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“A vivid, often funny story collection that examines serious topics like race, war, history, and self-identity—all with a deft hand and a fluid, musical voice.” —Entertainment WeeklyExciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award–winning novel The Good Lord Bird. T... More

National Book Award winner James McBride goes in search of the "real" James Brown after receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth. His surprising journey illuminates not only our understanding of this immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated soul genius but the ways ... More

Liz Spocott, a beautiful young runaway slave, suffers a nasty head wound just before being nabbed by a posse of slave catchers. She falls into a coma, and, when she awakes, she can see the future—from the near-future to Martin Luther King to hip-hop—in her dreams. Liz's visions help her and her fe... More

In the tense days before the American Civil War, in the swamplands of the Maryland shore, a wounded slave girl and her visions of the future tear a community apart in a riveting drama of hope and redemption. Kidnappings, gunfights and chases ensue in this extraordinary story of violence, tragic triu... More

Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful deb... More

From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive.<P><P> Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a ... More

<P>Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. <P>James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and p... More

Nowhere has the drama of American slavery played itself out with more tension than in the dripping swamps of Maryland's eastern shore, where abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, born less than thirty miles apart, faced off against nefarious slave traders in a catch-me-if-you-... More

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. James McBride's powerful memoir, The Color of Water, was a groundbreaking literary phenomenon that transcended racial and religious boundaries, garnering unprecedented acclaim a... More

Based on the historical incident of an unspeakable massacre at the site of Sant'Anna Di Stazzema, a small village in Tuscany, and on the experiences of the famed Buffalo soldiers from the 92nd Division in Italy during World War II, Miracle at Sant'Anna is a singular evocation of war, cruelty, passio... More

'A formidable free-style book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' Rolling Stone magazineA Guardian best music book of 2016The music of James Brown was almost a g... More

<P><P>From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, one of the most anticipated novels of the year: a wise and witty tale about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. <P><P>In September 1969, a fumbling,... More

Riverhead Books is proud to present our Summer 2013 Insider which gives readers more information about the stories behind--or sometimes from within--our Summer 2013 list. Included in the Riverhead Books Summer 2013 Insider are:A Q&A with Khaled Hosseini, author of And the Mountains Echoed, an unforg... More

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This Student Reference Book can be used to look up and review topics in mathematics. It has the following sections: 1) A Table of Contents that lists the sections and shows how the book is organized. 2) Essays within each section. 3) Directions on how to play some of the mathematical games you may h... More

You can use this Student Reference Book to look up and review topics in mathematics. ... More

Everyday Mathematics offers children a broad background in mathematics.... More

One can use the Student Reference Book to look up and review information on topics in mathematics.... More

This easy-to-use consumable grade-specific book contains extensions and review problems for each lesson to help families support their children's mathematical development. ... More

Mathematics textbook for 6th grade students.... More

James S. Nairne and new co-author Dawn M. McBride’s best-selling Psychology, Seventh Edition offers a learning framework that follows the scientific process, connecting psychological concepts with common, everyday experiences. By first considering the purpose of psychological concepts and processes,... More

James S. Nairne and new co-author Dawn M. McBride’s best-selling Psychology, Seventh Edition offers a learning framework that follows the scientific process, connecting psychological concepts with common, everyday experiences. By first considering the purpose of psychological concepts and processes,... More

Kelley Armstrong, Kate Maruyama, Michael McBride, Taylor Grant, and Greg Chapman unleash the unsettled spirits of the past in five frightening stories collected by celebrated editor, author, and horror guru Brian James Freeman. THE WAY LOST by Kelley Armstrong The kids in Franklin don’t ask question... More