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Let Nobody Turn Us Around

An African American Anthology

by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Richard Allen, Molefi Kete Asante, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Cyril V. Briggs, Stokely Carmichael, Frederick Douglass, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, Olaudah Equiano, Louis Farrakhan, Henry Highland Garnet, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, bell hooks, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Audre Lorde, Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Claude McKay, Elijah Muhammad, Huey P. Newton, Solomon Northrup, Rosa Parks, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., A Philip Randolph, Paul Robeson, Jo Ann Robinson, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Bayard Rustin, Maria W. Stewart, Mary Church Terell, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, David Walker, Booker T. Washington, Harold Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Roy Wilkins, William Julius Wilson ...

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important controversies of each period ... Read more

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This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important controversies of each period
... Read more
Purple Power

The History and Global Impact of SEIU

by Luís LM Aguiar, Joseph A. McCartin, Adrienne E Eaton, Janice Fine, Euan Gibb, Laurence Hamel-Roy, Tashlin Lakhani, Yanick Noiseux, Benjamin L Peterson0, Allison Porter1, Alyssa May Kuchinski2, Maite Tapia3, Veronica Terriquez4, Kyoung-Hee Yu5 ...

Series series Working Class in American History
Chartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half the membership while people in minority groups make up approximately forty percent.Luís LM Aguiar and Joseph A. McCartin edit essays on one of ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Chartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half the membership while people in minority groups make up approximately forty percent.Luís LM Aguiar and Joseph A. McCartin edit essays on one of
... Read more
Knowing Him by Heart

African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

by Rodney O. Davis, Douglas L. Wilson, Michael Burlingame, Richard Carwardine, Edna Greene Medford, James Oakes, Matthew Pinsker0, Gerald J Prokopowicz1, John R Sellers2, Jennifer L Weber3, Frederick Douglass4, H. Ford Douglas5, Thomas Hamilton6, Robert Hamilton7, Jabez P Campbell8, Henry McNeal Turner9, Daniel Alexander Payne0, Henry Highland Garnet1, Philip A Bell2, Edward M Thomas3, Alfred P Smith4, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper5, George B Vashon6, Thomas Strother7, Ezra R Johnson8, Alexander T CPS9, James Smith0, Alexander T Augusta1, Jeremiah B Sanderson2, Osborne P Anderson3, Thomas Morris Chester4, James H Hudson5, John Proctor6, Robert Purvis7, Hannah Johnson8, Leonard A Grimes9, Jeremiah Asher0, John Willis Menard1, Henry African Civilization Society2, William Florville3, Henry Johnson4, Thomas R Street5, John H Morgan6, Mattild Burr7, Amos G Beman8, Richard H Cain9, Jean Baptiste Roudanez0, Arnold Bertonneau1, George E North Carolina Freedmen2, Don Carlos Rutter3, George E Stephens4, James W.C Pennington5, S.W. "Africano"6, Annie Davis7, S.W. Chase8, Sojourner Truth9, Martin Delany0, George Washington1, Isaac J Hill2, Alexander H Newton3, Jacob Thomas4, Angeline R Demby5, Henry O Wagoner6, George W Le Vere7, Elizabeth Keckley8, Paul Trevigne9, Thomas N.C Liverpool0, H Cordelia1, George Washington Williams2, Emmanuel K Love3, William S Scarborough4, John Mercer Langston5, Peter H Clark6, EWS Hammond7, Charles W Anderson8, Booker T Washington9, Harriet Tubman0, Julius F Taylor1, Ida B Wells-Barnett2, Paul Laurence Dunbar3, Elizabeth Thomas4, Archibald H Grimke5, Elizabeth Keckly6, William A Sinclair7, Jesse Max Barber8, Mary Church Terrell9, T. Thomas Fortune0, Reverdy C Ransom1, W. E. B Du Bois2, William Monroe Trotter3, Maude K Griffin4, Hightower T Kealing5, Silas X Floyd6, George L Knox7, Thomas S Inborden8, George W Henderson9, William Pickens00, Kelly Miller01, Etta M. T. Cottin02, John M Gandy03, Fred R Moore04, Sylvanie F Williams05, Harry C Smith06, James H Magee07, James L Curtis08, John W. E. Bowen Sr09, Cora J Ball10, Thomas Nelson Baker11, Josephine Silone Yates12, James Weldon Johnson13, William H Lewis14, John H Murphy Sr15, Robert R Wright Sr16, Theophile T Allain17, Oliva Ward Bush-Banks18, Richard W Gadsden19, Edward A Johnson20, Alice Dunbar-Nelson21, Hubert H Harrison22, Carter G Woodson23, Robert R Moton24, Georgia Douglas Johnson25, LANGSTON HUGHES26, Charles Chesnutt27, Walter White28, Lamar Perkins29, Samuel A Haynes30, William E Lilly31, Robert L Vann32, William Lloyd Imes33, Eugene Gordon34, Arthur W Mitchell35, Grace Evans36, Aaron H Payne37, Claude McKay38, Roscoe Conkling Simmons39, Joel A Rogers40, Mary McLeod Bethune41, John Hope Franklin42, Ella Baker43, Luther Porter Jackson44, Willard Townsend45, Ralph J Bunche46, Roy Wilkins47, Mordecai W Johnson48, Carl J Murphy49, Jackie Robinson50, Martin Luther King Jr51, Thurgood Marshall52, Edith Sampson53, Benjamin Quarles54, St. Clair Drake55, Charles H Wesley56, Daisy Bates57, Julius Malcolm X58, Gwendolyn Brooks59, Julius Lester60, Lerone Bennett Jr61, Henry Lee Moon62, John H Sengstacke63, Norman E. W. Hodges64, Arvarh E. Strickland65, Mary Frances Berry66, Vincent Harding67, Clarence Thomas68, Barbara Jeanne Fields69, Henry Louis Gates Jr70, Barack Obama71 ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the ... Read more

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Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the
... Read more
Through a Glass, Darkly

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Quest to Solve The Greatest Mystery of All

by Stefan Bechtel, Laurence Roy Stains ...

This award-winning history explores Sherlock Holmes' creator Arthur Conan Doyle's obsession with the spiritualism movement.ASJA Award-Winner in the Biography/History CategoryIs it possible to make direct contact with the dead? Do the departed seek to make contact with us? The conviction that both things are true was the cornerstone of spiritualism, a kind of do-it-yourself religion that swept the ... Read more

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This award-winning history explores Sherlock Holmes' creator Arthur Conan Doyle's obsession with the spiritualism movement.ASJA Award-Winner in the Biography/History CategoryIs it possible to make direct contact with the dead? Do the departed seek to make contact with us? The conviction that both things are true was the cornerstone of spiritualism, a kind of do-it-yourself religion that swept the
... Read more
Intimate Strangers

The Letters of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy

by Margaret Laurence, Gabrielle Roy ...

The books of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy are among the most beloved in Canadian literature. In 1976, when both were at the height of their careers, they began a seven-year written correspondence. Laurence had just published her widely acclaimed The Diviners, for which she won her second Governor-General’s Award, and Roy had returned to the centre of the literary stage with a series of ... Read more

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The books of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy are among the most beloved in Canadian literature. In 1976, when both were at the height of their careers, they began a seven-year written correspondence. Laurence had just published her widely acclaimed The Diviners, for which she won her second Governor-General’s Award, and Roy had returned to the centre of the literary stage with a series of
... Read more

Their eyes were watching god

by Zora Neale Hurston ...

Janie Crawford, a light, long-legged, self-sufficient and eloquent woman. Sets out to be her person. A no common feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's journey for identity takes her through three wedlock and into a course back to her roots. A remarkable classic by Zora Neale Hurston that you can't put down. With inspirational insights and encouragement, this book helps you experience a ... Read more

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Janie Crawford, a light, long-legged, self-sufficient and eloquent woman. Sets out to be her person. A no common feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's journey for identity takes her through three wedlock and into a course back to her roots. A remarkable classic by Zora Neale Hurston that you can't put down. With inspirational insights and encouragement, this book helps you experience a
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The Redhead Revealed

by Alice Clayton ...

Series series The Redhead Series
T****he sexy follow-up to Unidentified Redhead from USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton is a magical mix of humor and heat.As their careers catch fire, Grace and Jack—everyone’s favorite couple—find themselves on opposite coasts. Grace has landed in New York City, where she loves being onstage again, playing a fabulous character in a musical written by her old college flame, Michael. Their ... Read more

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T****he sexy follow-up to Unidentified Redhead from USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton is a magical mix of humor and heat.As their careers catch fire, Grace and Jack—everyone’s favorite couple—find themselves on opposite coasts. Grace has landed in New York City, where she loves being onstage again, playing a fabulous character in a musical written by her old college flame, Michael. Their
... Read more

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The Unidentified Redhead

by Alice Clayton ...

Series series The Redhead Series
Now available in eBook, USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton’s debut novel is a playful and erotic romance between an aspiring actress and Hollywood’s hottest new leading man.When Grace Sheridan returns to Los Angeles to become a working actress, it’s a second shot at a life-long dream. With some help from her best-friend agent, will that dream become a reality—or at thirty-three, has Grace ... Read more

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Now available in eBook, USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton’s debut novel is a playful and erotic romance between an aspiring actress and Hollywood’s hottest new leading man.When Grace Sheridan returns to Los Angeles to become a working actress, it’s a second shot at a life-long dream. With some help from her best-friend agent, will that dream become a reality—or at thirty-three, has Grace
... Read more
Castle Hill

A Joss and Braden Novella

by Samantha Young ...

Series series On Dublin Street Series
In the New York Times bestselling novel On Dublin Street, Joss and Braden fought for their happily ever after. Now, in a romantic new novella, they’ll discover what comes after the happy ending…Braden Carmichael never imagined he’d fall as hard and as fast as he did for Jocelyn Butler. He also could not have anticipated how difficult it would be to convince her to give in to love. But now that he ... Read more

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In the New York Times bestselling novel On Dublin Street, Joss and Braden fought for their happily ever after. Now, in a romantic new novella, they’ll discover what comes after the happy ending…Braden Carmichael never imagined he’d fall as hard and as fast as he did for Jocelyn Butler. He also could not have anticipated how difficult it would be to convince her to give in to love. But now that he
... Read more

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Four Years Later

A Novel

by Monica Murphy ...

Series Book 4 - One Week Girlfriend Quartet
The New York Times bestselling author of Lonely for Only You and A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime concludes her sensational One Week Girlfriend series with this sexy story of two college kids with nothing in common but a bunch of baggage and a burning attraction.“As always, Monica Murphy gives us such great characters, giving them such depth and emotions that it’s hard not to love them from the ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Lonely for Only You and A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime concludes her sensational One Week Girlfriend series with this sexy story of two college kids with nothing in common but a bunch of baggage and a burning attraction.“As always, Monica Murphy gives us such great characters, giving them such depth and emotions that it’s hard not to love them from the
... Read more
Screwdrivered

by Alice Clayton ...

Series series The Cocktail Series
The Cocktail series continues with this madcap romantic comedy about bodice ripping and chest heaving, fiery passion and love everlasting as a romantic at heart works to not fall for the engineer next door.By day, Viv Franklin is a tough-as-nails software engineer who designs programs and loves hospital corners. By night, Vivian’s a secret romance novel junkie who longs for a knight in shining ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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The Cocktail series continues with this madcap romantic comedy about bodice ripping and chest heaving, fiery passion and love everlasting as a romantic at heart works to not fall for the engineer next door.By day, Viv Franklin is a tough-as-nails software engineer who designs programs and loves hospital corners. By night, Vivian’s a secret romance novel junkie who longs for a knight in shining
... Read more

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Rusty Nailed

by Alice Clayton ...

Series series The Cocktail Series
In this laugh-out-loud, steamy contemporary romantic comedy—sequel to Wallbanger (now a Passionflix original film)—Caroline Reynolds and Simon Parker try the next big relationship step while house-sitting in gorgeous Sausalito.Playing house was never so much fun—or so confusing. With her boss on an extended honeymoon, Caroline’s working crazy-long hours to keep the interior design company running ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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In this laugh-out-loud, steamy contemporary romantic comedy—sequel to Wallbanger (now a Passionflix original film)—Caroline Reynolds and Simon Parker try the next big relationship step while house-sitting in gorgeous Sausalito.Playing house was never so much fun—or so confusing. With her boss on an extended honeymoon, Caroline’s working crazy-long hours to keep the interior design company running
... Read more

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