In this epoch story, Rhonda Baker-Stansberry portrays the unvarnished truth of the life and times of her father Frank Price "Chico" Baker. She gives the reader an up close and personal look as she travels back over fifty years, and tells of when his...

This is a collection of studies of Papua New Guinea cultures, each isolating one key concept that is believed to define the whole of that culture. Such concepts include: (1) the "big man" in the "father-of-the-village" role; (2) the pig, which highlights...

Jessica McCray, a striving young woman, motivated by money and power, has inherited her father's multimillion-dollar drug empire. After her father and mother were killed in the streets of New York City, Jessica utilizes her malicious charm and stunning...

An affair formed a love triangle but one man ultimately won Leila's heart. As life's pressures mount, Leila finds herself drawn to the man she left behind... Leila, Rayshon, and Devon have been in a warped love triangle ever since Devon's cold heart and...

Through this pitch-perfect rom-com, Kristina Forest explores the legacy of family and what it means to be young and full of artistic passion. I was utterly charmed from start to finish. --Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We Know Now That I've Found...

Desmond Cole goes on a field trip to the museum in the ninth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series! Museums are great places to see really old stuff. The Kersville Museum has old paintings, old statues, and even old mummies that come with old...

When tragedy strikes, Deo's love of soccer is all he has left. Can he use that gift to find hope once more? Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by Deo's older brother,...

In this second novel in Sharon M. Draper's Jericho Trilogy and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Jericho and November are locked together in pain from the past and fear for the future, and it feels as though there's no way to escape either. When November...

As head of the first special force unit devoted exclusively to the investigation of hip-hop crime, first-grade detective Derrick Parker worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history. From the shooting at Club New York to the murder of Tupac...

A USA Today Must-Read Romance Candace Brown grew up believing in fairy tales that promised her a Prince Charming, a knight in shining armor, and a happily-ever-after ending. But at twenty-seven, with two failed relationships and a heart broken into...

Cameroon is a country in West Africa, directly south-east of Nigeria. Leigh Marie Dannhauser gets sent by the Peace Corps to be an agriculture volunteer in the West region of Cameroon, specifically to Baleveng, a village of 15,000 people spread out over...

#26 on The Guardian's list of 100 best nonfiction books of all time, the essays explore what it means to be Black in America   In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African...