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The Positive Prime, a book of Poetry (First published 2007) was my first book of poetry that has been idealistically inpired by the lives of my two grandfathers, who represent my "Gemini Twin" spirits. They were, during their lives, very spiritual themselves, so the poems many are idealistic in nature and also have common sense, as was life at their times, as Afro-America men.
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The definitive collection of theatrical hilarity by one of America's preeminent playwrights and humorists
The New York Times has proclaimed that "line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today." Now, this collection of his plays will remind readers far and wide of the great influence that Paul Rudnick's comic genius has had on the world of American theater.
Here are I Hate Hamlet, the play that marked...
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"Letters to the World" deals with religion, relationships, social issues, the environment, and politics. The "poetry" (mostly abstract and not in iambic meter) breaks many grammar and rhyming rules, yet delivers it's message in a spectrum of ways: from subtle metaphor to a wrecking ball.
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Journalist Arionne Nettles believes it is time Black Chicagoans receive the acclaim, the honor, and the acknowledgment of their contributions to American culture and recognition of where they truly came from.
During the Great Migration, more than a half-million Black Americans moved from the South to Chicago, and with them, they brought the blues, amplifying what would be one of the city's greatest musical artforms. In 1958, the iconic Johnson Publishing...
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ACTIVIST THE BLACK BOOK THE 14 CHAMBERS
"Activist: The Black Book - The 14 Chambers" by Lyric Hawkins is a compelling exploration of social injustice, police brutality, and the fight against racism. It is more than a book; it is a call to action, an anthem for those who refuse to be silent in the face of injustice. an anthem for change that echoes across generations.
Lyric Hawkins paints a vivid portrait of a world in need of transformation...
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Joy Miller loves life. She's happy to be able to spend time in the fields helping her father and is willing to work for anyone who needs some harvesting or planting done. But she feels like she's ready to marry and leave her demon horde existence behind. Thomas Worthington is a wealthy bank manager from Boston, who needs a wife to help him with clients and entertaining. He decides to contact a matchmaker to provide him with a mail-order bride. When...
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This work is concerned with "the Great Black Man" theory of history. This theory presents history, specifically black history, as a mural of achievements by prominent black people. He devoted a significant amount of his professional life to unearthing facts about people of African ancestry, intending these findings to be a refutation of contemporary racist beliefs about the inferiority of blacks. Books such as 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro, Sex...
8) Frog Joy
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Frog Joy is a collection of free verse and micro poems that point to the beauty in everyday moments. Beth Gulley is making her own world without a fence. Sometimes readers join her as she stains her fingers on low hanging mulberries. Other times the readers chase her along the trail and try to escape the rising flood waters. Underneath it all, a chorus of frog calls, like fingers running along the edge of a comb, echo in the damp night. Few brief,...
9) Seasons End
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Season's End by Ari Denise Haywood Release Date: January 1st, 2024
In "Season's End" by Ari Denise Haywood, enter a world where love blooms against the backdrop of impending loss, and faith becomes the guiding force for two souls entwined in an unexpected journey.Meet Princess Anastasia Renee Winterbell, a terminally ill royal who yearns for a life beyond the confines of her palace. Determined to spend her remaining days embracing happiness, Anastasia...
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The Devil doesn't like John Haynes.To take his soul, Lucifer recruits E'steem a beautiful she-demon to seduce him. If she can persuade John to compromise his beliefs and values, he'll allow her to join his Elect, a cadre of powerful demons in his inner circle.To balance the playing field in E'steem's favor, Lucifer isolates John by having him fired from his job . Unemployed and emotionally vulnerable, John eagerly takes what he thinks is the job opportunity...
11) The Bride Sale
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A Bartered Lady
Lord James Harkness is shocked to discover a "bride sale" taking place in his small English village -- and surprised by the depth of his feelings for the unfortunate gentlewoman being auctioned off by a disreputable husband. But is it honor and nobility that compel James to outbid the townfolk for the proud, beautiful lady -- or is it something more akin to . . . desire?
A Mysterious Lord
Verity Osborne is not sure whether good...
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Neutralized! After seeing John Haynes defeat gods like Thanatos and Thor, Hans Schmidt, the head of The Illuminati, an organization of the world's global elite see him as threat to their operations. Fearing the power John wields, Hans kidnaps him to show him who really rules the world. Will the head of the Global Elite finally be the one to put john in his place? Or will John show the world's most powerful man where he belongs in God's Order?
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"Duncan's polished, merciless, and frequently hilarious prose supplies a trove of pleasures all its own." - Publishers Weekly
"He is a major writer" - The Independent on Sunday
"An appallingly intelligent writer" - The Guardian
Superb...Perhaps this book will finally bring him the mainstream recognition he deserves. - Arena
'Richly satisfying. Duncan manages to fuse racial and personal dislocation beautifully in this long, seductive narrative....A...
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En 1866, Alistair, un Écossais grand et viril aux yeux bleus perçants, fait ses adieux à sa maison ancestrale à Glasgow, laissant derrière lui les collines brumeuses et les difficultés qui ont défini ses premières années. Attiré par l'attrait du rêve américain, il traverse l'Atlantique, à la recherche de réconfort et d'opportunités dans les déserts ensoleillés du Texas. Il est loin de se douter que son voyage deviendra une tapisserie...
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Stevie Stevenson graduates from college and embraces the liberating California lifestyle in award-winning author April Sinclair's follow-up to her "vivid and brilliant" (San Francisco Review of Books) debut novel Coffee Will Make You Black Growing up black in 1960s Chicago, Jean "Stevie" Stevenson came of age amid the tumult of the civil rights movement, learning to value not just her race and gender but her sexuality as well. Now, nearly a decade...
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One of "The 17 Best Summer Reads of 2019" by Harper's Bazaar!
Set in the summer of 1968, a provocative and devastating novel of individual lives caught in the grips of violent history-a timely and poignant story that reverberates with the power of Alice Walker's Meridian and Ntozake Shange's Betsey Browne.
At the end of a sweltering summer shaped by the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, race riots, political...
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A Story is a Promise offers a clear, concise look into the mechanics of how to tell a story and how a story engages and rewards the attention of an audience. Examples are used from popular books, movies, and plays, including a scene by scene breakdown of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and reviews of The Usual Suspects and the novel The Lovely Bones, which includes a story diagram to help new authors to understand how to plot a story.The Spirit of...
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An imagined conversation with Dante Alighieri written in response to the 700th anniversary of Dante's death by fellow Catholic poet, lover and master of the sonnet, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell.
In the summer of 2021, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell honored the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, by embarking on a three-month pilgrimage through the 100 cantos of The Divine Comedy, reading one canto per day. This new collection, Dear Dante, is her response...
19) Another Rumble
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The everyday hustle in the streets of the seven cities, as it pertains to Milton "Milk" Woodhouse, comes to a halt as he recovers from the gunshot wound that almost claimed his life. Milk's most recent brush with death forces him to reevaluate not only his street credibility, but also his relationship with estranged ex-wife, Sabrina Wright, whom soon finds out that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Old scores are settled with new...
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Mortally wounded by the goddess Isis in a thrilling final battle, the demon E'steem is transported to a mysterious palace. After she recovers from her injuries she learns that Lucifer, Lord of Hell has saved her life. Impressed by the treachery she participated in to attain membership among his Elect, the Prince of Darkness promotes her to position of autonomy in his Legion. However, E'steem soon learns not to trust the subtle politics transpiring...
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