture.In The Hard Crowd, Rachel Kushner gathers a selection of her writing from over the course of the last twenty years that addresses the most pressing political, artistic, and cultural issues of our times - and illuminates the themes and real-life terrain that underpin her fiction.In razor-sharp essays spanning li...

A candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette, exploring everything from relationships and love to politics and race“The Bachelor gave me an opportunity, but I created my own happy ending.”Rachel Lindsay rose to prominence as The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette and has since become one of the franchise’s most well-known figures—and outspoken critics. ...

Shortlisted for the International Booker PrizeIn November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the United Kingdom capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants they were in British waters and had to call the British authorities for help. By the time rescue vessels arrived on the scene, all but two of the migrants had died.The narrator of Dele...

Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria Brittain and Omar Robert Hamilton. Bringing writers to Palestine from all corners of the globe, it aimed to break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupation, to strengthen artistic lin...

A deputy and a ghost hunter team up to uncover Conard County's sinister secrets in a chilling romantic thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author.Former soldier and newbie deputy Candela "Candy" Serrano is assigned as a liaison to Steve Hawks, the handsome host of TV's Ghostly Ties. She's skeptical of Steve's purposes, since chasing supernatural shadows isn't Candy's idea of police work—until some very real killings start occurring around ...

Something sinister is at work in Conard County.When Candy Serrano is assigned as a liaison to Steve Hawks, the handsome host of TV’s Ghostly Ties, she’s sceptical. But when very real killings start occurring around town, Candy and Steve must track down who's behind these vicious crimes…and discover long-buried secrets…

A candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette, exploring everything from relationships and love to politics and race“The Bachelor gave me an opportunity, but I created my own happy ending.”Rachel Lindsay rose to prominence as The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette and has since become one of the franchise’s most well-known figures—and outspoken critics. ...

A "well-plotted" mystery about a PI and her canine partner's search for a murderer among NYC's homeless has "a strong sense of place and social conscience" ( Publishers Weekly).Native New Yorker Rachel Alexander has seen a lot on the streets of Manhattan in her years as a private investigator. But when a client hires her to find a murderer among the city's homeless, Rachel uncovers a whole new layer. Disguised as a bag lady, her discerning pit bull Dash by...

In the 21st century, political debates appear to center on fundamental conflicts between “the people” and “elites.” Most of these discussions emphasize strategies to protect and empower the oppressed masses against a predatory ruling class. Much of classical political thought, however, was written from an aristocratic point of view: that is, it ascribed paramount importance to the question of elite formation. Assuming inequality as a permanent feature of human associations, what virtues wo...

An activist influential in the civil rights movement, Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s spirituality blended many traditions, including southern African American mysticism, Anabaptist Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, and Afro-Brazilian Candomblé. Remnants, a multigenre memoir, demonstrates how Freeney Harding's spiritual life and social justice activism were integral to the instincts of mothering, healing, and community-building. Following Freeney Harding’s death in 2004, her daughter Rachel fini...

Some secrets are too dirty to keep.Unzip your imagination and enter a world of unapologetic pleasure with Erotica Dirty Secrets Collection, a sinfully hot selection of stories designed to tease, please, and push you over the edge.Rachel Scott delivers a sensual, no-limits audio experience that brings your deepest cravings to life—whether you're alone in bed or pressing play with someone who wants to go there with you.From first-time explora...