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- Roger
Abrahams. African
Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World
- Nearly
100 stories from over 40 tribe-related myths of creation, tales
of epic deeds, ghost stories and tales set in both the animal
and human realms.
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- Sharne Algotsson. Spirit
of African Design
- In The Spirit of African Design, authors Sharne Algotsson and
Denys Davis explore a number of stunning homes, successfully capturing
the many possibilities that exist for African-inspired design.
Text and photographs reveal the strong, distinctive motifs that
distinguish the different areas of the continent: the dazzling
geometric patterns of North Africa, the rich earth tones of East
Africa, the bold graphics of West Africa, as well as the elegant
style of Afro-European design and the eclectic interpretations
of contemporary designers.
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- Maya Angelou. Even
the Stars Look Lonesome
- The renowned author of the #1 "New York Times" bestsellers
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "The Heart of a Woman" imparts
compelling wisdom learned during a remarkable lifetime in "Even
the Stars Look Lonesome"--a glorious continuation of "Wouldn't
Take Nothing for My Journey Now".
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- Arna Wendell Bontemps. Young
Booker: Booker T. Washington's Early Days
- Traces the events of his youth and early career that were the
driving force behind Booker T. Washington's determination to help
educate his people.
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- Julia Boyd. Girlfriend
to Girlfriend
- The strong and sassy women who helped make In the Company of
My Sisters: Black Women and Self-Esteem a national bestseller
are back, with more straight talk to help every woman get through
"the minute-to-minute obstacle course called daily living". Zoey,
LeShawn, Cheryl, Jolene, and the whole Sister Circle talk from
the heart, sharing encouragement, prayers, and life lessons on
everything from stress to shopping, relationships to rap music,
self-love to spirituality.
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Gwendolyn Brooks. Family
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- Chrisena Coleman.
Mama
Knows Best: African-American Wives' Tales, Myths, and Remedies
for Mothers and Mothers-to-Be
- A
collection of African-American tales and traditions passed down
through generations includes thoughts on cravings, predicting
the sex of your baby, curing common ailments, and how to raise
a baby to be proud of its heritage.
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- Bill Cosby. Kids
Say the Darndest Things
- Readers everywhere are sure to savor this treasury of wit and
warmth from children, presented by today's most beloved comic,
Bill Cosby. This hilarious, all-new collection ties in to the
season debut of Cosby's CBS-TV series of the same name, and will
be supported by the network with extensive advertising and promotion,
as well as on-air exposure that's certain to turn viewers into
readers.
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- Daryl Cumber Dance. Honey
Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor
- Hard-hitting, sometimes risque, always dramatic and eloquent,
the vibrant humor of African-American women is celebrated in this
bold, unique, and comprehensive collection, featuring contributions
from the antebellum poets, early novelists, and contemporary personalities
from Toni Morrison to Whoopi Goldberg.
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- Bonnie St. John Deane. Succeeding
Sane: Making Room for Joy in a Crazy World
- The author, a disabled, African-American Olympic ski medalist,
Rhodes scholar, former White House official, and businesswoman,
shares her personal formulas for making it to the top of one's
field without sacrificing the things that are most important.
Deane's prescriptive plan offers tools, insights, and exercises
that help readers get the most from life while giving up less.
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- Monique DeJongh. How
to Marry a Black Man
- Part manual, part workbook, part journal, this book includes
the results of extensive interviews and focus groups with men
ages 25-70. It reveals what marriage means to them and tells what
they are really looking for in a potential mates. This unique
self-help/workbook is a funny and practical-minded guide for modern
women.
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- Floyd Dickens. The
Black Manager: Making It in the Corporate World
- A frank, no-nonsense guide to making it in corporate America!
"This revised and updated edition of the 1982 classic is full
of strategies, models, common sense, and even work sheets. And
it rings with authenticity".--Black Enterprise.
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- Michael Eric Dyson. Between
God and Gangsta Rap
- A former welfare father from the ghetto of Detroit, Michael
Eric Dyson is today a critic, scholar, and ordained Baptist minister
who has forged a unique role: he is a compelling spokesman for
the concerns of the black community, and also a leader who has
a genuine rapport with that community, particularly with urban
youth. Arguing that the richness of black culture today can be
found in the interstices - between god and gangsta rap - Dyson
charts the progress and pain of African Americans over the past
decade.
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- Ronn Elmore. How
to Love a Black Man
- As he sheds light on the hidden emotional psychological recesses
of the black man's inner world, Dr. Elmore provides down-to-earth
advice and real-life anecdotes drawn from his seminars and radio
call-in shows to show women how to create the fulfilling relationship
each partner wants and deserves.
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- Ronn Elmore. How
to Love a Black Woman
- From the author of "How to Love a Black Man" comes a book aimed
at helping men understand and love the black women in their lives.
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- Henry Louise Gates.
The
Classic Slave Narratives
- By
1944, over six thousand ex-slaves had written moving stories of
their captivity, providing a prolific testimony to the horrors
of bondage and servitude. Noted scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
compiles four of the most important "slave narratives" in this
seminal volume.
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- Nikki Giovanni. Sacred
Cows - and Other Edibles
- Seeing writing as "a reflection of the moment,'' Giovanni
tackles the "nuts and bolts'' of life in this collection
of essays.
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- Lorraine Hansberry. To
Be Young, Gifted, and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
- In her first play, the now-classic A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry
introduced the lives of ordinary African Americans into our national
theatrical repertory. Now, Hansberry tells her own life story
in an autobiography that rings with the voice of its creator.
"Brilliantly alive".--The New York Times.
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- Darlene Clark Hine. Black
Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
- 'With 604 full-scale biographical entries (and more than 450
photographs), the engagingly written 2,267-page work promises
to become an invaluable school and library tool.' --People
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- Star Jones. You
Have to Stand for Something: Or You'll Fall for Anything
- One of today's fastest rising television personalities--co-host
of the popular daytime program "The View"--pens a provocative
and winning work of inspiration, drawing on her remarkable life
experiences and opinions.
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- Dennis Kimbro. Think
and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
- This success guide for black Americans--based on the principles
of wealth that Napoleon Hill formulated in his bestseller Think
and Grow Rich--distills the secrets of success of many black Americans,
from George Washington Carver to Bill Cosby, from Oprah Winfrey
to Jesse Jackson.
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- Mark Ribowsky. A
Complete History of the Negro Leagues, 1884 to 1955
- Baseball apartheid existed until Jackie Robinson broke that
barrier in 1947. Ironically, with the integration of major league
baseball, the death knell was rung for "blackball.'' In this
blunt look at the Negro leagues, Ribowsky unsentimentally chronicles
what he calls the penal colony of American baseball.
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- Ntozake Shange.
The
Love Space Demands: A Continuing Saga
- Songs
of love and urban tragedy from one of the preeminent African-American
writers of our time. Shange's poems express the need to be felt
and heard, to be necessary. In this love space, we all wear our
desires, t-cells, and hearts on our sleeves and experience all
that comes with wanting to get hold of life, or someone to love.
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- Clifton L. Taulbert. When
We Were Colored
- In this beautifully evocative tale of life in the segregated
South, the author of The Last Train North looks back at his "colored"
childhood with deep pride, striking honesty, and unusual affection.
Soon to be released as a major film from BET Pictures, directed
by Tim Reid and starring Richard Roundtree and Phylicia Rashad.
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- Susan Taylor. Lessons
in Living
- These nine spiritual pieces speak in a conversational tone,
like a trusted friend guiding one through emotionally tough times,
leading one to comprehend the truths of life and death.
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- Iyanla Vanzant. Faith
in the Valley
- In the companion book to her bestselling "Acts of Faith, "
Vanzant inspires black women to look seriously at their lives
and to try to determine how their own behavior may be causing
avoidable problems.
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- Phillis Wheatley. The
Poems of Phillis Wheatley
- For the last twenty years Mason's work (first published in
1966) has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of
this young black poet of 18th century Boston. This new edition
has been extensively revised in light of new scholarship and has
been expanded to include all of Wheatley's 55 poems and 22 letters,
the significant variants of poems, and the four Proposals for
publication of her works, all of them annotated.
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- Montel Williams. Mountain,
Get Out of My Way
- Whether you're a parent or child, black or white, rich or poor,
Mountain, Get Out of My Way will fire you up, fill you with hope,
and give you the confidence and energy you need to move the mountains
in your way, every last one.
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