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COSMOPOLITAN GIRLS: A NOVEL
$11.95 - Leflore, Lyah Beth / Burley, Charlotte - 665 KB
What happens when two small-town girls’ lives collide in the Big Apple? Meet Lindsay and Charlie. Two smart and fabulous African American single girls who work hard and play hard, only to find their careers and love lives taking tragicomic
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WEAPONS OF MASS SEDUCTION
$12.95 - Lori Bryant-Woolridge - 308 KB
Fortysomething and still single, music-video exec Pia Jamison has given up her grandiose ideas on men and marriage but not motherhood. Her biological clock is on red alert, but after years of self-imposed celibacy she has no clue how to attract the man
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NO SECRETS NO LIES: HOW BLACK FAMILIES CAN HEAL FROM SEXUAL ABUSE
$19.00 - Robin Stone - 572 KB
With a foreword by Joycelyn Elders, M.D., No Secrets, No Lies is a powerful and daringly honest resource guide for families seeking to understand, prevent, and overcome childhood sexual abuse and its devastating impact on adult survivors. An
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SAVING THE RACE: CONVERSATIONS ON DU BOIS FROM A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR OF SOULS
$14.00 - Rebecca Carroll - 320 KB
W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is one of the most influential books ever published in this country. In it, Du Bois wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” a prophecy that
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WHY WE MAKE MOVIES: BLACK FILMMAKERS TALK ABOUT THE MAGIC OF CINEMA
$15.95 - George Alexander - 1915 KB
A sparkling collection of interviews with African American directors and producers. Bringing together more than thirty candid conversations with filmmakers and producers such as Spike Lee, Gordon Parks, Julie Dash, Charles Burnett, and Robert
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PRIDE OF FAMILY: FOUR GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN WOMEN OF COLOR
$12.95 - Carole Ione - 563 KB
“From the moment I read the words [my great-grandmother] Frances Anne Rollin wrote in Boston on January 1, 1868—“The year renews its birth today with all its hopes and sorrows”—she became my beacon, the foremother who
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SANCTIFIED BLUES: A NOVEL
$19.00 - Ritz, David / John, Mable - 496 KB
Albertina Merci, a talented R&B singer, toured with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Wilson Pickett—until the fateful night her voice gave out in front of a sold-out crowd. Encouraged by her fans, she offered a little speech in praise of Jesus
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SAPPHIRE'S GRAVE
$19.00 - Hilda Gurley Highgate - 371 KB
The debut of a major new talent, SAPPHIRE'S GRAVE tells the stories of several generations of African-American women, bringing their spirit and their sorrow to life with a power, sensitivity, and immediacy. In 1749 in Sierra Leone, a woman
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DON'T LET MY MAMA READ THIS: A SOUTHERN FRIED MEMOIR
$12.95 - HADJII - 285 KB
Meet Hadjii. He’s got a loving family, a taste for making trouble, and a wicked sense of humor. His first book, Don’t Let My Mama Read This, is a rarity—an upbeat memoir about a blessedly normal childhood written by a
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CAN'T GET ENOUGH: A NOVEL
$13.95 - Connie Briscoe - 462 KB
The memorable men and women of P.G. County are back in Connie Briscoe’s wickedly funny and deliciously daring novel of romance and betrayal, dangerous choices and seductive second chances.
“This romp of a read combines lush
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