4 Books Published by Bulfinch on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Take an extraordinary glimpse at African-American homes of style and beauty! The first book of its kind,Style and Grace: African-Americans at Home beautifully presents the African-American tradition for flair and creativity in home design and decoration. Readers will peek inside the impeccable homes of: Russell Simmons Gordon Parks Charles Rangel Sylvia Williams And more! With stunning photography alongside delightful accounts of each domain and its inhabitants, this gorgeous volume paints a rich portrait of home elegance. A true celebration of distinctive style!

An adaptation of the HBO documentary of the same name, Unchained Memories is a compilation of more than forty narratives and photographs drawn from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by the government’s Works Progress Administration. From slave auctions to emancipation, the narratives trace the extraordinary experiences of life in perhaps the darkest period of our nation’s history. Readers will shudder at the at the vivid accounts - told in the dialect of the former slaves - of the painstaking labor and abuse to which the slaves were subjected, and they will be moved by the recollections of family life, slave weddings, and other special occasions.

Elder Grace puts a positive, life affirming focus on the oft-thought-about-but-rarely-discussed subject of aging. Through the lens of his camera, Chester Higgins, Jr., takes a look at seventy seasoned men and women who found beauty within themselves — even while living in a society that often makes them invisible.

The process of aging for some elder people can translate into a mysterious reservoir of wisdom and it is these kind of wise people who are included in Elder Grace. The seventy photographs of African American men and women reveal their external beauty that reflects their inner grace. The portraits allow us to visualize ourselves at an elder age and ponder how we often begin to look anew and experience life differently — in mind, body, and spirit — as the years go by. The text for each portrait will include the subject’s name and identifying details including year of birth and, most importantly, the pearls of wisdom from each subject about their experience of aging.

As our population ages and begins to sift through and reflect upon life experiences, the real-life inspiring models of elderhood in Elder Grace are sure to bring comfort and inspiration to many.

A young Moroccan girl in Paris confronts the sophistication of an unfamiliar country and the weight of a prophecy stating that she will one day discover a treasure that will save her Berber community. By the author of Sacred Night.