Flying off the shelves.The Flying Off the Shelves lists are compiled from retail sales data received from independent bookstores. Numbers in parenthesis parenthesis: see punctuation. The left parenthesis "(" and right parenthesis ")" are used to delineate one expression from another. For example, in the query list for size="34" and (color = "red" or color ="green") indicate last issue's position. Hardcover Fiction 1. Chasing Destiny/ 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 (2) ($24.95, Doubleday, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-385-51272-4) The ever-popular novelist delivers a tangled domestic tale complicated by divorce, reconciliation and a runaway teen. 2. I Say a Little Prayer/E. Lynn Harris (1) ($21.95, Dutton, ISBN 0-525-94950-X) Harris's latest best-seller explores gay/bisexual love, heartbraak and sin in the settting of an Atlanta megachurch meg·a·church n. A large, independent, usually nondenominational worship group, especially one formed as an offshoot of a Protestant church. Also called seeker church. . 3. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns/ J. California Cooper Joan California Cooper is an African-American playwright and author. (4) ($23.95, Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-51133-7) A refreshing collection of short stones, narrative literary fiction genre from a venerated author. 4. So You Call Yourself a Man/Carl Weber ($24, Dafina Books/Kensington, ISBN 0-758-20718-2) Three best friends who've grown up together from young boys to men. 5. Baby Brother's Blues: A Novel/Pearl Cleage (3) ($23.95, One World/Ballentine, ISBN 0-345-48110-0) Wesley "Baby Brother" Jameson goes on leave from military duty in Iraq to attend his mother's funeral. Nonfiction 1. Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete/William C. Rhoden (new) ($23.95, Crown, ISBN 0-609-60120-2) The 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 sports columnist pulls no punches in his provocative assessment of the state of the African athlete end today's sports industry. 2. Come Hell or High Water Adv. 1. come hell or high water - in spite of all obstacles; "we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water" no matter what happens, whatever may come . Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster/ Michael Eric Dyson ($23, Basic Civitas Books, ISBN 0-465-01761-4) A searing sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. assessment on the meaning of Hurricane Katrina, displaying the author's political passion and intellectual rigor rigor /rig·or/ (rig´er) [L.] chill; rigidity. rigor mor´tis the stiffening of a dead body accompanying depletion of adenosine triphosphate in the muscle fibers. . 3. Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American Worship Experience/ Jason Miccolo Johnson (new) ($29.95, Bulfinch, ISBN 0-821-25790-0) A photographic celebration of the black church by a veteran photojournalist who was also an official photographer in the AME See AIT. church. 4. Secret Daughter: A Mixed Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away/June Cross (New,) ($24.95, Viking, ISBN 0-670-88555-X) A clear-eyed, autobiographical narrative about how Cross pieced together a satisfying and successful life from the challenging circumstances of her childhood. 5. Letters to a Young Brother. MANifest Your Destiny/ Hill Harper (3) ($20, Gotham, ISBN 1-592-40200-3) Ivy League grad and successful actor (on TV's CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International : NY) shares his advice on personal development. Paperback Fiction 1. Riding Dirty on 1-95/ Nikki Turner (3) ($13.95, One World/Ballantine [Nikki Turner Original], ISBN O-345-47684-O) The enterprising author continues her success with an urban novel of life on the drug thoroughfare. 2. Mina's Joint/ Keisha Ervin (New) ($15, 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 0-976-78945-0) Mina James is on her way up in the world, but she is still plagued by the uncertainties about who she reall is. 3. Fever/Geneva Holliday (4) ($12.95, Broadway, ISBN 0-767-92115-1) Some robbing-the-cradle action highlights a Sex and the City-like tale by author Bernice McFadden writing under a nom de plume nom de plume n. pl. noms de plume See pen name. [French : nom, name + de, of + plume, pen. . 4. Candy Licker/Noire (1) ($13.95, One World/Ballentine, ISBN 0-345-48647-1) Urban erotic fable about an aspiring singer whose life is ruled by a mega producer. 5. A Sin and a Shame/Victoria Christopher Murray (5) ($14, Touchstone, ISBN 0-743-28737-1) One of Christian fiction's most popular authors brings back a character who is trying to mend her ways, but really needs Jesus. Nonfiction 1. The Covenant With Black America/ Edited by Tavis Smiley (1) ($12, Third World Press, ISBN 0-883-78277-4) Essays by leading black thinkers on the challenges and opportunities for the future of African Americans. 2. The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave/Kashif Malik Hassan-el (2) ($3.95, Lushena Books, ISBN 0-948-39053-0) An essay analyzing the reputed advice of an 18th-century planter for controlling slaves and the residual effects of the plantation system among black people today. 3. The Mis-Education of the Negro/Carter G. Woodson ($9.50, African American Images, ISBN 0913-54370-5) Now a perennial best-seller, this classic 1933 work by the father of Black History Month is published with an Introduction by Dr. Jawenza Kunjufu. 4. Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education/Jawanza Kunjufu (New) ($15.95, African American Images, ISBN 0-974-90002-8) In response to the disproportionate numbers of black boys in special education programs, here are strategies for teachers and parents to support successful learning in mainstream classrooms. 5. Hip Hop Street Curriculum: Keeping It Real /Jawanza Kunjufu (New) ($12.95, African American Images, ISBN 0-974-90005-2) A motivational book addressing young black teens on their own terms, the book is also helpful to teachers and parents. |
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