On the verge of singing a monster contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, all Nelson had to do was be cool and not screw up. But he did, suffering a career-ending knee injury playing a meaningless game of pick-up. That's something he's...
African Americans
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Author:Gordon-Reed, AnnetteSummary:Annette Gordon-Reed tells the legendary story of the Hemingses of Monticello, an American slave family with direct blood ties to the American President Thomas Jefferson. Gordon-Reed vividly describes the relationships between Jefferson...
- Author:Swinson, Kiki, Diamond, De'neshaSummary:
Presents two novellas starring young women hustling their way to the top of the game through daring robbery schemes.
- Author:McBride, JamesSummary:
"A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing." -Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review "We all need-we all deserve- this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds...
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Author:Thomas, AngieSummary:Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal...
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Author:Baptist, Edward E.Summary:"Told through intimate slave narratives, plantation records, newspapers, and the words of politicians, entrepreneurs, and escaped slaves, The Half Has Never Been Told offers a radical new interpretation of American history. It forces...
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Author:Benz, ChanelleSummary:Thirty years after the accident that killed her father, Billie James returns to the Mississippi Delta shack that was their home. But a forgotten piece of her past could put her in danger.
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Author:Donati, SaraSummary:In 1883, young Anna Savard and her cousin Sophie have become successful physicians but have never recovered from the losses they suffered as children. So when Anna encounters a child in need, she must decide whether or not she's willing...
- Author:Baldwin, JamesSummary:
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the...
- Author:The Staff of The UndefeatedSummary:
Meet forty-four of America's most impressive heroes in this collective biography of African American figures authored by the team at ESPN's TheUndefeated.com. From visionaries to entrepreneurs, athletes to activists, the...
- Author:Weber, CarlSummary:
National bestselling authors Carl Weber and Treasure Hernandez are back with their latest installment in the wildly popular Family Business series. LC Duncan, patriarch and leader of the Duncan clan is alive and well after being shot by...
- Author:Weber, CarlSummary:
By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life.
- Author:Elliott, ZettaSummary:
Getting three baby dragons back home was just the beginning. Now Jaxon is on a mission to help all magical creatures from Dragons in a Bag! But things in the magical realm are more complicated than they seem in the fourth book in the...
- Author:Lovely, LutishiaSummary:
While Frieda Moore hasn't found the Good Word, she has charted a path to really good, upscale life. And she's not about to let her surgeon husband and baby son get in the way of her good time. Frieda's more sensible cousin, Hope Taylor...
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Author:Rinaldi, AnnSummary:In 1832, Prudence Crandall begins admitting black girls to her exclusive Connecticut school, scandalizing white society and eventually causing her arrest and the closing of her school.
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Author:Coleman, JaQuavisSummary:Hazel has nothing and no one in her life; the only thing she "owns" is an insatiable addiction to heroin. Her addiction brings her to the slums, where she quickly learns the tricks of surviving--of hustling and getting her street smarts...
- Author:Prescod-Weinstein, ChandaSummary:
In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter—along with...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
In the stunning climax of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's Lonely Heart, Deadly Heart series, the tension-and the heat-reach unforgettable heights as two restless women go after the ultimate satisfaction.and a killer...
- Author:Harrell, Colette R.Summary:
Briggs Stokes is the reluctant heir to his father's worldwide, multimillion-dollar televangelist ministry, yet he yearns to be his own man. When he meets the voluptuous Esther Wiley, there is a deep soul connection. When others...
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Author:Michaeli, EthanSummary:The Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow and focused the electoral power of black America. Drawing on extensive research, Ethan Michaeli constructs a narrative of race in America and brings to life the reporters who braved lynch mobs and...
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