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Secrets, Portia’s Story
Secrets, Portia’s Story Moody Holiday 9780974631592 Fiction Pretty Paper Press Pretty Paper Press Moody Holiday is back in a climatic tale of romance and page turning drama in Secrets, Portia’s Story....
Portia Cosby
Portia Cosby NONE Portia A. Cosby is a renowned novelist, screenwriter, and poet from Indianapolis, known for her relatable storytelling. With a background in kinesiology and film, she blends her ski...
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby 0000000107880184 “Far From Finished” Born on July 12, 1937, Bill Cosby is an influential comedian, actor, and philanthropist. He and his wife, Camille, have four daughters, all ...
Cosby: His Life and Times
Cosby: His Life and Times Mark Whitaker 9781451697971 Nonfiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research an...
No Ordinary Love, Selena’s Revenge
No Ordinary Love, Selena’s Revenge Moody Holiday 9780974631585 Fiction Pretty Paper Press Pretty Paper Press Daddy’s little girl is all grown up and someone is going to pay. All good secrets must c...
F.I.R.E. Reignited
F.I.R.E. Reignited Portia Cosby 9780982301357 Fiction Distinct Publishing Distinct Publishing IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT, STAY THE HELL OFF THE STAGE. Twenty years ago, four high school students came...
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Kam Williams Book Review “A book you can’t put down, but for all the wrong reasons.” “On May 17, 2004, ...
Flesh: The Disappearance of Portia Barrington
Flesh: The Disappearance of Portia Barrington Robert Fleming Book Review As the author of over a dozen novels including the bestselling Little Girl Lost series, Keith Lee Johnson has created his ...
Portia
Portia Denise Turney 9780966353907 Fiction Chistell Publishing Chistell Publishing Portia is a journey through several generations of a family as perceived through the senses, emotions and memories of...
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington Ruth Ann Stewart 9780385053297 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Tells the story of an independent and coura...
It’s Complicated
It’s Complicated Portia Cosby 9780982301333 Fiction Distinct Publishing Distinct Publishing “Portia Cosby has created a world of compelling characters who navigate a byzantine maze of love, secrets, l...
Cosby: His Life and Times
Cosby: His Life and Times Kam Williams Book Review “[Bill] Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother&...
Flesh: The Disappearance Of Portia Barrington
Flesh: The Disappearance Of Portia Barrington Keith Lee Johnson 9781935825029 Nonfiction Dare To Imagine Books Dare To Imagine Books Portia Barrington, the precocious fifteen year old daughter of prom...
I Didn’t Ask To Be Born: (But I’m Glad I Was)
I Didn’t Ask To Be Born: (But I’m Glad I Was) Bill Cosby 9780892969203 Nonfiction Center Street Hachette Book Group In this hilarious collection of observations, Cosby brings us more of his wonderful ...
Questlove and S. A. Cosby
Questlove and S. A. Cosby MULTIPLE Questlove, famed musician and music journalist, pairs with S.A. Cosby, award-winning author known for his Southern noir novels. A dynamic duo in music and literary ...
Lesson Learned: It Is What It Is (Situations & Circumstances)
Lesson Learned: It Is What It Is (Situations & Circumstances) Portia Cosby 9780982301319 Fiction Distinct Publishing Distinct Publishing ALEXIS JAMES has three goals: stay focused, stay calm, and stay...
Too Little, Too Late
Too Little, Too Late Portia Cosby 9780982301302 Fiction Distinct Publishing Distinct Publishing TAMEKA JAMES has always been a confident, outspoken, strong-willed woman with her one weakness being her...
The Disgruntled Wives Club
The Disgruntled Wives Club Portia Cosby 9780982301326 Fiction Distinct Publishing Distinct Publishing "I agreed to ’for better or for worse,’ but I need more "better" and some of that cherishing we sp...
The Straw Man Fallacy: Exposing the Faulty Rhetoric Of, Is Bill Cosby Right?
The Straw Man Fallacy: Exposing the Faulty Rhetoric Of, Is Bill Cosby Right? Stanley G. Robertson 9781436324649 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions Nearly four years after Bill Cosby’s infamous Board ...
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Michael Eric Dyson 9780465017201 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Michael Eric Dyson took America by storm with this prov...
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Michael Eric Dyson 9780465017195 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Nothing exposed the class and generational divide in bl...
Cosbyology: Essays and Observations From the Doctor of Comedy
Cosbyology: Essays and Observations From the Doctor of Comedy Bill Cosby 9780786868100 Fiction Hyperion Hachette Book Group Description: Returning to his early days of comedy, the comic genius and #1...
Time Flies
Time Flies Bill Cosby 9780553277241 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House WE’RE ALL GETTING OLDER,AND BILL COSBY KEEPS GETTING BETTERAmerica’s best-loved humorist, media personality and bestselling auth...
S. A. Cosby
S. A. Cosby 0000000496587503 Shawn A. Cosby, an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia, resides in Gloucester, VA. Apart from writing, he enjoys hiking and playing chess. Shawn. A. C...
Alvin Poussaint
Alvin Poussaint NONE Alvin F. Poussaint, a renowned scholar, psychiatrist, and consultant, is known for his work with Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show and A Different World. He's a Harvard Medical School...
Breathless
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...
Shaq Talks Back
Shaq Talks Back Shaquille O’Neal 9780312278458 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers It’s rare to discover a candid sports autobiography—even rarer when the author is one of the most reco...
The Meanest Thing to Say
The Meanest Thing to Say Bill Cosby 9780590956161 Fiction Cartwheel Books Scholastic Inc. “The Little Bill series by Bill Cosby; endless hours of reading and supportive material for raising well adjus...
Fatherhood
Fatherhood Bill Cosby 9780425097724 Fiction Berkley Publishing Group Penguin Random House From one of America’s most beloved funnymen comes a hilarious look at the lighter side of fatherhood. So, what...
Book Review: Is Bill Cosby Right?
Book Review: Is Bill Cosby Right? Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Article Critic Foiled by “Corkscrew” Logic Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? by Michael Eric ...
Cosbyology
Cosbyology Akilah Monifa Book Review Many people regard Bill Cosby as the penultimate father figure of the 80s, replacing Robert Young of "Father Knows Best." Cosby is probably best known...
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland W. Paul Coates Book Review Black Top Wastland a Conversation With S A Cosby and Paul CoatesAug 30, 2020 06:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register S. A. Cosby has written a winning book ...
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland W. Paul Coates Book Review Black Top Wastland a Conversation With S A Cosby and Paul CoatesAug 30, 2020 06:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register S. A. Cosby has written a winning book ...
Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Marvel Crime Novel
Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Marvel Crime Novel S. A. Cosby 9781368095372 Fiction Hyperion Avenue Disney Publishing Worldwide Luke Cage plays detective and superhero when he uncovers a conspiracy turni...
Madam, May I
Madam, May I Niobia Bryant 9781496716545 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. She’s the ultimate madam with a heart of gold. But can she fulfill her own dreams—and stay at the top? In the bus...
The Ex Chronicles: Everything Changes
The Ex Chronicles: Everything Changes Carol Taylor B00IT2VH6M Fiction Insatiable Press Insatiable Press When we last left the girls, they’d all made changes for the better. Precious, no longer a strug...
A Duke by Default: Reluctant Royals
A Duke by Default: Reluctant Royals Alyssa Cole 9780062685568 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins Award-winning author Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series continues with a woman on a quest to be the he...
Grandma’s List
Grandma’s List Portia Dery B079RBXJVV Fiction African Bureau Stories African Bureau Stories Fatima is determined to save the day. She wants to help Grandma with her to do list so that everyone will re...
The Rhythm of Time
The Rhythm of Time Questlove and S. A. Cosby 9780593354063 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From the Academy Award-winning, Grammy-winning, and New York Times be...
King of Ashes (Paperback)
King of Ashes (Paperback) S. A. Cosby 9781250832085 Fiction Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar Macmillan Publishers Instant New York Times bestseller “Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coast...
All the Sinners Bleed
All the Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby 9781250831910 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Instant New York Times Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller • Washington Post's The Twelve Best T...
My Darkest Prayer
My Darkest Prayer S. A. Cosby 9781250867636 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Award-winning, African American Literature Book Club and New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut n...
The Treasure Hunt: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3
The Treasure Hunt: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3 Bill Cosby 9780590956185 Fiction Cartwheel Books Scholastic Inc. In this easy-to-read chapter book by comedian and storyteller Bill...
Echo Brown
Echo Brown NONE Echo Brown is a renowned storyteller, author, and performer known for her one-woman show, 'Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters'. She's also the author of 'Black Girl Unlimited'. Echo f...
Time for a Change
Time for a Change Questlove and S. A. Cosby 9780374393175 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Book 2 in the electrifying middle-grade sci-fi trilogy by six...
King of Ashes
King of Ashes S. A. Cosby 9781250832061 Fiction Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar Macmillan Publishers Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-i...
Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression
Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression S. A. Cosby 9798985290417 Nonfiction Rock and a Hard Place Rock and a Hard Place Say their names: Sandra Bland. Philando Castile. Daniel Shaver. Geo...
Razorblade Tears
Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 9781250252708 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● May 31, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT A Black father. A white father. Two murdere...
Blacktop Wasteland (paperback)
Blacktop Wasteland (paperback) S. A. Cosby 9781250252692 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist...
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland S. A. Cosby 9781250252685 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers A husband, a father, a son, a business owner…And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.“Sensationally...
Come On, People: On The Path From Victims To Victors
Come On, People: On The Path From Victims To Victors Bill Cosby 9781595550927 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint have a powerful message for ...
I Am What I Ate…and I’m frightened!!!: And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy
I Am What I Ate…and I’m frightened!!!: And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy Bill Cosby 9780060545741 Nonfiction It Books HarperCollins From the #1 US bestselling author, the hilarious US be...
The Best Way to Play: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3
The Best Way to Play: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3 Bill Cosby 9780590956178 Fiction Cartwheel Books Scholastic Inc. This easy-to-read story about friendship by comedian and storyt...
Love And Marriage
Love And Marriage Bill Cosby 9780553284676 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House The reigning King of Comedy demonstrates warmth, wit, and wisdom as he takes on two subjects close to us all. Cosby share...
Juneteenth
Juneteenth Ralph Ellison Excerpt After Ellison’s death on April 16, 1994, speculation about the existence of the second novel reignited. In an article in the New York Times, William Grimes asse...
She Talks to Beethoven
She Talks to Beethoven Adrienne Kennedy 9780573703959 Fiction Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals She Talks to Beethoven, written by pioneering avant-garde playwright Adrienne Kennedy in 1989, off...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue with America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue with America’s Young Leaders Kam Williams Book Review “This collection of letters [offer] a rare glimpse into the dialogue between our nation&rsquo...
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues Albert Murray 9780816699551 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the bir...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed 9781937269388 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group Obama Talks Back: "provides...
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa Malcolm X 9780873489621 Nonfiction Pathfinder Press Pathfinder Press This expanded edition includes four talks and a...
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...
A Private Affair (Arabesque)
A Private Affair (Arabesque) Donna Hill 9780373831623 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Nikita Harrell’s drive and determination took her to the pinnacle of the New York publishin...
Lovin’ Thy Enemy
Lovin’ Thy Enemy Joy Deja King 9781958834336 Fiction King Productions King Productions Charly is the only daughter of notorious gangster Charlie Brinks. Following in her father’s footsteps, Charly car...
Lovin’ Thy Enemy
Lovin’ Thy Enemy Joy Deja King 9781942217237 Fiction King Productions King Productions Charly, is the only daughter of notorious gangster Charlie Brinks. Following in her father’s footsteps, Charly ca...
Writer in Residence: A Heartwarming Book about Books Set in the Low-Country
Writer in Residence: A Heartwarming Book about Books Set in the Low-Country Rhonda McKnight 9781400354399 Fiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing From beloved author Rhonda McKnight c...
Keshia Knight Pulliam - The "Madea Goes to Jail" Interview
Keshia Knight Pulliam - The "Madea Goes to Jail" Interview Kam Williams Interview Cosby Kid Chats about Successful Comeback Born in Newark, New Jersey on April 9, 1979, Kesh...
Behind the Ink
Behind the Ink The Harbert Center Birmingham Alabama Presented by Me Time Book Club, “Behind the Ink” is a premiere book event featuring bestselling authors and vendors. This free family f...
Jukes and Tonks
Jukes and Tonks Gary Phillips and Michael Bracken 9781972046036 Fiction Audecyn Books Audecyn Books Whether their cover bands play Willie Dixon or Willie Nelson, juke joints and honky-tonks appeal to ...
All the Sinners Bleed
All the Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby 9781250831927 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers
Razorblade Tears (paperback)
Razorblade Tears (paperback) S. A. Cosby 9781250252715 Fiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● May 31, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT Instant New York Times Bestse...
Prime Time Blues: African Americans on Network Television
Prime Time Blues: African Americans on Network Television Donald Bogle 9780374237202 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers Primetime Blues is the first comprehensive history of Afr...
Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein MULTIPLE Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein are accomplished authors and screenwriters. Bandy, a founding member of Comedy Shorts, has worked in animation and co-authored...
Come on People
Come on People Kam Williams Book Review "For the last three and a half years, I have been holding community call-outs in cities around the country… This book will cover selec...
Enough
Enough Kam Williams Book Review "Reparations sends a message to Americans of every other race that blacks are wards of the state because they are a broken people. Social ills in the black com...
Even If the Sky Is Falling
Even If the Sky Is Falling Taj McCoy 9781335452559 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins Includes a special introduction by USA TODAY bestselling author, Mia Sosa, author of The Worst Best Man and...
Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice
Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster 9781982180393 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A riveting exploration of how...
King and the Dragonflies
King and the Dragonflies Kacen Callender 9781338129335 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy’s grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to...
Nicole Ari Parker - Interview
Nicole Ari Parker - Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Baltimore on October 7, 1970, Nicole Ari Parker was the only child of Donald, a dentist, and Joanne, a health care professional. B...
Zoë Kravitz (Interview May, 2015)
Zoë Kravitz (Interview May, 2015) Kam Williams Interview Born December 1, 1988, Zoë Isabella Kravitz is the daughter of 5-time Grammy-winner Lenny Kravitz and Emmy-nominated actress Lisa Bonet...
Jewell Parker Rhodes Talks to WBUR about her Novel TOWERS FALLING
Jewell Parker Rhodes Talks to WBUR about her Novel TOWERS FALLING Book Spotlights
Author Breena Clarke talks about her novel "Stand the Storm" & Quilting
Author Breena Clarke talks about her novel "Stand the Storm" & Quilting Book Spotlights
MBridges talks about her novel Getting Up and Getting On
MBridges talks about her novel Getting Up and Getting On Book Spotlights
Black Fatherhood: Reclaiming Our Legacy
Black Fatherhood: Reclaiming Our Legacy Curtis L. Ivery 9780825307430 Nonfiction Beaufort Books Beaufort Books Breaking the stereotype that surrounds Black fatherhood, this one-of-a-kind book highligh...
Lenny Kravitz - The “Precious” Interview
Lenny Kravitz - The “Precious” Interview Kam Williams Interview Leonard Albert Kravitz was born in New York City on May 26, 1964 to actress Roxie Roker, and Sy Kravitz, a news producer at NB...
Prayers Answered By Christmas (Gifts from God) (Volume 2)
Prayers Answered By Christmas (Gifts from God) (Volume 2) Pat Simmons 9781977905567 Fiction Generations Quest Press OverDrive, Inc. Christmas is coming. While other children are compiling their lists ...
Advertising Online
Advertising Online Troy Johnson Article Advertising Online: Is this the Wave of the Future for Selling Black Books? by Leah Mullen Denise Turney got her start selling books over the intern...
The GoldDiggers
The GoldDiggers Sue Nyathi 9781770105942 Fiction Pan MacMillan Macmillan Publishers We all know our final destination, but we have no idea what will cross our path as we journey there. It is 2008, ...
Eric Jerome Dickey Talks About His New Novel
Eric Jerome Dickey Talks About His New Novel Book Spotlights
Darkness Comes at Dawn
Darkness Comes at Dawn Francina Simone 9780997710311 Fiction ChunkyCATBooks ChunkyCATBooks Everywhere Katie looks, she sees his face—her dad. The one she left in the rubble. Her real dad won’t admit ...
Lie to Me (Nothing but the Truth, Volume 2)
Lie to Me (Nothing but the Truth, Volume 2) Michelle Lindo-Rice 9781535105712 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A marriage on the rocks, a wedding in the works, and the woman who will chang...
The Secret of Gumbo Grove
The Secret of Gumbo Grove Eleanora E. Tate 9780440412731 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House Raisin Stackhouse doesn’t mind doing odd jobs for old Miss Effie Pfluggins, but when Miss Effie talks her...
Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammad 0000000084052510 Suheir Hammad, born October 25, 1973, is a Palestinian-American poet, author, performer, and activist renowned for her work in the spoken-word scene. She's had success ...
Primrose Cameron
Primrose Cameron NONE Primrose Cameron is an experienced motivational speaker, life coach, teacher, and counselor based in West Volusia. She offers personal and professional development through her t...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams Interview Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2012 Getty Images Lee Daniels is best k...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the-butler.jpg Film Review Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2...
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...
Delayed But Not Denied 2: Real Stories About Hope, Faith and Triumph
Delayed But Not Denied 2: Real Stories About Hope, Faith and Triumph Toni Coleman Brown and Julia D. Shaw 9780978756833 Nonfiction Collaborative Experience Collaborative Experience Delayed But Not Den...
K. Reshay Talks about her series Appearances
K. Reshay Talks about her series Appearances Author Interviews