In this essay collection, Michael Cohen presents the odd idea of the suicide note as a writing project that can be critiqued like any other, describes encounters with illegal border crossers in south Texas, and ponders the sudden popularity of books about atheism. Books are a frequent subject here, and Cohen makes an argument for The Maltese Falcon as the Great American Novel, searches for the perfect, the Platonic, nature handbook, and compares playing golf to reading about it. R...

'Who do we think we are?' is a question that many of us will ask ourselves at some point in our lives.Our identity comes from different places - family, community, beliefs, culture and language, among others. In multicultural, multi-ethnic societies people often have more than one identity.This book looks at the growth of black communities across the world, and the strengthening of black identity.The Black History series brings together a w...

Gold Winner, 2026 Manhattan Book AwardsBest Memoir Nominee, 2026 Astra Book Awards"Awakenings in Real Life offers a heartwarming collection of memories, insights, and personal reckonings as the author reflects on his father, his family, and his father's dementia journey. It's a book that doesn't just share a journey, it invites you to walk alongside it."-Teepa Snow, author of Understanding the Changing Brain"A poign...

Understand the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa and on the lives of enslaved Africans.Slavery has existed in parts of the world for thousands of years. As slaves, people were traded and kept as possessions to serve their owners.It wasn't until the Transatlantic Slave Trade began that so many were enslaved and transported from one continent - Africa.The Black History series brings together a wide range of events and experien...

An ex-Spitfire pilot is dragged into a race against a shadowy government agency to unlock the secrets of the lost empire of Atlantis . . .In post-war 1952, the good guys are supposed to have won. But not everything is as it seems when ex-Spitfire pilot Captain Samantha Moxley is dragged into a fight against the shadowy US government agency she used to work for. Now, with former Nazis and otherworldly monsters on her trail, Captain Moxley is forced into protecting h...