• Kindred

    The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us—along with her Black female hero—through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more ard... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0807083690
    • UPC: 046442083690
    • ASIN: 0807083690
    • ISBN: 0807083690
    • Brand: Butler, Octavia E.
    • Manufacturer: Beacon Press

  • The Woman in the Window: A Novel


    • ASIN: B06Y55Z36S
    • ASIN: B06Y55Z36S
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow

  • An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE  WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.” —Barack Obama “Haunting . . . Beautifully written.” —The ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1616208686
    • ASIN: 1616208686
    • ISBN: 1616208686
    • Brand: Algonquin Books
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

  • Black Like Me

    THE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICA'S SEGREGATED SOUTH“One of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial question.”—Atlanta Journal & Constitution   In the Deep South of the 1950’s, a color line was etched in blood across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross that line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man.   What happened to John Howard Griffi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0451234219
    • ASIN: 0451234219
    • ISBN: 0451234219
    • Brand: Mass Market Paperback
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

  • I Almost Forgot About You: A Novel

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaningNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALIn I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life—great friends, family, and successful career—aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey t... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1524762318
    • ASIN: 1524762318
    • ISBN: 1524762318
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

  • We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

    In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman. One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union - a 44-year-old actress who launc... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B0742MGR31
    • ASIN: B0742MGR31
    • Brand: Harper Audio
    • Manufacturer: HarperAudio

  • Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

    NAACP 2017 Image Award WinnerWith his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the forebear of today’s popular black comics, including Larry Wilmore, W. Kamau Bell, Damon Young, and Trevor Noah, Dick Gregory was a provocative and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years. As an entertainer, he always kept it indisputably real... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0062448692
    • ASIN: 0062448692
    • ISBN: 0062448692
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

  • The Hate U Give

    8 starred reviews ∙ William C. Morris Award Winner ∙ National Book Award Longlist ∙ Printz Honor Book ∙ Coretta Scott King Honor Book ∙ #1 New York Times Bestseller! A National Book Award Longlist title with eight starred reviews! #1 New York Times Bestseller! "Absolutely riveting!" -Jason Reynolds "Stunning." -John Green "This story is necessary. This story is important." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Heartbreakingly topical." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A marvel of verisimilitude." -Booklist (starred review) "A powerful, in-your-face novel." -The Horn Book (sta... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01N6DZ5W9
    • ASIN: B01N6DZ5W9
    • Manufacturer: HarperAudio

  • A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter

    One of America’s most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her.The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out on the sensitive issues, including race and gender, that touch our national consciousness. As energetic and relevant as ever, Nikki now offers us an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own hear... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0062399454
    • ASIN: 0062399454
    • ISBN: 0062399454
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow

  • The Streets Have No King

    A street thriller of kidnapping, murder, trickery, and love that will have you at the edge of your seat.After 7 years of prison, multi-millionaire drug mogul Kane Garrett is back on the streets. But instead of diving back into the drug game, he’s teaching a college class, infusing business principles with his signature ruthless edge he developed in the streets. When a student―and heavy heroin dealer―named Basil catches Kane’s eye, Kane takes him on as a protégé and together, they build the biggest, smartest drug trafficking business the state has ever seen. But when Basil meets Moria... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250081270
    • ASIN: 1250081270
    • ISBN: 1250081270
    • Brand: St Martin s Griffin
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

  • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

    The “brilliantly wry” (Lena Dunham) and “lovably awkward” (Mindy Kaling) New York Times bestseller from the creator of HBO’s Insecure. In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae—“a singular voice with the verve and vivacity of uncorked champagne” (Kirkus Reviews)—waxes humorously on what it’s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool.I’m awkward—and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was righ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1476749078
    • ASIN: 1476749078
    • ISBN: 1476749078
    • Brand: 37 Ink
    • Manufacturer: 37 Ink

  • The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner) (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01A4ATV0A
    • ASIN: B01A4ATV0A
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

  • I Am Enough

    A New York Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards picture book winner!This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another—from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo. This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters, baby showers, and graduation.We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it.

    • ASIN: 0062667122
    • ASIN: 0062667122
    • ISBN: 0062667122
    • Brand: HarperCollins
    • Manufacturer: Balzer + Bray

  • The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life

    Author and activist Kevin Powell and contributors Lasana Omar Hotep, Jeff Johnson, Byron Hurt, Dr. William Jelani Cobb, Ryan Mack, Kendrick B. Nathaniel, and Dr. Andre L. Brown tap into the social and political climate rising in the African American community with this collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning.The Black Male Handbook answers a collective hunger for new direction, fresh solutions to old problems, and a different kind of conversation—man-to-man and with Black male voices, all of the hip hop generation. The book tackles issues related to political, ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1416592245
    • ASIN: 1416592245
    • ISBN: 1416592245
    • Brand: Powell, Kevin (EDT)/ Harper, Hill (FRW)
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

  • The Banks Sisters

    New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with her most spellbinding story to date: Meet the Banks sisters—Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. The four beauties are living under the same roof by force, but they can’t stand each other. Their only common denominator is their loving grandmother, Me-Ma. When she’s not at work trying to make ends meet, she’s home with her girls, trying to keep them from killing each other. Tragedy strikes when Me-Ma has a heart attack at church. The sisters are shocked to discover that Me-Ma left the house and all her money to the church. Now t... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1622869478
    • ASIN: 1622869478
    • ISBN: 1622869478
    • Brand: Turner, Nikki
    • Manufacturer: Urban Books

  • The Girl on the Best Seller List

    A satire of Peyton Place originally published in 1960 from the author of Spring Fire and The Damnation of Adam

    • UPC: 50845755

  • Stand by Me: The Uplifting and Heartbreaking Best Seller You Need to Read This Year

    "They'll always have each other... won't they? Lisa and Elliot have been best friends since the day they met as children. Twenty years later, life has pulled the pair apart and Lisa is struggling. Her

    • UPC: 919235971

  • The Best of Black Heart 2014: Celebrating 10 Years of Short Fiction, Poetry, Author Interviews & More Indie Literary Mayhem - eBook

    Born on the mean streets of Montreal, where one might just as well become a French-speaking hooker as write dirty little stories, Black Heart has been peddling its wares from atop wobbly stilettos straight from

    • UPC: 566400579

  • Best Seller - eBook

    This is where you enter your synopsis for your

    • UPC: 996461161

  • The Essential Writer's Guide : Spotlight on Edgar Allan Poe, Including His Personal Life, Education, Analysis of His Best Sellers Such as the Black C

    The Essential Writer's Guide

    • UPC: 394590052

  • Girl on the Best Seller List - eBook

    The book that damned an entire townFERN FULTON: "I’m the only friend Gloria Wealdon has in this town. How could she write those dreadful things about me and my husband and our daughter?"VIRGINIA FULTON, age

    • UPC: 389828782

  • The Danes Sketched by Themselves (Complete): A Series of Popular Stories by The Best Danish Authors - eBook

    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology,

    • UPC: 413279794

  • Stories and Sketches by our Best Authors - eBook

    DR. GRAHAM sat in his office, his book closed on his knee, and his eyes fixed upon the street. There was nothing of interest to be seen. A light snow was falling, making the pavement

    • UPC: 923317526

  • 7 best short stories: French Authors - eBook

    The French authors are great pioneers in the short story format, with famous names of this genre such as Guy de Maupassant and Honore de Balzac. For the present book, the critic August Nemo has

    • UPC: 555978862

  • BEST AUTHORS BEST STORiES - 3 - eBook

    BEST STORiES BEST AUTHORS - 3-------------------------------------------------------Mark Twain   -   A Ghost StoryGuy de Maupassant   -   "The Terror"Anton Chekhov   -   DreamsKate Chopin   -   Her LettersT.S. Arthur   -   Other People's EyesEdgar Allan Poe   -   The Angel of the

    • UPC: 415631342

  • "Cold Pursuit A Black Falls Trilogy" NY Times Bestseller Author Carla Neggers

    • UPC: 173854732350
    • Category: Fiction & Literature
    • Price: 6 USD

  • TOP 20 FAVORITE BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS IN 2018

    15 BOOKS TO READ FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2019

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