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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When white silver screen icon Kitty Karr Tate dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the three Black St. John sisters, it prompts questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty's affairs thandeal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty's journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could-and between a cheating fiancae and fallout from a controversial social...
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Language
English
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It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove -- a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others -- who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
5) Rock Star
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Series
Language
English
Description
A ten-year commemorative edition of the first interracial rock star romance. This multi-award winning bestseller makes frequent appearances on Favorites lists and continues to stand the test of time. Callie Lawson is a small-town business owner with few plans that don't involve a spreadsheet, a clipboard and a PowerPoint presentation. When Bryan Spencer, renegade rock star leader of the legendary band Storm Crow shows up in her store those plans are...
Author
Series
Family business volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. They may be known for their big house, fancy cars, and lavish lifestyle, but that doesn't make them immune from some over-the-top drama. L.C. Duncan has run his successful car dealership in Jamaica, Queens for more than thirty years, but when the recession hits and the competition gets a little rough, some say it's time for him to retire. Palm trees and golf sound like fun, but L.C. still...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Language
English
Description
National bestselling authors Kiki Swinson and Noire double down in these sizzling novellas about sex, money, andtoo much of a good thing. . . Shamelessly Rich KIKI SWINSON Exclusive parties, high-end rides, designer everything-for Virginia Beach heiress Megan Rich, it's just an ordinary day. And one taste of Eric Chambers' thug loving has her spending like crazyto keep him primed, hot,'n ready. But when her parents cut off the cash flow, this poor...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Language
English
Description
It's been eight years since Hope Warren had her heart broken on Christmas Eve, but she still detests the holiday, and celebrations in general. Wasting her time, and her art degree, at a job she clearly hates, the only thing she's longing for is a dream home way out of reach. So when outgoing Irishman Dylan Healy keeps getting in her face, she's sure there's a catch. He's kind, charismatic-and challenging her idle creativity. It may be her least favorite...
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English
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"Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), who overcame adversity to become a prominent orator and educator, believed that education was the key to racial equality. Beginning with his early life, this classic work conveys the triumphs and tragedies he encountered during his pursuit of freedom and learning. From a childhood shaped by slavery to the experiences that led to his founding of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, a center of learning that focused...
10) Friday black
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Language
English
Description
"An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny...The wildly talented Adjei-Brenyah has made these edgy tales immensely charming, via his resolute, heartful, immensely likeable narrators, capable of seeing the world as blessed and cursed at once." -- George Saunders "This book is dark and captivating and essential...A call to arms and a condemnation. Adjei-Brenyah offers powerful prose as parable. The writing in this outstanding collection...
11) Writings
Author
Series
Library of America volume 0
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
12) Office Grapevine
Author
Publisher
Teresa D. Patterson
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Avia Johnson feels like the most hated and talked about woman in the office. Just because she'd been promoted while dating the former boss, didn't mean she'd slept her way to the top. No one knows the price she had to pay for making that mistake. She vows to never again let another man get close to her heart. She's doing a great job of keep up walls until Nathaniel Brockington storms into her office, upset because she refuses to meet with him a half...
13) Nemesis
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious phone call, an inexplicable inheritance, and a haunting "voice" launch Amara Hammond on a journey through her mother's sordid past. As she stands over her mother's dead body, Amara finally realizes who Nemesis is and why she's out for revenge."--
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"the story of sexy, smart and very married Grace Trufant and her playa lifestyle. She is married to a successful, loving husband but somehow she requires more attention than this fine upstanding man can offer. She plays hard; in fact she is a playa in her own right. But Grace forgets that Game recognizes Game when she runs into Sonia, her husband's best friend. This is the tale of Grace's extra-marital love affair, love and support of good friends,...
Author
Publisher
Teresa D. Patterson
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A young teen tries to honor his mother's dying request and get to know his absentee father. Can he forgive a man who was never there, whose absence made him feel insignificant for most of his life?. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Teresa D. Patterson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This is a boxed set that includes two juvenile fiction novels: Sequoia Denise, Just a Kid and Janell Has an Attitude. Sequoia Denise, Just a Kid SUMMARY: School is out and thirteen year old Sequoia Denise Washington is bored already. She thinks it's going to be another uneventful summer; one that consists of battling with her mother or being in the shadows of her oldest sisters, Desiree and La Toria. Then she meets the coolest person ever- Brandon....
17) Unseen Wounds
Author
Publisher
Teresa D. Patterson
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen year old LaVontae Bryant has a wall up. He doesn't let anyone get close to him for fear they'll read what's written on his soul. He can't communicate with his father, and he resents his mother because she deserted him. Clayton Anderson has been deemed the class comedian. His home life isn't anything to laugh about. He daydreams about the day he'll turn sixteen because he plans to change things. He struggles to forgive his alcoholic mother...
Author
Publisher
Teresa D. Patterson
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Troy Anderson is the self-proclaimed Mr. G-Spot because he knows how to make a woman reach the ultimate mind-blowing orgasm. Since his divorce, he's been in-between the sheets with woman after woman, never really forming a connection with any of them. Because of his ability to make them "rain" in the bedroom, some of these women shower him with expensive gifts ranging from jewelry, to fancy clothes, to expensive automobiles. Along with these gifts...
19) Urban Diaries
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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Urban Diaries" is a collection of short stories & poetry with complex, multi-faceted, characters, all whom are "Social Contradictions" that you are sure never to forget. All of the stories or poems deal with issues that we come across everyday in the hood, but is rarely discussed such as drug addiction, incest, dead-beat mothers, homosexuality, abortion, generational curses, and homelessness."--
Author
Publisher
Teresa D. Patterson
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Wendell Warner is freezing, half-starved and desperate. When he spots the elderly woman struggling through the snow with her bags, he mistakenly thinks she's an easy target. Unfortunately, he slips on the ice when he tries to snatch her purse. Velma Stevenson's life is changed when a teenager tries to steal her purse one harsh winter day. When Fate sends the would-be thief to her again, she sums it up as divine intervention. --Provided by publisher....
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