The Book Company: New Products - People & Places

The Force Born of Truth (Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, India, 1930)

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:31:20 +0000

Gandhi's Salt March united all Indians in peaceful protest for independence. Yet British forces met them with violence and imprisonment. In this story of India's struggle for freedom, we'll learn how Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent action overpowered the British government. And we'll witness ..

Price: $38.65

Keepers of the Earth (Tales of How the Land Was Taken)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:48:21 +0000

Keepers of the Earth is an elegy to the land and the indigenous people who first inhabited it.

A collection of six quietly moving stories drawn from archival fragments and dramatized in the graphic medium, it explores belonging, loss, and the forces that d..

Price: $25.95

Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:23:23 +0000

Pura Belpre Honor winner for The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano and one of America's most influential Hispanics--'Maria' on Sesame Street--delivers a beautifully wrought coming-of-age memoir.

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress a..

Price: $12.99

Buffalo is Our Relative (A Healer Comes Walking Home)

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:52:53 +0000

Young Indigenous Adults Honor the Return of a Longed-for Species

An inspiring story of hope and renewal—told through the voices of those most intimately involved.

It is not long since millions upon millions of buffalo moved freely across the Great Plains of North America. ..

Price: $19.95

The Fight of Our Lives: AIDS in America

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:40:37 +0000

A thoughtful, poignant look at the AIDS crisis in the United States that includes primary source interviews, history, medical research, and cultural touchpoints.

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

The AIDS crisis in America is complex and composed of countless individual st..

Price: $15.99

Whispering Bricks (Stories of Love, Loss, and Friendship from IIMA)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:21:58 +0000

The world as they say is made up of stories, not atoms. And so it is that a million different stories exist within the walls of IIM Ahmedabad, the premiere business school of India, just waiting to be heard. From old lovers remembering their days together to bored boys sitting in class and..

Price: $6.99

Koalas

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:55:36 +0000

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Price: $15.99

Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults)

Tue, 19 May 2026 08:17:18 +0000

The New York Times bestselling memoir now adapted for young adults! Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America's highest court in this inspiring, intimat..
Price: $14.99

Chocolate (Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat)

Sun, 17 May 2026 19:23:56 +0000

Chocolate hits all the right sweet--and bitter--notes: cutting-edge genetic science whisked in with a strong social conscience, history, and culture yield one thought-provoking look into one of the world's most popular foods. Readers who savored Chew on This and Food, IncPrice: $18.99

Dear Younger Sister (Inspirational Devotions for Brown Girls)

Sat, 09 May 2026 19:50:50 +0000

Dear Younger Sister, You Matter!
In these inspirational devotions, Black and Brown teen girls will find comfort from the voice of Khristi Lauren Adams—a faith-filled “older sister” who offers biblical wisdom for navigating the intersection of faith, culture, and identity...
Price: $12.99