Flying off the shelves.Hardcover Fiction 1. The Other Woman/Eric Jerome Dickey ($23,95, E.P. Dutton, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-525-94724-8) Betrayal shakes up the picture-perfect marriage of a black middle-class couple in L.A.; the eighth novel by the best-selling author of Liar's Game. 2. The Sisters of APF APF, n the abbreviation for acidulated phosphate fluoride. : The Indoctrination in·doc·tri·nate tr.v. in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates 1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles. 2. of Soror Ride Dick/ Zane ($24, Atria Atria The heart has four chambers. The right and left atria are at the top of the heart and receive returning blood from the veins. The right and left ventricles are at the bottom of the heart and act as the body's main pumps. Books, ISBN 0-743-46698-5) Book-length treatment of one of Zane's most popular short-story subjects--the sexy escapades of a certain notorious sorority sorority: see fraternity. . 3. God's Gift to Women/Michael Baisden (1) ($22.95, Touchstone Books, ISBN 0-743-24692-6) A brother gets stalked by a sister he thought was a one-night stand--the third never by the best-selling author of The Maintenance Man. 4. Second Sunday/Michele Andrea Bowen Andrea Bowen (born Andrea Elizabeth Bowen on March 4, 1990 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives. ($22.95, Warner Books/Walk Worthy Press ISBN 0-446-53033-6) The author of Church Folk portrays comic behind-the-scenes machinations as a black Baptist church in St. Louis seeks the right man to succeed its minister who dies unexpectedly before the church's centennial. 5. Gettin' Buck Wild Buck Wild (born as Anthony Best) is a well known record producer who has produced hit singles for Fat Joe, Jay-Z and others. : Sex Chronicles II/Zane (2) ($24, Atria Books, ISBN 0-743-45701-3) The second volume of short stories by the reigning queen of popular black erotic fiction. Nonfiction 1. Why I Love Black Women/Michael Eric Dyson (3) ($23, Basic Civitas Books, ISBN 0-465-01763-0) The popular lecturer, professor, preacher and commentator pays tribute to the black women he admires most and who have most shaped him. 2. Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small World/Mo'Nique ($23, Atria, ISBN 0-821-22842-0) A down-to-earth comedian spreads laughter and love while sharing her secrets for "living large"--in all senses of that phrase. 3. Living History/Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , ISBN 0-821-22842-0) The Senator's memoir of her road to the White House and her challenging years as First Lady; black readers give props to a public figure who first showed respect for our communal wisdom in It Takes a Village. 4. Open Wide the Freedom Gates/Dorothy Height ($26, PublicAffairs, ISBN 0-566-48157-6) The memoir of the distinguished 90-year-old activist and leader of the National Council of Negro Women The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune, child of slave parents, distinguished educator and government consultant. Mary McLeod Bethune saw the need for harnessing the power and extending the leadership of African American women through . 5. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/E. Lynn Harris ($22.95, Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-50264-8) The long-awaited memoir of this groundbreaking popular novelist, chronicling the many difficulties and struggles in his life before he understood and learned to love himself as a gay black man. Paperback Fiction 1. The Coldest Winter Ever/Sister Souljah (1) ($7.99, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-671-02536-8) The cautionary tale of a drug kingpin's ruthless daughter by the self-styled "raptivist" has become a perennial favorite of the hip-hop generation since its 1999 publication. 2. Addicted/Zane (2) ($14, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-743-44284-9) Zane's breakout novel: Secret sex addiction almost ruins the life of a wife, mother and professional. 3. B-More Careful/Shannon Holmes ($14.95, Meow Meow Productions, ISBN 0-967-22491-8) Self-published hip-hop fiction in the vein of The Coldest Winter Ever. In hard-knocks Baltimore, where success is defined as being the pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. girlfriend of a drug dealer, will Netta find her way to other options? 4. A Hustler's Wife/Nikki Turner ($7.50, Triple Crown Publications The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , ISBN 0-970-24725-7) More self-published hip-hop fiction: Heroine Yarnise Pittman navigates her way through the streets of The Dirty South's Richmond. 5. Church Folk/ Michele Andrea Bowen ($12.95, Warner Books/Walk Worthy Press, ISBN 0-446-67887-2) A steamy morality tale of the goings-on in a rural Mississippi black Baptist church in the 1960s, through the eyes of the minister's unpretentious wife. Nonfiction 1. Finding Fish/ Antwone Quentin Fisher (1) ($13.95, HarperPerennial, ISBN 0-060-53966-0) A man's ultimate triumph over abandonment, abuse and homelessness; adapted for Denzel Washington's directorial debut Antwone Fisher. 2. The Pact/ Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt With Lisa Frazier Page ($12, Vintage Books, ISBN 0-375-71371-9) Three teens from inner-city Newark support one another in their commitment to academic achievement--all the way through medical school. A New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-seller in hardcover. 3. The Mis-Education of the Negro/ Carter G. Woodson Carter Godwin Woodson (b. December 19 1875, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia — d. April 3 1950, Washington, D.C.) was an African American historian, author, journalist and the founder of Black History Month. and Jawanza Kunjufu (3) ($14, African-American Images, ISBN 0-913-54370-5) This classic 1933 work by the father of Black History Month is published with an introduction by the publisher and activist Dr. Kunjufu. 4. Matters of the Heart: Stop Trying to Fix the Old, Let God Give You Something New/ Juanita Bynum ($13.99, Charisma House, ISBN 0-884-19832-4) The latest inspirational message from the popular minister and best-selling author of No More Sheets: The Truth About Sex. 5. The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave/ Kashif Malk Hassan-El ($3.95, Lushena Books, ISBN 0-948-39053-0) An essay analyzing the reputed advice of an 18th-century planter for controlling slaves and its residual effects among black people today. |
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