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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.
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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....
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Crimson Romance
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Knowing firsthand the heartbreak that comes when desire and emotion rule a relationship, Kenyatta Copeland assumes marrying Brad Johnson will lead to a safe and secure life. But as much as she believes she can plan her future, it's hard to ignore the way her boss, Malcolm Patterson, ignites her passions with just one look. After Malcolm learns of her engagement, he makes a play for her heart and reminds her that passion between a man and a woman...
44) Secrets of War
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Roy Glenn
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The assassination attempts on his long time friend Leon Copeland, have forced Mike Black to return to the city. The day after he gets there an attempt is made on his life and you know Black does what he has to do. Just when Black thinks that things have quieted down, all hell breaks loose and once again, he finds himself in the middle of a war. And this time, it not Rain's fault. --Provided by publisher.
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Monique D. Mensah
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Malignant Mind Series: Volumes 1-3Who Is He To You, Inside Rain, Smoke ScreenWHO IS HE TO YOUSimone, a shockingly beautiful teen, is on the downward spiral of destruction as she battles incest and self-hatred; she finds cutting to be the only way to relieve her pain. Jessica lives the upscale lifestyle of a refined society matron. She strives to be the perfect wife, but without her husband, Ross, she would be nothing more than the abused stripper...
46) Exposed
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"It has been said that in a marriage you only get eighty percent of what you need. When the other twenty percent is too tempting to turn down, do you decide to go with your family life, or do you take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity? Simone, Te'Nae, and Shay are picture perfect wives and career women. Although they're able to juggle prestigious jobs, motherhood, and wifely duties with ease, they share a dark secret that, if exposed,...
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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....
48) 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."--
49) Who Ya Wit'
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Full-figured diva Desa Rae Jenkins and her lover boy, Roc Dawson, have finally agreed to make their way down the aisle for better or worse, richer or poorer, and no mess whatsoever shall keep them apart. Several weeks before the long-awaited wedding, however, Desa Rae is confronted by a woman from the past who makes her aware of Roc's naughty nights in a place known as Hell House. The betrayal sends them back to what Desa Rae considers square one,...
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"What can you say about a woman who lives by her own rules? Perhaps that she will get hers in the end? Is this the case for the very smart, very sexy and very married, consummate playa Grace Trufant? After putting her marriage to Edwin Douglas Trufant in danger in Part I of FeMALE TRAITS and loosing her baby and nearly her husband in Part II, what chance is there for Grace to find her way to fidelity in part III? Will she ever learn and how will her...
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Grace Trufant is back again. Estranged from her husband because of her infidelities she is losing her husband Edwin to another woman, who happens to be his best friend. Grace Trufant learns she is pregnant and not sure of the paternity of the child. The threat of single motherhood is not a situation she will entertain. Grace plots and schemes to keep ties with her former lover Brian and her estranged husband intact until the arrival of her baby....
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English
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Have you ever considered going natural but thought it would be too hard? Try this book! Many of us are alienated from our stigmatized coils and have no clue what to do with our nappy hair. This book helps you reacquaint with your natural naps and shows you how to grow out a perm. But more than that, Going Natural makes a joy out of what you thought would be a difficult journey. Find out The best way for you to go natural How to enjoy your journey...
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English
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The game once had three major rules that were never to be broken or compromised, regardless of how serious things got in one's life. Death before dishonor was more than just a code; it was the law of the streets, written in the blood of the OGs who killed and died upholding it.
Back then, there were many rewards for those who followed the codes. On the other hand, the penalty was death for anyone who violated the laws, and anybody close to him. At...
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English
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The Souls of Black Folk is the seminal work by Du Bois on race in late 19th-century North America. The way we think about and examine race today stems from his ideas. He spoke of the "double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others," and of the progress and obstacles to progress of the black American.
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"The voluptuous Esther Wiley has always known that she is special. She's a tiara-wearing, wand-carrying kind of Cinderella princess in disguise. The problem that her very own Fairy Godmother, the Prophetess Mother Reed, struggles with is getting her to live like it. Briggs Stokes is the reluctant heir to his father's worldwide, multimillion-dollar televangelist ministry, yet he yearns to be his own man. His past mistakes have caused him a private...
56) Consequences
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"School's back in session and there's a lot of unfinished business to handle. As Lena prepares for her wedding day, she can't help but think about Denise, her sexy b-ball roommate who almost stole her away. A summer isn't enough time to get over a true love. Denise just can't shake the feelings she developed for soon-to-be-married Lena. Should she go for what she wants or leave well enough alone? Cooley let Misha walk away, but she can't take no for...
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English
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Lauren, Jayda, Danielle, and Brenda are finishing their senior year of high school. They seem to have perfect lives, but these girls have more to worry about than finals and college applications.
Lauren has an inextinguishable infatuation with her history teacher, and she will do whatever it takes to get what she wants, even if it means hurting herself, her friends, or someone who truly loves her. As she plans to celebrate her eighteenth birthday,...
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English
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"B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak,creativity and joy. It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for...
59) Lost Daughters
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Mama Ruby novels volume 3
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English
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"A spicy mixture of family scandal, mother-daughter betrayal, and good-for-nothing men" from the New York Times bestselling author of God Don't Like Ugly (Publishers Weekly).
Everyone from Louisiana to Florida knows Mama Ruby—a small-town girl who became one of the South's most notorious and volatile women. Now Mary Monroe reveals how Mama Ruby's past haunts the family she's left behind . . .
Mama...
Everyone from Louisiana to Florida knows Mama Ruby—a small-town girl who became one of the South's most notorious and volatile women. Now Mary Monroe reveals how Mama Ruby's past haunts the family she's left behind . . .
Mama...
60) Glorious
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Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning novelist Bernice L. McFadden's highly anticipated new historical novel set amidst the Harlem Renaissance. Glorious is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights era. Blending fact and fiction, Glorious is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett, a fictional Harlem Renaissance writer whose tumultuous path to success, ruin, and ultimately revival offers a candid and true portrait of the...
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