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Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones
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A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir
A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones 9798999778406 Nonfiction AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club Also Availabl...
A Golden Legacy (paperback): Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir
A Golden Legacy (paperback): Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones 9798999778413 Nonfiction AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club A...
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-Jones are prominent writers. The image showcases them with Elizabeth Savage. Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-J...
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Elizabeth Savage and Angie Ransome-Jones are notable authors. The photo features them along with Tamiya Davis, highlighting their collaborative effo...
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Patrick Williams and Angie Ransome-Jones are renowned writers; Williams known for his thought-provoking narratives and Ransome-Jones for her...
Angie Ransome-Jones
Angie Ransome-Jones NONE National bestselling author and ghostwriter, Angie Ransome-Jones, is known for her book, Path to Peace, and her ghostwriting services. She is a dedicated wife and mother, a f...
Samuel P. Golden’s 2026 Book Tour
Samuel P. Golden’s 2026 Book Tour Samuel P. Golden Article
Samuel P. Golden
Samuel P. Golden 0000000530897514 Samuel P. Golden’s 2026 Book Tour Samuel P. Golden is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Houston and currently serves as a Senior Advisor. He is the fou...
Angie Martinez
Angie Martinez 0000000367767831 Angie Martinez, known as “The Voice of New York,” is an American radio personality, former rapper, and actress. She excels in personal interviews with iconic figures, ...
Path to Peace, A Guide to Managing Life After Losing a Loved One
Path to Peace, A Guide to Managing Life After Losing a Loved One Angie Ransome-Jones 9780991220915 Nonfiction Cover2Cover Books Cover2Cover Books Path to Peace, A Guide to Managing Life After Losing a...
My Voice: A Memoir
My Voice: A Memoir Angie Martinez 9781101990339 Nonfiction Celebra Penguin Random House Angie Martinez is the “Voice of New York.” Now, for the first time, she candidly recounts the story of her rise ...
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Lesa Cline-Ransome NONE Lesa Cline-Ransome, a renowned picture book author, is known for her biography titles like “Satchel Paige”, “Before She Was Harriet”, and more. From Massachusetts, she's worke...
Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones 0000000109336115 “Gayl Jones is an exceptionally talented writer.” —Robert Fleming Gayl Jones was born on November 23, 1949, in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father Franklin J...
Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon MULTIPLE Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Y...
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781481476843 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Husband-and-wife duo James E. Ransome and Lesa Cline-Ransom...
James Ransome
James Ransome 0000000030399412 James E. Ransome is an award-winning illustrator known for his children's books. His accolades include the Coretta Scott King Award, IBBY Honor Award, and NAACP Image A...
Photos from the book A Golden Legacy, a Memoir by Samuel P. Golden
Photos from the book A Golden Legacy, a Memoir by Samuel P. Golden Book Spotlights A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir by Samuel P. Golden is a deeply moving memoir that ble...
Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas 0000000486125057 Angie Thomas, a Mississippi-based author, gained fame with her debut novel 'The Hate U Give'. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the novel was a #1 New York Ti...
Water Street
Water Street Thumper Book Review Recently, I had the pleasure of reading the short story collection, Water Street, written by Crystal E Wilkinson. I loved it. The short stories are slices of the l...
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781481422215 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “In James E. Ransome’s realistic pastel portraits, Bat...
The Second Life of Samuel Tyne
The Second Life of Samuel Tyne Esi Edugyan 9780060736040 Fiction Harper Paperbacks HarperCollins In this riveting narrative of family and middle-age angst, Esi Edugyan gives us Aster, an all-white sub...
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany 0000000109208949 Samuel R. Delany, a renowned author of science fiction and nonfiction, is known for works like Dhalgren and The Mad Man. A former English and Creative Writing profes...
No Trespassing: My Journey from Darkness to Light
No Trespassing: My Journey from Darkness to Light Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones 9780578462868 Nonfiction Samone Publishing Samone Publishing No Trespassin is Elizabeth Navarette Savage’s p...
From Fatal To Fierce
From Fatal To Fierce Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones 9780578519128 Nonfiction Tamiya Davis Tamiya Davis From Fatal to Fierce, is Tamiya’s debut book which chronicles her journey of survival from...
From a Letterman to a Better Man: A Memoir of First Downs and Second Chances
From a Letterman to a Better Man: A Memoir of First Downs and Second Chances Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones 9780692068090 Nonfiction Samone Publishing Samone Publishing From a Letterman to ...
Kim Jones
Kim Jones 0000000385386573 Kimberly Jones, an educator at Lawton Public Schools since 1998, is committed to community improvement. She has initiated numerous programs including “The Colors of Life,” ...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Solomon Jones
Solomon Jones NONE Solomon Jones is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and community advocate who overcame adversity to succeed. He began his career writing articles while living in a sh...
Marita Golden
Marita Golden 000000008396725X In a professional writing career that spans more than twenty years, Marita Golden has distinguished herself as a novelist, essayist, teacher of writing and lite...
The President’s House Revisited Behind the Scenes: The Samuel Fraunces Story
The President’s House Revisited Behind the Scenes: The Samuel Fraunces Story Charles L. Blockson 9780983668763 Nonfiction Hippo Books Hippo Books He was not one of the signers of the Declaration of In...
Terry Wells-Jones
Terry Wells-Jones NONE Terry Wells-Jones, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, is a retired businesswoman and one of the first Black models of the 1960s. She broke barriers as the first woman...
On Rotation
On Rotation Shirlene Obuobi 9780063209145 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins A spectacular novel of family, friendship, and finding your way in life…and in love. Angie Appiah is the epitome of the Pe...
Angie Thomas: Hip-Hop was Her Introduction to Art and Activism
Angie Thomas: Hip-Hop was Her Introduction to Art and Activism Author Interviews Angie Thomas explains how hip-hop resonated with her, as a young woman, even more than Black History. Learn More: https...
On The Come Up
On The Come Up Angie Thomas 9780062498564 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winnin...
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Carole Boyce-Davies 9780822341161 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In Left of Karl Marx, Carole...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Van Jones
Van Jones 0000000120304157 Van Jones, a Yale-educated attorney, is a best-selling author, environmental activist, and White House policy advisor. Known as a social entrepreneur, CNN political contrib...
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones 0000000447812524 Leslie Jones, born in 1967, is an award-nominated actress known for her work on Saturday Night Live and HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death. She's been recognized as one...
Clarence B. Jones
Clarence B. Jones 0000000036182118 AALBC mourns the passing of Clarence B. Jones Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 8, 1931 – May 22, 2026) the lawyer who served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pe...
Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823456239 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born into slavery. Today, her legacy lives on as a trai...
The Story of the Saxophone
The Story of the Saxophone Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823459094 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House Brassy, smokey, melodious. There’s nothing like the saxophone. This incredible work from the aw...
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...
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom
They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780763681555 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press In this stirring and powerfully illustrated story, an enslaved young man uses his...
Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis
Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781534496620 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year The “informative, ...
Story of the Saxophone
Story of the Saxophone Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823437023 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House Brassy, smokey, melodious. There’s nothing like the saxophone. This incredible work from the award-winner...
Being Clem (The Finding Langston Trilogy #3)
Being Clem (The Finding Langston Trilogy #3) Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823446049 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House The final novel in the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy from Coretta Scott King ...
The Creation (25th Anniversary Edition)
The Creation (25th Anniversary Edition) James Ransome 9780823440252 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House An award-winning retelling of the Biblical creation story from a star of the Harlem Renaissance ...
Freedom’s School
Freedom’s School Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781423161035 Fiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun When Lizzie’s parents are granted their freedom from slavery, Mama says its time for Lizzie and her brother Pa...
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books)
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781416959038 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The inspirational, true story of h...
Young Pele: Soccer’s First Star
Young Pele: Soccer’s First Star Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780375871566 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books How did a poor boy named Edson—who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags—go...
Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George
Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780375836008 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books The musical superstar of 18th...
Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780689811517 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Some say Leroy Paige was born with his right fist curled around a baseball. By...
Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography
Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography Anne Wynter 9780593648377 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about writer, poe...
Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography
Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography Anne Wynter 9780593813294 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about one of the greatest baseball play...
Lebron James: A Little Golden Book Biography
Lebron James: A Little Golden Book Biography Shasta Clinch 9780593708309 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about one of the greatest basketball...
Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography
Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography JaNay Brown-Wood 9780593566732 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Olympi...
Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex
Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex Marita Golden 9781400077366 Nonfiction Anchor Penguin Random House “Don’t play in the sun. You’re going to have to get a light-ski...
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Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue Samuel R. Delany 9781479827770 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Twentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibr...
Samuel D. Proctor
Samuel D. Proctor NONE Samuel DeWitt Proctor (1921-1997) was a prominent African American minister, educator, and humanitarian, known for his significant contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. S...
Samuel Kolawole
Samuel Kolawole NONE Nigerian-born author Samuel Kọláwọlé, renowned for his work in various literary publications, has achieved several awards and fellowships. A highly educated individual, he holds ...
Samuel Selvon
Samuel Selvon 0000000082184421 Trinidad-born author Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is known for his groundbreaking use of “nation language” in his 1956 novel, The Lonely Londoners. He received two Guggenh...
William Augustus Jones Jr.
William Augustus Jones Jr. 0000000021740789 William A. Jones Jr. (1934-2006) was a distinguished African-American minister and civil rights leader. An alumnus of the University of Kentucky and Crozer...
Golden Butterfly Publishing
Golden Butterfly Publishing Golden Butterfly Publishing Golden Butterfly Publishing Golden Butterfly Publishing is an independent small press started in 2008. Their motto is “Enhancing children...
Golden Butterfly Publishing
Golden Butterfly Publishing Golden Butterfly Publishing Golden Butterfly Publishing Golden Butterfly Publishing is an independent small press started in 2008. Their motto is “Enhancing children...
Rosa Parks: A Little Golden Book Biography
Rosa Parks: A Little Golden Book Biography Shasta Clinch 9780593904442 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Discover the courageous life of Rosa Parks with this historical Little Golden Book, ...
Reprise: Poems and Photographs
Reprise: Poems and Photographs Golden 9798888903056 Poetry Haymarket Books Haymarket Books A visual & lyrical declaration filled with fever & flight, Reprise, Golden’s second collection of poe...
Holidayville’s Lucky Easter Surprise
Holidayville’s Lucky Easter Surprise Renita Bryant 9781963874068 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing An exciting adventure that blends friendship and magical surprises. Rated “GET ...
Harriet Tubman: A Little Golden Book Biography
Harriet Tubman: A Little Golden Book Biography JaNay Brown-Wood 9780593480144 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Inspire and educate your little one with a Little Golden Book biography about...
Barack Obama: A Little Golden Book Biography
Barack Obama: A Little Golden Book Biography Frank Berrios 9780593479360 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about President...
E. Lynn Harris and Marita Golden
E. Lynn Harris and Marita Golden MULTIPLE E. Lynn Harris and Marita Golden are renowned authors celebrated for their impactful works in literature. They're known for exploring themes of identity, c...
Golden
Golden Golden (they/them) is a Black, gender-nonconforming, trans photographer, poet, educator, curator, and community organizer raised in Hampton, Virginia (Kikotan land), and currently residing i...
The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher Gayl Jones 9780807029947 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.” —Imani Per...
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348036 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing There is no one movie, song, or book that will make these troubled times d...
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Saeed Jones 9781501132742 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. >From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-...
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art Kellie Jones 9780822348733 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Kell...
Keeping Up With The Jones
Keeping Up With The Jones Solomon Jones 9780975521908 Fiction Sola Productions, Inc. Sola Productions, Inc. Bernie Mac meets Dave Barry in Keeping Up With The Jones — a humorous look at marriage, fami...
Gregory S. Jones
Gregory S. Jones NONE Gregory S. Jones, co-founder of “The Paper Tiger” and co-author of “The Root Of All Evil,” plans to educate African-American communities about nationality and advocate for repar...
Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones 0000000365991477 Saeed Jones, award-winning author of 'Prelude to Bruise', is known for his work at BuzzFeed as an LGBT and Culture editor, as well as co-host of AM to DM. Born in Memphis...
Fearless Jones
Fearless Jones Thumper Book Review After 5 years, Walter Mosley has returned to the mystery scene with a new pair of crime solvers for his novel Fearless Jones. It’s as if Mosley had never said...
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones Paige Turner Book Review The new book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones reads almost like a fable or a fairy tale. The young Quincy Jones, with his twinkly eyes, wa...
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Kam Williams Interview Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Tamala Jones has created a varied career based on her prodigious talent, working steadily...
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Threads of Fate
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Threads of Fate Angie Thomas 9780063225237 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins Angie Thomas’ #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy trilogy comes to a thrilling concl...
Breakout
Breakout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon 9780063217508 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Trapped at a luxurious resort off the coa...
The Hate U Give American Classics Edition: A Printz Honor Winner
The Hate U Give American Classics Edition: A Printz Honor Winner Angie Thomas 9780063481169 Fiction Harper HarperCollins Nearly 3 million copies sold • 8 starred reviews • William C. Morris Award Winn...
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi Angie Thomas 9780063225183 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins The highly anticipated sequel to the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Nic Blake and...
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy Angie Thomas 9780063225138 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her mid...
Whiteout
Whiteout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon 9780063088146 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Atlanta is blanketed with snow just befor...
Blackout
Blackout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon 9780063088092 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, an...
Concrete Rose
Concrete Rose Angie Thomas 9780062846716 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Gi...
Into The Go-Slow
Into The Go-Slow Bridgett M. Davis 9781558618640 Fiction The Feminist Press The Feminist Press It’s 1986 and twenty-one-year-old Angie continues to mourn the death of her brilliant and radical sister ...
Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between
Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823460229 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House From the award-winning author of Before She Was Harrie...
For Lamb
For Lamb Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823458943 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Ji...
Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781534463523 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Three starred reviews! “History shines” (School...
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781481462891 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Renowned author Lesa Cline-Ransome an...
For Lamb
For Lamb Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823450152 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Ji...
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781534404755 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ranso...
The Prophets
The Prophets Robert Jones, Jr. 9780593085691 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House Best Book of the Year NPR - The Washington Post - Boston Globe - TIME - USA Today - Entertainmen...