"Hoot!" calls the owl, but no one responds in a way he understands. All he hears are quack, baa, moo and other sounds. But one night he has his answer.

"The African diaspora - a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism - has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae, to the paintings of the pioneering African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner and video creations of contemporary hip-hop artists. This book concentrates on how these works, often created during times of major social upheaval and transformation, use black culture both as a subject...

Zach, a fifth-grader who has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, has trouble concentrating and controlling himself until a retired jazz musician who believes in him gives him the motivation to start trying to do better.

Anthony Lawrence grabs all he can from life's silver platter. The young lawyer knows the right words, the right friends, and how to get his way.