<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in 0in .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in">      The <i>New York Times </i>best-selling author of <i>Race Matters </i>and<i> Democracy Matters </i>offers open-hearted wisdom for our times in this courageous collection of quotations, speech excerpts, letters, philosophy, and photographs that reflect the profound humanity that fuels the passionate public intellectual. In a world that seesaws between unconditional love and acceptance and blind hatred and exclusion, <i>Hope on a Tightrope</i> will satisfy readers in search of deep wells of inspiration and challenge that marries the mind to the heart.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.25in">This gift book features an original CD that highlights Dr. West's outstanding spoken-word artistry. His August 2007 CD release <i>Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations </i>that featured collaborations with best-selling artists Prince, Jill Scott, and Andre 3000<b> </b>topped the charts as<b> </b>Billboard's #1 Spoken Word album.</p></div>