A multilayered memoir of basketball, family, home, love, and race, John Edgar Wideman's Hoop Roots brings a touch of Proust to the blacktop (Time) as it tells of the author's love for a game he can no longer play. Beginning with the scruffy backlot...

With a crack-whore for a mother, it's no wonder that life for Davion and his younger sister Janaya, was everything but a crystal stair. Left in a dirty house by themselves with only the roaches to look after them as their tummies rumbled, the two...

Meet Chantal Morgan, femme fatale of all industry chicks and arch nemesis of Tyler Blake, in this scintillating sequel to Dirty Little Secrets Tyler Blake is off to Hollywood, the newest starlet of Tinsel Town, with a wonderful man by her side...

Hoodoo spellwork and rituals for self-protection and how to get "payback" when you're wronged. Features 129 spells, 32 recipes, and numerous rituals. Historically, Hoodoo was the magic of the disenfranchised, marginalized, and vulnerable. It was born...

Discover How to Master the Esoteric Arts, Cleanse Your Home and Your Life and Get Protection From Evil Eyes With the Ultimate Guide to Hoodoo Magic!Does your life feel like one long run of bad luck and unfortunate events with no end in sight? Are you...

Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But even though his name is Hoodoo, he can't seem to cast a simple spell. Then a mysterious man called the Stranger...

He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan. Born to one of the city's most notorious crime families, Shai Clark has always managed to be a good kid. A college hoops star, Shai shunned the world that his father had created and...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   "One of the most important books of the current moment."--Time   "A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone."--Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine "A brutally...

At a very young age, Slim discovers an uncompromising, but self-sufficient lifestyle he feels he's essentially built for. Fast money in the dope game consumes him with its sense of freedom and control. As sweet as the game is to him, it comes with...

Allene Carter's father-in-law was a decorated veteran. Yet it was not until the Carter family received a call from the White House that she discovered he was a heroic force in the Rhineland campaign. President Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to...

A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself--honeysmoke. Simone wants a color. She asks Mama, "Am I black or white?" "Boo," Mama says, just like mamas do, "a color is just a...

A mother expresses her everlasting love for her child in this warm, poetic picture book. I'm gone always be yo sweet Ma'Dear, and you gone always be my baby. Alice Faye Duncan's playful, affectionate text and Susan Keeter's tender paintings will touch...