It is sterling example of a brazen genre - the novel that burrows inside another novel, borrowing some of its characters and situations but, in this uncommon case, returning to the host book a livelines that age and fashion has sapped

Presents speeches by various African American religious and political leaders from the days of slavery to the present, along with biographical information and historical background

Rabbit at Rest focusing on the years 1988-1989. It finds Harry nearly forty years after his glory days as a high school basketball star in a mid-sized Pennsylvania city. Harry and his wife of 33 years, Janice, have retired to sunny Florida during the cold months, where Harry is depressed, bored, and dangerously overweight

On Decenber,1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to white man on a segregated bus and sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott. It is real story of Rosa Parks.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement of the early 19th century

African-American folklore is rich in stories and songs about people flying. In the early days of American flights, aviations such as daredevil Bessie Coleman, the first black American woman licensed as a pilot

A dictionary of terms and concepts related to art history and art techniques, including artists and schools of art

Welcome to Gill's All Night Diner, where zombie attacks are a regular occurrence and you never know what might be lurking in the freezer...

A selection of letters written to United States presidents by young people is accompanied by information providing historical context for the writers’ concerns and ideas

Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten