Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. "People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful." Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes,...
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Author: Harris, Denise MichelleSummary:Genre: Religious fiction -
Author: Alexander, MichelleSummary:
Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.
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Author: Michaels, CherlynSummary:
Vanella Morris is beautiful, strong, successful and extremely happy with her long-time boyfriend Alton. But Vanella is also uneasy and apprehensive about making big commitments. She doesn't want...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Robinson, CherylSummary:
Porter is a handsome Detroit firefighter who just got burned by his cheating girlfriend. Winona is a single mom who is getting by despite an old secret that haunts her. When Porter and Winona meet...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Warren, Tiffany L.Summary:
A trio of faithful friends navigates the challenges of love, ex-love, and friendship.
Genre: Romance fiction, Religious fiction -
Author: Gordon-Reed, AnnetteSummary:
Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom, even as he held people in bondage, Jefferson is variably described by current-day observers as a hypocrite, an atheist, and a simple-minded...
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Author: Rhodes-Pitts, SharifaSummary:
As gentrification encroaches on historic Harlem, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning of its storied legacy. Drawing on Harlem's history and her own observations, Rhodes-Pitts...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Szwed, JohnSummary:
When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in 'twentieth-century popular music....
Genre: Music, Biographies and autobiographies -
Author: Bausum, AnnSummary:
James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It...
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Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:
An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes ... Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with...
Genre: Historical fiction, Spy fiction -
Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:
"A masterful tale." -Kirkus, Starred Review on An Extraordinary Union The Civil War has turned neighbor against neighbor-but for one scientist spy and her philosopher soldier, war could...
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fiction -
Author: Hawes, Jennifer BerrySummary:"In Grace Will Lead Us Home, Jennifer Berry Hawes breathes poetry into tragedy to bring to life the epic grief that haunted a nation's moral imagination...If white supremacy is ever to...
Genre: Social science, True crime stories -
Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:When Likotsi and Fabiola meet on a stalled subway, Fab asks for just one cup of tea. Likotsi, hoping to know why she was unceremoniously dumped, agrees. Tea and food soon leads to them exploring...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:
When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it's nothing like she imagined. Newly crowned King Sanyu agrees to take a wife, and his...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Dionne, EvetteSummary:
Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Alice Paul. The Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. The 1913 Women's March in D.C. When the epic story of the suffrage movement in the...
Genre: Young adult nonfiction, Social science