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See Marcus Grow
See Marcus Grow Marcus Bridgewater 9780593406076 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Marcus Bridgewater, also known as the social media sensation Garden Marcus, shows kids the lessons he ...
Marcus Guillory
Marcus Guillory NONE Born in Louisiana, Marcus Guillory rose from humble beginnings to become a renowned screenwriter, author, musician, and producer. He initially pursued law before dedicating himse...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey 0000000121272214 “Up! You mighty race, you can accomplish what you will.” Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a prominent publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and advocate for Bl...
Marcus Dewan Williams
Marcus Dewan Williams NONE Marcus Dewan Williams, more than just the owner of Nubian Books bookstore, is an active advocate for African and African-American culture and education. As a publisher and ...
May a Divine Awaken
May a Divine Awaken Michael A. Tinsley 9798217087648 Fiction Storehouse Voices Penguin Random House In the first book of a heart-pounding new YA fantasy series, an orphaned teen is thrust into a divin...
Yes, Chef
Yes, Chef Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers 9780385342605 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his gra...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
The Porn Star Guide To Great Sex
The Porn Star Guide To Great Sex Mr. Marcus 9780312382391 Fiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers A provocative bedside guide to some of the most captivating sexual advice from pro-lover porn ...
Negro with a Hat
Negro with a Hat Thumper Book Review I’m not an average reader of biographies. I am now realizing the older I get, the more biographies and history books my reading palette finds attr...
Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating
Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating Marcus Samuelsson 9780593715222 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House Marcus Samuelsson, Award-Winning Chef, restaurateur, and cookboo...
A Method for Magic and Misfortune
A Method for Magic and Misfortune Craig Kofi Farmer 9781250900289 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A boy discovers magic—along with a hidden darkness—in his town in this propulsive and...
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (posted May 8th 2014): Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted Sign the petition to help save the sto...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin MULTIPLE Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a prominent political leader, and Tony Martin, a distinguished historian, are renowned for their significant contributions in advoc...
Marcus Major
Marcus Major 0000000038042522 Marcus Major, born in Fort Bragg, followed a transient childhood due to his father's military career. He studied Literature and African-American Studies at Richard Stock...
E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer
E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer MULTIPLE "E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer are renowned authors, each contributing unique voic...
Marcus Jackson
Marcus Jackson NONE Marcus Jackson, an accomplished poet from Toledo, Ohio, studied at the University of Toledo and NYU. His work has been published in prestigious journals like The New Yorker. Curre...
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Julius Garvey 9781506488721 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media AALBC’s founder, Troy Johnson, is a contributor to this anthology. Marcus G...
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food Marcus Samuelsson 9780316480680 Nonfiction Voracious Hachette Book Group This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star...
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home Marcus Samuelsson 9780470940587 Nonfiction Rux Martin Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The award-winning celebrity chef and New York Times best-selling autho...
The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa
The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa Marcus Samuelsson 9780764569111 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt "For as long as I can remember,...
Selected Writings And Speeches Of Marcus Garvey
Selected Writings And Speeches Of Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey 9780486437873 Fiction Dover Publications Dover Publications A controversial figure in the history of race relations around the worl...
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans: Or, Africa for the Africans
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans: Or, Africa for the Africans Marcus Mosiah Garvey 9780912469249 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press A Collectors...
Harold G. Marcus
Harold G. Marcus NONE Harold G. Marcus was a notable professor of History and African Studies at Michigan State University. He is renowned for his works on Ethiopian history and politics, including '...
Marcus Weber
Marcus Weber 0000000019794032 Marcus Weber, younger half-brother of NY Times bestselling author Carl Weber, is currently incarcerated as of 2022. Marcus Weber is the younger half-brother of New York ...
Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1 Or, A Tale of Two Amies
Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1 Or, A Tale of Two Amies Tony Martin 9780912469064 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press Tony Martin, the distin...
Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson 0000000049972194 Marcus Samuelsson, celebrated chef known for appearances on Top Chef Masters and Iron Chef, earned a three-star review from The New York Times at a young age. He re...
Marcus Mabry
Marcus Mabry NONE Marcus Mabry is a veteran foreign correspondent and chief of correspondents for Newsweek. His award-winning work has been featured in numerous publications, and he is the author of ...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
Marcus Anthony Hunter
Marcus Anthony Hunter 0000000379386059 Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, a sociology & African American studies professor at UCLA, coined #BlackLivesMatter, and led UCLA's African American Studies Departmen...
Marcus J. Moore
Marcus J. Moore NONE Marcus J. Moore is a music journalist, editor, curator, pundit, professor, and author. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Pitchfork, TIME, TIDAL, GQ, The Washington Post...
Marcus Bridgewater
Marcus Bridgewater NONE Marcus Bridgewater, known on social media as Garden Marcus, is also the author of How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself. Media outlets that have featured his wor...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Kam Williams Interview THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY NOTES "UP! YOU MIGHTY RACE: A TRIBUTE TO MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY (1887-1940)" BY RUNOKO RASHDI DEDICATED TO D...
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey Tony Martin 9781574781953 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Marcus Garvey was many things race leader, journalist, orator, and ideologist. He was also ...
Marcus Makes a Movie
Marcus Makes a Movie Kevin Hart 9780593179147 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Stand-up comedian and Hollywood box-office hit Kevin Hart keeps the laughs coming in an illustr...
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association Tony Martin 9781574781779 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press R...
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem Marcus Samuelsson 9780544639775 Nonfiction Rux Martin Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes f...
Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life
Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life Marcus Samuelsson 9780385744003 Nonfiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef Marcus Samuelsson tell...
Garvey and Garveyism
Garvey and Garveyism Amy Jacques Garvey 9781574781168 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Amy Jacques Garvey worked closely with her husband, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., throughout his c...
In Bed with Her Boss: Rich Man’s Fake Fiancee (Harlequin Bestselling Author)
In Bed with Her Boss: Rich Man’s Fake Fiancee (Harlequin Bestselling Author) Brenda Jackson and Catherine Mann 9780373180837 Fiction Harlequin Harlequin Enterprises Limited BUSINESS AFFAIRS Opal Lockh...
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry)
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry) Marcus Wicker 9780062191014 Poetry Harper Perennial HarperCollins “These are wide-ranging Whitmanesque poems self-aware meditations that rap and jazz t...
Practicing What You Preach
Practicing What You Preach Vanessa Davis Griggs 9780758232229 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. The wedding between Angela Gabriel and Brent Underwood promises to be the Birmingham event of t...
Negro With A Hat: The Rise And Fall Of Marcus Garvey
Negro With A Hat: The Rise And Fall Of Marcus Garvey Colin Grant 9780099501459 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Definitive biography of Marcus Garvey from an exciting and talented new writer.At o...
Chess Rumble
Chess Rumble G. Neri 9781584302797 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Three movesis all it takesto change the outcomeof the game.In Marcus’s world, battles are fought everyday—on the street, at h...
Got to be Real: Four Original Love Stories
Got to be Real: Four Original Love Stories E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer 9780451202239 Fiction NAL Trade NAL Trade Boldly sexy, raucously funny, and unfailingly...
Beyond Desire (Arabesque)
Beyond Desire (Arabesque) Gwynne Forster 9781583142011 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Amanda Ross is thrilled when she is appointed junior high school principal in Caution Poin...
Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy
Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin 9780912469195 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press In September 1937, three years before his ...
Marcus Kareem
Marcus Kareem NONE Marcus Kareem was born in Hip-Hop, and raised in Teaneck, NJ. He learned to write and music at early age, sitting on the floor sometimes of the record shop with a pencil and pad. ...
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey
The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey Tony Martin 9780912469034 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press Marcus Garvey was many things race leader, journalist, orator and ideologist. He was al...
Rupert Lewis
Rupert Lewis 0000000066437652 Rupert Lewis, Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies, has dedicated 50 years to educating on Marcus Garvey and the Garvey movement. Lewis has authored a...
Gotta Keep On Tryin'
Gotta Keep On Tryin' Idrissa Uqdah Book Review In the sequel to the novel, Tryin’ To Sleep In The Bed You Made, life-long friends Gayle Saunders and Patricia (Pat) Reid are together ...
Cry Me a River
Cry Me a River Thumper Book Review I have said it before, and most likely, I will say it again, but there is no drama like family drama. With Ernest Hill’s Cry Me a River, I got exactly that&...
Justice for Marcus Garvey
Justice for Marcus Garvey Robert Fleming Book Review Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind is a recently published collection of essays that highlights the achievements and aspirati...
The Majority Press
The Majority Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Announces, The TMP Series, Books Authored and Formerly Published by The Majority Press At the time of his death, Ma...
Sweetwater Reckoning: A Marcus Johnson Thriller
Sweetwater Reckoning: A Marcus Johnson Thriller Wayne Ince 9798994346020 Fiction Breaking Ranks Books Breaking Ranks Books Wayne Ince—known to his readers as Big Sarge—retired from the United States A...
High and Rising: A Book about de la Soul
High and Rising: A Book about de la Soul Marcus J. Moore 9780358494881 Nonfiction Dey Street Books HarperCollins A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched...
Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation
Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation Marcus Anthony Hunter 9780063004726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell’s Faces at the Bottom of...
Blueblood
Blueblood Malorie Blackman 9781642595772 Fiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books Nia has met the man she wants to marry. Marcus is kind, clever, and handsome, with a beard so dark it is nearly blue-bl...
The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America
The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America Marcus J. Moore 9781982107598 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. This “smart, confident, and necessary” (Shea Serr...
No Shade
No Shade K’wan 9781622867325 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. [Read by Kim Johnson] From #1 Essence bestselling author K’wan comes the sixth installment in his bestselling Hood Rat seri...
Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America
Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America Marcus Anthony Hunter 9780190249670 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press W.E.B. DuBois immortalized Philad...
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
Yes, Chef: A Memoir Marcus Samuelsson 9780385342612 Nonfiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE...
Her Teen Dream
Her Teen Dream Devon Vaughn Archer 9781475199543 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Karin Blanch is a sixteen-year-old sophomore at Elmwood High in Crescent Heights, California. She experien...
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa John Henrik Clarke 9781574780475 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1974, and edited by John Henrik Clarke with the aid of Amy...
New American Table
New American Table Marcus Samuelsson 9780470281888 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt An award-winning chef and author celebrates the regional flavors and the diverse ethni...
Garvey, Garveyism, and the Antinomies of Black Redemption
Garvey, Garveyism, and the Antinomies of Black Redemption C. Boyd James 9781592216550 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press In this copiously researched book, C. Boyd Ja...
Somebody Scream!: Rap Music’s Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
Somebody Scream!: Rap Music’s Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power Marcus Reeves 9780571211401 Nonfiction Faber and Faber Faber and Faber For many African Americans of a certain demogra...
Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion
Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion Rupert Lewis 9780865430624 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press This biography of Marcus Garvey documents the forging of his remar...
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey Suzanne Francis-Brown 9789766373368 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers Marcus Mosiah Garvey…his name is legend from the America’s to Zanzibar. One of the most influen...
Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power
Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power Marcus Mabry 9781594863622 Nonfiction Modern Times Modern Times Perhaps no American leader is better known and less understood than Secretary of S...
He Had It Coming
He Had It Coming camika c. spencer 9780312323349 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Five Women. A Man. And a Plan.Meet Marcus Brooks. He’s gorgeous. He’s successful. He’s the bestselling ...
A Man Most Worthy
A Man Most Worthy Marcus Major 9780451211071 Fiction NAL Trade NAL Trade Praised by Eric Jerome Dickey for "bringing to life the people we know," Blackboard bestselling author Marcus Major delivers hi...
Four Guys and Trouble
Four Guys and Trouble Marcus Major 9780525945680 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House Another hip and hilarious, sexy and wise novel about relationships-from the Blackboard bestselling author of ...
Good Peoples
Good Peoples Marcus Major 9780451409799 Fiction Onyx Onyx In the tradition of Eric Jerome Dickey-a sexy, sensitive, and sharp-witted novel from a bright new talentMyles Moore, a twenty-eight-year-old ...
Marcus Garvey, Hero: A First Biography
Marcus Garvey, Hero: A First Biography Tony Martin 9780912469058 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press This biography is a brief but succinct account of Marcus Garvey’s life and work. An i...
The Writing & Reception of Race First: Marcus Garvey and the Battle for Black History
The Writing & Reception of Race First: Marcus Garvey and the Battle for Black History Tony Martin 9780912469492 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press This is Tony Martin’s account of the ...
Amy Jacques Garvey
Amy Jacques Garvey 0000000078290141 Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey was a Jamaican-born journalist, activist and wife of Marcus Garvey. Born on December 31, 1895, she was one of the 20th century's pionee...
Julius Garvey
Julius Garvey NONE Julius W. Garvey, a board-certified cardiothoracic & vascular surgeon in New York, is affiliated with Northwell Health & teaches at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He also lec...
Foreword Justice for Marcus Garvey
Foreword Justice for Marcus Garvey Julius Garvey Excerpt Foreword Excerpt by Ta-Nehisi Coates “I grew up in a household where Malcolm X was Jesus, and I guess that would make Garvey God. Gar...
Rage of Angels
Rage of Angels Lola StVil 9798256500634 Fiction Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks An addictive YA fantasy romance series starter with enormous binge-reading potential. When a teenage girl is attacked ...
Ember
Ember Naima Simone 9781250352965 Fiction Bramble Macmillan Publishers DELUXE EDITION—featuring beautiful sprayed edges! He’ll burn it all to the ground to keep her. Her fire will consume his soul....
No Words for the Dead: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery
No Words for the Dead: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery Marcus Kareem 9798905537899 Fiction In the Stream Publishing In the Stream Publishing No Words for the Dead is the second installment in the COLE M...
It’s You Every Time
It’s You Every Time Charlene Thomas 9781546111788 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. A story about self-discovery, grief, and destiny that begs the question: How do you keep going when your worl...
Marcus Williams Owner of Nubian Books
Marcus Williams Owner of Nubian Books Book Spotlights
Throwaway Child
Throwaway Child Marcus Anthony Hunter 9798888876350 Fiction Westwood Books Publishing Westwood Books Publishing Throwaway Child is an erotic thriller about Splendora Reilly, a young woman from Beverly...
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys
Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys Marcus Dewan Williams 9798218185251 Nonfiction Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Nubian Bookstore Presents Color My Occupation Book For Boys...
Just for Kicks: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery
Just for Kicks: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery Marcus Kareem 9798396520134 Fiction In the Stream Publishing In the Stream Publishing The Search for Cole Moneye is the first installment in the COLE MONE...
To A More Positive Purpose: Critical Responses to the Scholarship of Tony Martin
To A More Positive Purpose: Critical Responses to the Scholarship of Tony Martin Rhone Fraser 9798322108108 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Now in the twenty-first century, ...
An American Lost in Paris: A Novella Adapted from The Screenplay
An American Lost in Paris: A Novella Adapted from The Screenplay Marcus Anthony Hunter 9781685366551 Fiction Westwood Books Publishing Westwood Books Publishing It was 1968 and Miles Decker had just t...
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 9780593318935 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Oprah announced Nightcrawling as the selection, on June 7, 2022, on CBS Mornings Mottley joined the h...
Sign The Petition to Exonerate Marcus Garvey Before March 1st, 2022
Sign The Petition to Exonerate Marcus Garvey Before March 1st, 2022 Author Interviews
Philly Girl 2: Carl Weber Presents
Philly Girl 2: Carl Weber Presents Marcus Weber 9781645562801 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Philly Girl 2 will have you re-evaluating the bonds of friendship and love. It will make y...
Three Tales of Wisdom
Three Tales of Wisdom Nkechi Taifa 9781734769357 Fiction House of Songhay II House of Songhay II AYANNA, THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER The tale of how Anansi’s magic helped Ayanna get to the Harvest Festival,...
The Virus Brought Me My First Love
The Virus Brought Me My First Love Wahida Clark 9781947732735 Fiction Wahida Clark Presents Publishing Green and Company LLC After a tumultuous relationship with the father of her children, love is th...
The Messenger
The Messenger Marcus Anthony Hunter 9781645758938 Fiction Austin Macauley Austin Macauley Charles Kelly, a former Vietnam veteran who works as a news reporter for a Los Angeles TV station, is piloting...
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Girls: Coloring & Activity Book
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Girls: Coloring & Activity Book Marcus Dewan Williams 9798727556214 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published All The Things We ...
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Boys: Coloring & Activity Book
Nubian Bookstore Presents All The Things We Can Be For Boys: Coloring & Activity Book Marcus Dewan Williams 9798727707265 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published In this coloring bo...