AALBC.com's
Best Selling Books for November and December 2007
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Format: Paperback, 2nd ed., 304pp. After more than two years of entertaining tens of thousands of loyal readers on the Internet with her vivid imagination, a large collection of Zane's erotica is finally available in a published format. Zane has captivated the minds of both sexes and all races. She has completely shattered 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 races. The erotica collection is divided into three sections: Wild, Wilder and Off Da Damn Hook. Her characters run the gamut from the sensual housewife that wants her husband to experiment more to the secret underground sorority of women that let it all hang out literally. |
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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. �Excerpted from the Introduction |
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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: 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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Paperback, 336pp. 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. |
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Hill Harper ISBN: 1592402003 Voted One of the Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2006 �Young men today have been bombarded with images of
wealth and success that tell them that buying the hottest car or the most
bling-blingin� jewelry is what they should be motivated by. There is an
overwhelming sales pitch targeted at these young men that subliminally
suggests that material goods are what makes them real men. I want young men
to have knowledge of the things that bring them true empowerment: education,
a strong sense of purpose, compassion, confidence, and humility, to name a
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Paperback: 288
pages Whoever said whoring wasn�t easy, never lied! But somebody had to do it! Working the mean streets of Detroit was getting hard on young Kamone, with two small mouths to feed. Forced to get on the grind non-stop by her madam, Cookie, after being abandoned by her dopefiend, HIV infected mother, there's nothing Kamone won�t do to get that paper � drugs, murder, sex, lies and videotapes! That is, until she is scandalously set up to be raped, drugged and left for dead. Just when Kamone thinks it's the end, she finds what every bad girl longs for � a bad boy with a heart, who literally picks her up out of the gutter. But will Lucci's thug passion be enough to satisfy Kamone's lustful habits? Or will she run back to the only life she knows? |
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Paperback: 432 pages "Whatever has been going on in your mind, your life, or your heart can stop � right now, if that is truly what you desire. However, you must be willing to "do a new thing." You must spend a little time, each day, in devotion to the truth about yourself and the truth about life. You must make a conscious approach to what you think and how you feel about what you do. Devotion will clear up misconceptions that may have obscured your vision of life until today!" ~Iyanla |
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#5
Paperback: 288 pages Essence� best-selling author Wahida Clark is all too familiar with the terrifying truths of ghetto life. The first novel in her gritty, gripping series takes you on into a world where a wrong choice could be the last choice a person ever makes� In a �hood boiling over with sex, brutality, and crime, three friends are at a turning point. They can surrender to the streets�and the murderous men who rule there�or walk a totally different path. But nothing is simple for women addicted to life on the edge. And everything has consequences� Angel, Jaz, and Kyra are all leading double lives, torn between working hard to leave the ghetto behind�and being dragged back in by the lying, pimping, drug-dealing men they can�t seem to let go. From jealous rampages to bloody turf wars to rage-fueled vendettas, a tangled web of sex and violence binds these women to the very place that could destroy them� Get ready to enter a heart-pounding world of danger and eroticism mixed with a glimmer of hope. |
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by Carmen Bryan, Vanessa Satten ISBN: 1416532668 Carmen Bryan is no stranger to the rap world. Not only did she work at Def Jam and Capitol Records but she shares a daughter with hip-hop superstar Nas -- a relationship made extremely public through Nas's celebrity status, rap lyrics, and the ever-present media. Now, in It's No Secret, a strong, resilient Carmen bares all, telling her side of the story and leaving no detail unturned -- with the true candor and raw emotion of someone who has been there, done that, and survived. From a clandestine relationship with Nas's biggest rival, Jay-Z, that stirred up the biggest feud in hip-hop history, to seeing her reputation in tatters and a once loving relationship with Nas fall apart, Carmen depicts her trying journey to become the strong woman and mother she is today. After years of turmoil that included drugs, sex, greed, and violence -- and abandoning what she had always prized above all, her freedom -- Carmen took a stand, focusing on herself. After years of pursuit by the media, Carmen sets the record straight in It's No Secret -- and has no regrets. |
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#6
ISBN: 0977323420 �With a tormenting secret from her past haunting her every step, the once sweet and innocent Kareemah El-Amin's delicate mind snaps, sending her on a darkened path that will transform her into her deadly alter ego, Angel. With nothing to lose and the world to gain, she embarks on a quest to rule the gritty streets of our nation's capital, by taking over the rough and rugged D.C. drug trade. Guile, cunning, and ruthlessness are her tools, while death, destruction and deception are her trade. Her quest to conquer the shady underworld is brought to a cataclysmic halt by a horrendous act against the one person who brought her any semblance of sanity, her baby sister. With revenge on her mind, Angel sets out on a bloodthirsty quest to avenge the one person in life whom she truly loved. The clock is ticking, the police are on her trail, and a shocking betrayal threatens to send her to prison for life. Will Angel avenge her sister's shocking torture and manage to escape the clutches of the determined detective Sean Jones? Will she find out who her betrayers are, before it's too late? Will she get her life together and move on? Or will she suffer the same fate that she has dealt to so many others? The stakes are high, the players are ruthless, and the result of failure is death.� |
#6
ISBN: 0913543012 This book discusses what's the relationship between self esteem and student achievement? Find the answers to this and other questions in this book. |
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#7
Hardcover: 304 pages Most corporations hand out bonus checks or gift certificates for Christmas but Wolfe Industries hands out drama. Skyscraper centers around the week before the Annual Christmas Party at Wolfe Industries, the first African-American automobile manufacturer. It examines the lives of four central characters: Chico, an 18-year-old mailroom clerk, Anastasia, a 25-year-old secretary, Diana, a 37-year-old executive assistant, and Tomalis Wolfe, the 50-year-old CEO. Chico resides with his overprotective, extremely religious mother and is the typical young man when it comes to sex. He doesn�t turn it down. Anastasia, along with her best friend and coworker, Shakia, spends her nights in the secret penthouse maintained by Wolfe executives for partying and wild sex. Diana, a single mother of twin boys, is frustrated with her current position as an executive assistant. Meanwhile Edmund, a parking garage attendant, has the hots for her but she will never give him the time of day. Tomalis has all the money in the world and all the problems: a whorish wife, a bitchy mother-in-law, a druggie daughter, and a trifling son. A determined individual who built his empire from scratch, Tomalis is not one to be toyed with and he intends to make everyone around him understand that for once and for all. The week leading up to the Christmas party is unforgettable, as the lives of four people who have barely interacted with each other in the past begin to cross paths in the most disturbing ways. By the time the actual party takes place, they will be lucky if the Wolfe Industries Skyscraper is still standing. |
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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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#8
Format: Paperback, 320pp. Can you say WILD? Can you say FREAKY DEAKY? Can you say in your best Shananae imitation, "Oh my goodness! No she didn't even go there!" If you can say all of that, then you can probably handle reading this book. However, the only thing you will be able to say after you finish it is "Shame on it all!" Thus, the title. Harmony, Bryce and Lucinda aka Lucky Whitfield are sisters in the truest sense of the word. They argue and they get on each other's nerves but when it comes down to the wire, they are extremely protective of one another. One brotha in particular has to find out the hard way that if you mess with one of the Whitfield sisters, you mess with the whole family. Shame On It All is a dramady about their adventures, their friendships, their love lives and their outlooks on situations facing most African-American women in today's society. Harmony, the oldest, is the conservative type. A successful business owner who often puts in long hours to make extra money to help support her younger sisters. She is often torn between doing what's right and doing what feels good but there is one thing she doesn't sway her opinion on and that's the physical and emotional welfare of Bryce and Lucky. Bryce, the middle sister, is fascinated with two things; hair weaves and hellified sex in that order. She is by far the wildest of the Whitfield crew. While she often talks trash about Harmony to her face, she simply will not tolerate it from anyone else. Sometimes rowdy and always uninhibited, Bryce takes no prisoners when it comes to getting what she wants out of life. Lucky, the baby of the bunch, is a thriving medical school student and as Afrocentric as they come. She brings a degree of balance to the often volatile conversations between her two older siblings but sometimes she lacks good judgment when it comes to relationships with men. Fatima, Harmony's best friend, wants out of a troubled marriage to a wealthy businessman. She is willing to do just about anything to get him out of her life and with the aid of a few trusted friends, she does just that in the most unique way. Colette, Bryce's best friend, puts the H in hoochie. She spends the majority of her time macking men. That is, until she meets her match in the form of a male stripper sporting a 2 x 4 between his legs. Jam-packed with unpredictable, unbelievable and just downright crazy situations with a few surprising twists thrown in for good measure, Shame On It All is as wild as they come. The five sections of Shame On It All are separated by four commercials, adding to the uniqueness the book. All of the people featured in the commercials end up as minor characters in the book. |
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Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 302pp. Preface: "We now are nearing the final decade of the 20th century. Recently, there has been an unraveling and an analysis of the core issue of the first global power sysem of mass oppression-- the power system of racism (white supremacy). One the collective victim (non-white population) understands this fundamental issue, the ultimate organizing of all of the appropriate behaviors necessary to neutralize the great injustice of the white supremacy power system will only be a matter of time. The length of time required to neutralize global white supremacy will be inversely proportional to 1) the level of understanding of the phenomenon; plus 2) the evolution of self- and group-respect, the will, determination and discipline to practice the appropriate counter-racist behaviors--on the part of the non-white victims of white supremacy." |
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#9
Paperback: 288 pages The high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with
the novel fans have been feenin� for: the sequel to her #1 best-selling
novel, A Hustler's Wife. |
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by Felicia Pearson and David Ritz'
Hardcover: 240 pages Book Review of Grace After Midnight 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. 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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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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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. |
The Sex Chronicles:
Shattering the Myth
Confessions
of a Video Vixen
Love
Is Never Painless: Three Novellas
Addicted 
Letters
to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny
Whore
(Triple Crown Publications Presents)
Until
Today! : Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind
Thugs And The Women
Who Love Them
It's
No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal--a Hip-Hop Helen of
Troy Tells All
Angel
Skyscraper
Countering
the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
Shame
On It All
The
Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors
Forever
a Hustler's Wife: A Novel
Grace After Midnight:
A Memoir (Hardcover)
Blackgentlemen.com
Dear
G-Spot: Straight Talk About Sex and Love
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