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African American Fiction & Non-Fiction October 2015
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New and Recently Released Fiction
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And Sometimes I Wonder About You
by Walter Mosley
Investigating the murder of a client he initially refused to help, Leonid navigates difficult personal elements in his own life while uncovering dark secrets about the victim's old-money family and its missing heiress. By the award-winning author of the Easy Rawlins mysteries.
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Dayblack 1
by Keef Cross
DayBlack is the story of Merce, a former slave who was bitten by a vampire in the cotton fields. Four hundred years later, he works as a tattoo artist in the small town of DayBlack. As he struggles to decipher his dreams, someone from his past returns with plans for him--plans that will threaten his new way of life and turn him back into the cold-hearted killer he once was.
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A Free State
by Tom Piazza
Escaping slavery to become a street performer in mid-19th-century Philadelphia, Henry Sims hides his identity to join a troupe of white minstrels until a ruthless slave hunter threatens his life. By the award-winning author of City of Refuge.
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Grand Opening: A Family Business Novel
by Carl Weber
A series prequel follows the early years of the Duncan brothers to reveal their respective ambitions and the role of an ambitious woman in shaping their destinies.
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Hoodoo
by Ronald L. Smith
In 1930s Alabama, 12-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher is the only member of his family who seems unable to practice folk magic, but when a mysterious man called the Stranger puts the entire town at risk with his black magic, Hoodoo must learn to conjure in order to defeat him.
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Oreo
by Fran Ross
Oreo, a biracial black girl from Philadelphia, searches for her Jewish father in New York City, navigating the labyrinth of sound studios, brothels, and subway tunnels of Manhattan in a journey of self-discovery.
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The Scribe: A Novel
by Matthew Guinn
Investigating a series of murders targeting post-Civil War Atlanta's wealthiest black entrepreneurs, a disgraced former detective partners with the city's first African-American officer in a case marked by fierce racial, political and personal tensions.
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Stone Cold Liar
by Noire
Seducing her aunt's husband to secure her billionaire family's fortunes, heiress Mink works with her identical twin Dy-Nasty to exact revenge against enemies responsible for shooting their patriarch. By the Essence best-selling author of G-Spot.
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New and Recently Released Non-Fiction
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Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!
by Big Freedia
A memoir by the Fuse TV reality star and champion of the New Orleans-based Bounce movement traces the relationship between her personal life and career, her struggles with a violent youth, her survival of Hurricane Katrina and the liberation she found by embracing her artistic self.
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Black Man In a White Coat: a Doctor's Reflections On Race and Medicine
by Damon Tweedy
A graduate of Duke Medical School and Yale Law School shares his experiences grappling with racial identity, bias and the unique health problems of black Americans, examining the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine.
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Daisy Turner's Kin: An African American Family Saga
by Jane C. Beck
A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--"a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"--began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own century and more of life. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began a series of interviews with Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history.
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The Face that Changed It All: A Memoir
by Beverly Johnson
Featuring stunning never-before-seen photos, the first black supermodel to grace the cover of Vogue and one of the most successful glamour girls ever shares her childhood growing up in the racially charged 1960s, her meteoric rise to fame, her struggles with racism, drug addiction and divorce and her triumph over adversity.
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The Long Emancipation: the Demise of Slavery In the United States
by Ira Berlin
Perhaps no event in American history arouses more impassioned debate than the abolition of slavery. Answers to basic questions about who ended slavery, how, and why remain fiercely contested more than a century and a half after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. In The Long Emancipation , Ira Berlin draws upon decades of study to offer a framework for understanding slavery's demise in the United States.
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The Monkey On My Back: Breaking A Generational Curse: A Memoir
by Debbi Morgan
The Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress shares her experiences growing up in a physically abusive household, discussing both her grandmother and mother's struggles with spousal abuse and how she endured and emerged with a deep love of herself.
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Negroland: A Memoir
by Margo Jefferson
A highly personal meditation on race, sex and American culture by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic traces her upbringing and education in upper-class African-American circles against a backdrop of the Civil Rights era and its contradictory aftermath.
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This Is Woman's Work: Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves
by Dominique Christina
This Is Woman's Work introduces us to our council of inner women, delving into the secret wisdom and gifts of the Willing Woman, the Rebel, the Shapeshifter, the Warrior, and more. Combining writing exercises with fresh and dynamic insights, Dominique helps us make an intimate connection with each inner woman-known and unknown, loved and feared-so we may integrate their voices, realize their wisdom, and open ourselves to our full expression and power.
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African Writers Book Club
Tuesday, October 20,
2:15 pm
Southwest Library - Tutor Room 1
The African Writers Book Club focuses exclusively on books written by Africans. The books for 2015-2016 are: September: Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk October: Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto November: New Waw, Saharan Oasis by Ibrahim al-Koni January: Segu by Maryse Conde February: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou March: Everyday is for the Thief by Teju Cole April: Powder Necklace by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond May: The Fisherman by Chigozie Obioma
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Urban Chronicles
Tuesday, October 27,
6:00 pm
Main Library Conference Room
Call it whatever kind of fiction you want: urban, hood, inner-city, ghetto, hip-hop, street. Whatever!! Readers who love this genre join us!! We will read books by great authors such as 50 cent, K'Wan, Nikki Turner, Ashley & JaQuavis and Noire!!
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POETRY LIVE: Open Mic
Tuesday, October 20,
6:30 pm
Main Library - Auditorium
Come and share your original poetry, spoken word, or read your favorite poem. Theme for the month is Love and Madness. Event takes place in the Durham County Main Library Auditorium! Ages 12-Adult.
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KARAOKE LIVE: Open Mic
Friday, October 23,
3:00 pm
Main Library - Auditorium
Come to sing your favorite karaoke tunes. Event held in the Durham County Main Library Auditorium. Family KARAOKE fun for EVERYONE!
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Computer & Technology Classes
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Introduction to Microsoft Excel
Wednesday, October 21,
10:00 am
North Regional Library - Tutoring/Study Room #1
Learn how to create, edit, format and save a basic spreadsheet using Microsoft's Excel software. Explore basic formulas, functions and charts.
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PowerPoint Advanced
Tuesday, October 27,
10:00 am
East Regional Library Tutoring/Study Room #2
Advance beyond PowerPoint Basics using Word Art, hyperlinks, sound files and slide sorting features.
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Word Basics
Wednesday, October 28,
10:00 am
East Regional Library - Tutoring/Study Room #2
Learn basic word processing skills using Microsoft Word. Formatting, fonts, spellcheck and many more useful features will be explored.
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