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A Novel
Written by E. Lynn Harris
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $24.95
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her...
Written by Stephen L. Carter
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $26.95
USA Today called Stephen L. Carter’s last novel “the perfect summer read . . . Carter slips in so many original, thought-provoking observations that the reader is sad the killer has been caught.” Now Carter, the best-selling author of New England White, is back with Palace Council, a gripping political thriller...
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Written by Geneva Holliday
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $12.95
In Geneva Holliday’s latest novel of lust and revenge, Seduction works both ways.
Mildred Johnson is the last woman on earth that gorgeous Tony Landry would dare to be seen with. That is, until Tony wants to pull a scam on the company where she works. In order to keep Mildred signing...
My Life, My Beats
Written by Grandmaster Flash and David Ritz
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $22.95
A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip hop and one of the culture's most revered music icons—both the tale of his life and legacy and a testament to dogged determination.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip hop. Theirs was a groundbreaking union between...
Written by Daniel Wallace
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $13.95
Henry Walker was once a world-class magician, performing to sold-out shows in New York. But now he has been reduced to joining Musgrove's Chinese Circus (which at no point in its tour of the deep South has ever included a single Chinese person) as the shambling Negro Magician, whose dark black... Read more >
Follow the Drinking Gourd; John Henry
Written by Rabbit Ears
Read by Morgan Freeman
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $11.95
Rabbit Ears Treasury of African American Heroes features brave and spirited characters in these classic stories read by your favorite stars and featuring original music by some of today’s greatest artists.
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Read by Morgan Freeman
Original Music by Taj Mahal
Based on the traditional American folksong, this compelling tale recounts the... Read more >
Written by Tanita S. Davis
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $15.99
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAINEY DREAMS of becoming a world famous chef one day and maybe even having her own cooking show. (Do you know how many African American female chefs there aren’t? And how many vegetarian chefs have their own shows? The field is wide open for stardom!) But when her best friend—and... Read more >
Fresh American Perspectives
Written by Stanley Crouch
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 16, 1999
Price: $14.00
Here is a brilliant new collection of essays on the sublime and the ridiculous in contemporary American culture and society, by one of the most important and compelling social commentators at work today.
"Fearless and engaging, a virtuoso at bringing the drive of natural speech into social criticism, Stanley Crouch transcends our... Read more >
