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THE CRISS CROSS
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Author:Crystal Lacey Winslow
Nikki Ling, is half black and Japanese. She's independent, street-smart and the daughter of a prostitute. Living in the mean streets of East New York and Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn she's forced to make a living the only way she knows how. When a wealthy, South African diplomat asks for her hand in marriage things seem to get brighter. Until she realizes that the soft-spoken, reserved, gentleman is pathological, kinky, and sadistic. One day she meets a mysterious stranger who approaches her with the Criss Cross. Is the Criss Cross her ticket to a better life? Or will the Criss Cross ultimately become the double cross?
Noki Ling, is the half black and Japanese sister of Nikki. But she'll never admit to her black roots which are represented by her older sister. Noki is spoiled, selfish and materialistic. Her diva likeness has a compulsion for money which puts her in a compromising situation and she's forced to choose between family or finances. Is money truly the root of all evil? Or just a means of survival?
Kapri Henderson,s, love for a drug-hustler ultimately lands her in jail for over a decade. She's released and reclaims her life. Is she capable of leaving crime in her past? Or is her thirst for fast cars, men and money going to lead to her destruction?
Retails:$15.00
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WWW.URIM AND THUMMIM.GOD
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Author:David H. Swinger
When you receive your personal urim and thummim, how will you use it? What will you ask of the Creator? What if you already had this breathtaking personal access? In ancient days Lehi and Nephi received written texts from the Lord on the Liahona giving them "understanding concerning the ways of God" (1 Nephi 16). In a powerful and panoramic new novel, a quest of the world is unfolded: How would our Omniscient Heavenly Father explain the whole of Creation and the Plan of Salvation to a person who has never heard the Gospel? Dr. Holland, a lifelong biblical archaeologist, is about to find out. Following clues excavated in Egypt, Jerusalem and discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls, he finds the Jerusalem Urim and Thummim handed down from Moses to Aaron to Eleazer all the way to the First Temple?s last High Priest: Seriah ben Azariah. Hidden near the Dead Sea in 586 BC by Seriah?s personal steward Yehoniah to escape Nebochadnezzar?s destroying armies, Dr. Holland places the two precious crystals into his scientific analysis modules and is given the ultimate uplink by Deity. The story that builds from that moment, line upon line, astonishingly told through astrophysics, our myriad Earth sciences and scripture, opens a visualization of the Creation and Plan of Salvation as never before illuminated. By the end, Dr. Holland learns the worth of ALL souls is great beyond his imagining, and, a Heavenly Father and Mother lovingly await him in a home he left long ago.
Retails:$32.95
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THE ANGEL OF HARLEM
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Author:Kuwana Haulsey
A gifted, beautiful young woman in the 1920s, May Edward Chinn dreams only of music. For years she accompanies the famed singer Paul Robeson. However, a racist professor ends her hopes of becoming a concert pianist. But from one dashed dream blooms another: May would become a doctor instead--the first black female physician in all of New York.
Giddy with the wonder of the Harlem Renaissance and fueled by firebrand friends like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, May doggedly pursues her ambitions while striving to overcome the pains of her past: the death of a fianc?a lost child, and a distant father ravished by the legacy of slavery. With every grief she encounters, a resilient piece of herself locks into place. At times risking her life-attending to men stabbed in their homes and women left to die in filthy alleys-May struggles to carve out a place for herself within a medical world that still teaches that a "Negro" brain is not anatomically wired for higher thinking. Yet against the odds, she achieves her goal, starts her own practice, and becomes one of the first cancer specialists in the city.
Alive with the pulse of black unrest in 1920s New York, this beautifully textured novel moves with fearlessness and grace through a history that is by turns ugly and sublime. With Angel of Harlem, critically acclaimed author Kuwana Haulsey gives poetic voice to the story of a remarkable woman who had the courage to dream and live beyond her era's limitations
Retails:$19.95
ISBN: 0375508708
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KINKI KREATIONS
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Author:Jena Renee Williams
For parents, the ultimate styling manual for African American children with wavy, curly, and kinky hair, from an award-winning stylist to the stars who lives by the motto ?Healthy care for natural hair!?
Even with her renowned styling talents, Jena Renee Williams found herself put to the test when a sad little girl and her mother came into her salon one day. The girl?s hair was limp, nearly lifeless, and she had nasty burns on her scalp. After calling on her mental and spiritual reserves, Williams patiently worked on the girl?s hair, ultimately giving her Senegalese twists. Both mother and daughter were delighted, and their happiness over the new style inspired Williams to write a guide that would show parents how black children can celebrate their natural hair, helping them to avoid the potential damage caused by relaxers and develop self-love at an early age.
Kinki Kreations offers step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for styles that can be created in less than fifteen minutes. This innovative handbook reveals expert techniques for crowning little heads with afros, braids, cornrows, twists, and a variety of other all-natural styles. Tips for proper shampooing, caring for newborns? hair, and finding the right salon are included too. Best of all, Kinki Kreations showcases Williams?s work in dozens of adorable, helpful photographs.
A styling book with both sheen and substance, Kinki Kreations gives the world a sparkling new key to self-esteem and authentic beauty.
Retails:$12.95
ISBN: 0767913698
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A HUSBAND'S DIRTY SECRET
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Author:Nancy Weaver
Review Contributed: By Delores Thornton
In Her Presence brought tears to my eyes! Weaver has proven to be a storyteller for the ages in this saga set in the South in the 1950s. Maebelle Hawkins is a young, attractive woman when the story opens. When she moves to Derriene Crossing she meets Rufus Poygoode, a rich farmer.
Maebelle falls in love with Rufus and he seems to care for her. There is only one problem, Rufus is married. Maybelle is successful in running Mrs. Poygoode off, then Rufus and her set up housekeeping.Rufus has lots of skeletons and even believes Maybelle is his long-lost surrogate mother who sexually abused him.
He rapes Maybelle's daughters and fathers children by them. Unable to face the truth, Maybelle blames her own children. Rufus eventually rapes all of his own children by Maybelle, and later their grandchildren.
Initially, the Poygoode children aren't allowed to go to school, so they're taught the basics at home. The vicious cycle is broken by Tara Poygoode when she devises a plan for the family's escape!
Retails:$12.00
ISBN: 0974827401
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A ONE WOMAN MAN
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Author:Travis Hunter
Priest is the eldest Dupree sibling. Since their mother's drug overdose and brother Antoine's death, he has been a surrogate father to his sister, Carmen, and his brother, Dallas. His mysterious career change from policeman to drug dealer has left those closest to him distant and disappointed. Carmen is an Atlanta physician happily married, after a six-month courtship, to Sterling LaCour. In spite of her marital bliss, Priest does not trust Sterling and investigates his past. The turmoil in Carmen's life is exacerbated when her niece comes to live with her. Little brother Dallas is a well-regarded schoolteacher and successful real estate investor raising a daughter after his fiancee's death. When he is arrested based on a false accusation, the family rallies to his defense. As Carmen and Dallas experience jolts to their middle-class lives, they are desperate to rely on their brother for intervention and counsel. Happily, they learn that there is so much more to their older brother than he has shared with them. Another good Hunter novel about family love and sibling respect
Retails:$22.95
ISBN: 0375508961
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DOUBLE LIFE
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Author:Tyrone Wallace
On the malicious streets of New York City, there are two kinds of people: givers and takers. Supreme, know for taking what he wants, is chased from the big city when his criminal activities are exposed. Forced to take his show on the road, he relocates to Washington, D. C. only to meet Glory, the stripper who would forever change his life!
In time, Glory's brother employs Supreme as an enforcer in the drug game, but there's one problem. . . . Supreme is a stranger to the real hustle. Work is not in his vocabulary. His lack of diligence for the game affords him a position in one of two places. . . six feet under or life in the pen!
What will it be? . . . . . .
Double Life is an amazing story; it's an entertaining and thoroughly potent script for those who like living life in the fast lane.
Retails:$15.00
ISBN: 0974139416
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ZERO DEBT
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Author:Lynnette Khalfanai
Would you like to be free from financial worries, rest at night knowing your bills are paid, and have peace of mind when it comes to money matters? Then you need Zero Debt.
In Zero Debt, you'll discover
* How to get annoying creditors off your back
* Insider secrets to reduce interest rates or eliminate credit card late fees
* Your legal rights ? and what bill collectors can and can not do under the law
* The best strategies to clean up your credit report or fix errors in your credit file
* How to make lifestyle changes that will save you money for decades to come!
If you want to be debt-free and achieve financial freedom, you need an action plan to guide you. This book is your step-by-step plan. It?s simple. It?s easy to understand. And it works
Retails:$14.95
ISBN: 1932450750
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DARK THIRST
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An Anthology
Author:Omar Tyree, Angela C. Allen, Monica Jackson, Linda Addison and Donna Hill, and Kevin S. Brockenbrough
In the introduction to Dark Thirst, whose contents are by African Americans, editor Allen notes that vampires of color have long been part of bloodsucker lore. The vampire hero of Allen's "Vamp Noir" was banished by his kind for harboring a human and now hunts criminals. In Monica Jackson's humorous "The Ultimate Diet," Keeshia envies a thin, sultry neighbor with many lovers; when she realizes the woman is a vampire, she takes steps to become just like her, jeopardizing her closest friendship in the process. Selena, vampire heroine of Donna Hill's "The Touch," longs for a man to satisfy her cravings but continues to exhaust and consume many lovers. A steamy, sensual gathering.
Retails:$13.95
ISBN: 0743496663
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SEGU
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Author:Maryse Conde, Barbara Bray
A powerful novel of Africa's history and the men and women who determined its fate. From the East came Islam. From the West, the slave trade. The battle for Africa's soul had begun..."A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other writers have addressed... Much of the novel's radiance comes from the lush descriptions of a traditional life that is both exotic and violent.
Retails:$14.95
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GIRLS FROM THE HOOD
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Author:Nikki Turner, Chunichi
While Lady Bug's dope slaying boyfriend, Took sat in the city jail waiting to stand trial. Lady Bug was busy, recklessly spending, allowing Took's money to pass through her hands like running water. Never completely understanding that the stash money was for a rainy day. And when it rains, it pours.
Retails:$14.95
ISBN: 0974702528
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DISTANT LOVER
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Author:Gloria Mallette
Tandi has always had a tumultuous relationship with her father, Sporty, who raised his children as a single parent. Although she is married to Jared, a hardworking attorney, and has an idyllic son, she feels unloved and unappreciated. She leaves her husband and retreats to the only place she can go until she is able to make it on her own--her father's house. Her brother insists that she prolong her stay after Sporty has a stroke. After he antagonizes several home-health aides, Tandi threatens to put him in a nursing home. When an older woman comes to care for him, he miraculously begins to behave better. It is this woman's secret that finally uncovers the real reasons Sporty has been so angry and unfair to Tandi. His revelation allows her to finally let go of the disappointment and anger she has while yearning for her father's approval and love. It is also the catalyst that allows her to return to Jared with renewed appreciation for his steadfastness and true feelings for her.
Retails:$24.00
ISBN: 075820471X
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