Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu

Allen, John (Free Press, c2006)
Shelf Number: 283.3/T966a/BIOGRAPHY

Tutu's passion and bravery and capacity for forgiveness are awe-inspiring. The focus of the biography is on the years when Tutu was leading the fight against apartheid. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1984 and head of South Africa 's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Desmond Tutu advises that prayer by accompanied by social action.

Six Lessons for Six Sons: An Extraordinary Father, a Simple Formula for Success

Massengale, Joe (Harmony Books, c2006)
Shelf Number: 650.1/M415s/Biography

A successful entrepreneur draws on his own life lessons and experiences to present six important virtues that shaped his life--confidence, fortitude, pride, persistence, fearlessness, and focus.

Soldier: the Life of Colin Powell

DeYoung, Karen (Knopf, c2006)
Shelf Number: 355.0092/P882d/BIOGRAPHY

Soldier is the first major biography of the former Secretary of State. Written by the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the war on terror, the story is at its most interesting when describing Powell's confrontations with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. Powell was Bush's only senior official who tried to slow the Iraqi invasion and the only one who did not condone abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantnamo. Immediately shut out of policy decisions by those who spoiled for war with Iraq even before 9/11, prodded to resign during Bush's first term, and fired even though he was the most popular member of the Bush administration, Powell agonizes about his UN speech that misled the world about WMDs. Kirkus calls it "an excellent study in leadership-and the lack thereof."

Soul Sanctuary: Images of The African American Worship Experience

Johnson, Jason Miccolo. (Bulfinch Press, c2006)
Shelf Number: 264.008996/J675s

Gordon Parks wrote the forward for this beautiful photographic study of church in the African American community. Multi-denominational, rural and urban, black religion gloriously illustrated in 170 duotone photographs.

Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes and Remembrances

Tillery, Carolyn Quick (Citadel Press, c2006)
Shelf Number: 641.59296/T575s

A celebration of Atlanta 's historic black colleges, Tillery's latest cookbook in the African American heritage series includes traditional recipes, modern dishes and drinks, speeches, photographs, and stories.

Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin

Garvin, Gerry (Meredith Books, c2006)
Shelf Number: 641.5/G2447t

The popular African-American chef introduces more than two hundred of his favorite recipes for dishes that combine simple techniques and easy-to-follow instructions with a wide variety of culinary traditions

Wind in a Box

Hayes, Terrance (Penguin,c2005)
Shelf Number: 811/H4187w

This new collection of poetry reveals the role of tradition in art and culture, using the motif of the freedom of the wind trapped within the containment of the box to explore how identity is shaped by race, spirituality and heritage.