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Writers of the Future
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Author:L. Ron Hubbard
The 21st volume in the anthology series sponsored by Hubbard's Writers of the Future program may contain no knockouts, but more than a few of its 15 tales by emerging SF and fantasy writers show real talent. John Schoffstahl's exciting "In the Flue" extrapolates from today's Mid east headlines. David W. Goldman cleverly examines writers and writing in "The Story of His Life." Sidra M. S. Vitale's "My Daughter, the Martian" is a realistic study of a human colony on Mars from a young adult viewpoint. Andrew Gudgel's "The Firebird" scores as brief and stylized fantasy, as does Cat Sparks's "Last Dance at the Sergeant Majors' Ball" as poignant virtual reality. The illustrations that accompany each story are promising if not up to the quality of the distinctive Frank Frazetta art that graces the cover.
Retails:$7.99
C&B Price: $7.00
ISBN: 1592122175
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QUEENS REIGNS SUPREME FAT CAT, 50 CENT,AND THE RISE of the HIP-HOP HUSTLER
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Author:Ethan L. Brown
Bloody chronicle of the '80's-era cocaine hustlers of southeast Queens and their influence on the rap music industry. New York magazine music editor Brown recounts the triumphs and travails of Queens, New York, drug hustlers Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols, Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff and Thomas "Tony Montana" Mickens, among others, and the appropriation of their mystique and violent approach to doing business by the hip-hop artists who came of age in their shadow. Brown does a thorough job delineating the savage milieu of the crack-devastated communities and their code of pitiless, often pointless violence, drawing on copious wiretaps and courtroom transcripts, search-warrant affidavits and interviews with those involved to shed new light on the murders of Tupac Shakur and RUN-DMC's Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, as well as the shooting of superstar rapper 50 Cent, who emerges from the narrative as a singularly effective maneuverer and survivor. From the numbing iterations of brutal murders and assaults (southeast Queens would send Sam Peckinpah running to his mommy) arise a few compelling voices: Entrepreneur Russell Simmons speaks eloquently on the insanity and tragic waste of the lifestyle, while embattled Murder Inc. record exec Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo's self-serving monologues have the piquant volubility of a Tarantino monologue. The book may have benefited from a larger historical perspective-there is no mention of the mafia's analogous involvement in the music industry of the '50's and '60's, which seems an odd omission-and the endless intramural beefs and reprisals, recounted in Brown's dry, journalistic style, become a bit claustrophobic. Imperfectly executed secret history of the hustlers and blood feuds that continue to inform gangster rap.
Retails:$12.95
C&B Price: $11.00
ISBN: 1400095239
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"I'M STILL HERE":THE DIARY OF A DRIVING INSTURCTOR
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Author:J. Myers
This Publication has been put together as food for thought only. Hear Say Items Have Not Been Removed. The Author's Opinions may differ from the opinion's of the readers, students and hear say. This Publication will improve the new driver's concept of safety. It is not to be taken or confused with a driver's manual.
Retails:$15.95
C&B Price: $14.00
Paperback, 208pp July 2003
ISBN: 0595280293
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YOUR BEST LIFE NOW
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Author:Joel Osteen
Pastor Joel Osteen realizes that deep within us is a voice that doubts our self-worth and does its best to destroy our dreams. For this reason, he is committed to helping us exchange our insecurities for a godly self-image, discover our personal strengths and abilities so that we can live our Best Life Now. Through the ministry of Lakewood Church Pastor Osteen has already helped millions of people advance down the road towards health, abundance, significance and success. Don't miss this opportunity to let him lead you down the road that leads to Your Best Life Now
Retails:$19.99
C&B Price: $13.00
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KNOCKIN BOOTS
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Author:Tracy Price-Thompson
Who's putting the zoom-zoom in whose boom-boom. Kevin consorts with hookers and makes Fancy do nasty things, which she loves and hates at the same time; Sparkle's on the lookout for a good man, but when she finds one she sends him packing; and Emile is just trying to love his skinny white girl, the barmaid Becky Ann. The relationships get screwed up, the sex gets dirtier and more violent and the specter of AIDS looms. Price-Thompson, herself a Desert Storm veteran, has spun an X-rated cautionary tale sure to appeal to Zane fans everywhere
Retails:$13.95
C&B Price: $12.00
Available: October 25, 2005
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LOVE IS NEVER PAINLESS
Three Novellas
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Author:Zane,Elieen M. Johnson, Anthony Rivers
In this collection of novellas, three popular authors explore the realities of love. Includes Zane's "Love is Never Painless, Love is to Blame" by Rivers, and "How the Other Half Lives" by Eileen Johnson.
Retails:$15.00
C&B Price: $13.00
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NEVER SAY NEVER
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Author:Dwayne S. Joseph
Love is a battlefield and for Reesa, Carmen and Erica, it's time to go to war. Three women who are fed up with their current relationships with men, are about to take the bull by the horns and take what they want, but getting their grooves back won't be without it's bumps and challenges.
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $9.00
Urban Books/Trade Paper
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WEDNESDAY'S WOES
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Author:Gayle Jackson Sloan
Zoe Knight certainly wouldn't argue with that. She's got more woes than the law should allow. With an ex-husband that she despises and can no longer trust, a rebellious teenage son with a hoochie-in-training girlfriend, the death of a loved one, and sisters who have lost their minds, can anything else go wrong?
Thankfully, she has her young lover, Antonio, to lean on and help see her through it all. Zoe's certain that they know everything about each other and he is her only joy at the moment. But can one know everything about another -- even the one you are living and sleeping with? When she gets a very nasty surprise and a serious wake-up call, things begin to spiral out of control.
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $10.00
Q-Boro Books(Trade Paper)
September 30, 2005
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THE HOT SPOT
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Author:TaRessa
In the winter of 2003. Atlanta is rocked by a scandal when a congressman's drug-dealing girlfriend viciously attacks his wife in broad daylight. Public relations whiz, Kendra Harrell is called into do damage control. While handling the situation, she finds herself drawn to the politician's sexy chief of staff, Yusef Huntley. Her girlfriend. Meghan Bennett, a top VIP event planner for Atlanta's elite warns Kendra that it would be a conflict of interest and tacky beyond belief to date anyone connected to the client until the contract is completed. On the other hand. Stephanie Ivey, a free-spirited and seductive corporate diva encourages Kendra to string him along until she has landed a fat contract to handle all aspects of the congressman's public relations. While the girlfriends don't always agree, they do concur that life in Black Mecca is never dull and they are always exploring the next romantic adventure
Retails:$20.00
C&B Price: $18.00
BET Books/Hard Cover
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WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER
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Author:Darrien Lee
The unforgettable characters in the bestselling "What Goes Around Comes Around" are back in a smashingly suspenseful tale of love, trust, and secrets.
Retails:$21.00
C&B Price: $13.00
Strebor Books
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STACY
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Author:Darrell DeBrew
Stacy titled herself "The Ultimate Gangsta Bitch" and is the only female member of Philadelphia's most elusive criminals The Untouchables. No one knows The Untouchables' identities, not even the police. What can't be identified can't be caught.
When things start to go bad, all the pressure is put on Stacy. Everything she has is put on the line , her son, parents, rap career and pride. Stacy has a choice: stay loyal to the game or become a rat like one of the ruthless members of The Untouchables
Retails:$15.00
C&B Price: $10.00
Triple Crown/Trade Paper
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CREAM
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Author:T.N. Baker,Tu-Shonda Whitaker, Danielle Santiago
Best Selling Authors T.N. Baker, Tu-Shonda Whitaker and Danielle Santiago unite to create a feisty yet Sheisty triple threat novella of love, drama and passion. Cream takes you through the life and times of Wassuan, Bruh and Lovi as they deal with the trials and tribulations of life.
Rollin' Dice
T.N. Baker
Wassuan Wells has two loves his strikingly beautiful girlfriend of two years, Enychi Carter, and the dice game. Rollin' Dice is an everyday hustle for Wassuan. Using the tactic of shit talk and confidence, Wassuan feels he can't be defeated. That's until he meets his match , a dude named Tone who possesses just as much confidence and a little too much mouth. This one game may cost Wassuan everything, including his girl.
The Last Run
Tu-Shonda Whitaker
After a 2-year bid, Bruh comes back to the mean streets of New York bitter, confused and ready to take care of some unfinished business. During his mission, Bruh stumbles across old feelings for his baby's mama's best friend, Zion. Through drama and expressing her dislikes for the game, Zion sticks by her new found man's side. Will she stick around for her man's Last Run?
Fair Exchange, No Robberies
Danielle Santiago
The sassy, sexy, family business-inherited college student, Lovi, falls for Nicky, a drug dealing king pin who just so happens to be her brother's childhood best friend. Follow Lovi and Nicky as they try to conceal their feelings from Lovi's older brother, Dough
Retails:$15.00
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Triple Crown/Trade Paper
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HOOD WINKED
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Author:Quentin Carter
About The Author: Quentin Carter is a 27 year old native of Kansas City, Missouri. Currently, Quentin is serving a 10 year sentence in federal prison under the harsh crack cocaine law. In addition to his debut title, "Hoodwinked", Quentin recently finished a second novel entitled "Everybody Plays the Fool". Right now, he is hard at work putting the finishing touches on "In Cahootz", which will be the sequel to "Hoodwinked". .
Retails:$15.00
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Triple Crown/Trade Paper
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DIRTY SOUTH
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Author:Darrell King
American Deep South lies a foreboding and deadly dark side. Multimillionaire drug lords do power lunches with Southern aristocrats by day and lay waste to their rivals by night in a bloodbath not seen since the Civil War.
At the helm of the million-dollar drug deals, bling-bling lifestyle and widespread murder hails the power Lake Clan, led by ruthless New Orleans kingpins Marion "Snookey" Lake and his ambitious nephew, Rae-Kwon. The Lakes relocate to Georgia in an effort to both escape the Feds and spread their ever-growing dominance within the Southern crime infrastructure. However, they are met with immediate and violent resistance from the South Carolina?s feared Sea Island thugs who jealously guard their fertile drug turf.
Retails:$15.00
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Triple Crown
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FOR THE STRENGTH OF YOU
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Author:Victor Martin
Living life in the fast lane and never learning to "juice the game slow," Anshon ends up on a downward spiral. But what will he do when he can?t be his brother?s keeper anymore, and where will he go when jealousy seems to be taking control? Will he roll over and die or will his survival instincts run the show? What about when he loses a loved one who begged him to get out the game? Will he finally listen, chill with his shawtie, and ride off into the sunset or will he take matters in his own hands?
Retails:$15.00
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Triple Crown
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DOWN CHIC
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Author:Mallori McNeal
Amina is a bad girl born in the Bronx and raised in downtown Cincinnati. For a 17-year-old, Amina has a decent life. But after meeting her father and 23-year-old brother for the first time, things take a turn for the worse.
Amina ends up alone, trying to fend for herself and save her boyfriend, Kayne, from 3 years in jail. Amina must prove her loyalty to Kayne, but can you be a Down Chick without being locked down yourself? This is a question that never crosses Amina?s mind, leading her to make the ultimate mistake of her life.
Retails:$15.00
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Triple Crown
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THE AMEN SISTERS
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Author:Angela Benson
After witnessing the suicide of a church sister, Minister Francine Amen is disgusted with herself for turning against the young woman and refusing to accept her claim of sexual abuse by their pastor. Now, after a short stay in a psychiatric hospital, Francine is trying to pull her life and her ministry back together. But first she must face all of the people she has hurt so deeply--including her younger sister, Dawn. But can Dawn trust her? Francine used to date Dawn's husband, Sly--who now seems just a little too interested in Francine's recovery. As far as Dawn is concerned, Sly would be better off spending his time making amends to her for his own sins.
Retails:$21.95
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Walk Worthy Press/ Hard Cover
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BABY GIRL
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Author:Jihad
Life hasn't been easy for Babygirl. She's seen and done her share of dirt. Raised by an overprotective mother, who was willing to go to no ends ? including kill or be killed ?for her precious daughter. Babygirl developed the attitude that what she wants, she gets. Dancing in strip clubs, leading the rich to her love nest and than crying rape- to running credit card, and money scams, Babygirl is making things happen by any means necessary.
Retails:$14.95
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Urban Books/Trade Paper
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NEVER GO HOME AGAIN
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Author:Shannon Holmes
Never Go Home Again is the story of Corey Dixon, a young man whose father tries as best he can to steer him away from the lure of the streets. And yet, like so many others in Corey's neighborhood, he finds the temptations of the lucrative drug trade too great to resist. While he makes fast money for a while, it is inevitable that it is he who has to pay, with his time and maybe even his life: by the age of sixteen Corey is locked up. Incarcerated in Riker's Island and then in prisons upstate, Corey lives through experiences that threaten to destroy his body, his mind, and eventually his spirit. But in the midst of his horrific imprisonment he discovers new strength to keep himself together and survive. Corey meets a few kind souls who mean him well, including a teacher who encourages him to get out of prison and make something of himself. The teacher also advises Corey to ""never go home again."" Though the homesick Corey does not immediately understand, he ultimately realizes the wisdom of his mentor's words. Unflinching and riveting, this story is the firsthand account of the brutal, unforgiving inner-city streets and prison life, as well as a difficult lesson in accepting responsibility and moving on.
Retails:$15.00
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Atria/Trade Paper (September 27, 2005)
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GIRLS FROM DA HOOD 2
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Author:Nikki Turner, Kashamba Williams
Girls From The Hood. If you thought the original was great, Girls From The Hood 2 puts it to shame as we've teamed mega star authors Nikki Turner, Kashamba Williams and Joy.
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $10.00
Urban Books(Trade Paper)
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NOTHING HAS EVER FELT LIKE THIS
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Author:Mary B. Morrison
"Money can't buy happiness." Fancy's heard that one before. And she still doesn't buy it--no matter how many times it's been proven in her own life. Take, for instance, her doomed relationship with wealthy Byron, or Harry, or Adam...and they're just for starters, But with Darius, things are going to be different. This time Fancy's going to get to know the man before she gets intimate with him...then she'll get her share. Too bad she doesn't know Darius is no longer on top--financially, anyway. As far as relationships go. Darius has a past of his own. Currently, he's praying that he isn't the father of estranged wife Ciara's expected baby--or anyone else's. Meanwhile, Fancy is making some changes of her own. She's soaring in a new career as a realtor and is determined to improve her difficult relationship with her mother. She's also resolved to stick to her plan regarding Darius--even if it means risking losing him. But when Darius gets in trouble with the law and his name hits the headlines, he learns who his real friends are, and Fancy is number one
Retails:$24.00
C&B Price: $17.00
Dafina Books
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HOODLUM
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Author:K'wan Foye
Tommy Clark runs the streets of Harlem with an iron fist (though his dad, Poppa, who's been "laying his gangsta down for thirty-something years," is still king), and he's poised to inherit the family "business." But then Tommy's younger brother, Shai, turns up, kicked out of college for betting on the basketball games he starred in. Though Poppa discourages Shai from street life, his stubborn, competitive kid has other plans, and pretty soon Shai's hustling the streets with fearless friend Swan and getting busy with local girl Honey while Tommy and Poppa run a risky heroin side operation, encouraging animosity within opposing underworld factions. When Poppa is murdered, it paves the way for the brothers to exact their retaliation in a spray of bullets, while crooked cops close in on Tommy for an execution-style murder
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $12.00
St. Martin's Press/Trade Paper
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SEX IN THE HOOD
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Author:White Chocolate
Sex in the Hood. An inner-city twist on My Fair Lady, it tells the story of a young biracial woman's struggle to escape her past-and to survive a new future as the moll of one of Detroit's most notorious gangsters.
Beautiful, pampered Victoria is thrown into poverty when her wealthy white father dies. Forced to live with her black grandmother in one of Detroit's toughest neighborhoods, Victoria is lost until Duke Johnson takes an interest in her. To Duke, Victoria is the most beautiful woman in the world, and he wants her more than any woman he's ever met. The only problem is he's the leader of the most notorious gang in Detroit and everyone is afraid of him, especially Victoria's grandmother. But his kind, warm hidden personality is the only thing Victoria can see as she lets Duke take her virtue. Together they begin to rule the mean streets of Detroit.
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $9.00
Urban Books/Trade Paper
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CASH RULES
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Author:Thomas Long
Cash Rules is a tale about three best friends from Baltimore City who have big plans to make it in the rap world. Takeisha, Latrell, and Danita are three around the way girls who spend their teenage years in the streets of Baltimore City chasing the fast life that's filled with hustlas, money, expensive cars, and pure uncut drama. They see becoming the next superstar rap group as their way to make it outta the hood. As a result, they sharpen up their lyrical skills and form a gangsta rap group called The KS (Killin'em Softly) Crew. They derive the name of the group from their sexy cover girl looks and hard core rhyme style. After hooking up with Scar, another up and coming Baltimore rapper, big time drug dealer, and Takeisha's boyfriend, they are given an opportunity to become major stars in the music industry. However, after Scar and Takeisha break up and he winds up in jail on a trumped up charge, the girls are left to fend for themselves
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $9.00
Urban Books/Trade Paper
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MONEY POWER RESPECT
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Author:Erick S. Gray
My name is Ricky Johnson, and this is my story....
Where I'm from, South Jamaica Queens, making the wrong choices in life can actually make you feel like you made all the right moves, especially when you're driving around in high-end cars, spending money like it's water, and sporting the latest trends and fashions.
Since I was thirteen I've been hustling and running the streets. My theory in life is, "the more money you hold, the more respect you get." But unfortunately my lavish lifestyle came to an end, and I ended up doing a bid upstate. As a man, I should've learned from my mistakes and done right with my life. But the thing is, I got the devil, disguised as my best friend Kinko, addressing me in one ear, and then I got my family and my girl preaching to me in the next ear.
Coming home from jail and trying to do right -- it ain't easy, because you're used to the money, the power, and the respect.
Retails:$14.95
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Q-Boro Books
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THE LAST TEMPTATION
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Author:Gerald K. Malcom
Traci must find a way to complete her journey out of her first and only failed relationship before she can fully proceed with her next.
Gerald Malcom, known for his uncanny male insight, now travels into the female mind and captures it brilliantly. Strap on your seat belt as he delivers a page-turning ride that was well worth the wait! From within the literary field as rich and diverse as past artistic renaissances, Gerald Malcom delivers a refreshing, confident voice and style. In The Last Temptation, he explores the issue of closure in relationships. As always, he skillfully presents men and women in honest, raw polar opposite roles, and allows his characters to live
Retails:$14.95
C&B Price: $10.00
Q-Boro Books/Trade Paper
(September 15,2005)
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A HOLE IN MY HEART
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Author:Rose Jackson-Beavers, Edward Booker
This is a great book for teens who are experiencing problems in their life and need someone to talk to. This book encourages the reader through the character's pain to seek professional counseling and to talk about their problems with someone that they trust. It is a sp ritual novel with real teen problems.
Retails:$8.95
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Prioritybooks Publication/Trade Paper
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NO STRINGS ATTACHED
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Author:Nancey Flowers
If a MAN can have his cake and eat it, Felice can too! Here's one woman who has no problem being the "other woman" and then telling her flavor of the week, hit the road Jack, Jermaine or Tyrone. Felice Jackson is sexy, single and satisfied?or so she claims. She is an affluent, thirty-something entrepreneur who is partial owner of the successful firm Jackson and Jackson Financial Consultants. The only problem is her on-going sexual relationship with her ex-husband and business partner, Bedford Jackson. After several years of marriage, she walks in to find her beloved husband with another woman. Then she meets Aaron Cane a smart, charming and sexy basketball player. Felice believes Aaron to be the answer to her prayers. The relationship is just what she needs until... Felice is disgusted with men, but not enough to shut them out of her life physically. Felice enjoys the touch, smell, and taste of men too much to deprive herself. Instead she decides to call the shots in relationships. If a man can do it, Felice can too! Felice enjoys her no-strings-attached creed. Until her secretive past collides with her present.
Retails:$15.00
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Flowers in Bloom Publishing/Trade Paper
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A LITTLE BIT OF HONEY
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Author:Anasa Maat
Aliyah Neal, African-American, successful, intelligent, and beautiful tired of dead end relationships discovers the power of Osun, goddess of lakes and rivers, when she is led to her soul mate.
Retails:$15.00
C&B Price: $13.00
Available: October 15, 2005
Nutany Publishing/Trade Paper
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BRUISED
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Author:Azarel
With her charm, good looks and fat bank account Carlie is the prize of her family and the envy of her friends. She is a nice girl with an attraction to the wrong types of men. No one seems to understand why she would get involved with a notorious criminal. After settling into a dangerous relationship with Devon, her life takes a drastic change for the worse. Caught between his material gifts and controlling behavior she searches for a way out. The battle to save Carlie from Devon's grip puts the lives of many people in jeopardy. By the time she realizes tha
t force is needed when going up against Devon, it is too late. Carlie's fight to stay alive will keep you on edge. Will she give in? Or die trying?
Retails:$15.00
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Life Changing Books
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DRAMA CITY
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Author:Malachi
An easy to love character who has everything going for him -- youth, looks, street and book smarts, a good head on his shoulder -- everything. When he makes it out of the ghetto to pursue his dream of making it big in Hollywood, you want him to win. When he falls in love, so do you. And when his heart is broken, yours is crushed.
But Navee, like most, is willing to try his hand. Making decisions that benefit and burden him just the same. Out of nowhere he gives up his dream and leaves LA behind. He returns to D.C. to the same destruction, scene, corners and drama that he left. And drama it is... from the baby mama to the hustler's pay day, Navee is caught up.
Retails:$12.95
C&B Price: $10.00
Guppie Press
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JOHN CROW'S DEVIL
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Author:Marion James
In the village of Gibbeah--where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives--magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. In this town, a battle is fought between two men of God. The story begins when a drunkard named Hector Bligh (the "Rum Preacher") is dragged from his pulpit by a man calling himself "Apostle" York. Handsome and brash, York demands a fire-and-brimstone church, but sets in motion a phenomenal and deadly struggle for the soul of Gibbeah itself. John Crow's Devil is a novel about religious mania, redemption, sexual obsession, and the eternal struggle inside all of us between the righteous and the wicked.
Retails:$19.95
C&B Price: $17.00
Akashic Books /Hard Cover
September 1, 2005
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FORGIVE US THIS DAY
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Author:Barbara Joe-Williams
Alese is a strong willed woman with a perfect life until today. Will her ailing mother survive another heart attack? Will she lose the daughter they are trying to adopt? Is her handsome and wealthy husband having an affair?
Retails:$13.95
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Amani Publishing/Trade Paper
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FRIENDS & THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE
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Author:Valerie A. Withers
Inspired by her 'real' life relationships with six of her very good girlfriends. The first letter of each characters' name coincides with each letter in the word 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S.'. You will meet in that order: Felicity, Rachael, Ione, Evelyn, Nina, Denyse and Synthia. Each woman shares the same common denominator: to be successful, loved, respected and appreciated for the fabulous women that they are. They overcome great adversity and hardships in their lives, and manage to come out on top of their game. In everyday life there are choices that you must make, some you don't particularly like, but are necessary in order to survive.
Retails:$19.95
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SynthiaB Publishing/Trade Paper
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ADOPTION IS AUTHOR
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Author:D.A. Royster
Adoption Is . . . tells the story of one boy's adoption. This book makes it easy for parents, children, and teachers to talk about adoption.
This illustrated children's book will touch the hearts of parents, educators and children as they gain a clear understanding of one family's adoption process.
Retails:$15.99
C&B Price: $12.00
Unspeakable Joy Press/Hard Cover
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IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
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Author:Mary Monroe
Trudy Bell's whole life has been low income, depressing, and unsatisfying. When a thug robbing her father's liquor store victimizes her, she decides not to return there. From her ailing father to her steady boyfriend, her life is missing quality things: passion and hope. Looking to start a new chapter in her life, she lands a job at the Bon Voyage Travel Agency. What she does not bargain for or understand is the conflict between her and the only other black woman at the agency, Ann Oliver. Ann's inconsistent behavior infuriates Trudy enough to seek revenge, yet Trudy covets Ann's glamorous life of fine clothes, world travel, and enamored men. Her emotional struggle sets her on a self--destructive path that becomes increasingly difficult to control. Trudy learns of Ann's deceptions only when she has to face the music of her own misdeeds
Retails:$24.00
C&B Price: $24.00
Dafina Books(September1, 2005)
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ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT
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Author:Electa Rome Parks
Mercedes needs men for one thing only-and it has nothing to do with her heart. Growing up with her mother has made her sure of that. Now Mercedes has to travel home to South Georgia, where her mama, Miss Betty, is recovering from surgery. Back to the rickety old house that holds a lot of memories for her. If she could only learn to deal with the bad ones.
Because a man has come into her life, a fine, bald-headed, church-going black man-the kind of man Mercedes never dared believe in. And she's going to have to get herself together to deal with what Darius is doing to her life-and with what he's hiding about his own
Retails:$12.95
C&B Price: $10.00
NAL Trade(August 2, 2005)/Trade Paper
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