Fitness and Nutrition
Mind Over Weight: Curb Cravings, Find Motivation, and Hit Your Number in 7 Simple Steps
Print Length: 293 pages
Fitness and Nutrition
Clean & Lean: 30 Days, 30 Foods, a New You!
Print Length: 256 pages
About Mind Over Weight
Losing weight is much more than eating the right foods and going to the gym. You must prepare your mind for the journey. In Mind Over Weight, Dr. Ian K. Smith explores the mental roadblocks that can prevent you from shedding the pounds. He addresses topics that are essential to weight loss such as getting motivated, creating a plan and setting goals.
About Clean & Lean
In Clean & Lean, Dr. Smith shows readers how to lose weight by tapping into the power of intermittent fasting and clean eating. Readers learn about the benefits of eating 30 fresh foods that can optimize weight loss. Topics include workout plans, clean/lean foods, exercise instructions and how intermittent fasting works.
Fitness and Nutrition
Blast the Sugar Out!: Lower Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, Live Better
Print Length: 240 pages
Fitness and Nutrition
The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation!
Print Length: 272 pages
About Blast the Sugar Out
Controlling sugar and carbohydrates can help you lose weight and build muscle. In Blast the Sugar Out, Dr. Smith offers a 5-week plan to lower blood sugar levels and clean up your diet. This book includes breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes that can satisfy your cravings and optimize your health.
About The Clean 20
In this book, Dr. Smith explores how to eat clean, lose weight and get stronger. The Clean 20 provides helpful tips about how to prevent disease, eliminate unprocessed foods and improve your overall well-being. This book includes a variety of exercises, 60 recipes and 20 clean foods.
Fitness and Nutrition
The Color of My Resilience: A Guided Self-Care Journal for Black Men
Author: N.D. Jones
Print Length: 374 pages
About The Color of My Resilience
Now more than ever, men of color must take care of their physical and mental well-being. The Color of My Resilience is a guided journal that fosters self-reflection and self-awareness. This guided journal is designed to help Black men plan self-care routines, examine emotional triggers, define their struggles and set goals.
Equity and Justice
Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
Author: Jarrett Adams, Esquire
Print Length: 304 pages
Equity and Justice
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
Print Length: 305 pages
About Redeeming Justice
This memoir tells the story of how Jarret Adams transitioned from a wrongfully convicted prisoner to an attorney who fights for the rights of others. At 17 years old, Jarret was sentenced to nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime that he did not commit. After nearly a decade in prison and countless appeals, Jarrett was released from prison with the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Jarrett went on to graduate from college, law school and become a lawyer.
About The War on Normal People
The War on Normal People explores how the changes in the U.S. economy impacted the livelihoods of average Americans. Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation software have replaced millions of jobs. In this book, Andrew Yang proposes a different kind of economy – Universal Basic Income (UBI). He asserts that a UBI will ignite creativity and foster a durable economy.
Equity and Justice
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey From a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
Author: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Print Length: 275 pages
Equity and Justice
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
Print Length: 229 pages
About Undocumented
Undocumented tells the story of how Dan-el Padilla Peralta survived life as the child of undocumented immigrants living in New York City. In this book, Dan-el explores how his socio-economic status and his parent’s citizenship status impacted his upbringing. Throughout his childhood, Dan-el faced homelessness, poverty and an uncertain future. He shows how he overcame these obstacles and went on to graduate from Princeton University.
About Long Time Coming
In Long Time Coming, Michael Eric Dyson explores social and cultural forces that impact race relations in America. He discusses events that have brought systemic racism to the forefront. Eric ends the book with hopeful messages and ideas that can move the United States toward social redemption.
Equity and Justice
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Print Length: 342 pages
About Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson was a young attorney when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative. After graduating with a JD from Harvard University, Bryan’s set out to defend wrongly condemned prisoners, poor people, women and children trapped in the criminal justice system. Just Mercy provides a true story about one of Bryan’s first clients, Walter McMillan. Walter was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for a crime that he didn’t commit.
Education and Teaching
Push Has Come to Shove: Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve – Even If It Means Picking a Fight
Print Length: 274 pages
Education and Teaching
The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice
Print Length: 277 pages
About Push Has Come to Shove
In Push Has Come to Shove, Dr. Perry addresses issues that teachers, parents, administrators and students face. Dr. Perry sheds light on the current state of the educational system in the United States. Its purpose is to save students from curriculum, teaching styles and regulations that leave them behind. This book doesn’t just list the problems. It provides workable solutions for all stakeholders in the educational system.
About The Cult of Smart
In The Cult of Smart, Fredrik deBoer asserts that the education system in the United States cannot drastically improve academic potential because it varies from person to person. Fredrik states that teaching students to compete with each other in order to rise to the top is the wrong way to promote academic growth. Instead, school systems should focus on equality of outcomes and value students based on individual intelligence.
Motivational/Self-Help
Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny
Print Length: 212 pages
Motivational/Self-Help
Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones
Print Length: 400 pages
About Letters to a Young Brother
In this book, Hill Harper offers wisdom and lessons that he learned throughout his life. Letters to a Young Brother addresses common issues that young men face with work, money, relationships, responsibility, success and achievements.
About Letters to an Incarcerated Brother
Hill Harper authored this book in response to letters that he received from prison inmates. Letters to an Incarcerated Brother offers powerful messages of hope, faith and endurance for incarcerated men and their families. Topics include overcoming the stigma of incarceration, forgiveness, mental health and commitment. This book includes 37 letters from public figures including Hill Harper, Catherine Rohr, Michael Steele, Charles ‘Roc’ Dutton, Dr. Benjamin Chavis and Russell Simmons.
Motivation and Self-Help
Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny
Print Length: 324 pages
Motivation and Self-Help
Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life
Print Length: 292 pages
About Letters to a Young Sister
Young women of all nationalities face unique challenges. These include body image dissatisfaction, insecurities, sexism and finding their voices in male-dominated societies. In Letters to a Young Sister, Hill Harper and friends share advice and letters of encouragement with young women. This book includes contributions from Chanel Iman, Eve, Tatyana Ali, Angela Basset and Michelle Obama.
About Rise and Grind
In this book, Daymond John shows us how to reach our goals by maximizing every minute of each day. He offers inspiring stories from his life as a global entrepreneur. Rise and Grind offers a blueprint for branding, career success and achieving goals. Chapters include Rise and Inspire, Embracing the Grind and Making the Time for Success.
Motivation and Self-Help
Powershift: Transform Any Situation, Close Any Deal, and Achieve Any Outcome
Print Length: 295 pages
Motivation and Self-Help
The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, Tight Budgets, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
Print Length: 266 pages
About PowerShift
Are you ready to change your life? PowerShift provides ideas and strategies to make it happen. Read this book to learn the skills that can lay the groundwork for massive change in your business, finances and personal life. This book will show you how to influence others, negotiate deals and make lasting connections. PowerShift includes words of wisdom from Mark Cuban (Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Entrepreneur and Shark Tank Investor) and Pitbull (American Rapper/Singer/Songwriter, Brand Ambassador, Entrepreneur and Actor).
About The Power of Broke
If you think building a business requires you to have lots of money in the bank, think again. In The Power of Broke, Daymond shows us how to view our limited resources as assets instead of liabilities. He shares powerful lessons from his life and the lives of other successful people. The Power of Broke includes stories from Moziah Bridges (CEO of Mo’s Bows, Fashion Designer and Shark Tank Contestant), Steve Aoki (Electronic Dance Music Deejay and Global Superstar) and Gigi Butler (Founder of GiGi’s Cupcakes, Author and Entrepreneur).
Motivation and Self-Help
Display of Power: How FUBU Changed a World of Fashion, Branding and Lifestyle
Print Length: 240 pages
Motivation and Self-Help
The Brand Within
Print Length: 264 pages
About Display of Power
During the 1990s, urban clothing began to take over the fashion industry. FUBU was one of the brands that dominated this industry with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. As co-founder of FUBU, Daymond John helped build an empire that revolutionized fashion. In Display of Power, Daymond John shows us how he overcome obstacles and realized his dreams.
About The Brand Within
In The Brand Within, Daymond John teaches us about the power of branding and how your brand can impact your career, business and relationships. This book provides branding tips and execution strategies. Daymond includes personal stories that can show you how to create and grow a successful brand.
Motivation and Self-Help
Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life
Print Length: 240 pages
Relationships
The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
Print Length: 300 pages
About Guiding Lights
America is experiencing turbulent times and Eric Liu has solutions for our challenges. In You’re More Powerful Than You Think, Eric explores how we can reclaim and exercise our power. This book discusses the core principles of power and specific ways to use the power that we possess.
About The Conversation
This is the first book that Hill Harper authored for adult readers. The Conversation addresses common relationship issues between black men and women. Through conversations with friends and colleagues, Hill shows readers what it takes to build sustainable and successful relationships. Topics include commitment, relationship barriers, money, infidelity, forgiveness and emotional baggage.
Motivation and Self-Help
The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive
Author: Patrick B. Reyes
Print Length: 262 pages
About The Purpose Gap
Living conditions in marginalized communities can determine whether people thrive or survive. In The Purpose Gap, Patrick Reyes explores ways to help young people overcome the structural conditions that can derail their future. Chapters include Conditions, Designing Purpose, The Power of Networks and What Does Thriving Look Like.
Money and Finances
The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place
Print Length: 283 pages
Money and Finances
The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation
Print Length: 157 pages
About The Wealth Cure
Money is an essential tool for living a fulfilling life. In The Wealth Cure, Hill Harper explores financial values, generational wealth principles and money habits. This book shows readers how to view wealth as a tool and put money in its place. Chapter titles include Create a Blueprint for a Wealth Cure, Money is Energy, Smart Money vs. Dumb Money and Investing and Giving Back.
About The Memo
In The Memo, John Hope Bryant asserts that true power is rooted in economic independence. Unfortunately, millions of people have yet to experience lasting financial freedom. In this book, John shares the 5 keys to developing financial literacy and achieving wealth. John teaches us how to reframe the way we see money and own our personal power.
About Everyday Millionaires
In Everyday Millionaires, Chris Hogan explores the lives of ordinary people and how they acquired extraordinary wealth. Chris discusses ways to invest, avoid debt, reduce expenses and be disciplined about money matters. Read this book to learn how to make the most of the money that you earn and work toward becoming a millionaire.
Politics and Activism
Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy
Print Length: 314 pages
Politics and Activism
You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen
Print Length: 256 pages
About You’re More Powerful Than You Think
In Become America, Eric Liu explores what it means to be an engaged citizen in the United States. He offers ways to restore hope in our country’s political system and make an impact in our communities. Eric asserts that every American should understand this country’s power structure so we can hold our leaders accountable and control our destiny.
About Guiding Lights
America is experiencing turbulent times and Eric Liu has solutions for our challenges. In You’re More Powerful Than You Think, Eric explores how we can reclaim and exercise our power. This book discusses the core principles of power and specific ways to use the power that we possess.
Leadership
Leadership With A Servant’s Heart: Leading Through Personal Relationships
Print Length: 250 pages
Leadership
Lead From the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Author: Stacey Abrams
Print Length: 256 pages
About Leadership With A Servant’s Heart
In Leadership With A Servant’s Heart, Kevin Wayne Johnson offers practical principles for leaders of small to large organizations. This leadership book explores three characteristics of a servant leader – inspiring, serving and leading. In Part I, readers can learn effective ways to serve others. Part II explores the primary goal of servant leadership. Part III discusses the result of servant leadership. Leadership With A Servant’s Heart can help you empower others and lead your organization by building strong personal relationships.
About Lead From the Outside
Developing leadership skills requires intellect, insight and confidence. Lead From the Outside helps readers hone their leadership skills and achieve their goals. Chapters include Dare to Want More, Taking Power, The Myth of Mentors, Money Matters, Prepare to Win/Embrace the Fail and Making What You Have Work.
Career
Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
Authors: David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson
Print Length: 223 pages
Career
What Color Is Your Parachute? Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success 2022
Authors: Richard N. Bolles, Katharine Brooks Ed.D
Print Length: 352 pages
About Good Guys
In many cultures, women are at a disadvantage. In the home, there is often an unequal division of childcare responsibilities and household chores. At work, women face wage gaps, sexual harassment and obstacles to promotions. The authors of Good Guys offer practical steps that show men how to be allies for women colleagues in the workplace.
About What Color Is Your Parachute
In this career guide, you’ll learn the latest career tips and strategies that will help you land a satisfying job and build a meaningful career. What Color Is Your Parachute shows you how to create an online resume, use social media to boost your career prospects and ace job interviews.
Authors
About the Author
Dr. Smith has authored 18 books. He has been featured on Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360 and The Rachael Ray Show. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia University and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
About the Author
About the Author
About the Author
Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur, politician and author. Andrew is the Founder/CEO of Venture for America. Throughout his career, he has worked with early-stage growth companies and start-ups. Andrew is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia Law School.
About the Author
About the Author
Bryan Stevenson is the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, attorney, speaker and author. Throughout his legal career, Bryan has argued five cases before the Supreme Court. He has challenged biases against people of color and poor people. Bryan earned a BA degree from Eastern University. He earned a JD and MPP from Harvard University.
About the Author
Kevin Wayne Johnson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Johnson Leadership Group LLC. He has more than 25 years of training, coaching, administrative, mentoring and leadership experience.
Kevin is an ordained minister, certified speaker with The John Maxwell Team and an award-winning author of 8 books. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. Kevin is a board member of Pinnacle Forum and Sable Assent Coin Corporation.