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A red death
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Walter Mosley |
It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of "the hurting business" and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS ag… |
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Step by Step
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Bertie Bowman |
A great American story of an ordinary man who is living an extraordinary life, Step by Step is the inspiring personal account of Bertie Bowman's remarkable rise from farmer's son in the Jim Crow Sout… |
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Magic Johnson
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J Chris Roselius |
A biography of the basketball superstar, from his childhood in Michigan through his record-breaking career with the Los Angeles Lakers to his off-court work promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. |
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Beating the odds
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Eddie Brown |
"The book is the improbable, inspiring autobiography of financial guru Eddie C. Brown, one of the nation's top stock pickers and money managers. It details how Brown skillfully kept Brown Capital Man… |
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Season for love
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Velvet Carter |
Lark Randolph is ready to give up on men especially after her last disastrous relationship! A business trip to Italy with designer Dash Migilio is the kind of getaway the Manhattan fashion tycoon rea… |
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Taking care of business
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Lutishia Lovely |
Determined to make a name for himself and show up his brother Toussaint, Jefferson Livingstone instead must work together with his brother to keep their family dynasty from falling apart when an old … |
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Suite temptation
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Anita Bunkley |
It seemed like only yesterday Riana Cole and Andre Preaux had been a couple. Then she saw him after years being apart, and memories of delicious passion came flooding back, challenging her brilliant,… |
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Hearts afire
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Deborah Fletcher Mello |
He's raising the stakes- one kiss at a time. After a nasty divorce, Maitlyn Bourdreaux is ready to reclaim his sensuality and rediscover her inner wild child. A luxury cruise to exotic ports of call … |
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All up in my business
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Lutishia Lovely |
Even though their restaurant business is thriving, Malcolm and Toussaint find their personal lives in jeopardy when Malcolm, tired of his marriage, finds his brother's playboy life appealing, while T… |
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Night games
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Lisa Marie Perry |
The daughter of the Las Vegas Slayers' owner has an encounter in a nightclub with one of the Slayers' trainers. Turns out, she's his rival for the top training position of the team. To keep his caree… |
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Miss Jessie's
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Miko Branch |
"A memoir and business guide rich with inspirational life lessons and unique business advice from ... the Chief Executive Officer of the dynamic 'Miss Jessie's'-- the company that revolutionized the … |
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Mind Your Own Business
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Lutishia Lovely |
Life is good for the Livingstons. Business is booming, Taste of Soul is launching a West Coast division, and Bianca Livingston and her brother, Jefferson, are vying to head it up--which means their l… |
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Contemporary Black biography
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Galè |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, inc… |
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Contemporary Black biography
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Gale |
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, inc… |
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Striving while black
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Kwame S. Salter |
Striving While Black is a personal reflection, a playbook and a portable mentor for African- Americans and others who didn't and don't have the advantage of trailblazers who have gone before them in … |
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Success runs in our race
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George C. Fraser |
A completely updated and revised edition of a bestselling book that has helped tens of thousands of people learn how to network effectively, Success Runs in Our Race is more important than ever in th… |
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Brickhouse
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Rita Ewing |
Fitness superstar Nona Simms worked hard to make Brickhouse one of the hottest gyms in the city. Now corrupt city politics is coming uptown to Harlem, and Nona's dream is slated for the wrecking ball… |
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The Making of "Mammy Pleasant"
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Lynn M. Hudson |
"Mary Ellen Pleasant arrived in Gold Rush-era San Francisco a free black woman with abolitionist convictions and an aptitude for entrepreneurial success. Behind the convenient and innocuous disguise … |
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Affirmative action and black entrepreneurship
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Thomas D. Boston |
This volume isolates the cause of continuing disparities not only between blacks and whites, but amongst blacks as well. Key factors discussed include the current state of the economy the influence o… |
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African American Entrepreneurs (Black Stars)
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James Haskins |
Profiles a variety of African American entrepreneurs, from the early years, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to modern times. |
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