Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin provides a no-holds-barred commentary on the personalities and politics of American sports. Annotation: Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin provides a no-holds-barred commentary on the personalities and...

The Reverend Curtis Black is turning over a new leaf--or is he? From "New York Times"-bestselling author Roby comes a novel featuring her beloved, rascally reverend.A man who once thrived on wickedness and counted on forgiveness, Curtis Black has changed...

Staceyann Chin has appeared on television and radio discussing issues of race and sexuality, but it is her extraordinary voice that launched her career as a performer, poet, and activist--here, she shares her unforgettable story of triumph against all...

In relationships, there's always a perfect time for everything. When things don't work the way we expect them to, we need to figure out what went wrong and fix it. But when a meaningful relationship turns sour, one must remember that ending it only means...

Synopsis: Modeled after Maria Shriver's Just Who Will You Be, Queen Latifah's goal with Put On Your Crown is to help young women build a strong sense of self-esteem. A US Dept. of Justice survey found that females ages 16-24 are more vulnerable to...

Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Dyson probes the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture. Whether along race, class or generational...

Do you want to know how and what it takes to attract a R.E.AL. man? Are you interested in knowing and learning about all the qualities that will make you 100 times more attractive to a R.E.A.L.man? Ladies, are you interested in having a successful, long...

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys a hilarious and supremely original novel set in the Hamptons in the 1980s, a tenderhearted coming-of-age story fused with a sharp look at the intersections of...

An award-winning novelist delivers her highly anticipated new historical novel set amidst the Harlem Renaissance.The seeming inevitability of cruel fate juxtaposes the triumph of the spirit in this remarkably rich and powerful novel, Glorious. Bernice...

Rubio, a former postal worker, brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor and black freedom movements. Having fought their way into postal positions and unions,...

\As the United States championed principles of freedom and equality during World War II, it denied fundamental rights to many non-white citizens. In the wake of President Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy with Latin America, African American and...

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film--a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read...

Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclaimed. Passing confronts the reality of racial passing. The novel focuses on two childhood friends Clare and...

By turns funny, smart, poignant, insightful, and engaging, What Doesn't Kill You tells how Thomasina Tee Hodges loses her job and finds herself. "I really thought I had a handle on life — then it broke off." Opinionated, straight-talking, and...

Synopsis: Drucilla from "The Young and the Restless" exposes the glamorous and drama-filled life of a soap star, on and off the stage, in this funny, beach-read of a novel.Publisher Comments: Calysta Jeffries is the hottest black actress in daytime and...

Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate...