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Jeannine A. Cook Discusses Her Novel: It’s Me They Follow
Jeannine A. Cook Discusses Her Novel: It’s Me They Follow Book Spotlights
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop Jeannine A. Cook 9780063428232 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The author of It’s Me They Follow chronicles the improbable true story of how she le...
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Jeannine A. Cook
Jeannine A. Cook NONE Jeannine A. Cook (left) is the founder and owner of three avant-garde bookshop concepts: Harriett’s in Philadelphia, Ida’s in South Jersey, and Josephine’s, a literary installa...
It’s Me They Follow
It’s Me They Follow Jeannine A. Cook 9780063430952 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An allegorical love story—a modern day The Alchemist meets The NeverEnding Story—set in a world where a book shopkeeper...
Conversations With Harriett
Conversations With Harriett Jeannine A. Cook 9781714358328 Nonfiction Blurb Blurb A compilation of short stories that read like a conversation between myself and Harriett Tubman.
Christian Cook
Christian Cook 0000000109462330 Christian Sandra-Elise Cook, a Detroit-born author, graduated early from high school and earned a BA in Public Relations from Columbia College Chicago. Her passion for...
The Real Book On How To Cook: Secrets Mother Never Told You
The Real Book On How To Cook: Secrets Mother Never Told You Faith Knight 9780982619049 Nonfiction Perry Harris Publishing Perry Harris Publishing Know anyone who can’t cook but would love to learn? Th...
A Confident Cook: Recipes for Joyous, No-Pressure Fun in the Kitchen
A Confident Cook: Recipes for Joyous, No-Pressure Fun in the Kitchen Tamron Hall and Lish Steiling 9781368104043 Nonfiction Hyperion Avenue Disney Publishing Worldwide A new cookbook for beginners and...
Come Here and Cook: Stories and Recipes from a Life at the Table
Come Here and Cook: Stories and Recipes from a Life at the Table Jordan Howlett 9798217129812 Nonfiction DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Penguin Random House For the first time, social media sensat...
Suzan Johnson Cook
Suzan Johnson Cook 0000000027574363 Rev. Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook, also known as Dr. Sujay, is a prominent figure in religious freedom, serving as the former US Ambassador-at-Large for International...
Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart: A Cookbook
Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart: A Cookbook Maya Angelou 9781400068449 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House “At one time, I described myself as a cook, a driver, and a wri...
Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon
Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon Snoop Dogg and Earl Stevens 9781797213712 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books The follow-up to From From Crook to Cook, this next-level cookbook is all a...
The Blue Grass Cook Book
The Blue Grass Cook Book Minnie Fox 9780813123813 Nonfiction University Press of Kentucky University Press of Kentucky African American cooks were not strangers in the kitchens of the Old South, but w...
From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen
From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen Snoop Dogg 9781452179612 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books From Crook to Cook sold 205,000 copies in 2020, nearly twice as ma...
Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service
Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service Annette Bay Pimentel 9781580897112 Nonfiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge The true story ...
Real Men Cook: More Than 100 Easy Recipes Celebrating Tradition and Family
Real Men Cook: More Than 100 Easy Recipes Celebrating Tradition and Family K. Kofi Moyo 9780743272643 Nonfiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. A delicious, heartwarming collection of soul-stirrin...
Money - How to Make Your Money Work for You
Money - How to Make Your Money Work for You Wanda P. Bowman 9781736531501 Nonfiction Wanda P. Bowman Wanda P. Bowman When it comes to building a sustainable economic platform by creating multiple reve...
midnight & indigo Issue 2: celebrating black women writers
midnight & indigo Issue 2: celebrating black women writers Ianna A. Small 9781732891722 Fiction Midnight & Indigo Midnight & Indigo Publishing midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to shor...
Go Cook Something: A Cooking Survival Guide for Active Independent Children
Go Cook Something: A Cooking Survival Guide for Active Independent Children Kam Williams Book Review "My Mom and Dad separated when I was still in Underoos, so I’ve had to help Mom a lot&hell...
Trip Wire: A Cook County Mystery
Trip Wire: A Cook County Mystery Charlotte Carter 9780345447692 Fiction One World Penguin Random House Of Jackson Park, the first Cook County mystery featuring an unconventional trio of sleuths, Margo...
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes Maya Angelou 9780812974850 Nonfiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her chi...
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes Maya Angelou 9781400062898 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps,...
Everything’s Good: Cozy Classics You’ll Cook Always and Forever: A Cookbook
Everything’s Good: Cozy Classics You’ll Cook Always and Forever: A Cookbook Toni Chapman 9780593800782 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House Find joy in the kitchen with 100 recipes for ...
Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better
Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better Glenda Armand 9780593563229 Nonfiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Discover the inspiring story of Augustus Jackson...
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...
My Fabulous Fifth Chapter: It’s My Turn Now!
My Fabulous Fifth Chapter: It’s My Turn Now! Suzan Johnson Cook 9780817018283 Nonfiction Judson Press Judson Press Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, best-selling author, pastor, and former United States Ambassa...
Go - Cook Something!: A Cooking Survival Guide For Active Independent Children
Go - Cook Something!: A Cooking Survival Guide For Active Independent Children Tiana North and Taliba Holliday 9781450574402 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Hungry Teens Want to Eat Go...
Real Men Cook
Real Men Cook Kam Williams Book Review "Increasingly, African-American men in particular are often portrayed as criminals, drug addicts, absentee fathers, and jailbirds. Seldom are they...
The Ebony Cookbook: A Date with a Dish
The Ebony Cookbook: A Date with a Dish Freda DeKnight 9780874850031 Nonfiction Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. The first ""A Date With a Dish"" appeared in 1948; it r...
A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen
A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen Malinda Russell 9781425588816 Nonfiction William L. Clements Library William L. Clements Library Russell, a “fre...
William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard
William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard MULTIPLE William A. Darity Jr. is a professor and director at Duke University, specializing in Public Policy, African and African American ...
The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir
The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir D. Watkins 9781455588633 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Pea...
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...
Cooked
Cooked Jeff Henderson 9780061153907 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins Jeff Henderson was just another inner-city black kid born into a world of poverty and limited options, where crime seemed to...
Real Men Cook: Rites, Rituals, and Recipes for Living
Real Men Cook: Rites, Rituals, and Recipes for Living K. Kofi Moyo 9780743272421 Nonfiction Fireside Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A co-founder of Real Men Cook for Charity shares the inspirational sto...
If I Can Cook/You Know God Can (Bluestreak Series)
If I Can Cook/You Know God Can (Bluestreak Series) Ntozake Shange 9780807072417 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Acclaimed artist Ntozake Shange offers this delightfully eclectic tribute to black ...
Eliza’s Cook Book: Favorite Recipes Compiled by Negro Culinary Art Club of Los Angeles
Eliza’s Cook Book: Favorite Recipes Compiled by Negro Culinary Art Club of Los Angeles Beatrice Hightower Cates xxxxxxxxxxxxx Nonfiction Wetzel Publishing Wetzel Publishing “This is a sophisticated ge...
Michelle Cook
Michelle Cook NONE Sure, but can you please provide me with the author bio that you want me to summarize?
New Essays on Invisible Man
New Essays on Invisible Man Robert G. O’Meally 9780521313698 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press Published less than fifty years ago, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man shares ...
Daryle Jenkins - Interview, Klanbuster Discusses State of Hate Groups in the Age of Obama
Daryle Jenkins - Interview, Klanbuster Discusses State of Hate Groups in the Age of Obama Kam Williams Interview Klanbuster Discusses State of Hate Groups in the Age of Obama ...
Gloria Naylor Discusses Her Novel The Men of Brewster Place on Barnesandnoble.com
Gloria Naylor Discusses Her Novel The Men of Brewster Place on Barnesandnoble.com Gloria Naylor Article Moderator: Welcome, Gloria Naylor! Thank you for taking the time to join us online this evening...
Soul Food Sunday
Soul Food Sunday Winsome Bingham 9781419747717 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering...
Poet’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide for Publishing Poetry
Poet’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide for Publishing Poetry Robert Lee Brewer 9781440352676 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The most trusted guide to publishing poetry! Wan...
I Will Follow
I Will Follow Kam Williams images/iwillfollow.jpg Film Review Bittersweet Drama Chronicles Day in the Life of Grief-Stricken Caregiver I Will Follow Order via Amazon.com Unrated ...
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks Toni Tipton-Martin 9780292745483 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press Women of African descent have contributed t...
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott Dee Romito 9781499807202 Nonfiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. This stunning picture book looks into the life o...
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...
LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About
LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About Patti Labelle 9780767903141 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House "From the time I was a little girl, I knew there were two things in this world I was ...
Growing in the Gray
Growing in the Gray Christian Cook 9781956906288 Fiction IDUN W. Brand Publishing Growing in the Gray centers around Krista Clark’s once upper-middle-class family as their economic downfall threatens ...
Charlotte Carter
Charlotte Carter 0000000081973701 Charlotte Carter, renowned for her mystery series featuring a jazz musician turned detective, and the Cook County series set in 1960s Chicago. Her work has featured ...
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou 0000000121191991 Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, was a renowned American author, actress, and civil rights activist. She held numerous roles, from cook to editor,...
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks Crystal Wilkinson 9780593236512 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A lyrical culinary j...
Tara Betts
Tara Betts NONE Tara Betts, a celebrated author and poet, is known for her educational efforts in arts programs and her work with GirlSpeak. She has been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and the Blac...
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers (New Poems)
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers (New Poems) Alice Walker 9781595588760 Poetry The New Press The New Press "Poetry is leading us," writes Alice Walker in The World Will Follow J...
Vibration Cooking: or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl
Vibration Cooking: or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor 9780820337395 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Vibration Cooking was first publishe...
Frances Cress Welsing
Frances Cress Welsing 0000000385644851 Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, born March 18, 1935, was a renowned author and psychiatrist who developed the Cress-Welsing theory analyzing white supremacy. She beg...
And Still I Cook
And Still I Cook Leah Chase 9781455615605 Nonfiction Pelican Publishing Company Pelican Publishing This second cookbook from Leah Chase not only comes with her famous recipes, but it also contains her...
Patti Labelle
Patti Labelle 0000000063111489 Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards, born May 24, 1944, is best known as Patti LaBelle. She is renowned for her soulful singing, style, and cooking. When I sing I sing with ...
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys 0000000110657805 Alicia Keys, born Alicia Augello Cook in 1981, is a renowned artist. Discover more in our 2005 interview with her. Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook born on Januar...
Mara Rockliff
Mara Rockliff 0000000074221018 Mara Rockliff is a celebrated children's author known for her historical books such as the Cook Prize-winning 'Mesmerized'. Recent titles include the acclaimed 'Lights!...
Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, And Conversations
Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, And Conversations Arnold Adoff and Kacy Cook 9780439271936 Nonfiction The Blue Sky Press Scholastic Inc. A must-have for schools, libraries, and anyone interested ...
Leah Chase
Leah Chase 0000000031174354 Leah Chase (1923-2019), born in Madisonville, Louisiana, became a national award-winning cook and civic figure after marrying into the Chase restaurant family in New Orlea...
Winsome Bingham
Winsome Bingham NONE Winsome Bingham, a soul food expert and master cook, is a disabled US Army veteran with over 15 years of teaching experience. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in educati...
Edna Lewis
Edna Lewis 000000006657645X Edna Lewis, one of the greatest American chefs, revived Southern cooking almost single-handedly. Commemorated by a US Postal stamp, she was often referred to as “the Gra...
Boris Kodjoe discusses his new movie, Addicted (2014)
Boris Kodjoe discusses his new movie, Addicted (2014) Kam Williams Interview Boris Kodjoe The “Addicted” Interview From his big screen and television roles to his theater and entrepreneurial s...
Cry Like A Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration
Cry Like A Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration Jason Wilson 9780830775941 Nonfiction David C Cook David C Cook As a leader in teaching, training, and transforming boys in Detroit, J...
The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas
The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas Adrian Miller 9781469647678 Nonfiction University of North Carol...
Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration Of Rosa, Barack, And The Pioneers Of Change
Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration Of Rosa, Barack, And The Pioneers Of Change Michelle Cook 9781599907833 Nonfiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing This unique picture book i...
A Taste of Heritage: The New African-American Cuisine
A Taste of Heritage: The New African-American Cuisine Joe Randall and Toni Tipton-Martin 9780028603827 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley Chef Joe Randall and Toni Tipton-Martin showcase the rich heritage of Afri...
It Hurts to Lose a Special Person: Grieving the Death of One You Love
It Hurts to Lose a Special Person: Grieving the Death of One You Love Amy Ross Mumford 9780896360938 Nonfiction David C Cook David C Cook When death takes a special person, it hurts. But it hurts a li...
Davey D
Davey D NONE Dave “Davey D” Cook is a renowned journalist, adjunct professor, Hip Hop historian, political commentator, talk show host, radio programmer, and advocate for media justice and community ...
David Roberts
David Roberts 0000000081109577 David Roberts is a London-based illustrator known for his work on children's books such as the Questioneers series, The Cook and the King, and Happy Birthday, Madame Ch...
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler 0000000117770704 Otto Penzler, renowned authority on crime fiction, is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop and founder of The Mysterious Press. He's published acclaimed authors, ed...
K. Kofi Moyo
K. Kofi Moyo 0000000041199256 Karega Kofi Moyo is a photojournalist, gemologist, and community activist. He and his wife founded the Real Men Cook for Charity event and he's a member of several food ...
Gene Barretta
Gene Barretta NONE Gene Barretta is an acclaimed children's book author and illustrator, known for titles like “Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare.” He has won the Carolyn W. Field Award and Bank...
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America Kam Williams Book Review "We [African-Americans] are a race that never before existed: a cobbled together admixture of Africa, Europe, and...
Joyce Burnett Discusses her book Adam's Belle
Joyce Burnett Discusses her book Adam's Belle Book Spotlights
Zane discusses her Book; Dear G-Spot
Zane discusses her Book; Dear G-Spot Book Spotlights
Married to the Mob 3: A Black Mafia Love Affair (Volume 3)
Married to the Mob 3: A Black Mafia Love Affair (Volume 3) Mz. Lady P 9781544044194 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The Demonte Family is back with more drama than ever. Corleone, Lucci, ...
Julie Dash discusses Daughters of the Dust on banresandnoble.com
Julie Dash discusses Daughters of the Dust on banresandnoble.com Julie Dash Article Moderator: Welcome, Ms. Dash! We are so pleased you can join us this evening! Do you have any opening comments? ...
Mary McLeod Bethune’s Granddaughter, Evelyn Bethune, Discusses Their Family
Mary McLeod Bethune’s Granddaughter, Evelyn Bethune, Discusses Their Family Author Interviews
Wade Hudson discusses his children’s book The Day Madear Voted
Wade Hudson discusses his children’s book The Day Madear Voted Book Spotlights
Rainbow Book Club VI Discusses Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, June 2019
Rainbow Book Club VI Discusses Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, June 2019 Book Spotlights
3 Must Read Books for Social Media Advocates, Addicts & Sharecroppers
3 Must Read Books for Social Media Advocates, Addicts & Sharecroppers Troy Johnson Article These are three books I recommend we should all read. The strength of the Internet and promise it held ...
Tavis Smiley discusses the Importance of Journaling
Tavis Smiley discusses the Importance of Journaling Author Interviews
Quincy Troupe Discusses his books The Pursuit of Happyness and Miles and Me
Quincy Troupe Discusses his books The Pursuit of Happyness and Miles and Me Book Spotlights
Lisa Nichols discusses book "No Matter What!" with One Spirit Book Club
Lisa Nichols discusses book "No Matter What!" with One Spirit Book Club Book Spotlights
Marc Lacy Discusses Rock and Fire: Love Poetry from the Core
Marc Lacy Discusses Rock and Fire: Love Poetry from the Core Poetry & Spoken Word
Kunle Oguneye discusses Children's Book Sikulu & Harambe
Kunle Oguneye discusses Children's Book Sikulu & Harambe Book Spotlights
Sex in the City Star, Blair Underwood Discusses Casanegra
Sex in the City Star, Blair Underwood Discusses Casanegra Author Interviews
Carlotta Arradondo
Carlotta Arradondo NONE Carlotta Arradondo, a Minneapolis-born novelist, poet, and storyteller, discovered her passion for writing at nine. She is the author of the novel “Yearning” and co-author of ...
I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots: A Novel
I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots: A Novel Susan Straight 9781497679986 Fiction Open Road Media Open Road Integrated Media A historic novel about a young woman forced to grow up q...
The Cutting Season: A Novel
The Cutting Season: A Novel Emanuel Carpenter Book Review Attica Locke’s (Black Water Rising) latest novel, The Cutting Season, takes place on a sugar cane plantation in Louisiana. Though the s...
Place for Us
Place for Us James Ransome 9780593324882 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A poignant wordless picture book about a homeless boy and his mom, by Children’s Literature Legacy Award winne...
Sandy Daley
Sandy Daley NONE Sandy Daley, a versatile talent from Kingston, Jamaica, is an actress, author, and media personality known for her candidness. Her provocative novel, “Whose Vagina Is It, Really?” di...