AALBC.com's 25
Best Selling Books - March 1st through April 30th 2008
Also check out the bestselling Fiction and Nonfiction books for all of 2008
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Zane (Editor) Hardcover: 352 pages Succulent: Chocolate Flava II is a collection of buck-wild and choco-holic erotica presented in a series of mind-blowing tales handpicked by Zane that also includes three original stories by the queen of erotica herself. Succulent features twenty-seven tantalizing short stories to tease and please both him and her. For couples who want to heat things up or for singles who want to spark a fire, there are stories written especially for women, and others are penned expressly for men. From a psychic aficionado who finds more than tarot cards to spread or a m�nage � trois with a fifty-year-old woman, her husband, and his new girlfriend, to a lucky bachelor who finds himself with plenty of sexy presents on Christmas -- from a promiscuous mother and daughter -- the authors in this anthology take risks, pushing the envelope as they explore unique situations sure to set fire to your fantasies. These sensual stories turn Zane on and are sure to turn you on, too. |
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ISBN: 0060842423 Read an AALBC.com Interview with Steffans Glass vases filled with marbles crashed all around us as he began tossing linens from the bed. As the marbles scattered, we laughed in unison ... I remember the exact moment that I first laid on my back for him ... My legs were wrapped around his waist and just before his body was to merge with mine, I noticed his upper right chest. On it was a tattoo with the words "Pain is Love." Confessions of a Video Vixen is the widely anticipated memoir of Karrine Steffans, the once sought-after sexy siren who appeared in the music videos of multiplatinum hip-hop artists such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly, and LL Cool J. A top-paid video dancer, Karrine transitioned to film when acclaimed director F. Gary Gray picked her to costar in his film A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the movie and music video sets, swanky Miami and New York restaurants, and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only skims the surface of Karrine's life. This memoir -- part tell-all, part cautionary tale -- shows how Karrinne came to be the confidante of so many, why she kept their secrets, and how she found herself in Hollywood after a life marked by physical abuse, rape, and drugs -- all before she was twenty-six. By sharing her emotionally charged story, she hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticized industry. |
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Zane (Editor) ISBN: 1593091656 |
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Hardcover: 288 pages This titillating expos� chronicles the personal and professional adventures of this tabloid-laden socialite, dispelling some rumors, while confirming others. Diaries unveils the heavily shrouded Hollywood backrooms and its coveted secrets. Offering her ardent fans answers to burning questions and presenting lessons learned, this book will surely not disappoint. Karrine Steffans continues to dish out juicy gossip and the much sought after details of her star studded lifestyle and the celebrity men that helped her get where she needed to be. Karrine draws you in to get an up-close and personal look at the Hollywood life of fast money and sex; all the things that make for a great movie. She discusses her interactions with people after the release of Confessions of a Video Vixen and how she copes with it all. |
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Mass Market Paperback: 432
pages Blackgentlemen.com is the premier website showcasing African-American bachelors. Women throughout the country search the site in hopes of finding true love. Step inside this exciting collection of novellas about women who meet men on the site. The anthology features stories penned by some of today's hottest female novelists, including Zane. The Blackgentlemen.com site actually exists. Maybe you will find the man of your dreams on the Internet. |
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Advice for parents, educators, community, and church members is provided in this guide for ensuring that African American boys grow up to be strong, committed, and responsible African American men. This book answers such questions as Why are there more black boys in remedial and special education classes than girls? Why are more girls on the honor roll? When do African American boys see a positive black male role model? Is the future of black boys in the hands of their mothers and white female teachers? and When does a boy become a man? The significance of rite of passage activities, including mentoring, male bonding, and spirituality, are all described. |
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Hardcover: 336 pages Nia Simone Bijou is a woman who has it all�and is driven
by the desire for more. Born in Trinidad, reared in Los Angeles, and now
living in Atlanta, Nia is a writer, a thinker, and a woman in conflict. She
struggles with both her logical self�a woman who has never let go of an old
heartbreak, and her sensual self�a woman demanding intimacy and sexual
freedom. |
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by Felicia Pearson and David Ritz'
Hardcover: 240 pages Watch a Video Interview of Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and AALBC.com While Felicia is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Snoop was born a three-pound cross-eyed crack baby in East Baltimore. Those streets are among the toughest in the world, but Snoop was tougher. The runt of the ghetto showed an early aptitude for drug slinging and violence and thrived as a baby gangsta until she landed in Jessup state penitentiary after killing a woman in self-defense. There she rebelled violently against the system, and it was only through the cosmic intervention of her mentor, Uncle, that she turned her life around. A couple of years ago, Snoop was discovered in a nightclub by one of The Wire's cast members and was quickly recruited to be one of television's most frightening and intriguing villains. Felicia lives in Baltimore, Maryland and is currently studying at the Baltimore School of the Arts. She's currently shooting two feature movies. Book Review of Grace After Midnight David Ritz's most recent bestseller is Tavis Smiley's What I Know For Sure. He has also collaborated with Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Laila Ali and B.B. King on their life stories. He has won a Grammy, a Deems Taylor ASCAP award, four Rolling Stone/Ralph J. Gleason book awards and is the co-composer of "Sexual Healing." He lives in Los Angeles. |
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Hardcover: 320 pages Carl Weber--the New York Times bestselling author of The
First Lady and So You Call Yourself a Man--represents with a straight-up
novel about friendship and love, sex and betrayal, and how getting some on
the side is never as simple as it seems... |
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ISBN: 0913543020 Asks and answers the questions how can we reduce the dropout rate? Why does the motivation to learn decline as the age increases for most youth? Are we training or educating students? How can we identify and develop their talents? Read this very interesting book for some startling answers! |
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#6
Zane (Editor) ISBN: 074329727X Zane, the queen of
erotic fiction and publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria
Books/Simon & Schuster, presents the second in a series of collections of
great erotic fiction. Based on the Featured Erotica section of her website,
Eroticanoir.com, which gets more than three million hits a year from around
the world, these sensual tales, handpicked by Zane, are sure to please her
fans. |
#6
C. Vivian Stringer & Laura Tucker ISBN: 0307406091 At a time when heroes are too rare,
C. Vivian Stringer sets a shining example. She has time and again shown
character, fortitude, and heart, both on and off the hardwood, and in the
face of unbearable loss. In Standing Tall, she shares her remarkable life
story, inspiring us to find this fortitude within ourselves. |
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#7
ISBN: 0743457013 Zane is back with Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II, more stories for the legion of readers that made The Sex Chronicles a bestseller. Zane's erotic short stories have captivated the minds of both sexes and all races. The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth did exactly what its title implies -- exploded the myth that men are more sexual in nature than women, and that African-American women in particular are inhibited compared to their female counterparts of other cultures. Her audience is growing by leaps and bounds, nurtured by her Internet site and her previous bestselling titles, including The Heat Seekers, her debut in hardcover. Zane knows exactly what her readers want, and in Gettin' Buck Wild she gives them some of her most provocative prose to date. Her characters and settings run the gamut from committed, monogamous couples looking to experiment, to the wild single sisters who belong to a very unconventional sorority. Zane tells the story of a high-paid multi-tasking career woman who gets her groove back in "When Opposites Attract," a couple who try something new in "The Subway -- A Quickie," and a new way of celebrating Christmas in "The Santa Claus." She spices up real-life scenarios with over-the-top sexual fantasy and ultimately gives her readers the best time they've ever had between the pages of a book. With all-new characters and settings, Gettin' Buck Wild is Zane's hottest collection of stories yet. Smart, witty and extremely |
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ISBN: 0743457056 Dear G-Spot includes real letters from real people, both women and men, who have sought Zane's advice over the years -- the preacher's wife worrying about being judged, the virgin, the guy next door, the gay man next door, the woman with low self-esteem, and the other woman with a sex drive over the moon. In her own uniquely can-did and humorous way, Zane answers all your questions -- even questions you never thought to ask -- about making whoopee. |
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Zane, Eileen M. Johnson & V. Anthony Rivers Hardcover: 288 pages Truer words have never been spoken. This heart-wrenching collection of novellas brings that statement to life in three unique ways, penned by three of the generation's most prolific authors. In Eileen M. Johnson's "How the Other Half Lives," Jamellah and Fernecia have been friends since forever. Having escaped the poverty of their youth together, they both had made their mark in society. However, men problems threaten to make them literally fall apart. Fernecia is married to a man who was raised to think he is better than everyone -- even his own wife. Jamellah has always used men to get ahead but eventually everything catches up to her. The two friends must ultimately count on each other in a world of havoc and distrust. In V. Anthony Rivers' "Love Is 2 Blame," Malcolm is devastated after a two-year relationship with Shaylisa ends. He finds it difficult to function because he cannot comprehend why she would want to end such a perfect situation. He was everything she had asked for; he treated her with respect and showered her with love. Yet love was not enough. Trying to move on to someone new will not be as easy as it used to be, but will the lovely Zahara show Malcolm what true love is all about? In Zane's "Staring Evil in the Face," Robier has everything a man could ever wish for: a stable and rewarding career, two beautiful children, an elegant home, and the woman of his dreams. Having loved Tiphanie since college, he is determined to keep his marital vows until . . . Tiphanie is involved in a horrible car accident that changes the entire course of their lives. From nervous breakdowns to drug addiction, Love Is Never Painless explores the deeper side of love; the side rarely explored in romance novels. Zane, Johnson, and Rivers have penned a powerful collection of novellas that will not only have readers talking but also examining their own relationships with a new perspective. |
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Hardcover: 320 pages Everyone wants to know the truth about their favorite celebrities' heart's desire. Within the masculine culture of Hip Hop and Hollywood, there is a well-known gay subculture that industry insiders are keenly aware of but choose to hide. Terrance Dean worked his way up for more than ten years in the entertainment industry from intern to executive, and has lived the life of glitz and bling along with Hollywood and Hip Hop's most glamorous. With a family full of secrets and working in an industry founded on maleness -- where one's job, friendships, and reputation all depend on remaining on the down low and in hiding -- Dean writes a revealing account of the journey of coming out from hiding. Full of startling anecdotes and incredible true stories, Hiding in Hip Hop is not a traditional tell-all. A personal and poignant memoir, it is also one of the most provocative and honest looks at stardom and sexuality. |
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#9
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 288pp. One of the best reviewed books of 1994, the Newbery author's novel follows five generations of one African-American family from Africa to a South Carolina plantation through the Civil War, the end of segregation and beyond, to a moving finale, when a young drug-addicted cousin is brought home to the glory field for a day of reunion and renewal. |
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ISBN: 1934155071 Geared towards African American parents, this handbook offers more than 100 tips on successfully guiding boys into manhood and helping them avoid common pitfalls. By understanding the detrimental impact that peer pressure, rap music, and television have on today's youth, especially males, parents can learn how to effectively support their children. |
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Paperback: 304 pages This is the sequel to Teri's amazing first novel True to the Game. Fans have been awaiting this story for over five years. TRUE TO THE GAME II will pick up where True to the Game left off-- with one difference, Gena is now seeing a new guy named Jay. Little does Gena know that the man she has fallen in love with, so soon after Quadir's death, is his archrival, Jerrell Jackson. Unfortunately, Jerrell is determined to get his revenge against Quadir's crew and he'll start with Gena. |
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Hardcover: 160 pages In Shelby Steele's beautifully wrought and thought provoking new book, A Bound Man, the award-winning and bestselling author of The Content of Our Character attests that Senator Barack Obama's groundbreaking quest for the highest office in the land is fast becoming a galvanizing occasion beyond mere presidential politics, one that is forcing a national dialogue on the current state of race relations in America. Says Steele, poverty and inequality usually are the focus of such dialogues, but Obama's bid for so high an office pushes the conversation to a more abstract level where race is a politics of guilt and innocence generated by our painful racial history -- a kind of morality play between (and within) the races in which innocence is power and guilt is impotence. Steele writes of how Obama is caught between the two classic postures that blacks have always used to make their way in the white American mainstream: bargaining and challenging. Bargainers strike a "bargain" with white America in which they say, I will not rub America's ugly history of racism in your face if you will not hold my race against me. Challengers do the opposite of bargainers. They charge whites with inherent racism and then demand that they prove themselves innocent by supporting black-friendly policies like affirmative action and diversity. Steele maintains that Senator Obama is too constrained by these elaborate politics to find his own true political voice. Obama has the temperament, intelligence, and background -- an interracial family, a sterling education -- to guide America beyond the exhausted racial politics that now prevail. And yet he is a Promethean figure, a bound man. |
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#11 - Addicted by Zane Click to order via Amazon #12 - Breaking the Cycle
#13 - Sheisty
#14 - Waking with Enemies #15 - A Hustler's Wife #16 - Let That Be the Reason #17 - Still Sheisty, Part 2
#18 - The Sex Chronicles : Shattering the Myth
#19 - 2nd Time Around (A B-Boy Blues Novel #2) #20 - Bitch Reloaded (Triple Crown Publications Presents)
#21 - Blinded: An Urban Tale!...
#22 - Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
#23 - Dutch: The First of a Trilogy #24 - Nervous: A Novel #25 - Sistergirls.com |
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- African People in World History by Dr. John Henrik Clarke Click to order via Amazon #12 - Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting #13 - Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book.
Answer Within #14 - My Life in Search of Africa #15 - Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits #16 - Someday We'll All Be Free #17 - The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave #18 - 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African
American History #19 - All About Love: Favorite Selections from In The
Spirit on Living Fearlessly #20 - Breaking the Curse of Willie Lynch: The Science Of
Slave Psychology #21 - Developing Positive Self-Images and Discipline in
Black Children #22 - Egypt Revisited: Second Edition (Journal of African
Civilizations) #23 - Game Over: The Rise and Transformation of a Harlem
Hustler #24 - Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth
"Bumpy" Johnson #25 -
Introduction to African Civilizations |
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Succulent:
Chocolate Flava II (Hardcover)
Confessions
of a Video Vixen
Purple Panties: An
Eroticanoir.com Anthology
Blackgentlemen.com
Countering
the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
Pleasure
Grace After Midnight:
A Memoir (Hardcover)
Something
On the Side
Motivating
and Preparing Black Youth for Success
Caramel
Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
Standing
Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II (Zane Does Incredible, Erotic Things)
Dear
G-Spot: Straight Talk About Sex and Love
Love
Is Never Painless: Three Novellas
Hiding In Hip Hop -
On The Down Low in the Entertainment Industry from Music to Hollywood
The Glory Field
Raising
Black Boys
True
to the Game II
A Bound Man: Why We
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