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Book Title |
Author |
The
Coldest Winter
- About this Book
- The renowned hip hop rebel and
political activist captures the allure and the danger of Brooklyn's
streets in this stunning debut novel about the daughter of a drug
lord.
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Sista Soulja
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Married
But Still Looking
About this Book
Since he was a teenager, women have flocked to the handsome Genesis
Styles. But this smooth-talking cheater has never been satisfied with
just one woman. When Genesis meets his perfect match, will he finally be
able to end his cheating ways? |
Travis Hunter |
Rock My Soul
Rock My Soul: Black People And Self Esteem
examines the varied and sundry ways African people's psyches have been
assaulted, bruised, brutalized and damaged and what we must do to heal
ourselves. |
Bell Hooks |
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Soul Sisters Diary |
C.Simmons, Crystal Johnson & K. L.
Andrews |
Being Black
BEING BLACK is described as an "elegant,
down-to-earth spiritual handbook that combines the universal wisdom of
Buddhism with an inspirational call for self-acceptance and community
empowerment. |
Angel Kyodo Williams |
Brown
Sugar II

this anthology of African-American erotica edited by Essence magazine
contributor Taylor explores every permutation of adult
sexuality-straight, gay, lesbian and some decidedly unconventional group
sex-with a combination of hip-hop slang and high-brow sensibility. |
Carol Taylor
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Six Easy
Pieces
Six Easy Pieces is a book of seven different
stories reminding fans of who Ezekiel Rawlins is (as if we had
forgotten) and what he does that makes us love him so. Mosley shows us a
forty-four year old man who over time has become a senior janitor at
Sojourner Truth Junior High School, a property owner, the father of two,
and the lover of one. Despite all of that, each story has a friend
needing his help and in spite of himself Easy ends up in the middle of
all the action. |
Walter Moseley |
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Fire In My Soul

Norton, an African American attorney and the
congressional delegate for the District of Columbia, continues to effect
political changes. Over the years, she has marched on Capitol Hill to
demand a Senate hearing for Anita Hill, grilled army generals about sex
abuse, and argued before the Supreme Court. This is the story of her
struggles and triumphs. |
Joan S. Lester as authorized by Eleanor H. Morton |
Tell Me
You Love Me
In Miami, Florida, someone touches personal trainer
Tyanna Calhoun in the parking lot of the gym she is employed by. Tyanna
reacts by beating up her alleged culprit until she realizes the man
lying at her feet is her former boyfriend Sheldon Ford. About a year
ago, Sheldon vanished without a word when Tyanna thought she finally had
found the love of her life. He tries to explain but she tells him to go
write a novel, as his claim is way out. |
Kayla Perrin |
Sweet St. Louis: An Urban
Love Story
What happens when Anthony "Ant" Poole, a
consummate player, meets the woman who makes fast, easy sex seem like a
waste of time? In Sweet St. Louis, Omar Tyree explores the emotional
differences between black men and women, and traces the rocky path to
true love. 24-year-old Sharron Francis |
Omar Tyree |
Speaking
Truth To Power
Brings together the major
writings of one of America's most prominent commentators on race relations
and African-American politics, offering a chronicle of the changing role of
race within the American political system since the Civil Rights movement,
and an account of the evolution of Marable's ideas on multicultural
democracy, social justice, and egalitarian pluralism. |
Manning Marable |
Diary
of a Blackgurl
All of her life, Seejaye Patterson has witnessed dysfunctional
relationships. She has almost convinced herself that whatever choices she
makes she will take to her grave. Somehow the bad has taken over her life,
but Seejaye is determined to the find the good. The bottom line is she wants
love, but whose love?
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Carla Rowser-Canty |
Life...
Through the words & between the lines
Carl, author of “Life… Through the Words & Between the Lines,” is a poet and
spoken word artist from Hartford, Connecticut. Carl’s poetry is powerful and
inspirational reflections that move the heart and soul of his readers. His
work is a journey of Struggle, Perseverance, Empowerment, Life, Death, Love,
Happiness and Pain. |
Carl Dean, Jr. |