Flying off the shelves.Hardcover Fiction 1. The Other Woman/ Eric Jerome Dickey Eric Jerome Dickey (born July 7, 1961) is a best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life. Biography Eric Jerome Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee and attended the University of Memphis, where he earned a degree in (1) ($23.95, 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/ Zane (2) ($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 (3) ($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 novel by the best-selling author of The Maintenance Man. 4. Nervous/Zane ($24.00, Atria Books, ISBN 0-743-45705-6) A sexually omnivorous omnivorous eating both plant and animal foods. alternate personality wreaks havoc in the life and mind of the normally shy and repressed re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. Jonquinette Peirce, who seeks help from the psychiatrist we first met in Zane's best-selling novel Addicted. 5. Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do/Pearl Cleage ($23.95, One World/Strivers Row, ISBN 0-345-45606-8) In Pearl Cleage's third novel, protagonist Regina Burns makes herself, her life, and her ability to give and receive love whole again after rejection, heartbreak, drug addiction and further devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. tragedy. Nonfiction 1. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/ E. Lynn Harris E. Lynn Harris is an Black American author, (b. June 20, 1955). Harris writes primarily about African American men on the down low or in the closet; Harris confirmed that he is a homosexual. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Atlanta, Georgia. (5) ($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. 2. Wendy's Got the Heat/ Wendy Williams ($24, Atria Books, ISBN 0-743-47021-4) The popular New York radio personality and celebrity gossip diva's frank account of her own life in the fast lane. 3. Skinny Women Are Evil/ Mo'Nique (2) ($23, Atria Books, 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. 4. Open Wide the Freedom Gates/ Dorothy I. Height (4) ($26, PublicAffairs, ISBN 0-586-48157-6) 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. Why I Love Black Women/Michael Eric Dyson (1) ($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. Paperback Fiction 1. A Hustler's Wife/ Nikki Turner (4) $15, Triple Crown, 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. 2. Been There Done That/Darrien Lee $15, Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster 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 1-593-09001-3) A successful black architect confronts deep-seated and conflicting personal issues; sequel to the popular All That and a Bag of Chips All That And A Bag Of Chips (sometimes abbreviated as The Chips or ATAABOC)are a five-piece group from Oslo, Norway who self-describe the genre of their music as "kitsch-rock". . 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. B-More Careful/Shannon Holmes (3) ($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? Nonfiction 1. The Mis-Education of the Negro/Carter G. Woodson (3) ($9.50, African-American images, ISBN 0-913-54370-5) This classic 1933 work by 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. , the father of Black History Month is published with an introduction by the publisher and activist Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu. 2. The Pact/Davis, Jenkins, Hunt and Page (2) $12, Vintage Books, ISBN 0-375-71371-9) Three teens from inner-city Newark support one another in their commitment to academic achievement. A New York Times best-seller. 3. Finding Fish/ Antwone Quentin Fisher (1) $13.95, HarperPerennial, ISBN 0-060-53986-0) A man's ultimate triumph over abandonment, abuse and homelessness; adapted for Denzel Washington's directorial debut Antwone Fisher. 4. The Autobiography of Malcolm X/Malcolm X. and Alex Heley ($7.99, African American images, ISBN 0-345-35068-5) The classic memoir of the powerful and influential black thinker and leader, originally published in 1965 as told to Alex Haley. 5. Matters of the Head/ Juanita Bynum (4) ($13.99, Charisma House, ISBN 0-884-19832-4) The latest inspirational message from the popular prophetess and best-selling author of No More Sheets: The Truth About Sex. |
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