It`s 1956 and, times being what they are, no one in official Los Angeles pays much attention as a serial killer murders... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-720-3
Author:  Walter Mosley

It is a work of overwhelming power and persuasions which has outlived even the most severe critics.... ... Read More

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Author:  Harriet Beecher Stowe

In northern Vermont, a raging river overflows its banks and sweeps the nine-year-old twin daughters of Terry and Laura Sheldon to their deaths... ... Read More

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Author:  Chris Bohjalian

An extraordinary fiction debut: a large, stirring novel of suspense that is, at the same time, a work of brilliantly astute social observation... ... Read More

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Author:  Stephen L Carter

Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children`s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-9741711-7-4
Author:  Virginia Hamilton

Rex M. Ellis weaves the strands of African folklore, early American history, and contemporary interpretations... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-87483-491-0
Author:  Rex M Ellis

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-5534-7786-2
Author:  Christopher Paul Curtis

In an inspired act of literary invention, Alice Randall explodes the world created in Margaret Mitchell`s famous 1936 novel, the work that more than any other has defined.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-618-19425-8
Author:  Alice Randall

The sister of acclaimed author Terry McMillan, national best-selling author Rosalyn McMillan crafts sweeping tales of African-American family life that evoke entire eras.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-4025-1682-7
Author:  Rosalyn McMillan

Thirteen lives. One garden. Set in Cleveland, Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman`s poignant book is a large lesson in connectedness and community... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-883332-89-3
Author:  Paul Fleischman

Maxine McCoy has made it. She has overcome the odds she faced as an African-American woman from a working class Philadelphia neighborhood to become... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-500-6
Author:  Bebe Moore Campbell

The beloved Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-916-8
Author:  Walter Mosley

A powerful story of pain and redemption told to the tune of the blues... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-345-3
Author:  Walter Mosley

As successful Los Angeles P.R. agent Rodney Hampton watches his best friend get married, he wonders if he could ever make that commitment.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-4025-1335-6
Author:  Nelson George

He is a devilish and handsome ex-football player, now a rising sports agent at one of the hottest firms in the country. Irrepressible and dangerously alluring... ... Read More

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Author:  E Lynn Harris