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Discovering Wes Moore
Discovering Wes Moore Wes Moore 9780385741682 Nonfiction Ember Ember The Young Adult Adaptation)For fans of The Wire and Unbroken comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Mo...
God Is Not An American
God Is Not An American jessica Care moore 9780965830867 Fiction Moore Black Press Moore Black Press In the labyrinth of Moore’s prose and poetry, the blues force is synonymous with the Derridean trace...
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore Ashley D. Farmer 9780593701546 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From an award-winning historian of Blac...
Teaching Black History To White People
Teaching Black History To White People Leonard N. Moore 9781477324851 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for twenty-five years...
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore 9780385528207 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherl...
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir Wayétu Moore 9781644450314 Nonfiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the...
We Want Our Bodies Back
We Want Our Bodies Back jessica Care moore 9780062955289 Poetry Amistad HarperCollins “We Want Our Bodies Back is a lyric encyclopedia, a psalm book, a conflagration of fire and fierce black joy. And ...
The Power of Presence
The Power of Presence Joy Thomas Moore 9781538743805 Nonfiction Grand Central Life & Style Hachette Book Group A Black Women’s Health Imperative Inaugural Book Club Selection! For single parents, w...
One Window’s Light
One Window’s Light Lenard D. Moore 9780877750062 Poetry Unicorn Press Unicorn Press Poetry. African & African American Studies. Edited by Lenard D. Moore. "A literal and metaphorical groundbreaker, th...
The Work: My Search For A Life That Matters
The Work: My Search For A Life That Matters Wes Moore 9780812993578 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore continues his inspirational quest for a m...
Sunlight Through Bullet Holes
Sunlight Through Bullet Holes jessica Care moore 9780615997247 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press Jessica Care Moore has the brains of W.E.B. DuBois and the beauty of Dorothy Dandridge. She is...
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore 9780385528191 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes ...
The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto
The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto jessica Care moore 9780965830874 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto (AVG) is the highly anticipated release from author jessica C...
Richard B. Moore, Caribbean Militant in Harlem: Collected Writings, 1920-1972 (Blacks in the Diaspora)
Richard B. Moore, Caribbean Militant in Harlem: Collected Writings, 1920-1972 (Blacks in the Diaspora) Richard B. Moore 9780253207593 Nonfiction Indiana University Press Indiana University Press [This...
Black Rage In New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina
Black Rage In New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina Leonard N. Moore 9780807177372 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas...
The Geography of Jazz
The Geography of Jazz Lenard D. Moore 9781949467307 Poetry John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher A poetry collection by internationally acclaimed poet Lenard D. Moore focusing on jazz musi...
She Would Be King: A Novel
She Would Be King: A Novel Wayétu Moore 9781644450017 Fiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history―a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s formationWay&e...
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America Darnell L. Moore 9781568589404 Nonfiction Bold Type Books Hachette Book Group From a leading journalist and activist comes a brave, beauti...
Freedom Songs
Freedom Songs Yvette Moore 9781543093131 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Freedom Songs is the moving coming of age story of 14-year-old Sheryl Williams of Brooklyn, New York, who is pulle...
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation Natalie Y. Moore 9781137280152 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers While mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have tou...
Caribbean Crusaders and the Harlem Renaissance
Caribbean Crusaders and the Harlem Renaissance Joyce Moore Turner 9780252072413 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press Caribbean Crusaders and the Harlem Renaissance is a...
The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth
The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth jessica Care moore 9780965830805 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press The Words Don’t Fit In My Mouth has become a classic book among fans of the new movement of...
Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) Joseph Moore 9780313259951 Nonfiction Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Group Aware of M...
Richard B. Moore: Bibliophile, Activist Son of Barbados
Richard B. Moore: Bibliophile, Activist Son of Barbados Joyce Moore Turner 9781574781489 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Barbados celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Independence No...
Habila
Habila Wayétu Moore 9780593297490 Fiction Viking Penguin Random House From the acclaimed author of She Would Be King, a dazzling and daring work of magical realism that weaves through the lives of a L...
Pigment Power: Topics on Melanin in Science & Health
Pigment Power: Topics on Melanin in Science & Health T. Owens Moore 9781884897047 Nonfiction Direct Link Direct Link The power of pigment is pervasive throughout the planet and the cosmos. Without pig...
Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City Wes Moore 9780525512363 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House "An illuminating portrait of Baltimore in the aftermath of the April 2015 death of ...
All the Songs We Sing: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective
All the Songs We Sing: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective Lenard D. Moore 9781949467338 Poetry Carolina Wren Press Carolina Wren Press "An expansive ...
Mr. Moore’s Menagerie
Mr. Moore’s Menagerie Anna Christian 9780998141909 Fiction Dadielte Production Dadielte Production Almost every day Bobby, Sonny, and Max watch their new neighbor, Mr. Moore, as he carries mysterious ...
Watchmen
Watchmen Alan Moore 9781779501127 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics A hit HBO original series, Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore, presents a world where the mere prese...
A Gift for Yole
A Gift for Yole Wayétu Moore 9781460917046 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book A Gift for Yole tells the story of young Kona, who is looking for a gift for her favorite friend Yole. Kona looks all o...
Kukujumuku
Kukujumuku Wayétu Moore 9780615661193 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book "Kukujumuku" is the story of a giant frog named Henry on the day of a big thunderstorm. While Henry travels the countryside ...
My Little Musu
My Little Musu Wayétu Moore 9780615661209 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book My Little Musu is a Liberian lullaby from a young mother to her daughter. Musu is a word from the Vai ethnic group that ...
J is for Jollof Rice
J is for Jollof Rice Wayétu Moore 9780615661216 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book "J is for Jollof Rice" is a story about a young girl who explores the alphabet while traveling the Liberian countr...
1 Peking
1 Peking Wayétu Moore 9780615661223 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book "1 Peking" is a counting book about a young boy on the day of his 7th birthday picnic in a Monrovian park. Peking is a Liberia...
I Love Liberia
I Love Liberia Wayétu Moore 9780615661230 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book I LOVE LIBERIA is an original poem that encourages national and cultural pride.
Howard L. Bingham’s Black Panthers 1968 Ltd Ed (Limited)
Howard L. Bingham’s Black Panthers 1968 Ltd Ed (Limited) Howard L. Bingham 9781934429150 Nonfiction AMMO Books AMMO Books Forty years after Life magazine sent writer Gilbert Moore and photographer How...
Singing in the Comeback Choir
Singing in the Comeback Choir Bebe Moore Campbell 9780425227824 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House “If this is a fair world, Bebe Moore Campbell will be remembered as the most important Africa...
An About Face
An About Face M.W. Moore 9780977611621 Fiction M.W. Moore Publications M.W. Moore Publications The final years of prison don t get any easier for former NCAA track athlete Miguel Morris as forces stil...
I Get So Hungry
I Get So Hungry Bebe Moore Campbell 9780399243110 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Beloved author Bebe Moore Campbell?s last book shines light on childhood obesi...
Internal Chaos
Internal Chaos M.W. Moore 9780977611614 Fiction M.W. Moore Publications M.W. Moore Publications After a plea deal and confession to six bank robberies, Miguel Morris’ life behind bars becomes a daily ...
For What I Hate I Do
For What I Hate I Do M.W. Moore 9780977611607 Fiction M.W. Moore Publications M.W. Moore Publications For What I Hate I Do is a stunning yet fact-based fictional look at the abysmal and catastrophic l...
Fighting for America: Black Soldiers-the Unsung Heroes of World War II
Fighting for America: Black Soldiers-the Unsung Heroes of World War II Christopher Moore 9780345459619 Nonfiction Presidio Press Penguin Random House The African-American contribution to winning World...
72 Hour Hold
72 Hour Hold Bebe Moore Campbell 9781400040742 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating...
Sweet Summer: Growing up with and without My Dad
Sweet Summer: Growing up with and without My Dad Bebe Moore Campbell 9780425174746 Fiction Berkley Trade Penguin Random House This acclaimed memoir by Bebe Moore Campbell, the bestselling author of Br...
Your Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson and You
Your Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson and You jessica Care moore 9780063311398 Nonfiction Amistad Books for Young Readers HarperCollins Ketanji. Unshook. Unbothered. Poised for position....
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 Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience
Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience Rebecca Moore 9780711294219 Nonfiction Leaping Hare Press The Quarto Group It can be the simplest of things that bring you joy and give a deeper sense o...
She Remembered It All
She Remembered It All Jayne Moore Waldrop 9781945049477 Nonfiction Shadelandhouse Modern Press Shadelandhouse Modern Press “When Helen LaFrance picked up a paintbrush, her thoughts took flight, soarin...
Long Rain
Long Rain Lenard D. Moore 9781732436992 Poetry Wet Cement Press Wet Cement Press Lenard D. Moore’s Long Rain is a book of exquisite tanka poems, similar to haiku, and short prose haibun, organized aro...
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...
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Donna L. Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers 9781250137739 Nonfiction Picador Macmillan Publishers The four most...
A Good Kind of Trouble
A Good Kind of Trouble Lisa Moore Ramée 9780062836687 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins Recipient of the 2020 Walter Honors, Younger Readers Category from We Need Diverse ...
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972 Leonard N. Moore 9780807169032 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press For three days in 1972 ...
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
The Stars Beneath Our Feet David Barclay Moore 9781524701246 Fiction Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of h...
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel Edward Kelsey Moore 9781250107947 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl’s All-Y...
Shoe Fetish 2: Grown Into High Heels
Shoe Fetish 2: Grown Into High Heels Sharon Bennett and Beatrice Moore 9781478758983 Fiction Amazon Digital Services Amazon Digital Services, Inc. There is definitely an immediate emotional attachment...
Durham Suite: 5 by Three Count Pour
Durham Suite: 5 by Three Count Pour Nathaniel Mackey, J. Peter Moore, Dianne Timblin, Ken Taylor, and Magdalena Zurawski 9780988937765 Poetry Three Count Pour selva oscura press Poetry. Suite of five ...
In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall
In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall Folami Abiade, Dinah Johnson, Carole Boston Weatherford, Dakari Hru, Michael Burgess, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lenard D. Moore, David Anderson, Angela Johnson, Sonia Sanchez, and...
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat Edward Kelsey Moore 9780307959928 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Meet Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean in the New York Times best-selling novel … Earl’s...
What You Owe Me
What You Owe Me Bebe Moore Campbell 9780425227664 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House “A multigenerational saga … about forgiveness and redemption. Lavish and funny and perfect.”—The Los Angele...
Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad
Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad Bebe Moore Campbell 9780425229279 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House "Potent … Unforgettable."—Bharati Mukherjee The New York Times Book Review...
Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation
Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Y. Moore 9781573442572 Nonfiction Cleis Press Cleis Press Two smart Black women break the...
Black Girls Learn Love Hard
Black Girls Learn Love Hard Ras Baraka 9780965830850 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press Ras Baraka’s "Black Girls Learn Love Hard" (Moore Black Press 2006) is more than a brother mourning the ...
This Is Where I Came In: Black America in the 1960s
This Is Where I Came In: Black America in the 1960s Gerald L. Early 9780803218239 Nonfiction University of Nebraska Press University of Nebraska Press The fascinating and turbulent black America of th...
Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power
Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power Leonard N. Moore 9780252071638 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press As the first elected black mayor of a major U.S...
Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America
Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America Laura Wexler 9780684868165 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. On that July evening in 1946, the leader counted aloud and th...
The Name “Negro,” Its Origin and Evil Use
The Name “Negro,” Its Origin and Evil Use Richard B. Moore 9780933121355 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Originally published in 1960, this study focuses on the exploitive nature of...
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters Bebe Moore Campbell 9780425149409 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House "This book is about succeeding—and surviving—even being happy, in a society where every card seems sta...
The Bible in 52 Weeks (Deluxe Edition): A Yearlong Bible Study for Women
The Bible in 52 Weeks (Deluxe Edition): A Yearlong Bible Study for Women Kimberly D. Moore 9798886083545 Nonfiction Callisto Callisto Publishing Strengthen your faith week by week with this deluxe...
Make Your Way Home: Stories
Make Your Way Home: Stories Carrie R. Moore 9781963108286 Fiction Tin House Books Tin House Books A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Finalist for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and ...
Set Me Free: The Good News of God’s Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays)
Set Me Free: The Good News of God’s Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays) Lecrae Moore 9780310460923 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Do you feel like you live life looking in ...
When Black Girls Dream Big
When Black Girls Dream Big Tanisia Moore 9781338776201 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. YOU are Black Girl Magic. How will you shine YOUR light? This striking companion to I Am My Ancestors’ W...
Film Makers: 15 Groundbreaking Women Directors
Film Makers: 15 Groundbreaking Women Directors Lyn Miller-Lachmann and Tanisia Moore 9798890680051 Nonfiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press In Hollywood, women don’t have to be in front o...
I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams
I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams Tanisia Moore 9781338776171 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. YOU are your ancestors’ wildest dreams. How will you express YOUR greatness? Perfect for fans of ...
Micah Hudson: Football Fumble
Micah Hudson: Football Fumble Tanisia Moore 9781478879138 Fiction Reycraft Books Reycraft Books Future football star Micah Hudson’s most prized possession is a football signed by THE Jackson Vick. But...
Promise Boys
Promise Boys Nick Brooks 9781250866974 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers Nick Brooks’s Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of color who must in...
Warrior Carrying Water Anthology (B&W)
Warrior Carrying Water Anthology (B&W) Jason Lawrence Moore 9781976768811 Poetry Independently Published Independently Published I’ve been writing one page poems over the past decade, about everything...
Warrior Carrying Water Anthology
Warrior Carrying Water Anthology Jason Lawrence Moore 9798842814565 Poetry Independently Published Independently Published I’ve been writing one page poems over the past decade, about everything from ...
Seasonal Adventures
Seasonal Adventures Johnny Ray Moore 9781478872399 Nonfiction Reycraft Books Reycraft Books As the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the authors poetic words...
My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir
My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, and Katherine Moore 9780062897664 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestsel...
2020: The Year That Changed America
2020: The Year That Changed America Kevin Powell 9781735199740 Nonfiction Bowker Bowker 2020 is a year we shall never forget-not America, not the world. The tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his dau...
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. Johnny Ray Moore 9781546034421 Nonfiction Worthy Kids Hachette Book Group Teach little learners about beloved civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with this 2...
A Good Kind of Trouble
A Good Kind of Trouble Lisa Moore Ramée 9780062836694 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins
The Bible in 52 Weeks: A Yearlong Bible Study for Women
The Bible in 52 Weeks: A Yearlong Bible Study for Women Kimberly D. Moore 9781641528153 Nonfiction Rockridge Press Callisto Publishing A yearlong journey through the Bible to strengthen women’s faith ...
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
The Stars Beneath Our Feet David Barclay Moore 9781524701277 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House
Just Sketching
Just Sketching Yvette Moore 9781985071018 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Two months into the new school year, Sheryl Williams walks with her sketchpad while fading into the walls of Wing...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2016): Embracing Difference
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2016): Embracing Difference Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v8 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2016 “Embracing D...
Unashamed
Unashamed Lecrae Moore 9781433689123 Fiction B&H Publishing Group LifeWay Christian Resources If you live for people’s acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection. Two-time Grammy winning rap artist, ...
A Boss Lady’s Heart
A Boss Lady’s Heart Michel’le Moore 9781511504409 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Novea Harris better known as Blade Is a Jamaican native who has inherited her father Janjak’s empire afte...
The Last Mapou
The Last Mapou Edwidge Danticat 9780615740058 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book The Last Mapou Written by: Edwidge Danticat Illustrated by: Edouard Duval-Carrié Grade Level: 3rd-5th grade I...
A is for Ayiti
A is for Ayiti Ibi Zoboi 9780615736365 Fiction One Moore Book One Moore Book A is for Ayiti Written by Ibi Zoboi Illustrated by Joseph Zoboi Grade Level: PK-3 An alphabet book that explores the rich c...
The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang
The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang Natalie Y. Moore and Lance Williams 9781613744918 Nonfiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press This expos&...
The Science and the Myth of Melanin: Exposing the Truths
The Science and the Myth of Melanin: Exposing the Truths T. Owens Moore 9781617590160 Nonfiction EWorld Inc EWorld Inc In This ground-breaking work, perhaps the first full length scientific analysis ...
Hair Power, Skin Revolution
Hair Power, Skin Revolution Nicole Moore 9781848763937 Poetry Troubador Publishing Ltd Troubador Publishing Ltd This is a collection of poetry and personal essays from a diverse group of black and mix...
The House on Monroe Street
The House on Monroe Street Jacquie Bamberg Moore 9780971192416 Fiction Reading Time Publishing Reading Time Publishing As a child, Norma Jean (Gina) Booker was told she was too dark, too ugly, and too...
Prime Choice: Perry Skky Jr. Series #1
Prime Choice: Perry Skky Jr. Series #1 Stephanie Perry Moore 9780758218636 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Prime Choice Book 1 Torn between his desire for sex and his desire to please G...
I Dreamed My People Were Calling But I Couldn't Find My Way Home
I Dreamed My People Were Calling But I Couldn't Find My Way Home Danny Simmons 9780965830836 Fiction Moore Black Press Moore Black Press "At the heart of this powerful collection of poems and painting...
Subtle Art of Breathing
Subtle Art of Breathing asha bandele 9780965830881 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press Poetry. African American Studies. THE SUBTLE ART OF BREATHING is a work about women, survival, and abuse t...
The Apostles: A Novel
The Apostles: A Novel Y. Blak Moore 9780345475701 Fiction Strivers Row Penguin Random House The Apostles run Chicago’s streets. Their leader, “Solemn Shawn” Terson, is the most revered–and feared–man ...