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Author
Publisher
Moment of Life Books, Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024..
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
175 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A'ja Wilson comes an inspirational collection on what it means to grow up as a Black girl in America. This is a book for all the girls with an apostrophe in their name. This is for all the girls who are "too loud" and "too emotional." This is for all the girls who are constantly asked, "Oh, what did you do with your hair? That's new." This is for my Black girls. In this empowering...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays.Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel Garca Mrquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generation in the making.In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He's good with his gun and is drawn to trouble but he's also out of money and out of...
Author
Series
Coldest Winter volume 1
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition, Special collectors edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winter Santiaga, the daughter of one of Brooklyn's most powerful drug czars, uses her own weapons--including sex and an aggressive attitude--to stay on top, after her father's empire is threatened by a drug war.
"'I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter.' Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition ;
Physical Desc
i volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Some days Maya glows...
Maya feels a warm glow when she's with the people she loves and when she sees good things happening in her neighborhood. She feels a different kind of glow when she overhears her family worrying about bills or sees her favorite cousin stopped by police.
Sometimes that glowing feels like too much to carry.
But then the local librarian gives Maya a stack of books about those who felt the same glowing light. Black women throughout...
46) The Grift: the Downward spiral of Black Republicans from the party of Lincoln to the cult of Trump
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, Black Republicans were revolutionaries. Today, many see them as traitors, selling their souls for power. In 2021, Black conservatives are the greatest grift. Journalist and radio host Clay Cane examines how the Republican party evolved into a safe space for racists and how Black Republicans attempt to gain power by aligning themselves with white supremacy. Black Republicans consistently make viral news, whether it's Senator Tim...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 180 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Looking back at his career from the vantage point of his desk drawer, and reflecting on projects he never got around to - people to profile, regions he meant to portray, a literary legend presents a collection of vignettes and a "reminiscent montage" from a writing life.
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xv, 174 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A 30-day beginner’s guide for learning American Sign Language. There’s an easy way to leap right in to learning American Sign Language (ASL). American Sign Language for Beginners delivers 30 days of lessons that will help you sign with those in your home, community, and classroom. From letters and numbers to essential vocabulary and grammar basics, this beginner’s guide provides the essentials needed to develop a solid foundation for American...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, Sister Souljah's debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, became a bestselling cultural phenomenon ... with the unforgettable Winter Santiaga, daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family, who captivated her lovers, friends, and enemies with her sexy street smarts ... With her jail sentence coming to a close, Winter is ready to step back into the spotlight and reclaim her throne"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: a stunning meditation on ritual and collectiveness that explores how older forms of inquiry-from song to prayer to ways of public gathering-might help us all survive violent times and address America's shared history"--
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Struggling to adjust to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia, De’Andrea Whitman is challenged by her therapist to make a white girlfriend and finds one in Rebecca Myland as they are brought together to fight back against the community’s rising racial sentiments.
52) El deafo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 128 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"bell hooks was a prolific, trailblazing author, feminist, social activist, cultural critic, and professor. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, bell used her pen name to center attention on her ideas and to honor her courageous great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. hooks's unflinching dedication to her work carved deep grooves for the feminist and anti-racist movements. In this collection of 7 interviews, stretching from early in her career until her last interview,...
Author
Series
Hurricane wars volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The heart is a battlefield. War has raged for a decade in Lir, and orphaned soldier Talasyn has learned to keep her powers hidden to survive. As the last known Lightweaver on the continent, she can create radiant weapons that cut through the invading Shadowforged warriors' dark magic. But all that changes when she is forced to reveal her abilities on the battlefield to defend herself from the Shadowforged prince himself, Alaric Ossinast. In a clash...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed columnist and political commentator presents a sharp and often hilarious retelling of American history that focuses on the overlooked contribution of Black Americans and corrects the idea that American history is white history.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means-now-to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world. When Manjula Martin moved from the...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This new biography of the brilliant Southern author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is based on newly available letters and journals and traces how she captured the heart and longing of the outcast.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mamie Till-Mobley became a voice for change when her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. His death became a rallying point for the Civil Rights Movement, a movement ignited when his mother propelled his name to the forefront of history.
Her story is a testament to the power of love and one woman's unwavering pursuit for justice. Mamie fearlessly refused to allow America to turn away from what happened...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
2nd edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 709 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is a multilayered intersection of wild ideas, ten years in the making, from Mark Danielewski. It is also the story of a seemingly normal house gone wild. The novel intertwines the narratives of two haunted individuals: Zampano, a blind man whose strange manuscript is found in his apartment when he dies, and Johnny Truant, the tome's discoverer and narrator of House of Leaves. Zampano's manuscript is a critique of a documentary film called "The...