Most Popular Books by Richard Wright

Photographs and text describe the conditions of Blacks in American cities and rural areas during the Great Depression.

Overlanders is a fascinating, meticulously researched account of a western odyssey for gold, a great adventure story that was a pivotal experience in the history and development of Canada. In the late 1850s and early 1860s thousands of people from around the globe were rushing to the rivers and creeks of British Columbia in response to one of the greatest gold discoveries in the world''s history. In eastern Canada and the northern United States groups of men and a few women chose not to follow the normal sea routes but to go overland on unexplored and undeveloped trails. They formed a variety of disparate groups, large and small, fit, experienced, weak, young, old, children, leaders and followers. Their route, initially chosen to save money, resulted in the opening of the northern continent''s vast interior. Richard Thomas Wright tells the epic talc of the cross-Canada treks for gold. 1858-1862, following an unexplored overland route across North America to the goldfields of British Columbia. This is the updated story of that amazing adventure, with a new chapter and new photos.

These compelling letters of two young enlisted men coming of age in the midst of war read like a good historical novel, complete with plot, character development, suspense, tragedy, and even more than a little romance, offering both a vivid picture of war at the battlefront and the texture of the home life of a Southern family during the Civil War.

This exciting, full-color text is sure to set the standard for industrial and confined space rescue. It contains 350 illustrations that clearly show rigging and knotting techniques, as well as photographs that show rescue/training and clinical management scenarios. * More than 350 full-color illustrations clearly show rigging and technical rescue systems * Contains photographs that depict rescue/training and clinical management scenarios * Offers "real-world" examples of important skills, techniques, and concepts in a handy appendix * User-friendly format features boxed text, sidebars, and margin text for easy retrieval of information

A dazzling collection of 810 haiku written by the late African-American author of Native Son holds true to the traditional Zen discipline of depicting the relationship between man and nature, but does so from the perspective of an African-American man. 20,000 first printing.

"Johnny, you''re leaving us tonight . . . "Fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs does, well in school, respects his teachers, and loves his family. Then suddenly, with a few short words, his idyllic life is shattered. He learns that the family he has loved all hi

"A first-person, subjective narrative on the life and conditions of the colony and Ashanti areas of the Gold Coast"--Page 4

Comprehensive guide to the water routes of British Columbia.

Traduit de l''anglais par Hélène Bokanowski Clintonville, Mississippi. Rex Tucker, dit Fishbelly, est le fils d''un riche entrepreneur de pompes funèbres. Il est américain et veut devenir un " bon Américain ". Mais il est noir, et dans un Etat du Sud où les blancs font peser leur domination étouffante et leurs lois. Enfant, il subit la discrimination. Adolescent, il assiste au lynchage d''un de ses amis qui a touché à une femme blanche. Dans ce monde corrompu mais qui le fascine, il n''a bientôt qu''une alternative : s''arranger, comme son père, des exigences des blancs et adopter les valeurs dominantes que sont le sexe et l''argent, ou fuir.