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Series
Jordan Manning novels volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Journalist Jordan Manning delves into the case of a mother in danger and uncovers a dangerous web of secrets that could lead right to the missing woman -- or put Jordan in the crosshairs of her abductors.
Author
Publisher
Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"FIRST THINGS FIRST, hip-hop is not just the music, and women have played a big role in shaping the way it looks today. FIRST THINGS FIRST takes readers on a journey through some notable firsts by women in hip-hop history and their importance. Factual firsts like Queen Latifah becoming the first rapper to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauryn Hill making history as the first rapper to win the coveted Album of the Year Award at the GRAMMYs,...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From a rising voice in the study of Black Lives in the US comes a book about racism in higher education, with a focus on the experience of Black women and girls in predominately white colleges and universities. Black Women, Ivory Tower blends the author's own experiences and family history with socio-historical analysis and research, to analyze the ways that systemic racism has denied Black women an equitable education and chart a course for a more...
4) Foolish
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
November is on the right track to success, and she looks forward to living the lifestyle she always dreamed shed have as an advertising agent. After suffering through countless roommates and ending up in and out of her parents home while in school, her dream condo is within her grasp; but a few weeks before closing, she totals her car. She is sure bad luck has returned to her life, until she meets Tracy Stone, who offers her a solution. That offer...
Author
Publisher
Tiny Reparations Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with these daring and exquisitely crafted essays, where Lawson journeys across the globe, finds beauty in tumultuous times, and powerfully disrupts the constraints of race, gender, and disability. With their signature prose, at turns bold, muscular, and luminous, Shayla Lawson travels the world to explore deeper meanings held within love, time, and...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Solenne Bonet is DoS -- a Descendant of Slave -- and has always known that her destiny would be in the service of men. At school, it is what she has been trained for, waiting for an algorithm to assign her to a white man, one of the thousands who sign up to be contract holders. She knows that there are girls who hope to be more than Maid or Mammy, who whisper about how they will get a white man to sign their freedom, how they will be sweet, but not...
7) Jack Girlz
Author
Publisher
Black Odyssey Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Sophie, Diamond, and Angel find themselves with their backs against the wall and owing an extremely dangerous man. Short on funds, limited options, and a severe debt hanging over their heads forces the trio to take "getting to the bag" to a new level. While dripping mad sex appeal laced with money schemes, these ruthless vixens hatch a bulletproof plan, and before long--Jack Girlz is born. Hitting licks becomes their new sport as the...
8) Dirty money
Author
Publisher
Urban books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years after Ashley and JaQuavis made their fiction debut with Dirty Money , Urban Books is proud to introduce this classic from the New York Times bestselling duo to a new generation of urban fiction fans. Ashley and JaQuavis tell the story of a young woman who has to make some tough decisions after her life veers off track. Anari is the epitome of a good girl turned bad after her world is brutally destroyed. Consumed with her desire for revenge,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Jenn M. Jackson has been known to bring deep historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women's freedom fighting been so overlooked throughout history, and what has our society lost in the meantime? A love letter to those who have been minimized and forgotten, this collection repositions...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two former flames may force them to choose between their dreams and each other. Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at a flashy film studio have only pushed her movie-making dreams further out of reach. That is, until a surprise reunion presents an opportunity that could make her career, or break her heart...a second...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Four women. One friendship. Can a trip to a magical place heal their open wounds, or will they succumb to their deepest desires? Imani has the world on a silver platter, and she couldn't be happier. Or so she thought. The bedroom magic between she and her husband, Kevin, seems to have fizzled out. Sexually frustrated and on edge, she knows he's been creeping to someone else.
Author
Series
Wifey volume 9
Publisher
Dafina
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Aware that danger is lurking around the corner, Kira surrounds herself with help, namely her fiancé Dylan, but when he comes up against her father about a life-threatening issue, Kira must determine where her loyalty lies.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"My Divine Natural Hair offers spiritual, emotional, and practical guidance to women of African descent as they embrace and celebrate their natural hair journeys. This mother-daughter writing trio addresses topics like hair loss, growth, styles, tools, and maintenance, along with scriptural and literary affirmations. Complete with a glossary of terms"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Zelda Jackson - or Jackie - was born in Pittsburgh in 1911 and discovered early on that she could create any adventure. A field she could run through as far as her hand could draw. An ocean she could color as blue as she liked. As she grew, Jackie put her artistic talents to use, doodling and chronicling daily life for her high school yearbook. But she was already deaming of bigger things. Jackie would go on to create cartoon characters from the...
18) Blackbirds singing: inspiring Black women's speeches from the Civil War to the twenty-first century
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. These magnificent speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, and Bell's substantive introductions provide rich new context for each woman's speech, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom and justice"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS Saturday Morning tells the candid and deeply personal story of her mother's abandonment and how the search for answers forced her to reckon with her own identity and the secrets that shaped her family for five decades.
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