Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white sheriff...

Featuring a new original introduction by Opal Palmer Adisa Avey Johnson--a Black, middle-aged, middle-class widow given to hats, gloves, and pearls--has long since put behind her the Harlem of her childhood. Then on a cruise to the Caribbean with two...

Prairie Nocturne is the epic saga of two former lovers sired in the pages of Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana Trilogy. Susan Duff -- the bossy, indomitable schoolgirl with a silver voice from Dancing at the Rascal Fair-- has reached middle age alone,...

Superstar Deion Sanders tells his powerful life story and reveals how power, money and sex could not satisfy the void in his life-a void ultimately satisfied by his relationship with Christ. A photo section included in this national best-seller.

This inventive graphic novel that unfolds online and IRL takes readers from the halls of middle school, to epic robot video game battles, and back again. Miles and Rhys know each other only as Gryphon and Backslash, and in the video game Mecha Melee...

Skye Lewis has become streetwise and savvy since taking over her boyfriend's drug empire and dealing with her son's kidnapping...and she's going to need all that strength to battle what's coming next. Getting her son back is priority number one, but...

With Cameron fighting for his life, Skye is forced to step up to the plate. She is on a vicious quest to get answers, as well as revenge, while still preparing for motherhood. Throughout her journey, Skye battles with the struggle of trying to remain...

Can the gospel message of the Atonement have a liberative message for black Christians? Is there, indeed, power in the blood of Jesus""? This study of the meaning of the cross in the African American religious experience is both comprehensive and...

In a society obsessed with fame and image, celebrity chef Cori Brown finds herself entangled in a sex scandal that sets the tabloids ablaze in national bestselling author Allison Hobbs's steamy romance. Though "power couple" is a fairly new term, there...

The "fierce" and "remarkable" memoir from one of the nation's most influential and celebrated civil rights attorneys--second cousin of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice--is "a rallying cry for social justice" (More magazine). Connie Rice has...

In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment...

A stark, honest portrayal of cursed love during the Japanese occupation of Java and the struggle for Indonesian independence. *** Sulis is a young woman selling potions in Surabaya's harbor district. She meets Sujono, a coolie with dreams of becoming a...

It was a downright hot day. Logan looked at a pond full of want-to-be swimmers in the area designated as "the camp pool." He repeatedly assured everyone he was an excellent swimmer. Yet there he stood, in spite of the heat, unwilling to take off his...

A provocative novel about an African tribal woman's battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.