Francis Harding has always been good for one thing: doing what his family tells him. So when his mother asks him to travel across the Atlantic to hunt down his missing sister Catherine, he goes without hesitation-only to find himself an unwelcome...

In what Gear magazine deemed a rich and fascinating portrait of sex in America, Eurydice gives us a frontline report on the reality of sex life in the United States -- from fringe sexual behavior and sex-on-the-Net to how and why sex has changed from a...

This is the story of Jamie Ray Griffin, a young black man who, by virtue of his talent on the football field, finds himself suddenly thrust into a white world full of privilege, temptation, and never-before-imagined possibility. Encouraged by the facade...

In this gritty and realistic page-turner, the men are tempting, the drama is long, and Regina Harris and her thirty-something girlfriends are more grown and sexy than they've ever been . . . Essence and Blackboard bestselling author Karen E. Quiby...

Gary Giddins has been called the best jazz writer in America today (Esquire). Louis Armstrong has been called the most influential jazz musician of the century. Together this auspicious pairing has resulted in Satchmo, one of the most vivid and...

In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd stroll up and down the floor and the bar. Those guys...

A deeply felt portrait of an artist whose influence on a generation of vocalists was profound. -- New York Times Book Review Sarah Vaughan possessed the most spectacular voice in jazz history. In Sassy, Leslie Gourse, the acclaimed biographer of Nat...

Ntozake Shange's beloved Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is the story of three sisters and their mother from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother before her. Having gone north to college, she is now...

This searing first novel is the story of Sarah Stewart, a young black Harvard graduate in the 1960s whose growing interest in Africa--and down a path of self-discovery, love, and the choice between loyalty and truth. This is at once the story of the...

Sarah Miller was your typical high school junior. She loved to shop, hang out with her friends, and read books until they fell apart. Magic was just make believe. You read about it in books or watched it in the movies, but everyone knew it wasn't real...

Sarah Miller was your typical high school junior. She loved to shop, hang out with her friends, and read books until they fell apart. Magic was just make believe. You read about it in books or watched it in the movies, but everyone knew it wasn't real...

In the midst of the California Gold Rush, twelve-year-old Sarah and her family are living in the North as free Black people. Seeking a better life, Sarah's parents decide they will venture west on the Oregon Trail. On the trail, Sarah and her family face...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "A beautiful exploration of the often complex parameters of freedom, prejudice, and individual sense of self. Chibundu Onuzo has written a captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African...

Best Friends. Mad Science.It can get pretty dull living on a small, out-of-the-way station like Wilnick SS. Best Friends Sanity Jones and Tallulah Vega do their best to relieve the monotony of every day space life by finding adventures, solving...

Sandie goes wherever the wind blows.From orphan to delinquent to make-up artist, Sandie Donovan is the queen of the makeover, whether it's actresses playing Off Broadway or her own identity. But she can run from her past for only so long before she has...

Now in paperback, The Sandalwood Tree is an unforgettable tale of love and betrayal during the height of political unrest in India. Nationally bestselling author Elle Newmark's rich, sweeping novel brings to life two love stories, ninety years apart, set...