Providing useful definitions of respect in terms that are easily understood by youngsters, this picture book expresses the importance of valuing adults and classmates alike. Combining cheerful illustrations with simple language, this useful guide...

A gripping tale of personal revolution by a man who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and anti-gang activistWhen his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips,...

From the man who catapulted the Covenant with Black America to number one on the New York Times bestseller list comes a searing memoir of poverty, ambition, pain and atonment. Tavis Smiley grew up in a family of thirteen in rural Indian, where money was...

Jonathan Plummer made headlines when New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan--who based her novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back on their romance--filed for divorce, claiming that Plummer hid his homosexuality in order to marry her for her money...

An unputdownable and sizzling mystery in the heart of Hollywood, perfect for fans of Devil in a Blue Dress and Miami Vice.Casanegra follows the adventures of Tennyson Hardwick, a gorgeous, sexy actor and former gigolo, living on the fringes of the good...

An astonishing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who survived the foster care system to become an award-winning journalist On a rainy night in November 1999, a shoeless Stacey Patton, promising student at NYU, approached her adoptive parents' house...

A seemingly happy and stable marriage spirals out of control in a hailstorm of hurt and betrayal.Vivid and raw, full of the consequences of terrible actions done in the name of love, The Precious Life documents the unraveling of a marriage that, on the...

Hog Hammock, located on Georgia's Sapelo Island, is only accessible by ferry or private boat. It is one of the last island-based Gullah-Geechee communities in America--a living connection to West African languages, folkways, and spiritual traditions...

A sexy, raw novel about the life of a young murderess who lures her victims to their own deaths by seducing them.Ghetto-born and street-raised, Katrina--or Kat for short, is a self-proclaimed hood goddess. With her in-your-face razor-sharp attitude,...

A sizzling new follow-up to the bestselling short story anthologies Chocolate Flava and Caramel Flava, edited by Zane--the Queen of Erotica. Winner of the Black Expressions Book of the Year Award three years in a row for Afterburn, Nervous, and Addicted,...

A sexy, psychological thriller that explores why men and women commit sinister crimes of passion, do the most hateful things in the name of love, and cook up schemes to punish one another when sweet romance turns sour.Groomed for the good life by his...

Stephanie Covington Armstrong does not fit the stereotype of a woman with an eating disorder. She grew up poor and hungry in the inner city. Foster care, sexual abuse, and overwhelming insecurity defined her early years. But the biggest difference is her...