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African American Fiction & Non-Fiction January/February 2017
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Main Library Renovation Click on the image below to learn more about Transformation Main.
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New and Recently Released Fiction
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Around the Way Girls 10
by Michel Moore
Provides a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives.
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Charlotte
by Blake Karrington
Southern bred and born hustler King tries to turn his life around, wooing college-educated Sloan and trying to turn his father's drug empire into a legitimate music business, but Sloan's dark past just may be what keeps him from his dreams on the rough-and-tumble streets of Charlotte.
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Conspiracy
by De'nesha Diamond
The national best-selling author of the Divas series brings her dynamic storytelling talent to D.C.’s treacherous corridors of power—where scandal is merely the first move in a high-stakes game that makes its own rule. Original.
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Copycat
by Kimberla Lawson Roby
A standalone novel by the best-selling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series presents the story of an anti-heroine who struggles with relatable insecurities and vulnerabilities while navigating high-emotion challenges.
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Grace: A Willie Black Mystery
by Howard Owen
When an acquaintance from the old neighborhood is arrested and held responsible for the disappearance of a number of black boysùand the murder of one of themùreporter Willie Black is not so sure the man is guilty and soon launches his own investigation.
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Guarding Secrets
by Pat Tucker
Correctional Officer KenyaTaye Dunbar discovers that she¡s pregnant with the child of an inmate who is running a powerful prison gang just as he begins a flirtation with someone new and vows to make the pair pay for her unhappiness.
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No Shade
by K'wan
While planning their dream wedding, Billy is faced with more drama she can handle and Marcus finds the legitimate life he has worked so hard to build threatened by the arrival of an old crime partner.
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Murder in G Major
by Alexia Gordon
"With few other options, African-American classical musician Gethsemane Brown accepts a less-than-ideal position turning a group of rowdy schoolboys into an award-winning orchestra. Stranded without luggage or money in the Irish countryside, she figures any job is better than none. The perk? Housesitting a lovely cliffside cottage. The catch? The ghost of the cottage s murdered owner haunts the place. Falsely accused of killing his wife (and himself), he begs Gethsemane to clear his name so he can rest in peace. Gethsemane s reluctant investigation provokes a dormant killer and she soon finds herself in grave danger. As Gethsemane races to prevent a deadly encore, will she uncover the truth or star in her own farewell performance?"~Book Jacket.
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2 Timers
by Amaleka G McCall
Reunited by the death of their mother after a three-year estrangement, Harmony, Melody and Lyric, the sibling former members of a chart-topping girl group, are forced to confront the lies, deceit, addictions and betrayals that cost them their shared career.
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Watch Out for the Big Girls
by J. M. Benjamin
Preparing to take over leadership of a band of plus-sized women radicals who work professionally by day and operate as gangster bikers by night to blackmail and manipulate powerful men, Starr is targeted by a government agent who is diligently working to dismantle the group.
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Watch Out for the Big Girls 2
by J. M. Benjamin
As Starr Fields sits in jail, concocting a new plan, Diamond Morgan takes the her place in the Double Gs as Agent Reddick tries to bring them down and Queen Fem shows her displeasure over all the attention the Double Gs are getting.
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Wives, Fiancées, and Side-Chicks of Hotlanta
by Sheree Whitfield
Fashion designer and entrepreneur Sasha navigates two rival BFFs and a basketball star whose love could derail her future and reveal a side of herself even she didn't know existed.
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New and Recently Released Non-Fiction
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Alkaline Herbal Medicine: Reverse Disease and Heal the Electric Body
by Aqiyl Aniys
Alkaline Herbal Medicine gives insight into many of the herbs used to reverse disease in Dr. Sebi's African Bio Mineral Balance. It covers scientifically supported properties, preparation, doses and dosages, and how to combine herbs. It addresses alkaline foods on the Dr. Sebi nutritional guide, and their chemical affinity with and support of the electric body. ~Horizon
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The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball
by Alejandro Danois
Shares the inspiring true story of a high-school basketball team that overcame desperate circumstances in crack-challenged 1980s Baltimore to produce four NBA players and bring hope to their neighborhood, citing the pivotal contributions of former NFL player and perfectionist coach Bob Wade.
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Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali's Last Fight
by Dave Hannigan
"On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a municipal baseball field outside Nassau. A phalanx of sportswriters had pushed and shoved their way into this tiny, breeze-blocked space. In this most unlikely of settings, they had come to record the last moments of the most storied of all boxing careers. They had come to intrude upon the grief. "It's over," mumbled Ali. "It's over." The show that had entertained and wowed from Zaire to Dublin, from Hamburg to Manila, finally ended its twenty-one-year run, the last performance not so much off-Broadway, more amateur theatre in the boondocks. In Drama in the Bahamas, Dave Hannigan tells the occasionally poignant, often troubling, yet always entertaining story behind Ali's last bout. Through interviews with many of those involved, he discovers exactly how and why, a few weeks short of his fortieth birthday, a seriously diminished Ali stepped through the ropes one more time to get beaten up by Trevor Berbick. "Two billion people will be conscious of my fight," said Ali, trotting out the old braggadocio about an event so lacking in luster that a cow bell was pressed in to service to signal the start and end of each round. How had it come to this? Why was he still boxing? Hannigan answers those questions and many more, offering a unique and telling glimpse into the most fascinating sportsman of the twentieth century in the last, strange days of his fistic life. "
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Brown v. Board of Education: A fight for simple justice
by Susan Goldman Rubin
Traces the lesser-known stories of advocates and activists who risked significant danger and hardship to uphold the 1954 desegregation ruling by the Supreme Court, sharing additional information on how the NAACP carefully strategized their own responses to period racism.
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My life, My Love, My Legacy
by Coretta Scott King
The wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and singular 20th-century American civil rights activist presents her full life story, as told before her death to one of her closest confidants. Illustrations.
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Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir: Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of A Nigerian American
by Okey Ndibe
"Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential (but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency) African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe's friendships with Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, and tells of Okey's own development as a novelist; examines the differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; recalls an incident of racial profiling just 10 days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber; considers American stereotypes about Africa (and vice-versa); and juxtaposes African folk tales with Wall Street trickery. All these stories and more come together in a generous, encompassing book"
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using "The Golden Shovel" poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. This special book also includes original artwork in full-color from some of today's most exciting African American illustrators, who have created pieces of art based on Nikki's original poems. Featuring art by: Cozbi Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, Pat Cummings, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Nikki Grimes, E. B. Lewis, Frank Morrison, Brian Pinkney, Sean Qualls, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, Shadra Strickland, and Elizabeth Zunon. A foreword, an introduction to the history of the Harlem Renaissance, author's note, poet biographies, and index makes this not only a book to cherish, but a wonderful resource and reference as well"
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Rest in Power: the Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
by Sybrina Fulton
An intimate and inspiring portrait of Trayvon Martin shares previously untold insights into the movement he inspired from the perspectives of his parents, who also describe their efforts to bring meaning to his short life through the movement's pursuit of redemption and justice.
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
by John McWhorter
A linguistic expert explains the fundamentals and rich history of Black English while carefully examining the cultural, educational and political issues that have undermined recognition of the transformative, empowering dialect. 10,000 first printing.
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LIBRARY CLOSED - MAIN LIBRARY
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 2018 or 2019, All Day
Durham County Main Library
Main Library closed for renovation on January 15, 2017 and will reopen in late 2018 or early 2019.
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