In this, his fourth novel, Goines tests the tensile strength of a ghetto spawn who clawed his way to the top and fights like hell to stay there. He's known as Earl the Black Pearl, and he's left the homeboys behind--way behind. He's cool, sharp as an ice...

From the author of his truly candid memoir, Inner City Miracle, comes the fast-paced thriller about a judge who is caught up in a gritty case involving a brutal murder that no one else seems to care about. Detroit was once considered the murder capital...

Cannon always considered himself an average guy who like anybody else in the game wanted the cars, ice, girls, money, and fame. He told himself once he reached a certain point you get out, but at what cost. And with the help of his girl Tessa's dad, Tayo...

C-Town. The Land. Believe Land. No matter what you call it, for years Cleveland has been known to bring the drama. Follow the lives of seven deadly sinners as they struggle to weave their way through the hardened streets of the 216!Michael "Red" Roberts...

Follow the crew from Hawkins, Indiana, as they discover the legendary monsters and epic adventures of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game together. Long before the dreaded Demogorgon took one of them to the Upside Down, watch Mike, Lucas,...

Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a story of loneliness and love that defies age. Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school...

At Virtus Academy a boarding school for the supernatural, the students are not your average High Schoolers. Though they might go through some of the same social problems, these students are powerful and many dangerous. From vampires, witches, werewolves,...

Marylou Caponi inherited the boxing gym she had practically grown up in from her late father. It isn't easy being in a male dominated business but her strong will and determination and savvy about the "game" make it work out most of the time. Dan McClain...

Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book--it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all...

Kim Osorio had a front-row seat for the biggest beefs, battles, and blow-ups in hip-hop. As the first female editor-in-chief of The Source, she had come up. From her corner office, Kim got the goods on hip-hop's hottest names: Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, Lil'...

"Tatiana Fuller a lovely 19 year old runaway is living a desolate life of forced prostitution. The once bright and aspiring high school honors student has also endured unspeakable abuse at the hands of her much older, overly domineering boyfriend. A...