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A visitation of spirits
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Randall Kenan |
From Publishers Weekly
As its title suggests, a powerful strain of mysticism runs through this story of personal awakening in a black North Carolina family, but first-time novelist Kenan has a rare … |
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Sapphira and the slave girl
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Willa Cather |
Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works. |
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After the feeling
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T. N. Williams |
As a husband and wife battle over individual ideals and find their love for each other tested, it will take a great influence from God to halt a pending tragedy. |
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Child of God
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Lolita Files |
A tragedy brings the dark past of the Boten family to light in the small town of Downtown, Tennessee. |
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Creatures here below
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O. H. Bennett |
"A black teenager and his mother create a makeshift family from their boarding house residents, but the son leaves home to confront his long-absent father"--Provided by publisher. |
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Unspoken lies
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Darrien Lee |
"Cherise McKenzie, an Atlanta crime scene investigator, and her husband, Detective Mason McKenzie, have experienced some turbulent ups and downs in their marriage over the years. With demanding care… |
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Twelve gates to the city
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Daniel Black |
"Twelve Gates to the City is the much-anticipated sequel to Black's acclaimed debut, They Tell Me of a Home. In this novel, Sister assumes the voice of the narrator, speaking from the spirit realm, t… |
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The family business
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Carl Weber |
The members of the Duncan family try to juggle their day jobs running a respectable car dealership with their criminal activities controlling most of the East Coast's drug traffic. -- |
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After the feeling
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T. N. Williams |
As a husband and wife battle over individual ideals and find their love for each other tested, it will take a great influence from God to halt a pending tragedy. |
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The sport of the gods
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Paul Laurence Dunbar |
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872--1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, jour… |
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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold |
Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach" --the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartmen… |
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After
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Marita Golden |
In her long-awaited fifth novel, acclaimed writer Marita Golden takes another unflinching look into the face of family, race, love and identity.For twelve years Carson Blake inhabited a world of his … |
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Cuz
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Danielle S. Allen |
"In a shattering work that shifts between a woman's private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar's fierce critique of the American prison system, Danielle Allen seeks answer… |
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The wind in the reeds
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Wendell Pierce |
"From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art"-- |
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Wouldn't change a thing
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Campbell, Stacy (Novelist) |
Antoinette 'Toni' Williams is beyond cloud nine. A successful architect, she is set to marry the love of her life, Lamonte Dunlap, Jr. But Toni's world comes crashing down when her family's long-held… |
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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James Baldwin |
In one of the greatest American classics, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral st… |
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Dope Boy Promises 2
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Shaundra |
162 pages |
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Down home blues
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Phyllis R Dixon |
"Eden, Arkansas is a town you are from, not move to. But when divorce, foreclosure, domestic violence, and an all-expense paid trip (also called prison) disrupt the Washington siblings perfectly plan… |
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Chloe and her two red shoes
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Shanequa Davis |
Chloe discovers a trunk in her mama's closet filled with hand-me-down clothes. On her fifth birthday she receives her very first pair of new, shiny, red shoes that she loves and never wants to take o… |
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A Day Late and a Dollar
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READER TO BE CONFIRMED TERRY MCMILLAN,Ma. Dolores Bueno Camejo,Terry McMillan |
"Las Vegas, 1994. The Prices are introduced by Viola, the family's outspoken matriarch: Her husband, Cecil, has shut the door behind him for the last time; and their four adult kids, scattered across… |
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