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Author: Baptist, Edward E.Summary: -
Author: Baldwin, JamesSummary:Notes of a Native Son is the book that established Baldwin's voice as a social critic, and it remains one of his most admired works. These essays create a cohesive sketch of black America and...
Genre: Social science -
Author:Summary:The latest volume in the Hugo award-winning Infinity Project series, showcasing all-original hard science fiction stories from the leading voices in genre fiction. Sense of wonder is the lifeblood...
Genre: Science fiction, Short stories -
Author: Evaristo, BernardineSummary:Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. A husband, father, grandfather--he is also secretly gay. When his marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants a divorce, but...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author:Summary:Black Enough is a star-studded anthology edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi that will delve into the closeted thoughts, hidden experiences, and daily struggles of black teens across...
Genre: Young adult fiction, Short stories -
Author: Reid, AdamSummary:Moments after the inauguration of our 45th President, best friends Barack Obama and Joe Biden were escorted to a secret lab run by the world's greatest scientists. These scientists sent them back...
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Author: Foley, Jessie Ann.Summary:Printz Honor winner and William Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley's latest YA novel is a comitragic coming-of-age story about an awkward teenage guy who, after the loss of his brother,...
Genre: Bildungsromans, Young adult fiction -
Author: Abdurraqib, HanifSummary:How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight...
Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Music -
Author: Respress-Churchwell, GloriaSummary:Chester Pierce broke racial barriers by joining his college football team during segregation in the United States. Despite breaking the law, his team played on.
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Author: Nicks, John, Nicks, DenverSummary:In 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in Oklahoma. As pressure mounted to find a villain, prosecutors settled on a black farmer named W. D. Lyons, who was arrested and tortured into signing a...
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Author: Gordon, EdSummary:This book offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America. Bombarded with media, music, and social media messages that enforce stereotypes of people of color, journalist Ed...
Genre: Social science, Political science -
Author: Jackson, BrendaSummary:Business mogul Dalton Granger is as passionate as he is gorgeous, but private investigator Jules Bradford won't give him the time of day. She knows all about the youngest Granger brother-a...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Jackson, BrendaSummary:In the wake of a devastating teen pregnancy that left her childless and heartbroken, Vashti Alcindor left Catalina Cove, Louisiana, with no plans to return. Now, over a decade later, Vashti...
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Author: Jackson, BrendaSummary:When Ashley Ryan's girlfriends surprise her with a getaway to beautiful Catalina Cove, she gets the shock of her life when she encounters her husband, Devon, a man thought dead by everyone...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Turnbull, CadwellSummary:After the death of a boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves in conflict with the superadvanced alien race, witnesses and victims to events that will teach a terrible lesson....
Genre: Science fiction