This comprehensive volume contains historical essays, hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs, and biographical sketches profiling award-winning African American musicians, songwriters, recording artists, singers, and entertainers who have performed on television, in films, and on stage.
Non-Fiction
Written with George Stephanopoulos, The Situation Room provides the definitive, past-the-security-clearance look at the White House Situation Room and the people — the famous and those you’ve never heard of — who have made history within its walls.
A powerful true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal—an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time.
The Original Louisville Slugger addresses the myths surrounding the larger-than-life figure Louis "Pete" Rogers Browning, uncovers the thin line between fact and fiction, and presents an extensive account of the man, and legendary ball player.
Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continues the work he began in The Hidden Wound (1970) and The Unsettling of America (1977), demanding a careful exploration of this hard, shared truth: The wealth of the mighty few governing this nation has been built on […]
Written in the last years before his death, this memoir by renowned Kentucky poet and photographer James Baker Hall goes in search of the mother he lost to suicide when he was eight years old. Working his way through a memory shattered by trauma, he tries to recover the story of his beloved mother Lurlene […]
The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails sets out to share the stories of the whiskey-making world and recipes suitable for whiskey enthusiasts of all expertise levels. Bryan Paiement takes a practical approach to exploring the various ways in which the spirit can be mixed and enjoyed.
The Lincoln Family: Its Lost & Hidden History, focuses on the early lives of the Lincolns in Mill Creek, Hardin County Kentucky, and Beechland, Washington County Kentucky. The book addresses a variety of controversial topics, dispelling myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated for over two centuries.
Following up on Frank Bradshaw's legendary streak of seven World Championships in a row, The Lady and the Legacy highlights the life of Margie Ellen Bradshaw, his reclusive wife, along with one man's efforts to save their Scott County farm and preserve their legacy for generations to come.
In The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies, Hunter traces the evolution of the Kentucky Oaks through the stories of the men, women, and fillies that have made the race a symbol for women's growing participation in the sport at all levels.
A beautifully illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl’s life and changed women’s history forever.
In The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects, she sets out to recover the accurate history of America's longest continuously held sporting event and establish a balance between well-known narratives and those that are less widely shared with a personal tour of 75 objects from the museum.