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145th Streetby Walter Dean MyersISBN 0385321376 (0-385-32137-6)
Hardcover, Delacorte Pr
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Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writingby Catherine E. McKinley, L. Joyce DelaneyISBN 0385473559 (0-385-47355-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing'Book summary:Destined to become a classic in the tradition of the best-selling Black-Eyed Susans/Midnight Birds and Erotique Noire/ Black Erotica. Afrekete gives collective voice to the tradition of black lesbian writing. In the vast and proliferating area of both African-American and lesbian and gay writing, the work of black lesbians is most often excluded or relegated to the margins. Afrekete meshes these seemingly disparate traditions and celebrates black lesbian experiences in all their variety and depth.
Elegant, timely, provocative, and inspiring, the fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in Afrekete -- written in a range of styles -- engage a variety of highly topical themes, placing them at the center of literary and social discourse. Beginning with "Tar Beach," an excerpt from Audre Lorde's celebrated memoir Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, which introduces the character Afrekete, the collection also includes such prominent writers as Michelle Cliff, Carolivia Herron, Jewelle Gomez, and Alexis De Veaux. Other pieces are by Jacqueline Woodson, Sapphire, Essence editor Linda Villarosa, and filmmaker Michelle Parkerson, with other contributions by exciting new writers Cynthia Bond, Jocelyn Taylor, Jamika Ajalon, and Sharee Nash.
Afrekete is a collection whose time has come. It is an extraordinary work, one of lasting value for all lovers of literature. A fresh, engaging journey, Afrekete will both inform and delight. [via]More editions of Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing:
And This Too Shall Passby E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0385480318 (0-385-48031-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Anthills of the Savannahby Chinua AchebeISBN 0385260458 (0-385-26045-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anthills of the Savannah'Book summary:In the fictional West African nation Kangan, newly independent of British rule, the hopes and dreams of democracy have been quashed by a fierce military dictatorship. Chris Oriko is a member of the cabinet of the president for life, one of his oldest friends. When the president is charged with censoring the oppositionist editor of the state-run newspaper-another childhood friend-Chris's loyalty and ideology are put to the test. The fate of Kangan hangs in the balance as tensions rise and a devious plot is set in motion to silence the firebrand critic. Show More Show Less [via]
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Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived Itby Herb BoydISBN 0385492790 (0-385-49279-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Bebe's by Golly Wow!by Yolanda JoeISBN 0385492553 (0-385-49255-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J. L. Chestnut, Jr.by J. L. ChestnutISBN 0385419384 (0-385-41938-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Black Life in Corporate Americaby George Davis, Glegg WatsonISBN 0385147023 (0-385-14702-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Black Life in Corporate America: Swimming in the Mainstreamby George Davis, Glegg WatsonISBN 0385147015 (0-385-14701-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Black-Eyed Susans/Midnight Birdsby Mary Helen WashingtonISBN 0385260156 (0-385-26015-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black-Eyed Susans/Midnight Birds'Book summary:This book combines in one volume two now classic short story collections. The editor has added a new introduction and prefatory material.
"Mary Helen Washington has had a greater impact upon the formation of the canon of Afro-American literature than has any other scholar." --The New York Times Book Review [via]More editions of Black-Eyed Susans/Midnight Birds:
Blacker Than a Thousand Midnightsby Susan StraightISBN 0385474342 (0-385-47434-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hairby Lisa JonesISBN 0385471238 (0-385-47123-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Children of Crisisby Robert ColesISBN 038528134X (0-385-28134-X)
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Crossing the Danger Water: Three Hundred Years of African-American Writingby Deirdre MullaneISBN 0385422431 (0-385-42243-1)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Divided Sisters : Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Womenby Kathy Russell, Midge WilsonISBN 0385473621 (0-385-47362-1)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Womenby Midge Wilson, Kathy Russell, Midgey WilsonISBN 0385473613 (0-385-47361-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Erotique Noireby Reginald Martin, Miriam Decosta-Willis, Roseann P. BellISBN 0385423098 (0-385-42309-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erotique Noire'Book summary:A collective work of art whose time has come. Of lasting value for all lovers of literature and the erotic, this is a glorious, groundbreaking celebration of black sensuality, including works by Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and many more. [via]
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Familyby J. California CooperISBN 0385411723 (0-385-41172-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Family'Book summary:In this wise, beguiling, beautiful novel set in the era of the civil war, an award-winning playwright and author paints a haunting portrait of a woman named always, born a slave, and four generations of her african-american family [via]
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The Famished Roadby Ben OkriISBN 0385425139 (0-385-42513-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Famished Road'Book summary:You have never read a novel like this one. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for fiction, The Famished Road tells the story of Azaro, a spirit-child. Though spirit-children rarely stay long in the painful world of the living, when Azaro is born he chooses to fight death: "I wanted," he says, "to make happy the bruised face of the woman who would become my mother." Survival in his chaotic African village is a struggle, though. Azaro and his family must contend with hunger, disease, and violence, as well as the boy's spirit-companions, who are constantly trying to trick him back into their world. Okri fills his tale with unforgettable images and characters: the bereaved policeman and his wife, who try to adopt Azaro and dress him in their dead son's clothes; the photographer who documents life in the village and displays his pictures in a cabinet by the roadside; Madame Koto, "plump as a mighty fruit," who runs the local bar; the King of the Road, who gets hungrier the more he eats.
At the heart of this hypnotic novel are the mysteries of love and human survival. "It is more difficult to love than to die," says Azaro's father, and indeed, it is love that brings real sharpness to suffering here. As the story moves toward its climax, Azaro must face the consequences of choosing to live, of choosing to walk the road of hunger rather than return to the benign land of spirits. The Famished Road is worth reading for its last line alone, which must be one of the most devastating endings in contemporary literature (but don't skip ahead). --R. Ellis [via]
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Gabriel's Storyby David Anthony DurhamISBN 0385498144 (0-385-49814-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gabriel's Story'Book summary:With his first novel, Gabriel's Story, David Anthony Durham delivers a fresh take on the American frontier. The settlers aren't white men but emancipated slaves, whose journey into the promised land is driven by the harsh memory of captivity. Unlike the wagon-train pioneers we're used to reading about, Durham's characters are refugees of Reconstruction. Yet they're seduced by the same promises as their white counterparts--promises that anyone can be a landowner, that this land is your land, that it's only a matter of staking your claim.
The protagonist, 15-year-old Gabriel Lynch, wonders why his widowed mother falls for this propaganda. He sulks on the long train ride from New York to Kansas, pining for the humble brownstone apartment they're leaving behind. He dreads their arrival on the prairie and their rendezvous with his new stepfather, Solomon, a man the boy distrusts as virtually all teenage boys distrust their smiling, imperious stepfathers. Upon arriving at Solomon's sod house, Gabriel's contempt only increases: "It was a single room. The walls pushed into and cramped the space, making it feel much smaller on the inside than the shadow had indicated from the outside. It was smoky and moist and earthen all at once, with a smell unpleasant enough to contort Gabriel's face."
The patience required to cultivate the hard, unforgiving prairie isn't something Gabriel possesses, and soon he runs away--joining a gang of mostly white cowboys headed for Texas. Like the heroes in most Wild West novels, Gabriel seeks adventure. What he finds is racism, violence, and eventually murder. Compelling, suspenseful, and meticulously written, Gabriel's Story is an exploration of the idea of the frontier and the meaning of ownership, filtered through the narrator's cynical, over-the-hill teenage perspective. And Gabriel himself, who seems old beyond his years, is a memorable protagonist: a grouchy lost boy, impatient for his life to unfold. --Ellen Williams [via]
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The Gettin Placeby Susan StraightISBN 0385486596 (0-385-48659-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Ghost Moonby Karen RobardsISBN 038531972X (0-385-31972-X)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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Girls at Warby Chinua AchebeISBN 0385418965 (0-385-41896-5)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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The Hand I Fan Withby Tina McElroy AnsaISBN 0385476019 (0-385-47601-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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He Say, She Sayby Yolanda JoeISBN 0385485077 (0-385-48507-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Hidden in Plain View: The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroadby Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. DobardISBN 0385497679 (0-385-49767-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hidden in Plain View: The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad'Book summary:When quiltmaker Ozella McDaniels told Jacqueline Tobin of the Underground Railroad Quilt Code, it sparked Tobin to place the tale within the history of the Underground Railroad. Hidden in Plain View documents Tobin and Raymond Dobard's journey of discovery, linking Ozella's stories to other forms of hidden communication from history books, codes, and songs. Each quilt, which could be laid out to air without arousing suspicion, gave slaves directions for their escape. Ozella tells Tobin how quilt patterns like the wagon wheel, log cabin, and shoofly signaled slaves how and when to prepare for their journey. Stitching and knots created maps, showing slaves the way to safety.
The authors construct history around Ozella's story, finding evidence in cultural artifacts like slave narratives, folk songs, spirituals, documented slave codes, and children's' stories. Tobin and Dobard write that "from the time of slavery until today, secrecy was one way the black community could protect itself. If the white man didn't know what was going on, he couldn't seek reprisals." Hidden in Plain View is a multilayered and unique piece of scholarship, oral history, and cultural exploration that reveals slaves as deliberate agents in their own quest for freedom even as it shows that history can sometimes be found where you least expect it. --Amy Wan [via]
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Hidden in Plain View : The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroadby Raymond G. Dobard, Jacqueline L. TobinISBN 0385491379 (0-385-49137-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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I Can't Wait on God : A Novelby Albert L. FrenchISBN 0385483643 (0-385-48364-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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I Hadn't Meant To Tell You Thisby Jacqueline WoodsonISBN 0385320310 (0-385-32031-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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I Hear a Symphonyby Paula L. Woods, Felix H. LiddellISBN 0385475039 (0-385-47503-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Hear a Symphony'Book summary:Exploring the many dimensions of Black love through a powerful combination of poetry, little-known love letters, and excerpts of speeches, essays, and novels, accented and complemented by a striking selection of full-color works of African American art, this stunning book is a dynamic celebration of the strength and beauty of love. [via]
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I Hear a Symphony: African-Americans Celebrate Loveby Paula L. Woods, Felix H. LiddellISBN 0385475020 (0-385-47502-0)
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If This World Were Mineby E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0385486561 (0-385-48656-1)
Softcover, Doubleday
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In Search of Satisfactionby J. California CooperISBN 0385467869 (0-385-46786-9)
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Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women, 1860-1960by Mary Helen WashingtonISBN 0385248423 (0-385-24842-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Timeby Phyllis RoseISBN 0385248911 (0-385-24891-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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John Henry Daysby Colson WhiteheadISBN 0385498195 (0-385-49819-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Henry Days'Book summary:Colson Whitehead's second novel posits a folk antihero for the information age: junketeer and puff-piece-writing man J. Sutter. For his latest assignment, this freelance hack is sent to Talcott, West Virginia, to cover its John Henry Days festival and the unveiling of the United States Postal Service's John Henry stamp. Sutter hasn't devoted much thought to American mythology lately, or to the epic struggle of man vs. machine, or to anything else besides padding his expense account and cadging free drinks. Still, our hero is engaged in a private contest of his own--a kind of junket jag, in which he plans to attend a public relations event every single day. Alas, this journalistic obstacle course threatens to eradicate Sutter's soul, just as the folkloric steam shovel eradicated John Henry's body. Whitehead cuts back and forth between eras and exploits. And what begins as a media-saturated satire soon turns into a jazzy, expansive meditation on man, machine, nature, race, history, myth, and pop culture--in short, on America, as expressed through the story of (who else?) a former slave.
Following on the heels of Whitehead's widely praised debut, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days won't disappoint anyone who delighted in the first book's wonderfully quirky writing or its complex allegories of race. The historical set pieces here dazzle, and the author casts a withering eye on our media-driven culture: "Since the days of Gutenberg, an ambient hype wafted the world, throbbing and palpitating. From time to time, some of that material cooled, forming bodies of dense publicity." Still, these brilliant parts don't necessarily add up to a satisfying whole. Whitehead writes the kind of smart, allusive, highly wrought prose that is impressive sentence by sentence. Over the course of 400 pages, though, it can be somewhat daunting. It's a bit like eating a meal in which each of the seven courses comes topped with hollandaise sauce. Worse, some of the characters' motivations remain abstract, as if the author hovered so far above his creations that their foibles struck him as simple absurdities. In a novel of this caliber, of course, much can be forgiven. But one is eager to see Whitehead quit riffing and make an emotional investment in his characters. The result will be fiction that engages the heart as well as the head. --Mary Park [via]
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Just Above My Headby James BaldwinISBN 0385334567 (0-385-33456-7)
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Just As I Amby E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0385469705 (0-385-46970-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just As I Am'Book summary:At the end of Invisible Life, Raymond and Nicole had just ended a blossoming love affair when Nicole found herself unable to cope with Raymond's bisexuality. Just As I Am begins soon after that, as the two former lovers try to rebuild their lives. Raymond has moved to Atlanta to practice law, and he continues to question whether he's genuinely bisexual or really gay, but is unable to accept that a real lifetime love might happen with anyone but a wife. (The reappearance of charismatic--and closeted--pro football player Basil Henderson doesn't exactly make things easier for him.) Nicole has agreed to marry her rich, white lover, who's bankrolling her latest Broadway effort, even though she's not sure she loves him. She and Raymond are reunited when their mutual best friend, Kyle, succumbs to his HIV infection and Raymond returns to New York City to be by his side. Over the years, E. Lynn Harris has proved himself a powerful male counterpart to the commercial success of African American authors like Terry McMillan; the turbulent plot of Just As I Am, with its relentless focus on characters' feelings, ably demonstrates how he's become so popular. [via]
Kissing God Goodbye: Poems, 1991-1997by June JordanISBN 0385490321 (0-385-49032-1)
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Laughing in the Darkby Patrice GainesISBN 038548027X (0-385-48027-X)
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A Love of My Ownby E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0385492715 (0-385-49271-5)
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Martin Luther King, Jr.by William Roger WitherspoonISBN 0385198833 (0-385-19883-3)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Mind of My Mindby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 038512600X (0-385-12600-X)
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One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in Americaby Keith BoykinISBN 0385479832 (0-385-47983-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America'Book summary:In the aftermath of the historic 1993 March on Washington for gay and lesbian rights, Keith Boykin, in One More River to Cross, clarifies the relationship between blacks and gays in America by portraying the "common ground" lives of those who are both black and gay.
Against a backdrop of civil rights and the black experience in America, Boykin interviews Baptist ministers, gay political leaders, and other black gays and lesbians on issues of faith, family, discrimination, and visibility to determine what differences--real and imagined--separate the two communities. Boykin points to evidence of African and precolonial same-sex behavior, as well as figures like James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin, to dispel the myth that homosexuality is a "white thang," while his research suggests that blacks are less homophobic than whites, despite the rhetoric of rap and religion. With stories from his own experience as well as that of other black gays and lesbians, Boykin targets gay racism and black homophobia and suggests that conservative forces have substituted the common language of racism for homophobia in order to prevent a potentially powerful coalition of blacks and gays.
By portraying what it means to be black and gay, One More River to Cross offers an extraordinary window into a community that challenges this country's acceptance of its minorities, both racial and sexual. [via]More editions of One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America:
The Other Side of the River : A Story of Two Towns, a Death and America's Dilemmaby Alex KotlowitzISBN 038547721X (0-385-47721-X)
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Patches of Fire : A Story of War and Redemptionby Albert L. FrenchISBN 038548366X (0-385-48366-X)
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A Piece of Mineby J. California CooperISBN 0385420870 (0-385-42087-0)
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The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Lifeby Calvin C. HerntonISBN 0385418272 (0-385-41827-2)
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Skin Deepby Marita Golden, Susan Richards ShreveISBN 0385474105 (0-385-47410-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skin Deep'Book summary:Candid, poignant, provocative, and informative, the essays and stories in Skin Deep explore a wide spectrum of racial issues between black and white women, from self-identity and competition to childrearing and friendship. Eudora Welty contributes a bittersweet story of a one-hundred-year-old black woman whose spirit is as determined and strong as anything in nature. Bestselling author Naomi Wolf recalls her first exposure to racism growing up, examining the subtle forms it can take even among well-meaning people; bell hooks writes about the intersection between black women and feminist politics; and Joyce Carol Oates includes a one-act play in which racial stereotypes are reversed. Among the other writers featured in the collection are Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Susan Straight, Mary Morris, and Beverly Lowry. A groundbreaking anthology that reveals surprising insights and hidden truths to a subject too often clouded by misperceptions and easy assumptions, Skin Deep is a major contribution to understanding our culture. [via]
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Smilla's Sense of Snowby Peter Hoeg, Tiina NunnallyISBN 0385315147 (0-385-31514-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Smilla's Sense of Snow'Book summary:In this international bestseller, Peter Høeg successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Her childhood in Greenland gives her an appreciation for the complex structures of snow, and when she notices that the boy's footprints show he ran to his death, she decides to find out who was chasing him. As she attempts to solve the mystery, she uncovers a series of conspiracies and cover-ups and quickly realizes that she can trust nobody. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Copenhagen to an icebound island off the coast of Greenland. What she finds there has implications far beyond the death of a single child. The unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years. [via]
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Some Love, Some Pain, Sometimeby J. California CooperISBN 0385467885 (0-385-46788-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Somerset Homecoming : Recovering a Lost Heritageby Dorothy Spruill Redford, Michael D'Orso, Alex HaleyISBN 0385242468 (0-385-24246-8)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritageby Michael D'Orso, Dorothy Spruill RedfordISBN 038524245X (0-385-24245-X)
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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Storyby Elaine BrownISBN 0385471076 (0-385-47107-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Things Fall Apartby Chinua AchebeISBN 0385474547 (0-385-47454-7)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Things Fall Apart'Book summary:Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the arrival of aggressive European missionaries. These perfectly harmonized twin dramas are informed by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. [via]
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This Just Inby Yolanda JoeISBN 0385492561 (0-385-49256-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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A Time to Killby John GrishamISBN 0385338600 (0-385-33860-0)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Time to Kill'Book summary:This addictive tale of a young lawyer defending a black Vietnam war hero who kills the white druggies who raped his child in tiny Clanton, Mississippi, is John Grisham's first novel, and his favorite of his first six. He polished it for three years and every detail shines like pebbles at the bottom of a swift, sunlit stream. Grisham is a born legal storyteller and his dialogue is pitch perfect.
The plot turns with jeweled precision. Carl Lee Hailey gets an M-16 from the Chicago hoodlum he'd saved at Da Nang, wastes the rapists on the courthouse steps, then turns to attorney Jake Brigance, who needs a conspicuous win to boost his career. Folks want to give Carl Lee a second medal, but how can they ignore premeditated execution? The town is split, revealing its social structure. Blacks note that a white man shooting a black rapist would be acquitted; the KKK starts a new Clanton chapter; the NAACP, the ambitious local reverend, a snobby, Harvard-infested big local firm, and others try to outmaneuver Jake and his brilliant, disbarred drunk of an ex-law partner. Jake hits the books and the bottle himself. Crosses burn, people die, crowds chant "Free Carl Lee!" and "Fry Carl Lee!" in the antiphony of America's classical tragedy. Because he's lived in Oxford, Mississippi, Grisham gets compared to Faulkner, but he's really got the lean style and fierce folk moralism of John Steinbeck. --Tim Appelo [via]
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To Be or Not to Bopby Dizzy GillespieISBN 0385120524 (0-385-12052-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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To Be Real : Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminismby Rebecca Edby WalkerISBN 0385472617 (0-385-47261-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminismby Rebecca WalkerISBN 0385472625 (0-385-47262-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism'Book summary:An anthology of essays by up-and-coming feminist and gay writers reevaluates the objectives and philosophy of the feminist movement, calling for more emphasis on liberating women than guarding their sexual behavior. [via]
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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992by Anna Deavere SmithISBN 0385473761 (0-385-47376-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiographyby Gordon ParksISBN 0385266987 (0-385-26698-7)
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We Who Believe in Freedom: Sweet Honey in the Rock...Still on the Journeyby Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bernice Johnson ReagonISBN 0385468628 (0-385-46862-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Weddingby Dorothy WestISBN 0385471440 (0-385-47144-0)
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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoirby E. Lynn HarrisISBN 0385495064 (0-385-49506-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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But my hope for this book doesnt stop there. I think there is a message here for anyone who has ever suffered from a lack of self-esteem, felt the pain of loneliness, or sought love in all the wrong places. The lessons I have learned are not limited to race, gender, or sexual orientation. Anyone can learn from my journey. Anyone can overcome a broken heart. --E. Lynn Harris [via]More editions of What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir:
Zora Neale Hurston : A Life in Lettersby Carla Kaplan, Robert HemingwayISBN 0385490356 (0-385-49035-6)
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Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Lettersby Zora Neale Hurston, Carla KaplanISBN 0385490364 (0-385-49036-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters'Book summary:I mean to live and die by my own mind, Zora Neale Hurston told the writer Countee Cullen. Arriving in Harlem in 1925 with little more than a dollar to her name, Hurston rose to become one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance, only to die in obscurity. Not until the 1970s was she rediscovered by Alice Walker and other admirers. Although Hurston has entered the pantheon as one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, the true nature of her personality has proven elusive.
Now, a brilliant, complicated and utterly arresting woman emerges from this landmark book. Carla Kaplan, a noted Hurston scholar, has found hundreds of revealing, previously unpublished letters for this definitive collection; she also provides extensive and illuminating commentary on Hurstons life and work, as well as an annotated glossary of the organizations and personalities that were important to it.
From her enrollment at Baltimores Morgan Academy in 1917, to correspondence with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Langston Hughes, Dorothy West and Alain Locke, to a final query letter to her publishers in 1959, Hurstons spirited correspondence offers an invaluable portrait of a remarkable, irrepressible talent. [via]More editions of Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters:
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