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Author:  Saul Stacey Williams, Jessica C. Moore (Editor)
Publisher:  Moore Black Press
Date Published:  February 1998
Format:  Trade Paper

Hailed as "a dreadlocked dervish of words...the Bob Marley of American poets" (Esquire), Saul Williams is a gifted young poet who is opening up this literary art form to a new generation of readers. Like his writing -- a fearless mix of connecting rhythms and vibrant images -- Saul Williams is unstoppable. He received raves for his performance as an imprisoned street poet in the Trimark Pictures release Slam, winner of the Camera d'Or at Cannes and the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. The consummate spoken-word performance artist, Williams has also been signed by producer Rick Rubin to record a CD of his poetry.

She is a fascinating and unique collection of interconnected poems by this multi-talented star -- and marks the beginning of an incredible and totally original artistic career.

Title:  One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth

Both an inspiring guide and a hands-on measurement tool that enables readers to chart their spiritual growth as it unfolds, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up encourages readers to use journal-writing as a self-awareness process. Vanzant introduces 40 principles to follow and embrace in daily living as guideposts on the path toward spiritual strength and understanding.

African American-Religion

Author:  Albert Jordy Raboteau
Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Date Published:  May 1999
Format:  Trade Cloth

Examines the history of religious practice by African Americans and the development of religious institutions, regional movements, and important personalities from the time of slavery up to the twentieth century.

Remembering Slavery

Author:  Ira Berlin (Editor), Steven F. Miller (Editor), Marc Favreau (Editor)
Publisher:  New Press
Date Published:  September 1998
Format:  Paperback And Cassette

A book-and-tape set featuring the only known original recordings of interviews with former slaves, to be aired on public radio simultaneous with publication. Dramatic readings by prominent African-Americans of untaped interviews complement to incomparable recordings, to create a full, firsthand picture of African-American life before emancipation.

Title:  Temptation

"Temptation is a wild ride of envy, betrayal, deceit, and struggle for forgiveness. This book tests the marital bond to the core! Temptation draws you in and leaves you reaching out to help the characters as if they were close friends. Victoria is a creative storyteller as she shows that "friend" is a label one can wear for years, only to be unmasked, uncovered and revealed for who they really are. Temptation does give you a glimpse of true friendship, and how sisters aren't superheros, just individuals who benefit from the bond we form with our sisterfriends."  - Linda Dominique Grosvenor

Title:  Uncle Tom's Children

This collection by the renowned author of Native Son brings to life post-slavery characters in their full psychological and emotional depth.

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Something comes alive in Dr. Sasha Timms when she walks in on her husband and his lover in their buppie paradise. Once they are dealt with, Sasha’s Way, she becomes a one-woman crusade, waging an all out war against male brutes. With sassy, divaesque style, this Woman’s Therapist delights in righting the wrongs that have been committed against her victimized patients.

This unconventional novel is a fast-paced and tragically comic read. Imagine a "Waiting To Exhale" meets "Death Wish," Sasha’s Way is a thriller you won’t want to put down.

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Title:  Aretha: From These Roots

Author:  Aretha Franklin, David Ritz
Publisher:  Random House, Incorporated
Date Published:  September 1999
Format:  Trade Cloth

Her soulful, soaring voice has earned her mythic status. Now, in her own moving words, the woman behind the myth is revealed. The result is a captivating self-portrait of one of this century's most fascinating artists, an Aretha Franklin as real as the songs she sings.
        
For the first time anywhere, Aretha tells her story--the glorious triumphs as well as the heartbreaking pain. With refreshing candor, Aretha tells it like it is, the way she sees it, the way she lived it.
        
A child prodigy of the golden age of gospel, the daughter of a world-famous preacher, Aretha was the anointed successor to Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward. But her father had a broader vision and helped Aretha enter the field of pop and jazz. By age eighteen, she was under contract to Columbia Records. Six years later, after only a few minor hits, she switched to Atlantic, where she shook the musical world to its roots. Her song "Respect" became the anthem of an epoch, a touchstone for African Americans, for women, for all people struggling to be free. Aretha became the Queen of Soul, the genre's finest interpreter since Ray Charles.