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DeVaughn M. Lilly author of The Magnificent Life of Gravvy Brown
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Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School Janet Halfmann 9781620141632 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Born into slavery around 1821 in Petersburg, Virginia, Lilly Ann Gr...
Lilly Workneh
Lilly Workneh NONE Lilly Workneh is a seasoned journalist, editor, and media strategist with vast experience in digital journalism, particularly in news reporting and storytelling. She has a strong f...
Murder at the Wham Bam Club
Murder at the Wham Bam Club Carolyn Marie Wilkins 9781496754714 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. As Prohibition era speakeasies and Jazz Age excitement reign supre...
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic Lilly Workneh 9781953424044 Nonfiction Rebel Girls Rebel Girls A PARENTS' FAVORITE PRODUCTS TILLYWIG AWARD WINNER 2022 ...
Cold Running Creek
Cold Running Creek Zelda Lockhart 9780978910211 Fiction LaVenson Press Studios LaVenson Press Studios During one of the most tumultuous times for the North American continent (pre and post Civil War) ...
Trouble Don’t Last Always
Trouble Don’t Last Always Francis Ray 9780312321635 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford files for divorce, then slips away from her...
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration Samara Cole Doyon 9780884487975 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers Kirkus Starred ReviewPW Starred ReviewSchool Library Journal Starred...
Sterling Brown
Sterling Brown 0000000467837526 Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989) was a renowned African American professor, poet, and literary critic. Born and educated in prestigious institutions, he devoted 40 years ...
Marie Brown
Marie Brown 0000000376893266 Marie Brown is the first inductee into the Publishing Hall of Fame Marie Dutton Brown, President of Marie Brown Associates, is a highly experienced literary agent with ove...
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English John McWhorter 9781592404940 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focus...
Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul James McBride 9780812983739 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House National Book Award winner James McBride goes in search o...
Tony Brown
Tony Brown 0000000109292618 Tony Brown, born April 11, 1933, is a renowned journalist, academician, entrepreneur, and author. He is best known for his commentary on the long-running PBS series, Tony ...
Les Brown
Les Brown 0000000116420577 Leslie “Les” Brown, born February 17, 1945, is a renowned motivational speaker, author, and former radio host. Despite his challenging upbringing, Brown has inspired millio...
Kaven Brown
Kaven Brown NONE Kaven Brown, a multifaceted entrepreneur known for his work as an author, photographer, and producer, has been influential in the publishing and music video industry. Brown's work ra...
Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown
Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown MULTIPLE Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown are reputable authors, known for their engaging and thought-provoking works. Their writing spans various genres, appea...
Brown Girl, Brown Girl
Brown Girl, Brown Girl Leslé Honoré 9780316314039 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group This powerful and hopeful picture book—inspired by the historic election of Vice Pre...
Eddie C. Brown
Eddie C. Brown 0000000119429622 Eddie Carl Brown, born in 1940, is a renowned investment manager and founder of Brown Capital Management. Recognized as a pioneer of minority-owned investment firms, h...
Roger Reeves
Roger Reeves 0000000438834254 Roger Reeves, author of 'King Me', is a distinguished poet based in Austin, Texas. He has been honored with a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Ruth Lilly...
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa 000000011440862X Yusef Komunyakaa the first African American male to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry Yusef Komunyakaa, born on April 29, 1947, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet recog...
Uncertain Rituals
Uncertain Rituals S. Pearl Sharp 9780936068213 Poetry Poets Pay Rent, Too Poets Pay Rent, Too An audio collection of five short stories. Written and read by S. Pearl Sharp. Directed by Iona Morris. Th...
Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton 0000000117802788 Lucille Clifton (1936-2010) was a distinguished poet and professor, notable as the first African American woman to win the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. She also won the N...
Getting Our Breath Back
Getting Our Breath Back Linda Watkins Book Review Getting Our Breath Back, the debut novel, by author Shawne Johnson, is not your ordinary read. Passionate words float with a hypnotic, poetic rhythm ...
Granddaddy
Granddaddy Carol Taylor Book Review Granddaddy is a poignant literary novel, told mostly in a stream of conscious narrative, that traces a family’s emotional journey through their memories of t...
Getting Our Breath Back
Getting Our Breath Back Shawne Johnson 9780525946540 Fiction Dutton Adult Penguin Random House Violet, Lilly, and Rose know how it feels to be black women trying to find their place in a changing whit...
King of Devon: Book 4 of the Kings of the Castle Series
King of Devon: Book 4 of the Kings of the Castle Series Naleighna Kai 9781733178235 Fiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group When a coma patient becomes pregnant under mysterious circumst...
Alison C. Rollins
Alison C. Rollins NONE Alison C. Rollins is a celebrated poet, Cave Canem fellow, and recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Alison C....
Martin Espada
Martin Espada 0000000078723234 MartÃn Espada, an esteemed poet, editor, essayist, and translator, has published over 20 books including Pulitzer finalist 'The Republic of Poetry'. He's the recipient...
B.L. Brown
B.L. Brown NONE B.L. Brown is a seasoned law enforcement professional with over 16 years of experience in various roles. She uses her expertise to create training programs and teach at local academie...
What Does Brown Mean To You?
What Does Brown Mean To You? Ron Grady 9780593462881 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House This joyously affirming picture book follows a young boy throughout his day as he plays, paints, a...
Brown Sugar Babe
Brown Sugar Babe Charlotte Watson Sherman 9781635921380 Fiction Boyds Mills Press Boyds Mills Press Brown is beautiful. Brown is powerful! “This is the book I want to give to my future daughter.” —...
Karamo Brown and Jason Rachel Brown
Karamo Brown and Jason Rachel Brown MULTIPLE Karamo Brown and Jason Rachel Brown are acclaimed authors known for insightful, empowering works. Their writings inspire readers with personal stories of ...
Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown 0000000055016908 Jericho Brown is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner Jericho Brown, born 1976, is a renowned, award-winning poet recognized for his inf...
Jim Brown
Jim Brown 0000000072514239 James Nathaniel Brown, born February 17, 1936, is a former American football player and actor. Renowned for his time as a fullback with the Cleveland Browns (1957-1965), he...
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs The Wall of Fame Game
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs The Wall of Fame Game Crystal Allen 9780062342362 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins The most fabulous nine-year-old cowgirl in Texas is back in this heartwarming and hilar...
Tameka Fryer Brown
Tameka Fryer Brown NONE Tameka Fryer Brown, a Charlotte-based author, is known for her award-winning children's books. Her debut, “Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day,” sold over 100,000 copies. Her sec...
Brown Glass Window
Brown Glass Window Thumper Book Review I’ve been waiting a long time for this and it is a privilege and a pleasure to state that Devorah Major’s new novel Brown Glass Window is out ...
Lauren Ling Brown
Lauren Ling Brown NONE Lauren Ling Brown is an author and editor based in Los Angeles, California. Brown identifies as multiracial, with African American and Asian heritage. She has spoken about how ...
Oil And Water...And Other Things That Don’t Mix
Oil And Water...And Other Things That Don’t Mix Nicky Wheeler Brown and Zetta Brown 9781905091850 Fiction LL-Publications LL-Publications The disaster facing the Gulf Coast has been on the minds of mi...
James Brown “Godfather of Soul” Dies at 73 (1933–2006)
James Brown “Godfather of Soul” Dies at 73 (1933–2006) Jamie Walker Article Photo Source: http://www.funky-stuff.com Atlanta, GA James Brown, the legendary ’Godfather of Soul...
The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College
The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College Oral Lee Brown and Caille Millner 9780385511476 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House I...
Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract
Brown Sugar 3: When Opposites Attract Carol Taylor 9780743466868 Nonfiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. An instant attraction, a lingering look, the electric touch of skin on skin, ...
This Is Life: Rediscovered Short Fiction by Frank London Brown
This Is Life: Rediscovered Short Fiction by Frank London Brown Frank London Brown 9798987574324 Fiction From Beyond Press From Beyond Press Collection of Frank London Brown’s stories originally publis...
Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies
Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies Eddie C. Brown and Blair S. Walker 9780470936627 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley Eddie Brown was born with an exceptional mind, into a loving and s...
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson Carole Boston Weatherford 9780593650165 Nonfiction Crown Penguin Random House Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, i...
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown NONE Reggie Brown is a San Diego-based artist and illustrator with a corporate graphic design background. His debut picture book, Santa In The City, was published by Dial Books in Novemb...
Tarana Burke and Brene Brown
Tarana Burke and Brene Brown MULTIPLE Tarana J. Burke is a renowned activist, focusing on sexual violence and racial justice, particularly for Black women and girls. She's the founder of the 'me too'...
Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World
Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World Robert Fleming Interview The international publishing world is taking notice off Zetta Brown’s red hot L-L Publications with...
Brown: Poems
Brown: Poems Kevin Young 9781524732547 Poetry Knopf Penguin Random House James Brown. John Brown’s raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things ...
All I Want For Christmas
All I Want For Christmas Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others 9781944359379 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown...
Brene Brown
Brene Brown 0000000034192910 Brene Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston and visiting professor at UT Austin, studies courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She's authored six...
310 Brown Street
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310 Brown Street
310 Brown Street 310 Brown Street 310 Brown Street https://310-brown-street.myshopify.com/
My Brown Boy
My Brown Boy Leslé Honoré 9780316314145 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group An affirming picture book that celebrates the brilliance and power of brown and Black boys to ...
Brown Girls Do Ballet: Celebrating Diverse Girls Taking Center Stage
Brown Girls Do Ballet: Celebrating Diverse Girls Taking Center Stage Takiyah Wallace-McMillian and Janay Brown-Wood 9780762487592 Nonfiction Black Dog & Leventhal Hachette Book Group This stunning chi...
Brown Baby Lullaby (board book)
Brown Baby Lullaby (board book) Tameka Fryer Brown 9780374389819 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers This lyrical bedtime board book is a must-have for eve...
Brown Baby Lullaby
Brown Baby Lullaby Tameka Fryer Brown 9780374307523 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers With Spanish words sprinkled throughout and featuring warm art by N...
The Tradition
The Tradition Jericho Brown 9781556594861 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press “By some literary magic—no, it’s precision, and honesty—Brown manages to bestow upon even the most public of su...
Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands - A Collection Of Erotic Black Fiction
Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands - A Collection Of Erotic Black Fiction Carol Taylor 9780743442442 Nonfiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. IF THE FIST BROWN SUGAR LEFT YOU WANTI...
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown RJ Smith 9781592406579 Nonfiction Gotham Penguin Random House The definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on ...
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis MUL...
Tracy Brown, K’wan and Angel Mitchell
Tracy Brown, K’wan and Angel Mitchell MULTIPLE Tracy Brown, K'wan, and Angel Mitchell are prominent authors known for their captivating storytelling. Their works encompass a range of genres, offering...
Lerita Coleman Brown
Lerita Coleman Brown NONE Lerita Coleman Brown, Ph.D., is a retired Psychology Professor from Agnes Scott College, spiritual director, author, and speaker. She studied at UC Santa Cruz and Harvard Un...
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation adrienne maree brown 9781849354189 Nonfiction AK Press AK Press In our complex world, facilitation and mediation skills are as i...
Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam
Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam MULTIPLE Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam are influential authors. Brown excels in creating engaging narratives, while Salaam is renowned for his deep, thought-...
Eddie C. Brown and Blair S. Walker
Eddie C. Brown and Blair S. Walker MULTIPLE Eddie C. Brown and Blair S. Walker are renowned authors, known for their significant contributions in literature. Brown's expertise lies in finance, while ...
Valerie Brown
Valerie Brown 0000000084824330 Valerie Brown is a Buddhist-Quaker Dharma teacher, executive coach, and co-director of Georgetown's Institute for Transformational Leadership. Formerly a lawyer and lob...
Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer
Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer MULTIPLE Dr. Karida L. Brown, a sociologist and educator, specializes in race and social transformations at Emory and Fisk Universities. Charly Palmer, her husband, ...
Every Little Step: My Story
Every Little Step: My Story Bobby Brown and Nick Chiles 9780062442567 Nonfiction Dey Street Books HarperCollins “Early on, I cemented my reputation as the bad boy of R & B. And it stuck. But now that ...
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit Brene Brown 9781984855749 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House #1 New York Times be...
Hey, Baby Girl!
Hey, Baby Girl! Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338672435 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications A beautiful ode to all bright brown baby girls and the fifth title in the acclaimed Bright Brown Baby...
Baby Boy, You Are a Star!
Baby Boy, You Are a Star! Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338672428 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney cre...
Brown: The Many Shades of Love
Brown: The Many Shades of Love Nancy Johnson James 9781944903985 Fiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams From author Nancy Johnson James and illustrator Constance Moore, Brown: The Many Shades o...
Brown Baby Jesus: A Picture Book
Brown Baby Jesus: A Picture Book Dorena Williamson 9780593236383 Nonfiction WaterBrook Press Penguin Random House Celebrate Christmas with this unique retelling of the Nativity story featuring Jesus a...
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It Dorothy A. Brown 9780525577331 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House A groundbreaking e...
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird James McBride 9781594632785 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House A 2013 National Book Award Winner! Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at ...
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown Tony Brown 9780688151317 Nonfiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins PBS television commentator and syndicated radio talk-show host Ton...
Lois Brown
Lois Brown 0000000055214322 Lois Brown is an author known for her literary biography of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, a pioneering New England writer. Brown's work also extends to essays on American and...
Jericho Brown and Laurel Corona
Jericho Brown and Laurel Corona MULTIPLE Jericho Brown and Laurel Corona are renowned authors, notable for their exceptional literary contributions. Brown's profound poetry intertwines with Corona's ...
Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group Lagardère Group Aspect Back Bay Books Balance Black Dog & Leventhal Bold Type Books Center Street Christy Ottaviano Books Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette Civitas ...
You’ve Got To Be HUNGRY: The GREATNESS Within to Win
You’ve Got To Be HUNGRY: The GREATNESS Within to Win Les Brown 9781732745025 Nonfiction Brown Family Publishing Brown Family Publishing As one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers, Les B...
The New Testament
The New Testament Jericho Brown 9781556594571 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press Honored as a ""Best Book of 2014"" by Library JournalHonored as a ""Standout Book of 2014"" by American Poe...
Sterling A. Brown: Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition
Sterling A. Brown: Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition Joanne V. Gabbin 9780813915319 Poetry University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press Sterling A. Brown’s achievement and influence ...
Kevin Y. Brown
Kevin Y. Brown NONE Kevin Y. Brown, a former MTV host and fashion industry marketer, is a motivational speaker and CEO of empowerment company, Legacy Thinking Labs. Overcoming adversity as a former f...
Kysha N. Brown
Kysha N. Brown NONE A college classmate and friend of Kysha Brown Robinson’s once said of her first impression of Brown: "I remember seeing this little girl sitting at the front of the ro...
I Am Okay to Feel
I Am Okay to Feel Karamo Brown and Jason Rachel Brown 9781638930105 Nonfiction Zando Young Readers Zando An empowering picture book that invites us to explore and embrace our emotions from Karamo, tal...
Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry
Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry adrienne maree brown 9781849354509 Fiction AK Press AK Press ★ “The 70 short stories and poems that make up Brown’s phenomenal debut...
Joan Myers Brown & The Audacious Hope Of The Black Ballerina: A Biohistory Of American Performance
Joan Myers Brown & The Audacious Hope Of The Black Ballerina: A Biohistory Of American Performance Brenda Dixon Gottschild 9780230114098 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers Founder of t...
Stagolee Shot Billy
Stagolee Shot Billy Cecil Brown 9780674010567 Fiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press Although his story has been told countless times—by performers from Ma Rainey, Cab Calloway, an...
Elaine Meryl Brown
Elaine Meryl Brown NONE Elaine Meryl Brown, former VP Creative Services at HBO and Creative Director at Showtime Networks, is an Emmy Award-winning writer with work featured in Essence and Women's Wo...
Zetta Brown
Zetta Brown NONE Zetta Brown, owner of the successful L-L Publications based in Scotland, boasts an impressive portfolio including acclaimed books and a sister imprint, Logical-Lust. Also a Developme...
Ruby M. Gourdine and Annie W. Brown
Ruby M. Gourdine and Annie W. Brown MULTIPLE Ruby Gourdine, a professor and former social worker of the year, has extensive experience in various social work fields and chairs the Direct Practice seq...
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Get On Up: The James Brown Story Kam Williams get-on-up-movie-poster-2.jpg Film Review Chadwick Channels James Brown in Nostalgic Jukebox Musical Get on Up: The James Brown Story In Theaters: Au...
Brown Boys Rule
Brown Boys Rule Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review While listening to a recent meditation session on the app Happier—one of my favorites—I was reminded of the importance of embracing wo...
Dante Brown - The Won't Back Down Interview
Dante Brown - The Won't Back Down Interview Kam Williams Interview Dante Brown The “Won’t Back Down” Interview Born in Chicago on October 6, 1999, Dante Brown’s big break came at the tender ...
Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Pearl Cleage, Donna Hill, Parry Brown, Omar Tyree
Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Pearl Cleage, Donna Hill, Parry Brown, Omar Tyree MULTIPLE Explore the works of acclaimed authors Tracy Price-Thompson, TaRessa Stovall, Pearl Cleage, D...
Claude Brown
Claude Brown 0000000116506653 Claude Brown, born 1937, was a former juvenile delinquent who turned his life around after being shot during a burglary at age 13. He attended Howard University, where h...
Here Are the Seeds
Here Are the Seeds JaNay Brown-Wood 9781525308307 Fiction Kids Can Press Corus Entertainment Inc This delightfully rhythmic story follows two children as they grow a garden from seeds. Author and p...
Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others
Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others MULTIPLE The authors Joyce A. Brown, Yvette Danielle, Tomeka Farley D...
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Spirit Week Showdown
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs Spirit Week Showdown Crystal Allen 9780062342331 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins A hilarious and spunky new heroine in the vein of the heroines of such beloved books as R...