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In Continuing Covenant, Dr. K. Alan Stokes shares his remarkable journey of faith—a story that begins before his birth and unfolds as a powerful reminder that God's covenant still continues through every generation. Blending real-life experiences, biblical insight, and companion podcast reflections, this audiobook invites listeners to see how divine purpose is revealed through ordinary lives. Listeners will discover how to recognize God's hand in their own story, seeing how the Holy Spirit has been present and active through every season of life.

One of our most visceral and important memoirs on race in America, this is the story of Nathan McCall, who began life as a smart kid in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighborhood. Yet by the age of fifteen, McCall was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that five years later would land him in prison for armed robbery.

Safety, love, peace—all those words Charae Royster craves in her life. After being bounced around from one foster care to the next, she considers herself unlovable. When a series of events leads her into the arms and heart of a street-savvy star player, she questions if it's safe to let her guard down.

Essence Knox never thought she'd be starting over at her age. After two decades of teaching math at Hardwood High, raising her daughters, and keeping everything together, she's faced with a quiet house and tough decisions. Selling the family home seems like the right move, but letting go of the past and the pain that comes with it is easier said than done. Little did she know, her fresh start would come in the form of a new colleague. Enter Xavier Sharpe, the retired military man turned high school teacher.

Jazz legend Cootie Williams left home to start his career as a professional musician at the age of fifteen. In 1940, after eleven years as one of the major soloists with the Duke Ellington orchestra, Williams was lured away to the band of Benny Goodman, one of the most popular bands in the country. At the time, it was a controversial move―it was still taboo for African Americans to share the bandstand with white people.

I never expected to find a mate, much less five. What does a girl even do with five men? Silly question . . . you enjoy them!! Unfortunately, my untimely death had a detrimental impact on my love life. Don't worry, dying didn’t stick. I'm alive and kicking. Alas, my death came with complications—namely, my father, who happens to be a prince of Hell. In return for saving me, he now wants to use me for his own nefarious purposes. Shocking, but I don't trust him as far as I can toss a snowball in Hell. Worse, my mates are treating me like I'm as fragile as cupid wings.

This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.

I didn’t want to love anyone. Love made you vulnerable, dumb, confused. The savage in me could never allow a man to rule my world. I was the ruler, the queen, the one who people feared with just the whisper of my name. I controlled the tempo when it came to the opposite sex, and that included...

Ebony Callaway wasn't looking for love. After a messy divorce, all she wanted was peace, her art, and to figure out how to keep up with Basquiat, the too-big, too-stubborn puppy who turned her quiet life upside down. Enter Dr. Tyler Hill. The handsome, steady veterinarian who shows up to help...

Lincoln Malone has loved Savannah Hawkins since they were kids. The feelings come as naturally as breathing to him . . . And he's not ashamed to show her, or let the whole world know it. But Linc is forbidden to her. According to her mother, whose big dreams for Savvy don't include him, he's...

A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise offers a fresh and more accurate account of one of the most important episodes in American history, humanizing forgotten figures and shattering long-held myths. “Original...

Ali Everett is on a mission to uphold his family's legacy while creating his own lane within the family business. When presented with an opportunity to prove himself, he accepts the challenge prepared for whatever obstacles came along the way. When things seem that can't get any better, he meets...

Celebrating a decade of Columbia Global Reports, the Forerunners series revives groundbreaking works of investigative journalism and incisive analysis published a century before CGR’s founding. These texts, once forgotten or underexplored, reflect CGR’s core mission: fearless reporting...

The history of the most diverse insurrection the world has ever known. For more than four centuries, enslaved people across the western hemisphere, from the United States and the Caribbean to Mexico and Brazil, fought any way they could to gain their freedom: from the first African revolt in...

Bentley didn't come to Hardwood High to fall in love. She came to prove something—to herself, to the people who doubted her, and maybe even to the chickens named after Destiny's Child living in her backyard. Her plan was simple: survive her first year teaching English, build a community in her...

Inspired brings together the stories of eight very different individuals. Although their lives are unique, they all share the same thing: they are being used by God to share the gospel of hope around the world. From the jungles of Brazil to the mountains of Cambodia, Simon Guillebaud introduces...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned down in cold blood—the first novel in a riveting series from renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. “A sensationally good crime and legal thriller . . . This is...

“[A] magisterial account . . . Gibson constructs a sweeping vision of resistance to slavery as a defining element of Western history that made “abstract concepts of freedom concrete.” Expansive and elegant, this is a marvel.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Among the...

When Audie wakes up after a devastating accident, her mind is a blank slate. The people around her—her devoted partner, her closest friends, even her own family—all claim to know who she is. But every version of her past is different. Contradictory. Suspicious. As Audie struggles to piece together the fragments of her life, a chilling realization sets in: the memory she lost may not be the worst part of her past. The real danger lies in what she is about to uncover.

A Man of Letters traces the life, career, and commentaries on controversial issues of Thomas Sowell over a period of more than four decades through his letters to and from family, friends, and public figures ranging from Milton Friedman to Clarence Thomas, David Riesman, Arthur Ashe, William Proxmire, Vernon Jordan, Charles Murray, Shelby Steele, and Condoleezza Rice. These letters begin with Sowell as a graduate student at the University of Chicago in 1960 and conclude with a reflective letter to his fellow economist and longtime friend Walter Williams in 2005.