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Inner-course: A Plea for Real Love
Inner-course: A Plea for Real Love Toni Blackman 9780375509148 Poetry Villard Villard Toni Blackman is an international champion of hip-hop culture, known for her irresistible, contagious performance...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander 0000000042691031 “He truly is a renaissance man.”—Nikki Giovanni Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, poet, and educator, known for his award-winning book “The Cr...
Kwame Alexander Books
Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks Sourcebooks https://www.sourcebooks.com/kwame-alexander-books A new (spring 2027 launch) imprint from Kwame Alexander and Sourcebooks dedicated to championing bold au...
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks Sourcebooks Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks Sourcebooks Casablanca Sourcebooks Explore Sourcebooks Fire Sourcebooks Hysteria Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks Landmark Sourcebooks Medi...
Introducing An American Story
Introducing An American Story Kwame Alexander Article An American Story Written by Kwame Alexander, Art by Dare Coulter Kwame Alexander, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning ...
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student Kwame Alexander 9781338026818 Nonfiction Teaching Resources Teaching Resources 2015 Ne...
Simone A. James Alexander
Simone A. James Alexander 0000000109111143 Simone A. James Alexander is a distinguished professor, author, and researcher. Born in Guyana, she studied in Guyana, Russia, and the US, earning degrees i...
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Foxx is known for her adult novels ...
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Alexander's storytelling blends poetry and prose, while Datcher...
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their captivating novels. Patterson's thrillers and Alexander's children literature hav...
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Craft is known for his humorous...
Just Us: Poems and Counterpoems 1986-1995
Just Us: Poems and Counterpoems 1986-1995 Kwame Alexander 9781888018004 Poetry Small Pr Distribution Small Pr Distribution Kwame Alexander’s first book of Poetry. Includes intro by Toni Blackman.
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their impactful and compelling literary works. Kalamu ya Salaam, Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling and impactful narratives. They have made significant contri...
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop Kwame Alexander 9781493888429 Nonfiction Shell Educational Publishing Shell Educational Publishing Imagine having a Newbery Medal-...
Say Yes: Give Yourself Permission to Go After Your Dreams
Say Yes: Give Yourself Permission to Go After Your Dreams Kwame Alexander 9798256508852 Nonfiction Kwame Alexander Books Sourcebooks In this inspiring manifesto, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York ...
Claudia Alexander
Claudia Alexander NONE Claudia Alexander, Ph.D., was a respected NASA scientist, studying planets and flying spacecraft. She contributed to missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and comets. An author, she wro...
Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook
Kwame Alexander’s Free Write: A Poetry Notebook Kwame Alexander 9781728222189 Fiction Sourcebooks Wonderland Sourcebooks From the Newbery-Medal winning author of The Crossover and The Undefeated comes...
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
Say Yes: Find Your Passion, Unlock Your Potential, and Transform Your Life
Say Yes: Find Your Passion, Unlock Your Potential, and Transform Your Life Kwame Alexander 9781524899820 Nonfiction Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing Kwame Alexander’s Say Yes is a m...
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances Kwame Alexander 9780316417228 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group BOOK RELEASE MAY 23, TOUR BE...
Just Sayin’: My Life in Words
Just Sayin’: My Life in Words Malorie Blackman 9781529118698 Fiction #Merky Books Penguin Random House UK The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world’s greatest children’s writers, and an empow...
Knife Edge
Knife Edge Malorie Blackman 9780141378657 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House ‘The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling ...
Captain Blackman
Captain Blackman John A. Williams 9781566890960 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Features an introduction by Alexs Pate John A. Williams, journalist and educator, did exceptional work ...
The Blackwoman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackman
The Blackwoman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackman Shahrazad Ali 9780933405035 Nonfiction Civilized Publications Civilized Publications The Blackwoman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackman by Shahra...
The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman
The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman Shahrazad Ali 9780933405011 Nonfiction Civilized Publications Civilized Publications The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman by Shahra...
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman 0000000114886816 Oneta Malorie Blackman OBE, FRSL (born February 8, 1962) is a British writer who held the position of Children’s Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes li...
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers Christine Platt 9781646114252 Nonfiction Rockridge Press Callisto Publishing Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Alexander Hami...
Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir
Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir Toni Braxton 9780062293282 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The bestselling solo R&B artist finally opens up about her rocky past and her path to redemption While Toni Br...
Toni Harris
Toni Harris NONE Toni Harris, known as the Turnaround Queen®, is a renowned business coach and speaker with over 25 years of experience. She's a top-rated Constant Contact Solution Provider and auth...
Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton
Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton Kam Williams Book Review “While Toni Braxton may appear to be living a charmed life, hers is in fact a tumultuous story: a tale of personal triumph...
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets Kwame Alexander 9780316417525 Poetry Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heri...
How to Write a Poem
How to Write a Poem Kwame Alexander 9780063060906 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Ne...
Booked Graphic Novel
Booked Graphic Novel Kwame Alexander 9780358161813 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander’s Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and frien...
Dancing Naked on the Floor
Dancing Naked on the Floor Kwame Alexander 9780975440230 Poetry Writers Lair Writers Lair Poet phenom Kwame Alexander grabs his pen again to carve words into the emotional heart of the human spirit. ...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Kwame Mbalia
Kwame Mbalia 0000000501737490 Kwame Mbalia, previously a part-time pharmaceutical calibration tech, is now a full-time writer and father. Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times b...
J vs. K
J vs. K Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft 9780316582681 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Created by real-life rivals and #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alex...
Rebound
Rebound Kwame Alexander 9780544868137 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, a dynamic novel in verse a...
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said Kwame Alexander 9780062118967 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and ...
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family Kwame Alexander 9781888018424 Poetry Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Family Pictures, edited by Kwame Alexander, is a celebration of the par...
On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison
On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison Jerdine Nolen 9781534478527 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Discover the early life and legacy of groundbreaking American writer Toni Mor...
Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band
Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band Kwame Alexander 9781585366880 Fiction Sleeping Bear Press Sleeping Bear Press When a jazz-loving rooster sets his sights on winning a barnyard talent show, he re...
Quick Reads Penguin Readers: Boys Don’t Cry
Quick Reads Penguin Readers: Boys Don’t Cry Malorie Blackman 9780241688106 Fiction Penguin Group USA Penguin Random House A gripping Quick Read about family and growing up from bestselling author, Mal...
Blueblood
Blueblood Malorie Blackman 9781642595772 Fiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books Nia has met the man she wants to marry. Marcus is kind, clever, and handsome, with a beard so dark it is nearly blue-bl...
Checkmate
Checkmate Malorie Blackman 9780141378664 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House ‘Another emotional hard-hitter’ — Sunday Times My name is Callie Rose. My mum is a Cross – one of the so-called r...
Shahrazad Ali
Shahrazad Ali 0000000381673970 Shahrazad Ali is an author and social commentator, best known for her provocative views on gender roles within the Black community. She gained significant attention wit...
Kwame Ture
Kwame Ture 0000000368554192 Kwame Ture, previously Stokely Carmichael, was a pivotal figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He led the SNCC and served as the Honorary Prime Minister of...
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) Kwame Ture with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell 9780684850047 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The aston...
The Venus Hottentot: Poems
The Venus Hottentot: Poems Elizabeth Alexander 9781555973926 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press Elizabeth Alexander’s highly praised first collection is available once againI didn’t want to write a ...
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching Kwame Mbalia 9781368055055 Fiction Rick Riordan Presents Rick Riordan Presents A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 3 Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the finale of K...
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani are renowned authors, recognized for their profound contributions to literature. Dawes, a poet and writer, merges cultural experiences...
Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold
Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold Giselle Liza Anatol 9780593404867 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A tall tale inspired by the life and works of Nobel Prize-winning a...
Toni Morrison: Conversations (Literary Conversations Series)
Toni Morrison: Conversations (Literary Conversations Series) Carolyn C. Denard 9781604730180 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi As a chronicler of the African A...
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison 0000000368636040 Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature Celebrated American novelist Toni Morrison, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. A profes...
Toni Cade Bambara
Toni Cade Bambara 0000000109088262 Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) was a celebrated writer, activist, feminist, and filmmaker. Born in Harlem, her work was characterized by her capacity for both laught...
Toni Tipton-Martin
Toni Tipton-Martin 0000000035718195 Toni Tipton-Martin is an award-winning food journalist and community activist, recognized for her efforts to promote healthier communities. She's a recipient of th...
The Crossover Series Boxed Set
The Crossover Series Boxed Set Kwame Alexander 9780358567042 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt For the first time, the Crossover series, three explosive novels in verse about...
Crush: Love Poems for Teenagers
Crush: Love Poems for Teenagers Kwame Alexander 9781499364781 Poetry CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC From Kwame Alexander, the 2015 Newbery Medalist, a collection of poetry for young people. STA...
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets Kwame Alexander 9780763680947 Poetry Candlewick Press Candlewick Press A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have...
360° A Revolution of Black Poets
360° A Revolution of Black Poets Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander 9780739415856 Poetry BlackWords BlackWords At poetry slams, in coffee houses and cafes, on spoken word CDs, and even featured in H...
Mary Rand Hess
Mary Rand Hess 0000000071315983 Mary Rand Hess is a celebrated poet, artist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author, known for co-authoring “Solo” and “Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild W...
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander 0000000118793131 Michelle Alexander, born October 7, 1967, is a renowned civil rights advocate and litigator. She held a Soros Justice Fellowship in 2005 and has a joint appointmen...
Stephon Alexander
Stephon Alexander NONE Stephon Alexander, a physics professor at Brown University and 2020 president of the National Society of Black Physicists, specializes in string cosmology. He co-invented a mod...
Will Alexander
Will Alexander 0000000053131259 Will Alexander is a multi-talented individual based in Los Angeles, born in 1948. He's an accomplished writer, artist, philosopher, and pianist with a BA in English an...
Food and the City
Food and the City Ina Yalof Excerpt Alexander SmallsThe Cecil Daylight floods his Harlem apartment, an eclectic space crammed with old and new mementos from a well-traveled, well-lived life. The...
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry) Elizabeth Alexander 9780472069378 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press A volume in the Poets on Poe...
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander 0000000114909360 Elizabeth Alexander, a renowned poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher, has authored multiple books, including 'American Sublime', a Pulitzer finalist. A scholar...
Selected Speeches of Kwame Nkrumah. Volume 3 (Revised)
Selected Speeches of Kwame Nkrumah. Volume 3 (Revised) Kwame Nkrumah 9789964702038 Nonfiction Afram Publications Afram Publications The death of Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana, demonstrated a...
Selected Speeches of Kwame Nkrumah. Volume 1 (Revised)
Selected Speeches of Kwame Nkrumah. Volume 1 (Revised) Kwame Nkrumah 9789964702014 Nonfiction Afram Publications Afram Publications The death of Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana, demonstrated a...
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 9781728221502 Fiction Sourcebooks Wonderland Sourcebooks By Lewis Carroll, Adapted by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, with an Introduction...
Booked
Booked Kwame Alexander 9780544570986 Fiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the ...
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781636142555 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Bo...
Curse of the Akoma Stone: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #4)
Curse of the Akoma Stone: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #4) Bernard Mensah 9781338843385 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. Kwame travels to the Cursed Realm, in the fourth installment of t...
Bite of the Kaba Lagoon: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #3)
Bite of the Kaba Lagoon: A Branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #3) Bernard Mensah 9781338843354 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. Kwame needs to help save the world’s source of magic, in the third...
Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Kwame Crashes the Underworld Craig Kofi Farmer 9781250900265 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help hi...
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. are renowned scholars specializing in African and African-American studies. Their influential w...
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Dawes' Ghanaian heritage influences his poetry, while Kinsella's Australian...
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen are renowned authors. Mbalia is known for his best-selling “Tristan Strong” series. Makonnen, Ethiopian royalty, s...
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah 0000000121244918 Kwame Anthony Appiah, born in London and raised in Ghana, is the son of a Ghanaian lawyer/politician and an English novelist. He received his education in Ghana ...
Pursuing Alexander Pushkin, A Memoir
Pursuing Alexander Pushkin, A Memoir Robert Coles 9781569028896 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Pursuing Alexander Pushkin is the story of a scholar/poet whose lif...
The Light Of The World: A Memoir
The Light Of The World: A Memoir Elizabeth Alexander 9781455599875 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceAmazon’s B...
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin 0000000121372055 Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist—widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature. His verse novel Eugen...
Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship
Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship Dana A. Williams 9780063011977 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this lege...
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories Andrea Davis Pinkney 9780316182362 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Stunning poetry and illustrations introduce a ne...
Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature
Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature Nadra Nittle 9781506471518 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media When Toni Morrison died in August 2019, she ...
Appearances: A Novel
Appearances: A Novel K. Reshay 9781545192825 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Maya seems to have the perfect life. She is a successful real estate agent. She has a handsome fiancé, ...
Toni Kan
Toni Kan 0000000044673136 Nigerian writer, editor, and PR executive, Toni Kan (Anthony Kan Onwordi), transitioned from journalism to communications and public relations. With experience in banking, t...
Toni Winston
Toni Winston NONE Toni M. Winston is a multi-talented individual and author, juggling roles as a health motivator, hair stylist, event planner, gardener, and comedienne. She draws wisdom from everyda...
BlackWords
BlackWords BlackWords BlackWords, Inc. Please Note: BlackWords, Inc has been dissolved and is no longer publishing Books - Information is maintained here as a historical archive. CEO, Kwa...
BlackWords
BlackWords BlackWords, Inc. BlackWords Please Note: BlackWords, Inc has been dissolved and is no longer publishing Books - Information is maintained here as a historical archive. CEO, Kwa...
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes 0000000073665848 Ghana-born Kwame Dawes, a poet significantly influenced by Jamaican rhythms and reggae music, is the author of numerous poetry collections, novels, and non-fiction works....
The Brainstormerz Operation Blowout
The Brainstormerz Operation Blowout Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce 9780316541695 Fiction Little, Brown Ink Hachette Book Group A Graphic Novel For fans of The Cartoonists Club and Frizzy comes th...
Versify
Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gulliver Books Harcourt Brace and Company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harcourt Children’s Books Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Heinemann Heinemann Educ...
The Brainstormerz Money Talks
The Brainstormerz Money Talks Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce 9780316541084 Fiction Little, Brown Ink Hachette Book Group For readers of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft comes a fresh, funny kids’ g...
Mighty Macy
Mighty Macy Kwame Alexander 9780316442169 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A young girl finds her voice—and discovers the power of speaking up for herself and her comm...