Flying off the shelves.Hardcover. Fiction 1. God's Gift to Women/Michael Baisden ($22.95, Touchstone Books, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-743-24692-6) A brother gets stalked by a sister he thought was a one-night stand--the third novel by the best-selling author of The Maintenance Man. 2. 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 ($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' 0-743-45701-3) The fifth novel by the reigning queen of popular black erotic fiction. 3. Baby Momma Drama/Carl Weber ($24, Kensington Press, ISBN 1-575-66908-0) The title says it all for the hardcover debut from the author of the best-selling paperback original Married Men. 4. A Love of My Own/E. Lynn Harris ($24.95, Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-49270-7) The eighth novel by this pioneering author and reader favorite focuses on Manhattan's black glitterati glit·te·ra·ti pl.n. Informal Highly fashionable celebrities; the smart set: "private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati" after 9/11 prompts a few of them to reevaluate their lives. 5. Acting Out/Ben#de Little ($23, The Free Press, ISBN 0-684-85480-5) In this third novel by the author of Good Hair, a black soccer mom soccer mom n. An American mother living in the suburbs whose time is often spent transporting her children from one athletic activity or event to another. rethinks her life choices when her husband leaves her and the kids for a younger, flashier woman. Nonfiction 1. Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir/Dexter Scott King Scott Glenndale Martin King (born June 25, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in only two National Hockey League games for the Detroit Red Wings, but is known for his great play for the Toledo Storm. ($24.95, Warner Books, ISBN: 0-446-52942-7) Dr. King's youngest son grapples with the legacy of the martyred civil rights leader. 2. Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives/ Spencer Crew and Cynthia Goodman ($24.95, Bulfinch Press, ISBN 0-821-22842-0) The companion volume to the powerful HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy documentary, with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 3. Why I Love Black Women/Michael Eric Dyson ($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. 4. Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing and Hope From Black America/Tavis Smiley ($22.95, Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-50514-0) This inspirational anthology, edited and with an introduction by the popular radio host and TV personality, includes well-known and lesser-known contributors. 5. Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston/ Valerie Boyd ($30, Scribner, ISBN 0-684-84230-0) The critically acclaimed biography of the complex woman who was a pioneering anthropologist, novelist and key Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of African Americans from the rural agricultural South to the urban industrial North figure. Paperback Fiction 1. The Coldest Winter Ever/Sister Souljah ($7.99, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-671-02536-8) The cautionary tale A cautionary tale is a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger. There are three essential parts to a cautionary tale, though they can be introduced in a large variety of ways. 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 ($14, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-743-44284-9) Zane's breakout novel: A secret sex addiction almost ruins the life of a black wife, mother and professional. 3. Men Cry in the Dark/Michael Baisden ($13.95, Legacy Publishing, ISBN 0-964-36751-3) A first novel about the lives and loves of four black friends from Chicago's South Side; it launched this self-published phenomenon's best-selling career. 4. Between Lovers/Eric Jerome Dickey ($7.50, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-20467-0) The heroine juggles two lovers--one male, one female. By E. Lynn Hams's closest competitor on best-seller lists. 5. Their Eyes Were Watching God/Zora Neale Hurston ($13.95, Perennial Classics, ISBN 0-060-93141-8) This classic 1937 novel features the memorable Janie Starks, who follows her own self-determined path in life and love in the 1930s rural South. Nonfiction 1. Finding Fish/Antwone Quentin Fisher ($13.95, HarperPerennial, ISBN 0-060-53986-0) The inspiring memoir of a man's ultimate triumphs over abandonment, abuse and homelessness; adapted for Denzel Washington's directorial debut Antwone Fisher  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . . 2. Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word/ Randall Kennedy Randall L. Kennedy is a professor at Harvard Law School. He is the author of Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, Race, Crime, and the Law and Interracial Intimacy. ($12, Vintage Books, ISBN 0-375-71371-9) The provocative study by a Harvard legal scholar (who is black). 3. The Mis-Education of the Negro/Carter G. Woodson and Jawanza Kunjufu ($14, African-American Images, ISBN 0-913-54370-5) This classic1933 work by the father of Black History Month is published with an introduction by Dr. Kunjufu, who owns the African-American Images imprint. 4. Black Like Me (35th Anniversary Edition)/John Howard Griffin ($6.99, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-19203-6) A reissue of the classic 1965 account by a white journalist who darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. his skin to live as an "undercover brother" in the segregated South. 5. Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story/Michael Datcher ($14, Riverhead riv·er·head n. The source of a river. Books, ISBN 1-573-22330-1) Another black man-child in urban America finds his way and writes sensitively about the journey; a The Today Show Book Club selection, recommended by Terry McMillan. |
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