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Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul

by Stuart Cosgrove

Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul Stuart Cosgrove 9781846973932 Nonfiction Birlinn Birlinn Nothing will ever compare to the amphetamine rush of my young life and the night I was n...

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In Search of Snow

by Luís Alberto Urrea

In Search of Snow Luís Alberto Urrea 9780816520152 Fiction University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, rio...

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Saipan Living!: Where on Earth is Saipan??? A comprehensive guide for moving to, finding a job, working, living or vacationing in the Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota.

by Walt Goodridge

Saipan Living!: Where on Earth is Saipan??? A comprehensive guide for moving to, finding a job, working, living or vacationing in the Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota. Walt Goodridg...

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Northern Stories Of Charles W. Chesnutt

by Charles W. Chesnutt

Northern Stories Of Charles W. Chesnutt Charles W. Chesnutt 9780821415429 Fiction Ohio University Press Ohio University Press Charles W. Chestnutt’s Northern writings describe the ways in which Americ...

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So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival

by Kwame Dawes

So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...

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Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History

by Thomas Norman DeWolf

Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History Thomas Norman DeWolf 9780807072820 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press In 2001, Thoma...

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Morning Star, Black Sun: The Northern Cheyenne Indians and America’s Energy Crisis

by Brent K. Ashabranner

Morning Star, Black Sun: The Northern Cheyenne Indians and America’s Energy Crisis Brent K. Ashabranner 9780396080459 Fiction Dodd, Mead and Company Dodd, Mead and Company Discusses relations between ...

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Festival of Colors

by Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal

Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...

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Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone: Stories

by John Edgar Wideman

Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone: Stories John Edgar Wideman 9781982148942 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. From John Edgar Wideman, “a master [who] boldly subverts what a short story ...

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Alibi Ii: Nard’s Revenge

by Teri Woods

Alibi Ii: Nard’s Revenge Teri Woods 9781455572410 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group ALIBI II picks up where ALIBI left off. The year is 2006 and Diane Praeliou is happily married...

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The One I’ve Waited For

by Mary B. Morrison

The One I’ve Waited For Mary B. Morrison 9781617730825 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison’s unforgettable series, the fiercely sexy Crysta...

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Tied to a Boss 2

by John L. Rose

Tied to a Boss 2 John L. Rose 9781943686667 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing It’s the merger of all mergers. Miami drug traffickers Dante (Jack Boy) Blackwell and his lover and partner in...

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Wandering Time: Western Notebooks

by Luís Alberto Urrea

Wandering Time: Western Notebooks Luís Alberto Urrea 9780816502820 Fiction University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press Fleeing a failed marriage and haunted by ghosts of his past, Luis Alb...

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Nobody’s Son: Notes from an American Life

by Luís Alberto Urrea

Nobody’s Son: Notes from an American Life Luís Alberto Urrea 9780816522705 Fiction University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press Here’s a story about a family that comes from Tijuana and set...

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On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters

by Matthew Desmond

On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters Matthew Desmond 9780226144092 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press In this rugged account of a rugged profess...

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This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature

by Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton

This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton 9781632868848 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing Writers from Ali...

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Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City

by St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton

Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton 9780226162348 Fiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Ground-breaking when first...

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On Sundays She Picked Flowers

by Yah Yah Scholfield

On Sundays She Picked Flowers Yah Yah Scholfield 9781668091210 Fiction Saga Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Lone Women meets Sorrowland in this surreal Southern Gothic debut in which a woman escapes into...

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The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria

by Helon Habila

The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria Helon Habila 9780997126464 Fiction Columbia Global Reports Columbia Global Reports On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the ...

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The History Of White People

by Nell Irvin Painter

The History Of White People Nell Irvin Painter 9780393049343 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of notions of white race―not m...

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Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities

by Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others

Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others 9781886104686 Nonfiction Florida Histor...

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Rise to the Sun

by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun Leah Johnson 9781338662238 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. From the author of You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson delivers a stunning novel about being brave enough to ...

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Season of Crimson Blossoms

by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

Season of Crimson Blossoms Abubakar Adam Ibrahim 9781911115007 Fiction Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press "A rich and vibrant novel with shades of brutality, romance and the pressures of a ...

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Preyed Upon

by Denise N. Wheatley

Preyed Upon Denise N. Wheatley 9781335457493 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Her Presence Is a Threat to People in Her Hometown Forced into early retirement from the Chic...

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Courses of the Cursed: A Curtis Jefferson novel

by Vince Bailey

Courses of the Cursed: A Curtis Jefferson novel Vince Bailey 9781732843653 Fiction IngramElliott IngramElliott African American youth Curtis Jefferson is still serving his one-year term at Fort Grant,...

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Courses of the Cursed (Paperback): A Curtis Jefferson novel

by Vince Bailey

Courses of the Cursed (Paperback): A Curtis Jefferson novel Vince Bailey 9781732843660 Fiction IngramElliott IngramElliott African American youth Curtis Jefferson is still serving his one-year term at...

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Damnificados

by JJ Amaworo Wilson

Damnificados JJ Amaworo Wilson 9781629631172 Fiction PM Press PM Press 2016 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, Fiction 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, Multicultural Fiction 2017 Independent Publi...

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The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

by Tim Madigan

The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Tim Madigan 9780312302474 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers "Madigan somehow manages to tell the story of what happened with grace, puri...

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Blindsided

by Trice Hickman

Blindsided Trice Hickman 9781496709356 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Blindsided is my 10th novel (I still can’t believe it). I feel incredibly blessed by God’s grace, because believe me...

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American Indians: Sterotypes & Realities

by Devon A. Mihesuah

American Indians: Sterotypes & Realities Devon A. Mihesuah 9780932863225 Nonfiction Clarity Press Clarity Press “Mihesuah’s work should be required reading for elementary and upper level teachers, col...

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The Devil’s Highway: A True Story

by Luís Alberto Urrea

The Devil’s Highway: A True Story Luís Alberto Urrea 9780316010801 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group In a new 10th anniversary "The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical c...

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Breathless

by Beverly Jenkins

Breathless Beverly Jenkins 9780062389022 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins A strong-willed beauty finds herself in the arms of the handsome drifter from her past, in this second book in the sizzling se...

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Queen of America: A Novel

by Luís Alberto Urrea

Queen of America: A Novel Luís Alberto Urrea 9780316154871 Fiction Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells ...

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Low Down And Dirty: A Novel

by Vickie M. Stringer

Low Down And Dirty: A Novel Vickie M. Stringer 9781451660869 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Vickie Stringer’s Dirty Red is back. This time she’s on the run. Having apparently wounded all o...

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Renaissance in Harlem

by Lionel C. Bascom

Renaissance in Harlem Lionel C. Bascom 9780380976645 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins Digging beneath the glitter of the African American artistic outpouring early in this century dubbed the Ha...

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Heartwood (New Books For New Readers)

by Nikky Finney

Heartwood (New Books For New Readers) Nikky Finney 9780813109107 Fiction University Press of Kentucky University Press of Kentucky " Deep in the center of every tree, you’ll find the heartwood. The ch...

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We Are the United States: Meet the People Who Live, Work, and Play Across the USA

by Margeaux Weston and Sarosh Arif

We Are the United States: Meet the People Who Live, Work, and Play Across the USA Margeaux Weston and Sarosh Arif 9780711269064 Nonfiction Wide Eyed Editions The Quarto Group This vibrantly illustrate...

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Path of the Half Moon

by Vince Bailey

Path of the Half Moon Vince Bailey 9780999057377 Fiction IngramElliott IngramElliott When fifteen-year-old Curtis Jefferson, a mischievous but good-natured African-American youth, is caught crossing t...

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Path of the Half Moon (Paperback)

by Vince Bailey

Path of the Half Moon (Paperback) Vince Bailey 9780999057384 Fiction IngramElliott IngramElliott When fifteen-year-old Curtis Jefferson, a mischievous but good-natured African-American youth, is caugh...

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Tied to a Boss 4

by John L. Rose

Tied to a Boss 4 John L. Rose 9781943686445 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing Old habits… new enemies! Dante Blackwell is a rarity in the criminal underworld. One who’s made the successful...

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Goodnight Grandpa: the 7th Candorville Collection

by Darrin Bell

Goodnight Grandpa: the 7th Candorville Collection Darrin Bell 9781973811251 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The 7th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Dar...

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Firecracker

by Gar Anthony Haywood

Firecracker Gar Anthony Haywood 9781941298466 Fiction Cutting Edge Publishing Cutting Edge Publishing Eight months ago, knockout PR exec Reece Germaine spent a wild weekend in Las Vegas with football ...

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Long Way Home: A World War II Novel

by Cheryl A. Head

Long Way Home: A World War II Novel Cheryl A. Head 9781500523947 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Georgette Newton seems to have a predictable future. She will work on the family farm, mar...

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Don’t Throw Away Your Stick Till You Cross the River: The Journey of an Ordinary Man

by Vincent Collin Beach and Anni Beach

Don’t Throw Away Your Stick Till You Cross the River: The Journey of an Ordinary Man Vincent Collin Beach and Anni Beach 9781589850767 Fiction Five Star Publications, Inc Five Star Publications, Inc V...

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Resurrecting Midnight

by Eric Jerome Dickey

Resurrecting Midnight Eric Jerome Dickey 9780525950578 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House After nearly losing his life in Antigua during a mission that went terribly wrong, Gideon trusts no one...

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Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Mountain Men

by Robert H. Miller

Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Mountain Men Robert H. Miller 9781933491035 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiers...

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Love In The Lineup (Arabesque)

by Deborah Fletcher Mello

Love In The Lineup (Arabesque) Deborah Fletcher Mello 9781583146989 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Roshawn Bradsher finds that a midlife change is exactly what she needs after ...

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Choke

by Darnella Ford

Choke Darnella Ford 9780312348038 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers For Vanessa, a low-income housing complex in the middle of the desert in El Mirage, Arizona, represents all that is ...

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Mother Love: Poems

by Rita Dove

Mother Love: Poems Rita Dove 9780393314441 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Calling upon the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, Mother Love examines the love betwe...

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King Penguin

by Jesse Byrd

King Penguin Jesse Byrd 9780692909256 Fiction Jesse B. Creative Jesse B. Creative PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL Top 3 Book of the Year!LOS ANGELES BOOK FESTIVAL: Top 10 Book of the Year!"Reminiscent of Watershi...

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Innocent Crook

by d. E. Rogers

Innocent Crook d. E. Rogers 9780970880895 Fiction REGI Books REGI Books When one is born into a family of crime, can he rise above and become someone? Are we forever bound by what life has dealt us or...

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Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up

by Renita Bryant

Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Renita Bryant 9781957092928 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing Santa and his sleigh are loaded up with gifts and headed to spread holiday cheer with nothing...

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Esi the Brave (Who Was Not Afraid of Anything)

by Bernard Mensah

Esi the Brave (Who Was Not Afraid of Anything) Bernard Mensah 9780593406410 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House A bold and bright picture book about being brave when you’re scared in a new, overwh...

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Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

by Kwame Alexander

Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume Kwame Alexander 9781534111141 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins On the eve of singing at a community festival, a bout of stage fright threa...

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Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted

by Ben Okri

Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted Ben Okri 9781635425284 Fiction Other Press (NY) Other Press In this modern fable with the impish magic of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a masked ba...

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Dance Quadrille and Play Quelbe

by Opal Palmer Adisa

Dance Quadrille and Play Quelbe Opal Palmer Adisa 9781733829946 Fiction CAS CAS Books The annual Quadrille and Quelbe Festival is finally here and Jasmine and Justin are excited to be dancing and play...

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Motswana: Africa, Dream Again

by Donald Molosi

Motswana: Africa, Dream Again Donald Molosi 9780996577052 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Drama. African & African American Studies. History & Politics. MOTSWANA: AFRICA, DREAM AGAIN is the story of Bot...

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The Festival of Wild Orchid

by Ann-Margaret Lim

The Festival of Wild Orchid Ann-Margaret Lim 9781845232016 Poetry Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Alert to all the contradictions of contemporary Jamaica, these lyric and delicate poems find fresh...

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The Festival Of San Joaquin (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

by Zee Edgell

The Festival Of San Joaquin (Macmillan Caribbean Writers) Zee Edgell 9780230029910 Fiction Macmillan Caribbean Macmillan Publishers Marina, cleared of a murder charge for taking the life of her brutal...

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Carnival: A Novel

by Robert Antoni

Carnival: A Novel Robert Antoni 9780802170057 Fiction Black Cat Grove Atlantic, Inc. Robert Antoni has established himself as one of the most innovative voices to emerge from the Caribbean and the Ame...

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Kwanzaa!: Africa Lives in a New World Festival

by Sule Greg C. Wilson

Kwanzaa!: Africa Lives in a New World Festival Sule Greg C. Wilson 9780823918577 Nonfiction Rosen Publishing Rosen Publishing Discusses the history, observance, and significance of the African America...

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Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival

by Miguel Algarin

Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival Miguel Algarin 9781417719655 Poetry San Val San Val From New York’s hottest showcase for new poets, playwrights, and performers comes a dynamic collec...

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The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition

by Rita Dove

The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition Rita Dove 9781885266194 Poetry Story Line Press Red Hen Press The Darker Face of the Earth, the first full-length play by Pulitzer Prize...

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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits

by Tiya Miles

The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits Tiya Miles 9781620972311 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press Finalist for the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book PrizeNo...

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Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager

by Alexis Nikole Nelson

Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager Alexis Nikole Nelson 9781668002544 Nonfiction Simon Element Simon & Schuster, Inc. Beloved social media sensation Black Forage...

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Cane

by Jean Toomer

Cane Jean Toomer 9780871402103 Fiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Cane was the first book our online book club chose to read back in July 1998, and no one was disappointed. “A breakthro...

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Manchild in the Promised Land

by Claude Brown

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 9780684864181 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. "Manchild in the Promised Land" is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. Thi...

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Dreamer: A Novel

by Charles Johnson

Dreamer: A Novel Charles Johnson 9780684854434 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the National Book Award-winning author of Middle Passage, a fearless fictional portrait of Dr. ...

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The Great Migration: An American Story

by Jacob Lawrence

The Great Migration: An American Story Jacob Lawrence 9780780753488 Nonfiction Perfection Learning Perfection Learning Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their ho...

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The Great Migration: An American Story

by Jacob Lawrence

The Great Migration: An American Story Jacob Lawrence 9780064434287 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the r...

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Spirit of Haiti

by Myriam J. A. Chancy

Spirit of Haiti Myriam J. A. Chancy 9781438495125 Fiction State University of New York Press State University of New York Press Gold Winner of the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the LG...

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Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler 9781538732199 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group The African American Book Club will be moderating a discussion of Bulter’s Parable of the Ta...

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Southern Republic (The Downriver Trilogy Book 1)

by Lex Ramsay

Southern Republic (The Downriver Trilogy Book 1) Lex Ramsay 9781522005506 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published In a world where the South has won the Civil War… It’s 1982. A hundred...

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Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile

by Marjorie M. Fisher, Peter Lacovara, and Salima Ikram

Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile Marjorie M. Fisher, Peter Lacovara, and Salima Ikram 9789774164781 Nonfiction The American University in Cairo Press The American University in Cairo Press ...

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Belonging: A Culture of Place

by bell hooks

Belonging: A Culture of Place bell hooks 9780415968164 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we ...

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Big Enough To Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery And Race (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures)

by George M. Fredrickson

Big Enough To Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery And Race (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures) George M. Fredrickson 9780674027749 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Pre...

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Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell

Black Rednecks and White Liberals Thomas Sowell 9781594030864 Nonfiction Encounter Books Encounter Books This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for wh...

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Manchild in the Promised Land

by Claude Brown

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 9780451157416 Fiction New American Library Penguin Random House With more than two million copies in print, Manchild in the Promised Land is one of the most...

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African Folktales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder Volume 1

by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

African Folktales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder Volume 1 Abubakar Adam Ibrahim 9781957810256 Fiction Iskanchi Press Iskanchi Press African Folktales for the Young at H...

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The Kaya Girl

by Mamle Wolo

The Kaya Girl Mamle Wolo 9780316703932 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group This rags-to-riches story by an award-winning Ghanaian author has page-turning appeal with lumi...

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Melena’s Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start

by Zetta Elliott

Melena’s Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start Zetta Elliott 9780884485605 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers Named to Bank Street College of Education’s prestigious 2016 Best Chi...

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Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

by Morgan Jerkins

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots Morgan Jerkins 9780062873040 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by ELL...

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There’s Something About Saipan!

by Walt Goodridge

There’s Something About Saipan! Walt Goodridge 9781973852216 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It’s a US territory in the western Pa...

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Dixie Be Damned: 300 Years of Insurrection in the American South

by Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford

Dixie Be Damned: 300 Years of Insurrection in the American South Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford 9781849352079 Nonfiction AK Press AK Press In 1891, when coal companies in eastern Tennessee brought ...

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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

by Malcolm Gladwell

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell 9780316204378 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Three thousand years ago on a battlefield i...

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The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream

by Gary Younge

The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream Gary Younge 9781608463220 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful “I Have a Dream” spe...

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The Condemnation Of Blackness: Race, Crime, And The Making Of Modern Urban America

by Khalil G. Muhammad

The Condemnation Of Blackness: Race, Crime, And The Making Of Modern Urban America Khalil G. Muhammad 9780674035973 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press Lynch mobs, chain gang...

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Civil Rights Childhood

by Jordana Y. Shakoor

Civil Rights Childhood Jordana Y. Shakoor 9781578068814 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Two voices blend in this poignant memoir from the Civil Rights era in...

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A Conversation with the Mann

by John Ridley

A Conversation with the Mann John Ridley 9780446690751 Fiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group An evocative novel of an aspiring black comics rise to near-fame and fortune during the Rat Pack era, by...

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Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt

by Marvin V. Arnett

Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt Marvin V. Arnett 9780803210646 Fiction University of Nebraska Press University of Nebraska Press Part memoir and part urban social history, Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quil...

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Reporting Civil Rights, Part One: American Journalism 1941-1963

by David Garrow, Clayborne Carson, Bill Kovach, and Carol Polsgrove

Reporting Civil Rights, Part One: American Journalism 1941-1963 David Garrow, Clayborne Carson, Bill Kovach, and Carol Polsgrove 9781931082280 Nonfiction Library of America Library of America From A. ...

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12 Million Black Voices

by Richard Wright

12 Million Black Voices Richard Wright 9781560254461 Fiction Basic Books Perseus Books 12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright’s prose with startling photographs selected b...

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Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave (We Are Still Here)

by Monty Roessel

Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave (We Are Still Here) Monty Roessel 9780822597124 Nonfiction Lerner Publishing Group Lerner Publishing Group In this unique series, Native American aut...

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Righteous Discontent: The Women’s Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920 (Revised)

by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Righteous Discontent: The Women’s Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920 (Revised) Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 9780674769786 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press What D...

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The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Gabriel Garcia Marquez 9780679722052 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House  In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in Febru...

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The Four Seasons of Florence Wallace

by Kirstie Myvett

The Four Seasons of Florence Wallace Kirstie Myvett 9781400255955 Fiction Tommy Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing This historical novel about a Black orphan girl grappling for a solid place in...

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Humboldt Cut

by Allison Mick

Humboldt Cut Allison Mick 9781645662211 Fiction Erewhon Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Jordan Peele and Jeff VanderMeer meet The Overstory in comedy writer Allison Mick’s darkly humorous debut eco-...

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Beyond the Hurt

by Akilah Trinay

Beyond the Hurt Akilah Trinay 9798992994438 Fiction ReVision Publishing ReVision Publishing The saying “six degrees of separation” has a completely new meaning in the city of Oakland. Although conside...

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The Unexpected Diva

by Tiffany L. Warren

The Unexpected Diva Tiffany L. Warren 9780063322134 Fiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins Before the Civil War, Black opera singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield reigned supreme on Northern stag...

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The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa

by Alexander Smalls

The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa Alexander Smalls 9781838668457 Nonfiction Phaidon Press Phaidon Press Experience Africa’s vibrant food culture w...

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