Books by Brian Ward

A new edition of the best-selling guide to the inner workings of Linux - over 50k sold sincs 2014!

The story behind Martin Luther King's historic, but largely forgotten visit to Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1967, placing King's visit within another lost history: the history of links between the African American freedom struggle and the North East of England.

Echoes is the third and final book in the Inner Self series by Brian R. Ward. Ultimately, this book defines the journey of a spiraling conflict in a deepening mind. As with the previous books, Echoes is constructed of poems, prose and the author's own artwork. The exploration has become broader and more extensive. The content remains true, as in the preceding volumes, of the darkness in humanity with the light that endures. It's a provocative look into how vulnerable and fictitious we can be. With each page turned come continuations, as well as some endings and new doors opened. Echoes represents the ongoing war to achieve and keep inner freedom. These are the echoes that resonate within.

A study of the links between Black consciousness and Black American popular music from the advent of R&B in the 1950s to the militant hip-hop groups of the 1990s.