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Beloved
Toni Morrison - Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their dazzling language and their lyric and emotional force, combine the unassailable truths of experience and emotion with the vision of legend... |
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler - Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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This highly acclaimed novel of hope and terror from award-winning author Octavia E. Butler "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" (John Green, New York Times) --now with a new foreword by N. K. Jemisin.
When global climate change and economic... |
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The Cartel
new Ashley - Urban Books; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback
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The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every year and The Cartel controls eighty percent of it The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen Carter Diamond... |
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Monster
Walter Dean Myers - Harper Collins Publishers
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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This New York Times bestselling novel and National Book Award nominee from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book... |
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley - Dell
Pages: 729
Format: Paperback
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This "bold... extraordinary... blockbuster... " (Newsweek magazine) begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based... |
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The Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah - Pocket Star
Pages: 544
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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The stunning national bestseller now features an illuminating discussion with Sister Souljah -- her secret thoughts on creating the story that has sold more than one million copies worldwide and introduced readers everywhere to the real ghetto experience. Here are answers to the questions... |
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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas - Balzer & Bray
Format: Paperback
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands... |
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker - Open Road Media
Pages: 302
Format: eBook
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon.
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around... |
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