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A Novel
Written by E. Lynn Harris
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $24.95
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her...
Written by Stephen L. Carter
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $26.95
USA Today called Stephen L. Carter’s last novel “the perfect summer read . . . Carter slips in so many original, thought-provoking observations that the reader is sad the killer has been caught.” Now Carter, the best-selling author of New England White, is back with Palace Council, a gripping political thriller...
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Urban Erotic Quickies
Written by Noire
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $14.00
In this bold collection of hard-hitting urban erotic quickies, Noire, the undisputed Queen of Urban Erotica, brings you eleven authors who explore, without apology or restraint, street sagas of sexual pleasure.
Boasting an all-star lineup of some of today’s hottest authors–and sprinkled with heat from some fresh new talent too–this collection from... Read more >
A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $22.95
An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.
Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age believer in free love, an autodidact who launched...
Written by Norma L. Jarrett
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $12.95
Capri, Lexi, Jermane, Angel, and Jewel are back with more mayhem and madness, and they are still trying to keep the faith!
Lexi has run off and eloped, cheating Jewel out of planning Lexi's wedding and shining the spotlight on Jewel's new event planning business. In the meantime, Jewel is delighted...
A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Written by Sr. Eddie Levert, Gerald Levert and Lyah Leflore
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $18.95
The final collaboration from Eddie and Gerald Levert: an intimate glimpse into their lives, their passions, and their musical legacy. But most important, I Got Your Back gets inside the special and rare father-son bond that these two R&B legends shared. Eddie and Gerald put their hearts and souls on the...
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Written by Tanita S. Davis
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $15.99
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAINEY DREAMS of becoming a world famous chef one day and maybe even having her own cooking show. (Do you know how many African American female chefs there aren’t? And how many vegetarian chefs have their own shows? The field is wide open for stardom!) But when her best friend—and... Read more >
A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race and Society
Written by John Edgar Wideman
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: August 29, 1995
Price: $13.00
With resonant artistry and unflagging directness, Wideman examines the tragedy of race and the gulf it cleaves between black fathers and black sons. He does so chiefly through the lens of his own relations with his remote father, producing a memoir that belongs alongside the classics of Richard Wright and Malcolm... Read more >
