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#11 Oreo Click to order via Amazon by Fran Ross Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Northeastern; Revised edition (September 22, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 1555534643 ISBN-13: 978-1555534646 Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches Fran Ross (1935-1985) grew up in Philadelphia and lived in New York City. After graduating from Temple University with a B.S. degree in Theater Arts and Communication, she worked in advertising, penned television scripts, and wrote for comedian Richard Pryor. Born to a Jewish father and black mother who divorce before she is two, Oreo grows up in Philadelphia with her maternal grandparents while her mother tours with a theatrical troupe. Soon after puberty, Oreo heads for New York with a pack on her back to search for her father; but in the big city she discovers that there are dozens of Sam Schwartzes in the phone book, and Oreo's mission turns into a wickedly humorous picaresque quest. The ambitious and playful narrative challenges accepted notions of race, ethnicity, culture, and even the novelistic form itself. |
#11 Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority Click to order via Amazon by Tom Burrell Paperback: 320 pages Yet, as Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies, too many in black America are still wandering in the wilderness. In this powerful examination of "the greatest propaganda campaign of all time" --the masterful marketing of black inferiority, aka the BI Complex--Burrell poses ten disturbing questions that will make black people look in the mirror and ask why, nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many blacks still think and act like slaves. Burrell’s acute awareness of the power of words and images to shift, shape, and change the collective consciousness has led him to connect the contemporary and historical dots that have brought us to this crossroads. Brainwashed is not a reprimand—it is a call to action. It demands that we question our self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. Racism is not the issue; how we respond to media distortions and programmed self-hatred is the issue. It’s time to reverse the BI campaign with a globally based initiative that harnesses the power of new media and the wisdom of intergenerational coalitions. Provocative and powerful, Brainwashed dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal. |
#12 The Choir Director Click to order via Amazon by Carl Weber Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Dafina; Reprint edition (December 27, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0758231857 ISBN-13: 978-0758231857 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber takes readers back to church, where preaching isn't always enough, nothing goes better with the Word than a song--and it's time for some hard-earned lessons in love, brotherhood, and betrayal. Bishop T.K. Wilson has done all he can to make First Jamaica Ministries a success. But with his last choir director getting caught in a scandal, attendance and cash flow are down. To fill the pews and collection plates, the Bishop is counting on a new choir director, the charismatic Anthony Mackie, to revive the church. Anthony Mackie has been waiting his entire life for the opportunity to prove he has what it takes to be a big-time choir director like Kirk Franklin. But while Anthony is more than up to the challenge, his ways around women, both past and present, could cost him more than his job. Savannah Dickens is just one of the women who's caught Anthony's attention. The choir needs a soloist, and Savannah, a beautiful singer who once topped the charts, also needs the church. She has a voice that could break any man's heart, but now she just wants to be left alone to reclaim her faith. First Lady Monique Wilson is far from being the typical first lady. She does and says what she wants, and doesn't subscribe to church politics. Despite her shortcomings and a past rumored to include a long list of men, she's willing to do just about anything to protect the Bishop. The members of First Jamaica Ministries are also keeping the Bishop busy with choir in-fighting, romantic jealousies, and personal vendettas. You'd think the Bishop was being tested enough, but a final piece of the puzzle has yet to be revealed: Someone has been robbing the church blind. Someone whose connection to the Bishop is far too close for comfort. |
#12 Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny Click to order via Amazon by Hill Harper ISBN: 1592402003Format: Hardcover, 192pp Pub. Date: April 2006 Publisher: Penguin Group Most people associate Hill Harper with Hollywood, as he’s appeared in dozens of films and television shows. But he is just as comfortable in a school auditorium, rousing groups of students with his unique style of real-life wisdom. Having addressed thousands of high-school and middle- school students over the years, Hill is ready to take his message to an even wider audience. Letters to a Young Brother is drawn from the humbling life lessons he learned on the road to his Ivy League education and beyond. Inspired by the countless letters and e-mails he has received from teens, Hill Harper set out to write a series of letters to young people that would catch the attention of even the most reluctant readers. The result is a motivational but approachable book full of encouragement on a wide array of hot topics, particularly among young African-American and Hispanic men. From the challenges of getting a good education and making it through college to the media’s destructive emphasis on material wealth, Letters to a Young Brother delivers eye-opening answers. Reminiscent of Marian Wright Edelman’s New York Times bestseller, The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, Hill Harper’s words will resonate for years to come. |
#13 Thug Matrimony Click to order via Amazon by Wahida Clark Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Dafina (April 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0758212550 Book Description: In Wahida Clark phenomenal, gritty new novel Angel is getting ready to marry the man of her dreams - but his past isn't about to let go... Angel, Jaz, Tasha and Kyra are four girlfriends pulling themselves out of the ghetto-and trying to bring their hearts up to higher ground with them. Now Angel has started her own law practice and new life with Kaylin. But when an unwamted guest crashes their wedding, all the rage and bloodlust from the hood comes bustin' out - and Angel's gonna need every prayer in heaven to make it to the altar alive. |
#13 They Came before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America Click to order via Amazon by Ivan Van Sertima ISBN: 0394402456 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 288pp. Publication Date: August 1976 With the skill of a novelist, Ivan Van Sertima reveals to readers compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Black Africans in ancient America. It is the marriage of twin crafts--the artist's and the scholar's--in a book that makes it possible to see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of Black Africans in Pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilization they found here. |
#14 Echoes of a Distant Summer Click to order via Amazon by Guy Johnson Format: Hardcover, 584pp. ISBN: 0375505679 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Pub. Date: August 2002 Edition Desc: 1ST Read an AALBC.com Book Review Guy Johnson (Maya Angelou's son) son), the author of the critically acclaimed debut Standing at the Scratch Line, continues the Tremain family saga. Jackson St. Clair Tremain hasn't spoken to his grandfather King in nearly twenty years. Disgusted by the violence and bloodlust that seemed to be his grandfather's way of life, Jackson chose to distance himself from King and live a simpler life. But now King is gravely ill, and his impending death places Jackson's life'as well as those of his family and friends'in jeopardy. Reluctantly, Jackson travels to Mexico to see King. But after a brief reconciliation, his grandfather is assassinated, and Jackson suspects that his grandmother Serena may have had a hand in it. Jackson takes control of King's organization, and as he does, he reflects on the summers he spent in Mexico as a child and the lessons he learned there at the knee of his strong-willed, complex grandfather. In Echoes of a Distant Summer, Guy Johnson introduces us to a new hero, Jackson St. Clair Tremain, who learns that, like his grandfather, he must be willing to protect those he loves'at all costs. |
#14 Age Ain't Nothing but a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife Click to order via Amazon Carleen Brice Editor & Contributor ISBN: 0807028231 Number Of Pages: 252 Publication Date: May 15, 2003 Publisher: Beacon Press "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number is my roadmap."--Iyanla Vanzant Forty-five black women writers, known and new, discuss midlife in the first anthology of its kind. Finally, a collection that celebrates, considers, contemplates, even criticizes "midlife" from a black woman's point of view. Age Ain't Nothing but a Number ranges over every aspect of black women's lives: personal growth, family and friendship, love and sexuality, health, beauty, illness, spirituality, creativity, financial independence, work, and scores of other topics. Midlife today isn't your grandmother's "change of life." Today, black women call hot flashes "power surges," and menopause, the "pause that refreshes." These days, middle-aged women may be newlyweds or new mothers, as well as grandmothers or widows. They may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the "return-to-the-nest syndrome" as adult children move back home. They may navigate the field of Internet dating, travel the world, teach homeless women, take up pottery, or study international business. This anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Nikki Giovanni, Susan L. Taylor, Alice Walker, and dozens of others, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number will make readers think, laugh, and cry and will be the perfect gift book for spring. |
#15 Dutch Click to order via Amazon by Teri Woods ISBN: 0967224942 Pub. Date: November 2003 Format: Paperback Publisher: Woods, Teri Publishing, LLC DUTCH: The First of a Trilogy tells the story of Bernard James a.k.a. Dutch the most dangerous and feared gangster to come up in Jersey in the last thirty years. From his experience and skill as a young car thief, Dutch recognized the opportunity to ruthlessly become the ruler of the streets and grabbed it. After serving 18 months in prison for a botched auto theft, Dutch promised himself, he'd never return to prison. Once out, he never looked back. Driven by the desire to live the life of his dreams, Dutch and his crew ' Craze, Angel, Qwan, Roc, and Zoom fearlessly locked down the streets of Newark for over 10 years. Now, Dutch is on trial for allegedly masterminding what the press has called 'THE MONTH OF MURDER', a brutal thirty-day killing spree where no one was spared. With Dutch facing multiple life sentences and a possible death penalty, the streets are in a mixed uproar of celebration and dread. The story depicts the passion of a man who possesses the determination to win 'The War' he fights everyday. Some fight to survive; Dutch fights to win. |
#15 Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure Click to order via Amazon by Tavis Smiley Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Smiley Books (May 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1401933904 ISBN-13: 978-1401933906 Read an AALBC.com Review Tavis Smiley, award-winning television and radio broadcaster, steps from behind the curtain of success to share personal stories of his missteps, misdeeds, and miscalculations. Revisiting the intimate tone of his New York Times best-selling memoir What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America, Smiley recounts 20 instances of perceived "failures" that were, in fact, "lessons" that shaped the principles and practices he steadfastly employs in his business and personal life today. Readers will find a kinship in Smiley's indisputable humanness that simultaneously inspires, informs, and reminds us of our inherent ability to excel despite life's inevitable setbacks. |
#16 Life Is Short But Wide Click to order via Amazon by J. California Cooper Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Doubleday (March 24, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0385511345 ISBN-13: 978-0385511346 Beloved writer J. California Cooper has won a legion of loyal fans and much critical acclaim for her powerful storytelling gifts. In language both spare and direct yet wondrously lyrical, LIFE IS SHORT BUT WIDE is an irresistible story of family that proves no matter who you are or what you do, you are never too old to chase your dreams. Like the small towns J. California Cooper has so vividly portrayed in her previous novels and story collections, Wideland, Oklahoma, is home to ordinary Americans struggling to raise families, eke out a living, and fulfill their dreams. In the early twentieth century, Irene and Val fall in love in Wideland. While carving out a home for themselves, they also allow neighbors Bertha and Joseph to build a house and live on their land. The next generation brings two girls for Irene and Val, and a daughter for Bertha and Joseph. As the families cope with the hardships that come with changing times and fortunes, and people are born and pass away, the characters learn the importance of living one's life boldly and squeezing out every possible moment of joy. Cooper brilliantly captures the cadences of the South and draws a picture of American life at once down-to-earth and heartwarming in this-as her wise narrator will tell you-'strange, sad, kind'a beautiful, life story.' It is a story about love that leads to the ultimate realization that whoever you are, and whatever you do, life is short, but it is also wide. |
#16 Giving Thanks: Teachings and Meditations for Cultivating a Gratitude-Filled Heart Click to order via Amazon by Iyanla Vanzant Audio CD Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated (March 1, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591792495 ISBN-13: 978-1591792499 Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches Iyanla Vanzant gently guides you into a state of remembrance itself through meditation and visualization exercises, awakening you to each of the gifts that surround you but often go unnoticed. She also teaches listeners how to nourish this innate wisdom of appreciation and to sow the benefits of this simple yet transformative action. |
#17 True to the Game II Click to order via Amazon by Teri Woods Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (November 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0446581666 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. |
#17 Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention Click to order via Amazon By Manning Marable Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (April 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0670022209 ISBN-13: 978-0670022205 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 2.1 inches Read an AALBC.com Book Review Years in the making-the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before being felled by assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine. Through his tireless work and countless speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands of black Americans to create better lives and stronger communities while establishing the template for the self-actualized, independent African American man. In death he became a broad symbol of both resistance and reconciliation for millions around the world. Manning Marable's new biography of Malcolm is a stunning achievement. Filled with new information and shocking revelations that go beyond the Autobiography, Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America, from the rise of Marcus Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan to the struggles of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism through his own engagement with the Nation of Islam, charting his astronomical rise in the world of Black Nationalism and culminating in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcolm X will stand as the definitive work on one of the most singular forces for social change, capturing with revelatory clarity a man who constantly strove, in the great American tradition, to remake himself anew. |
#18 Addicted: A Novel Click to order via Amazon by Zane Format: Paperback, 336pp. ISBN: 0743442849 Publisher: Pocket Books (This title previously self-published by Strebor Books Inc.) Pub. Date: October 2001 Addicted is the story of Zoe, an African-American female arts dealer. It traces her life from the time she first meets her husband, Jason, in the fifth grade, falls in love with him over a game of Twister in the eighth grade, loses her virginity to him in high school and eventually marries him. Everything seems perfect in Zoe's life to her friends and family as she secretly deals with serious problems in her marriage. After failing to get Jason to open up to her sexually, Zoe becomes involved in not one, not two but three extramarital affairs. By the time she seeks the aid of a prominent female African-American therapist, the walls of her picture perfect life have already started to crumble. The book shifts into high gear as Zoe finds out that everyone from her lovers to her husband to her own mother are hiding secrets of their own. Her best friend, Brina, is physically abused by her alcoholic boyfriend, Dempsey. Zoe discovers under hypnosis that her fascination with sex stems from two incidents in her early childhood she had buried deeply into the crevices of her mind. She is stalked and attacked. The book comes to a head on a cold, dark mountain following a trail of murders and the true murderer is anyone's guess. Addicted does for women what Fatal Attraction did for men. It will make a woman think twice before risking it all. |
#18 Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy Click to order via Amazon by George G. M. James Paperback: 190 pages Publisher: Africa World Pr (June 1993) Language: English ISBN-10: 0865433623 ISBN-13: 978-0865433625 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches The book is an attempt to show that the true authors of Greek philosophy were not the Greeks, but the people of North Africa, commonly called the Egyptians; and the praise and honor falsely given to the Greeks for centuries belong to the people of North Africa, and therefore to the African Continent. Consequently, this theft of the African legacy by the Greeks led to the erroneous world opinion that the African Continent has made no contribution to civilization, and that its people are naturally backward. This is the misrepresentation that has become the basis of race prejudice, which has affected all people of color. |
#19 Dutch II: Angel's Revenge (Dutch Trilogy) Click to order via Amazon by Teri Woods Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (March 8, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0446551554 ISBN-13: 978-0446551557 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 8 inches She is the most merciless of his lieutenants, with style and skills that even the hardest hustlers fear . . . and none survive. And with Dutch gone, Angel is fueled by a shattering vendetta and methodically eliminating every successor, wannabe, and mobster trying to lead Dutch's madly profitable organization. The only person between her and ultimate control: One-eyed Roc-aka Rahman-Dutch's other trusted lieutenant and a man with his own zealous master plan. He and his crew are cleaning up the streets and righting his wrongs by any means necessary. And he's checkmating Angel's strengths and playing her every weakness. Neither can stop. Neither will give in. And they will never surrender Dutch's lethal legacy, even though their last devastating power play could destroy it all. |
#19 The Tithing Hoax: Exposing the Lies, Misinterpretations & False Teachings about Tithing Click to order via B&N.com by Cynthia Harper & R. Renee ISBN-13: 9781257196869 Publisher: Lulu.com Publication date: 7/14/2011 Sold by: LULU PRESS Format: eBook (Paperack no longer available via Amazon) As the book’s subtitle says, The Tithing Hoax exposes the lies, misinterpretations and false teachings about tithing in the Christian church. There is much debate (and confusion) surrounding the issues of whether Christians are required to pay God tithes (or 10 percent of their income). Using the Bible as its source, The Tithing Hoax dispels the belief that Christian must tithe. Numerous biblical scriptures are cited that clearly answer the most fundamental questions about tithing that every Christian should know: This book is written for Christian believers who want their questions about tithing answered in a way that is truthful, accurate and biblical. It is easy-to-read, uses straightforward language and explains the concept of tithing in a manner that is clear and concise. In addition, The Tithing Hoax: Exposing the Lies, Misinterpretations & False Teachings about Tithing identifies and corrects false teachings about tithing, provides examples of how some preachers manipulate churchgoers into paying tithes and features a Question and Answer section that answers the most common questions Christians have about tithing. |
#20 True to the Game III Click to order via Amazon by Teri Woods Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (July 2, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0446581682 The third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly. Starting off where the second installment's dramatic cliffhanger left us, True III will finally reveal Gena's mysterious stalker and savior, as well as introduce a new killer so vicious, so cunning, so ruthless, he'll have you looking over your shoulder with each turn of the page. The crooked cops are searching for the money, Gena's family members are now the target for Gena who's hiding from everything and everyone, as the race is on for Gena's survival. Will she manage to keep the money, can she get out of town and make a new life for herself, and will her family survive the maniacal killer that is hell bent on tracking her down? Will Gena stay, True to the Game? |
#20 This Year You Write Your Novel Click to order via Amazon by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0316065412 Pub. Date: April 2007 Format: Hardcover, 113pp Publisher: Little, Brown & Company No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," best-selling novelist Walter Mosley advises. Anyone can write a novel now, and in this essential book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, Walter Mosley promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells how to: - Create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs-- and how to stick to it. - Determine the narrative voice that's right for every writer's style. - Get past those first challenging sentences and into the heart of a story |
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