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Queenie : a novel
by Candice Carty-Williams
Constantly compared to her white middle-class peers, a young Jamaican-British woman in London makes a series of questionable decisions in the aftermath of a messy breakup before challenging herself to figure out who she wants to be.
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Patsy : a novel
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Receiving her long-coveted visa to America, Patsy leaves behind her family in Jamaica, only to discover that life as an undocumented immigrant is not what her best friend had described.
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The confessions of Frannie Langton : a novel
by Sara Collins
A servant and former slave enduring a sensational trial for her employers' murders reflects on her Jamaican childhood and her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist whose questionable ethics set the stage for a forbidden affair.
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In West Mills
by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
A woman in mid-20th-century rural North Carolina, determined to live on her own terms in spite of community gossip, finds unexpected support from a veteran fixer who struggles with an inability to correct his own troubled past.
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Bad Men and Wicked Women
by Eric Jerome Dickey
When his pregnant and bitter daughter blackmails him for $50,000, Los Angeles enforcer Ken Swift embarks on a clash of wills that is complicated by a contract that spirals out of control, revealing the vengeful nature of a dangerous adversary.
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Over the fence
by Mary Monroe
Depression-era Southern bootleggers Milton and Yvonne Hamilton discover their neighbors are involved in dubious businesses themselves and threaten to blackmail them in order to hide their own dirty secrets, in the second novel of the series following One House Over
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Trouble in Rio : a family business novel
by Carl Weber
Cutting family ties to start over in Baltimore, Rio Duncan finds unexpected trouble in the inner circle of a heartbroken drug lord before he is forced to make a desperate escape.
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It's about time : the art of choosing the Meaningful over the urgent
by Valorie Burton
"Our culture makes it so that even the most organized and efficient among us feels the pressure of the ticking clock and the possibility and regret of missing out. Modern life has evolved in a way that sets us up for stress, pressure, and overload. New norms and attitudes tap into deeply-wired psychological impulses that make it harder than ever to take control of your time. Many of us also have innate personality traits that make the struggle even worse. No wonder time can become a tyrant that leaves us chronically stressed and discontented. It's About Time: the art of choosing the meaningful over the urgent, unlocks an approach to life that I call "living timelessly."" -- provided by publisher
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After life : my journey from incarceration to freedom
by Alice Marie Johnson
The convicted drug trafficker whose controversial life sentence was commuted by Donald Trump after serving 21 years in prison shares the story of her life, her faith and the advocacy work of Kim Kardashian West.
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Notes from a young Black chef : a memoir
by Kwame Onwuachi
The Top Chef star and "30 Under 30" Forbes honoree traces his culinary coming-of-age in both the Bronx and Nigeria, discussing his eclectic training in acclaimed restaurants while sharing insights into the racial barriers that have challenged his career.
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Survival math : notes on an all-American family
by Mitchell S Jackson
The author examines the poverty, violence, and drug culture impacting the Portland, Oregon community of his youth, examining the large and small cultural forces that shaped his family.
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Lighting the fires of freedom : African American women in the civil rights movement
by Janet Dewart Bell
A groundbreaking collection based on oral histories celebrates the lesser-known leadership of African-American women in the 20th-century fight for civil rights, drawing on first-person interviews to offer deeply personal and intimate insights into what inspired and fueled the work of nine surviving Civil Rights-era activists.
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