Pocket Launches Karen Hunter Imprint
By Felicia
Pride -- Publishers Weekly, 10/8/2007 7:11:00 AM
This month, bestselling author and collaborator Karen Hunter is joining with Pocket books to launch her own imprint, Karen Hunter Publishing. Hunter, best known for co-writing Karrine Steffans' bestselling tell-all memoir, Confessions of a Video Vixen, said that the new imprint will focus on publishing titles that are entertaining and inspiring and, more than likely, also controversial. After talks with other publishers, Hunter settled with Pocket Books based on the extensive experience of its executive vice president and publisher, Louise Burke. Said Burke, "Karen is very talented and ambitious, so I jumped at the chance to work with her on this endeavor." Read the entire story
True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself
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by Janet Jackson, David Ritz
Pub. Date: February 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover , 272pp
ISBN-13: 9781416587248
ISBN: 1416587241
ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINERS OF OUR TIME CANDIDLY REVEALS HER VERY
PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH AN ISSUE SO MANY OF US FACE EVERY DAY: SELF-ESTEEM
Janet Jackson emerged from the shadows of an already famous family to become
one of the most beloved, recognizable, and influential performers in the
world. But at what cost?
From the age of ten, when she made her acting debut on Good Times, Janet was
told by Hollywood that she needed to slim down. Her well-meaning brothers,
especially fun-loving Michael, teased her relentlessly until she began to
believe that who she was wasn't good enough. It was an idea that no amount
of critical acclaim in television and film or, later, international platinum
success in music could change.
Janet turned to food for comfort and escape. She developed a
self-destructive pattern familiar to so many of us: fear and uncertainty led
to bad feelings about herself and ultimately depression. The depression led
to overeating. And her yo-yoing weight was painfully obvious in the bright
lights of the entertainment world.
It has taken Janet most of her adult life to come to terms with who she is.
But she has finally broken free of the attitudes that brought her down and
has embraced realistic goals that help her eat better, exercise better, feel
better, and ultimately be better.
This book is about meeting those challenges that face all of us. With candor
and courage, Janet shares her painful journey to loving herself. She
addresses the crazy rumors that have swirled around her for most of her
life, shines an intimate light on her family, and pulls us behind the velvet
rope into her unforgettable career. She also shares lessons she has learned
through contact with friends and fans and reveals the fitness secrets she
has learned from her trainer. Finally, her nutritionist, David Allen,
unveils the wholesome, delicious recipes and lifestyle-changing tips that
helped Janet get in shape-mind and spirit, heart and soul.
True You is a call to tune in to your own fundamental wisdom, to let go of
the ugly comparisons, and to understand that who you are, the true you, is
more than enough.
"I'm loved, I'm valued, and I'm apable of achieving balance in my life. I
can learn to eat well. I can exercise. I can express gratitude for the
simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from
darkness and depression to light and hope. I can be happy with who I am, not
what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must
be.
I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you--and that's good. That's
beautiful. That's enough."
--JANET JACKSON
Don't
Bring Home a White Boy: And Other Notions that Keep Black Women From
Dating Out
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by Karyn Langhorne Folan
Pub. Date: February 2010
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover , 249pp
ISBN-13: 9781439154755
ISBN: 1439154759
IN AN AGE WHEN AMERICA HAS EMBRACED a mixed-race president and a strong,
independent black woman as first lady...when black women are on the move and
more empowered than ever before...there remains one hot-button topic that
stirs up cultural resistance and intensity of emotion like no other:
interracial relationships -- or, specifically, when black women date or
marry white men.
What is it about the black female/white male dynamic that sparks such
controversy and depth of feeling? What keeps many single black women from
exploring relationships outside of their race at a time when the pool of
eligible black men is at an all-time low?
"Don't bring home a white boy" is the cultural message stamped deep into every black daughter, an enduring twenty-first-century taboo with origins dating back to the Civil War era, the turbulent Civil Rights decades, and beyond. Now at last there is an honest, eye-opening examination of this societal phenomenon that will resonate with women everywhere and give voice to all sides of the debate. Karyn Langhorne Folan, herself a black woman happily married to a white man, brings together historical, statistical, psychological, and personal perspectives in a groundbreaking book that boldly debunks the "notions" that can keep interracial dating off the table for many women, including:
Filled with real-life anecdotes from, and interviews with, men and women of both races and informed by Folan's thorough and expansive research, Don't Bring Home a White Boy is both an invaluable contribution to the topic of interracial dating and a timely handbook to help women look beyond skin color in the quest to have all they deserve and desire in a life partner.
Faith under
Fire: Betrayed by a Thing Called LoveA Memoir by LaJoyce Brookshire
ISBN: 1416566457
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: January
01, 2008
Publisher:
Karen Hunter Publishing
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The bestselling author of the novels Soul Food and Web of Deception,
LaJoyce Brookshire tells a true story more shattering than any work of
fiction. It's her story. A memoir of survival against the odds and
courage in the face of a troubled relationship and a terrifying illness.
A chronicle of faith under fire.
Imagine the joy of being swept away by your very own Prince Charming,
and the excitement of marrying him. Imagine starting a life together.
Imagine discovering a side of him that you never knew existed -- a
controlling and explosive side. Imagine watching him slowly,
inexplicably dete-riorate before your eyes. Imagine his doctors telling
you, "He has AIDS."
That was the reality for LaJoyce Brookshire, and in this page-turning,
astoundingly moving memoir, she tells the full story of her marriage to
her first husband, who knew he was HIV positive at the time they wed but
kept this information hidden from her -- until his body betrayed him.
Imagine how you would react. What would you do? Contemplate murder?
Divorce? Live in denial? Or would you turn to God?
That's what LaJoyce chose to do in the face of her husband's health
crisis -- and every other challenge life has presented: With her faith
firmly planted and with God beside her at all times, LaJoyce faced the
deadly secret that had been kept under wraps by her husband -- and by
his family, who knew of his condition but revealed nothing. She stayed
by his side, coordinating his care and even changing his diapers, until
the end.
Faith Under Fire tells the story of a marriage tainted by lies, but it
also tells much more: a capsule portrait of the specter of AIDS facing
African-American women today, it reveals how fear, ignorance, and
secrets perpetuate the disease. In a poignant narrative overflowing with
her gutsy humor and vibrant spirit, LaJoyce Brookshire shares her faith
in all of its richness. She offers a living testament to relying on
God's strength through any ordeal, and shows how His truth is all we
need to believe in, every day of our lives.
Why Black Men Love White Women: Going
Beyond Sexual Politics to the Heart of the Matter
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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter
Publishing's first book
Pub Date: October 9, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416561323
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THE IRREVERENT, EYE-OPENING, AND HILARIOUS BOOK THAT DARES TO ASK...
Why do so many high-profile black men date and marry the most ordinary white women?
Why do so many other black men desire and covet the company of white women?
And why does this subject deeply touch so many people of both races?
Are these provocative questions matters of love, sex, revenge, power, or politics? All of the above, asserts Rajen Persaud in this illuminating, no-holds-barred book that will have you laughing with recognition while fundamentally changing the way you see just about everything -- from sex and marriage to your own gender and race in all its foibles, pretensions, and ultimate possibilities.
Challenging every one of our preconceptions about mixed-race relationships, Rajen Persaud's commentary lights up a topic that has only deepened in intensity and relevance in the decades since Sidney Poitier asked the world "Guess who's coming to dinner?" The answers, so deeply ingrained in our fabric as a nation and even grounded in our past, force us to look at ourselves and our culture with new eyes while pondering matters of
CELEBRITY: From Michael Jordan to Bryant Gumbel to Tiger Woods, high-profile affairs and marriages with no shortage of controversy.
SEX: Are black men choosing white women -- or rejecting black women?
RACE: How white male insecurity is the key to understanding racism.
RELATIONSHIPS: Is it more than love that brings the races together?
POLITICS: How fear is used to gain power, from sexual politics to global war.
MEDIA: How movies and television keep black men running to white women.
...and much more. Get ready for Why Black Men Love White Women -- and finally
understand the relationship phenomenon of our times.
Faith
Under Fire: Betrayed by a Thing Called Love
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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Karen Hunter (January 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416566457
ISBN-13: 978-1416566458
That was the reality for LaJoyce Brookshire, and in this page-turning, astoundingly moving memoir, she tells the full story of her marriage to her first husband, who knew he was HIV positive at the time they wed but kept this information hidden from her -- until his body betrayed him.
Imagine how you would react. What would you do? Contemplate murder? Divorce? Live in denial? Or would you turn to God?
That's what LaJoyce chose to do in the face of her husband's health crisis -- and every other challenge life has presented: With her faith firmly planted and with God beside her at all times, LaJoyce faced the deadly secret that had been kept under wraps by her husband -- and by his family, who knew of his condition but revealed nothing. She stayed by his side, coordinating his care and even changing his diapers, until the end.
Faith Under Fire tells the story of a marriage tainted by lies, but it also tells much more: a capsule portrait of the specter of AIDS facing African-American women today, it reveals how fear, ignorance, and secrets perpetuate the disease. In a poignant narrative overflowing with her gutsy humor and vibrant spirit, LaJoyce Brookshire shares her faith in all of its richness. She offers a living testament to relying on God's strength through any ordeal, and shows how His truth is all we need to believe in, every day of our lives.
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