In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family.

Told over the course of forty-eight hours, seventeen-year-old Tony heads back to his old life in Des Moines, Washington after being released from a youth detention center, but toxic old relationships and unforseen challenges make staying on the straight-and-narrow nearly impossible.

After breaking up, the colors must re-evaluate what it means to be a family.

Biography of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

"Our Hidden Conversations is a unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories."--

"By the bay where pelicans fly and orange foxes play is the summer home of everyone's dreams: the little blue cottage. All year, the cottage eagerly waits for the girl, and every summer the girl is excited to return and make lasting memories of carefree days. Summer after summer, the cottage fills with the sounds of family game nights, the smells of pancakes and popcorn, and the little girl's whispers: 'You are my favorite place.' Until one year,...

Growing up as the only biracial kid in Great Falls, Montana, the comedian, musician and band leader takes us through his story, hitting upon the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to Montana--a place he needed to leave, but is ultimately drawn back to. Watts grew up in Great Falls, Montana in the '80s: half French, half American, half white, half Black, speaking a bunch of different languages and slipping between the orchestra...

In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.