Nicole Falls

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Wisconsin

F*ck Around and Find Out/Eight Naughty Nights /Six Sensual Wishes/F*ck and Fall in Love 

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Just for Tonight/Surrender

Candice Marie Benbow

Melissa Harris-Perry

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough

A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies

"Candice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into the wide-open spaces of faith."--Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection
 
Blurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent, Red Lip Theology invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow's essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture.
 
Benbow writes powerfully about experiences at the heart of her Black womanhood. In honoring her single mother's love and triumphs--and mourning her unexpected passing--she finds herself forced to shed restrictions she'd been taught to place on her faith practice. And by embracing alternative spirituality and womanist theology, and confronting staid attitudes on body positivity and LGBTQ+ rights, Benbow challenges religious institutions, faith leaders, and communities to reimagine how faith can be a tool of liberation and transformation for women and girls.

Red Lip Theology

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Rebecca Skloot

Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping. Includes reading-group guide. Reprint. A best-selling book.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Michelle Alexander

Cornel West

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education and public benefits create a permanent under-caste based largely on race. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

The New Jim Crow

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James McBride

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Gotham Book Prize One of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year" Oprah's Book Club Pick Named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and TIME Magazine A Washington Post Notable Novel From the author of the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and, in front of everybody, shoots the project’s drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride’s funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird. In Deacon King Kong, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood’s Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters—caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York—overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion. Bringing to these pages both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, James McBride has written a novel every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us.

Deacon King Kong

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

An Oprah's Book Club Novel

The great scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois, once wrote about what he called "Double Consciousness," a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging that's made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma. To come to terms with her own identity, Ailey embarks on a journey through her family's past. In doing so Ailey must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of oppression and resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the story -- and the song -- of America itself.

The Love Songs of W. E. B. du Bois

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Leila Mottley

A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--the debut of a blazingly original voice that "bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole" (Tommy Orange, best-selling author of There There)

Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.
 
One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.
 
Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before. 

Nightcrawling

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Deborah Falaye

"Equal parts soaring fantasy, heart-pounding action, and bloody social commentary, Blood Scion is a triumph of a book." --Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever created. Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will--she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. Under the Lucis' brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within. Following one girl's journey of magic, injustice, power, and revenge, Deborah Falaye's debut novel, inspired by Yoruba-Nigerian mythology, is a magnetic combination of Children of Blood and Bone and An Ember in the Ashes.

Blood Scion

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Jayne Allen

A Novel for Grown Ups

"Black girls must die exhausted" is something that 33-year-old Tabitha Walker has heard her grandmother say before. Of course, her grandmother (who happens to be white) was referring to the 1950's and what she observed in the nascent times of civil rights. With a coveted position as a local news reporter, a "paper-perfect" boyfriend, and a standing Saturday morning appointment with a reliable hairstylist, Tabitha never imagined how this phrase could apply to her as a black girl in contemporary times - until everything changed. An unexpected doctor's diagnosis awakens Tabitha to an unperceived culprit, threatening the one thing that has always mattered most - having a family of her own. Stress has caused a premature burnout of Tabitha's egg reserve, and time is running out on her options to become a wife and mother. With the help of her best friends, the irreverent and headstrong Laila and Alexis, the former "Sexy Lexi," Tabitha must explore the reaches of modern medicine and test the limits of her relationships. Will she risk every comfort to address the complications of her dysfunctionally-blended family and the uncertainty of a future with Marc?Tabitha's journey brings into view the internal experience of race, relationships, and generational patterns, and how each contributed to this crossroads. She must leverage the power of laughter, love, and courageous self-care to bring a healing stronger than she ever imagined - before the phrase "black girls must die exhausted" takes on a new and unwanted meaning in her own life.

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

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Rebecca Lee

"Wise and funny . . . [A] near-perfect collection."

--Entertainment Weekly



Rebecca Lee, one of our most gifted and original short story writers, guides readers into a range of landscapes, both foreign and domestic, crafting stories as rich as novels. A student plagiarizes a paper and holds fast to her alibi until she finds herself complicit in the resurrection of one professor's shadowy past. A dinner party becomes the occasion for the dissolution of more than one marriage. A woman is hired to find a wife for the one true soulmate she's ever found. In all, Rebecca Lee traverses the terrain of infidelity, obligation, sacrifice, jealousy, and yet finally, optimism. Showing people at their most vulnerable, Lee creates characters so wonderfully flawed, so driven by their desire, so compelled to make sense of their human condition, that it's impossible not to feel for them when their fragile belief in romantic love, domestic bliss, or academic seclusion fails to provide them with the sort of force field they'd expected.

Bobcat and Other Stories

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Amie Kaufman

Meagan Spooner

A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now-infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness LaRoux Industries' corruption. A year before that, Tarver Merendsen and Lilac LaRoux were the only survivors of the Icarus shipwreck, forced to live a double life after their rescue. Now, at the center of the galaxy on Corinth, all four are about to collide with two new players in the fight against LRI. Gideon Marchant is an underworld hacker known as the Knave of Hearts, ready to climb and abseil his way past the best security measures on the planet to expose LRI's atrocities. Sofia Quinn, charming con artist, can work her way into any stronghold without missing a beat. When a foiled attempt to infiltrate LRI Headquarters forces them into a fragile alliance, it's impossible to know who's playing whom--and whether they can ever learn to trust each other. With their lives, loves, and loyalties at stake, only by joining forces with the Icarus survivors and Avon's protectors do they stand a chance of taking down the most powerful corporation in the galaxy---before LRI's secrets destroy them all. The New York Times best-selling Starbound trilogy comes to a close with this dazzling final installment about the power of courage and hope in humanity's darkest hour.

Their Fractured Light- All Three book of the Starbound Series

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Cicely Tyson

A Memoir

The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.

Just As I Am

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C. N. Phillips

After facing the wrath of Madame, sisters Rhonnie and Ahli Malone take on the job of being security detail for none other than Sadie Thomas, the head of The Last Kings. With a new drug, Vita E Morte, doing numbers under her belt, it is apparent that Sadie has plans to distribute it all over the United States. But after seeing the deadly side effects of the drug, Sadie agrees to get rid of the formula and take it off the market for good. Only somebody doesn't want her to. In fact, they'll do anything to get the formula for themselves ... including taking out the leader of The Last Kings. -- adapted from back cover

The Nightmare on Trap Street

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Deanna Singh

Direct Your Life's Work Towards Making a Positive Impact

"PURPOSEFUL HUSTLE Will Help You Build ... COURAGE: Are you afraid of losing your title, prestige, and/or the comfort of your current standing? After identifying what is holding you back from living a purposeful life, you will learn the steps to plan a fear mitigation strategy and will also discover how to stomp out fear in real time. RESILIENCY: When purpose guides our lives, we have to follow it, even through failure. But are you afraid of failure? Lessons about failure and overcoming obstacles are brought to life and you will learn how to meet failure head on with strategies you can use to surmount it. CURIOUSITY: Do you feel as though you do not have the required knowledge or skills to enact change? Sometimes the quest for knowledge can become an inhibitor. In Purposeful Hustle, you will be given the tools to recognize what you already know, close your knowledge and skill gaps, ask for help, and strengthen your intellect. INITIATIVE: Three of the most common excuses for not living a purposeful life include not having a well-developed plan, lacking money, or feeling short on time. Purposeful Hustle dismantles the assumptions you may have about personal resources and shows you how to work with an incomplete plan, little money, and scarce time by providing real and immediately applicable techniques."--Publisher's website

Purposeful Hustle

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Sarah Rees Brennan

Maureen Johnson

A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series.

The Bane Chronicles

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J. Margot Critch

Katie Frey

A second-chance romance and a twin switch gone awry shine in these two new steamy Western romances! Second Chance Rancher by J. Margot Critch Some mistakes are meant to be repeated. Tech tycoon Wes Hardwell begrudgingly returns home to fulfill the terms of his grandfather's will...even knowing it means seeing his wife. His Vegas marriage to veterinarian Daisy Thorne was a mistake, one Wes has yet to annul. He'll treat this time like a honeymoon, just to get her out of his system. But will their potent chemistry override everything that stands between them? Fake Dating, Twin Style by Katie Frey Lying about her identity seemed like a good idea at the time... When recently divorced Amelia Hartmann rear-ends former football player Antone Williams, she presents her celebrity twin's ID as her own...only to get invited as his date to a birthday party. When their fake relationship starts developing into real feelings, will her secret identity as an everyday businesswoman send him running, or will she prove to be the twin for him?

Second Chance Rancher and Fake Dating, Twin Style

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Cynthia St. Aubin

Jules Bennett

A reunited one-night stand. A storm that traps unlikely coworkers. Chemistry and passion make these workplace romances sizzle! Blue Blood Meets Blue Collar by Cynthia St. Aubin The night he can't remember is one she'll never forget. Distillery co-owner Remy Renaud's rags-to-riches story could launch blue-blooded TV producer Cosima Lowell's career--even if he has no memory of the night they spent together. When their combustible chemistry lands them back in bed, Cosima knows she's playing with fire. But Remy's hiding something--a shocking betrayal that could bring down the Renaud brothers and shatter his second chance with Cosima... One Stormy Night by USA TODAY bestselling author Jules Bennett All the rules change once the lights go out... Up-and-coming plus-size model Mila Hale can't chance another scandal ruining her newest job. That means keeping her eyes and hands off billionaire playboy--and her potential boss--Cruz Westbrook. Until a storm traps Mila and Cruz at his palatial estate. Now all bets are off. Their chemistry ignites into a whirlwind fling...but what will they do once the lights come back on?

Blue Blood Meets Blue Collar and One Stormy Night

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Joss Wood

From a runaway bride to a sexy alpha boss, Joss Wood launches her Dynasties: Calcott Manor series with drama and passion! Just a Little Jilted She ran from her wedding--and fell into her ex's arms! Supermodel Eliot Gamble is jilted minutes before her wedding and just as her career in fashion is ending. For a lifelong people pleaser, it's the ultimate nightmare. In steps champion swimmer and former lover Soren Grantham, who sweeps Eliot away to his family's estate. As Eliot explores what she really wants, her old flame may become a wildfire... Their Temporary Arrangement She's ready to call the shots...if only her boss wasn't so seductive! Personal assistant Ru Osman is tired of people controlling her--from her parents to her notoriously difficult alpha boss. All she needs is enough money to leave New York. Sexy CEO Fox Grantham knows the determined beauty is the answer to his professional headaches, but their desire leads to all-new problems. Will Fox drop his guard long enough to let new love in?

Just a Little Jilted and Their Temporary Arrangement

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