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Revolutionary leaders of Africa and the Americas, and the great dynasties of history — choose a volume below and it will open right here for reading.

Flames of the Continent

African Leaders

The life and times of seven revolutionary leaders — Lumumba, Sankara, Biko, Gaddafi, Cabral, Machel, and Traoré — in three editions for different readers.

Flames Across the Water

American Leaders

The companion volume: five revolutionary leaders of the Americas — Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Fred Hampton, and Louis Farrakhan — in three editions.

Dynasties of the Ages

Dynasties

Six of history's longest-lasting dynastic traditions — Egypt, China, Japan, Iran, Ethiopia, and Mansa Musa's Mali — with a 5,000-year comparative timeline.

Sparks of Genius

Innovators & Titans

Twelve Black American innovators and business titans — Gladys West, Jerry Lawson, Jesse Russell, Lonnie Johnson, Lanny Smoot, Reginald Lewis, Bob Johnson, Sheila C. Johnson, David Steward, Roy Clay Sr., Mark Dean, and David Blackwell — in three editions.

The Feather of Truth

Ancient Egypt

The forty-two negative confessions of ancient Egypt — the declarations every heart hoped to make before the scales of Ma’at — with the stories of Imhotep, the wise man who became a god, and Akhenaten, the king who changed the gods. Three editions.

The Lion and the Sun

Iran & Persia

Iran’s battles through the ages — eleven battles across twenty-five centuries, from Cyrus at the gates of Babylon to the Iran–Iraq war, each with its outcome and the lessons and strategies it left behind. Three editions.

The Leader's Torch

Leadership

The library distilled: ten leadership principles drawn from every leader and dynasty on these shelves — written for leaders, and for those who mentor them.