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All Time Faves: African American Male Authors
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Slumberland Hailed by "The New York Times" and the "Los Angeles Times" as one of the best writers of his generation, Beatty turns his incisive eye to man's search for meaning and identity in an increasingly chaotic world. ...More |
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Palace Council "USA Today" hailed Carter's last novel as the perfect summer read. Now the bestselling author of "New England White" is back with a gripping political thriller set in the era of Watergate and Vietnam. ...More |
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Liar's Game Dana Ann Smith thinks she's found some stability in Vince Browne, Jr., a handsome aerospace tech. They've offered just enough of themselves to make a perfect romance--and have withheld just enough to ruin it. When their secrets come to light, Dana and Vince come face-to-face with the passionate game that has just begun. ...More |
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Primal Threat The acclaimed, Shamus Award-winning author of the Thomas Black detective novels makes a bold departure with a thrilling outdoor adventure set in the Pacific Northwest, where a biking trip descends into a deadly battle for survival between two vengeful rivals. ...More |
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American Desert A man is decapitated in a car accident, then astonishingly comes back to life in this experimental, satirical, bizarre, and oddly funny novel, which lampoons the press, religion, academia, and contemporary culture. …More |
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The Devil's Hatband When a well-connected judge asks small-time bail bondsman CJ Floyd to look for his missing daughter, CJ thinks he's hit the big time. CJ quickly tracks her to Steamboat Springs, Colorado and the environmental group the girl is involved with, Planet First. But he soon discovers that the radical group will do anything to achieve its goals--and that this career-making case could be his last. ...More |
 
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Not a Day Goes by Welcome to the irresistible world of E. Lynn Harris... |
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Dreamer: A Novel about Martin Luther King, Jr. Political visionary, human rights leader, preacher, scholar, and martyr, Martin Luther King, Jr., remains one of the most fascinating and significant historic figures. In "Dreamer", a brilliantly realized historical novel that re-imagines the last two years of King's life, Charles Johnson pays homage to this man who forever changed the meaning of the word "equality". ...More |
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The Known World Jones, Edward P. 2003/09 - Amistad Press 9780060557546 Find It 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner Henry Townsend, a black bootmaker and former slave in antebellum Virginia, becomes a proprietor of his own plantation--as well as his own slaves. This modern masterpiece explores what happens when he dies and "the known world" unravels. ...More |
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Miracle at St. Anna Based on the historical incident of an unspeakable massacre at the site of St. Anna Di Stazzema, a small village in Tuscany, and on the experiences of the famed Buffalo soldiers from the 92nd Division in Italy during World War II, "Miracle at St. Anna" is a singular evocation of war, cruelty, passion, and heroism. It is the story of four American Negro soldiers, a band of partisans, and an Italian boy who encounter a miracle--though perhaps the true miracle lies in themselves. ...More |
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Them McCall, Nathan 2007/11 - Atria Books 9781416549154 Find It BookPage Notable Title The author of the bestselling memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler presents a profound debut novel that captures the dynamics of class and race in today's urban communities. ...More |
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Emotions McCann delivers a truly satisfying novel revolving around Joi Weston, a beautiful TV star, and Philip Evans, the Florida businessman for whom she has given up her glamorous Hollywood career. ...More |
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Fortunate Son Mosley, Walter 2006/04 - Little Brown and Company 9780316114714 Find It BookPage Notable Title In this riveting story of modern-day resilience and redemption, the "New York Times" bestselling author crafts a work about two boys, one ensconced in a life of privilege and the other in a life of hardship. ...More |
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Devil in a Blue Dress Devil in a Blue Dress honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest new voice in crime writing in years, mixing the hard-boiled poetry of Raymond Chandler with the racial realism of Richard Wright to explosive effect. ...More |
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Meet Socrates Fortlow, a tough ex-con seeking truth and redemption in South Central Los Angeles. "New York Times" bestselling author Walter Mosley presents his most compelling character since Easy Rawlins in "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned"--soon to be an HBO movie starring Laurence Fishburne. ...More |
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Fearless Jones Mosley returns to mysteries at last with his most engaging hero since Easy Rawlins. When Paris Minton meets a beautiful new woman, before he knows it he has been beaten up, slept with, shot at, robbed, and his bookstore burned to the ground. He's in so much trouble he has no choice but to get his friend, Fearless Jones, out of jail to help him. ...More |
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For the Love of Money Tracy Ellison, the sizzling heroine of the bestselling "Flyy Girl" returns in an eye-opening and sharply crafted sequel from "one of the hottest young black male novelists in a long time" (Rosalyn McMillan). ...More |
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The Preacher's Son The critically acclaimed, #1 "Essence" bestselling author of "Player Haters" serves up his most powerful novel to date: a revelatory chronicle of an esteemed church family that has a whole lot of repenting to do. ...More |
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Apex Hides the Hurt Whitehead, Colson 2006/03 - Doubleday Books 9780385507950 Find It BookPage Notable Title From the MacArthur and Whiting Award-winning author of John Henry Days comes a new, brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry. ...More |
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Philadelphia Fire Wideman, John Edgar 1991/11 - Vintage Books USA 9780679736509 Find It Winner - 1991 Pen/Faulkner Award "One of America's premier writers of fiction" (New York Times) gives readers his most ambitious and highly praised work of fiction. Based on the 1985 bombing by police of a West Philadelphia row house owned by an Afrocentric cult. ...More |
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