Ron Butler

A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it.
Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled from Ferguson, Missouri,...

Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together… until, first, a band and, then, a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz: music for the head, the heart, and the hips....

Chester Pierce broke racial barriers by joining his college football team during segregation in the United States. Despite breaking the law, his team played on.

It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him? The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.

"The first novel in an explosive new series inspired by Robert Ludlum's Bourne universe, The Treadstone Resurrection introduces an unforgettable hero and the shadowy world that forged him.."--

Based on original interviews, media reports, memoirs, and more, this is the first book to tell the full story of the unique and historic relationship between Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, these celebratory original poems pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wander.

When good girl Margo Connelly becomes Lamar "Striker" Jennings' latest assignment, she knows she's in trouble. He's been hired to protect her from an underworld criminal. But the reformed bad boy's appeal is breaching all her defenses, and Margo isn't sure which is more dangerous: the gangster targeting her, or the protector tempting her to let loose. Striker is convinced Margo is out of his league. Surrendering to desire could be a deadly distraction...

Superstar musician Caden Granger has spent years running from love, commitment and family. He knows what he needs can only come from one person -- the woman who wants nothing to do with him. Shiloh Timmons finally got her life on track after her relationship with Caden ended, and she's in no hurry to revisit it. Without Shiloh by his side, all of Caden's success will mean nothing. Now he has a chance to renew his promises ... but is it too late?