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81) Player haters
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"A fast-paced mix of scandal, jealousy, and wickedness." —Publishers Weekly
Carl Weber delivers the drama as only he can in this page-turning tale of the ties that bind family together—and tear them apart. . .
Trent Duncan did a good job holding his family together after his dad died. Too bad the smooth talking charmer can't do the same for himself. Trent's the ultimate player—but he's about to play himself right outta...
Carl Weber delivers the drama as only he can in this page-turning tale of the ties that bind family together—and tear them apart. . .
Trent Duncan did a good job holding his family together after his dad died. Too bad the smooth talking charmer can't do the same for himself. Trent's the ultimate player—but he's about to play himself right outta...
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Baby momma drama has taken over the Duncan clan in the form of a mad scramble to find out who fathered the Duncan sisters' new babies. Meanwhile Orlando Duncan, the family's new CEO, has just developed a new product that may turn the millionaire Duncans into billionaires. Orlando only faces one obstacle, and it's not the law or a rival. It's his mother, who may be his most formidable opponent yet because she's making the family take sides.
83) Home
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"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
84) Calling my name
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Awesome YA Books by Black Authors
Built-In Besties or Baddies: Siblings in YA Books
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Built-In Besties or Baddies: Siblings in YA Books
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"Taja Brown, growing up in a conservative and tightly knit African American family, battles family expectations to discover a sense of self and find her unique voice and purpose"--
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Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
89) Skateboard party
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"Richard can't wait to show off his skills at a friend's skateboard birthday party, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans"--Provided by publisher.
90) Playing dirty
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"Kiki captures the heat of the streets." —Wahida Clark
Essence® bestselling author Kiki Swinson keeps it coming with a gritty drama about one cunning sistah playing a very dangerous game with the law.
Playing dirty is a skill that Yoshi Lomax has perfected. By bribing cops and officials, sleeping with her boss, and convincing her friend in the DEA to make evidence disappear, Yoshi has become a top criminal defense attorney....
Essence® bestselling author Kiki Swinson keeps it coming with a gritty drama about one cunning sistah playing a very dangerous game with the law.
Playing dirty is a skill that Yoshi Lomax has perfected. By bribing cops and officials, sleeping with her boss, and convincing her friend in the DEA to make evidence disappear, Yoshi has become a top criminal defense attorney....
91) Concrete rose
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Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leave him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities...
92) Eternal vows
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Veterinarian Dr. Peyton Blackstone walks a fine line between business and pleasure after asking Nicholas Cole-Thomas, who, among Virginia's horse-country elite, is the ultimate eligible bachelor, for help.
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As first lady of Kingdom Citizens Christian Center, Vivian Montgomery has it all: a beautiful home, lovely children, and a pastor husband who makes her shout hallelujah—and not just in church. There's no doubt Pastor Montgomery has a healthy appreciation for the Lord and for the pleasures of the flesh, namely his wife's flesh. If only Vivian's best friend, Tai, was so blessed. . .
A first lady herself, Tai's husband, King, is pastor of Mount...
A first lady herself, Tai's husband, King, is pastor of Mount...
94) Hurricane child
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
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When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
96) 47
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Number Forty-Seven, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
97) Get a hit, Mo!
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Mo Jackson loves baseball, but he has never been very good at it. And when the new season starts, he hopes this will be the year he hits the ball and gets to run the bases.
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Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her neighborhood who sees strange things like werehyenas stalking the streets and a man made of shadows who plagues her dreams. When her father goes missing, Maya learns that he is the guardian of the veil between our world and the Dark, where the Lord of Shadows has an army waiting. Maya also discovers that she's half orisha and half human and that her neighborhood is considered a safe haven. But the veil is...