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  • Reggie Jacksonby Dayn Perry

    HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99

    ?Dayn Perry, a damn fine writer, brings an insightful, fresh analysis to the career of Mr. October.? ?Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire   FoxSports.com baseball analyst and author of Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones, Dayn Perry brings us Reggie Jackson in all... more...

  • Rebellion or Revolution?by Harold Cruse; Cedric Johnson

    University of Minnesota Press 2009; US$ 19.00

    One of the leading writers of African American intellectual life in the second half of the twentieth century, Harold Cruse first came to international attention in 1967 with the publication of his influential and inflammatory book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. This fiercely opinionated and deeply informed critique of both integrationism and... more...

  • She Changes by Intrigueby Lydia Rainford

    Editions Rodopi 2005; US$ 72.80

    Contemporary feminist theorists have implied a special affinity between women and irony because of their ‘double’ relation to the prevailing order of things: both speak from within this order while remaining ‘other’ to it in some way. Irony can be regarded as the obvious mode in which a feminist might speak, as it reflects her relation... more...

  • All Aunt Hagar's Childrenby Edward P. Jones

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99

    In fourteen sweeping and sublime stories, five of which have been published in The New Yorker , the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World shows that his grasp of the human condition is firmer than ever Returning to the city that inspired his first prizewinning book, Lost in the City , Jones has filled this new collection... more...

  • Rooted in the Earthby Dianne D. Glave

    Chicago Review Press 2010; US$ 14.95

    With a basis in environmental history, this groundbreaking study challenges the idea that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. The discussion shows that contemporary African American culture is usually seen as an urban culture, one that arose out of the Great Migration and has contributed to international... more...

  • Feminist Alliancesby Lynda Burns

    Editions Rodopi 2006; US$ 56.00

    This book is about feminism, its critics, and its possible directions for change. The nine chapters raise questions about theories of sexual difference, power, justice and history. A central theme concerns the prospects for combining feminist with other, non-feminist, political perspectives. more...

  • Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journeyby Peter Guralnick; Robert Santelli; Holly George-Warren

    HarperCollins 2011; US$ 14.99

    A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them. Included in this stunning collection are Essays by David Halberstam, Hilton Als, Suzan-Lori Parks, Elmore Leonard, Luc Sante, John Edgar Wideman,... more...

  • Between Father and Sonby Eric V. Copage

    HarperCollins 2011; US$ 11.99

    Thirteen-year-old Jordan Garrison is at a crossroads. He's just about to enter high school, and his biggest worries are his new bottom-of-the-totem-pole status as an incoming freshman and his father's constant lectures about becoming a man. Growing further apart from his younger siblings?precocious eight-year-old twins?Jordan thinks his only ally... more...

  • A New Beginningby Alfred Langer; Gene Church

    Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2010; US$ 9.75

    From life in his war-torn homeland to his quest for the American dream, Alfred Langer's determination and faith helped him surmount overwhelming obstacles and hardships to reach A New Beginning. more...

  • Bulletproof Divaby Lisa Jones

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.00

    In Bulletproof Diva , Lisa  Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous   Village Voice column, "Skin Trade,"  to a much larger audience. Chock full of the  "fierce black girl humor" that has made her  column so popular, this provocative collection of  essays and observations on race, sex, identity, and  the politics of style speaks to a young... more...