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From New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison comes the scintillating, no-holds-barred novel of a dazzling potential power couple who regretfully take their scandalous love-hurt reunion to an all-time low . . . Between their rising careers and...

Emma just turned fifteen. Her powers have spiraled to include unusual magic, and she gladly relies on Hank and Christina's friendship to mark the way. Thomas Carson's feelings for Emma have changed, her aunt Franka tells her--a young man her aunt...

I Came as a Thief is an urban story of a residential burglar from Bakersfield, California. James Willington is much smarter than your average loser. His terror of crime and drug abuse is matched with compassion, love, and reasoning. From what he finds in...

I Burn Paris has remained one of Poland's most uncomfortable masterstrokes of literature since its initial and controversial serialization by Henri Barbusse in 1928 in lâ€(TM)HumanitÃ(c) (for which Jasie� „ski was deported for...

"For a moment's time after a sexual orgasm, I would feel great. Yet, only minutes later, I was back to being reminded of my insecurities and the havoc that stemmed from trying to cover them up in the false hope of being saved by idols."- I Believe in...

"Straight's portrayal of a black woman's life is nearly miraculous in its astonishing richness of detail, its emotional honesty and its breadth of human thought and feeling." --USA TodayIn 1959, thirteen-year-old Marietta Cook is as tall as she is...

"...a play about power, leadership, and the rough-and tumble process of social change. In its multifaceted search for the meaning behind the headline-grabbing events in Memphis, and in its depiction of the roots of black-vs.-black power struggles, it...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaning NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY...

The most successful African-American playwright of his time, August Wilson is a dominant presence on Broadway and in regional theaters throughout the country. Herrington traces the roots of Wilson's drama back to the visual artists and jazz musicians who...

In the violent criminal underworld, there is no room for weakness, so the idea of a growing gay mafia in Baltimore is rejected by most people. That doesn't stop kingpin Avery Nelson from striving to come out on top in his battle against Leroy Grant. ...

When Lil' Jim moved back to Memphis, the children stopped coming by to play. While he blamed his isolation on religion, everyone else knew it had everything to do with money, politics, and race.This third book in the ten-part Your Winding Daybreak Ways...