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A Mercy
Written by Toni Morrison
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $23.95
A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.
In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were... Read more >
Written by Toni Morrison
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $23.95
A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.
In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download and in
large print trade paperback.
President Lincoln
The Duty of a Statesman
Written by William Lee Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95
In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's... Read more >
The Duty of a Statesman
Written by William Lee Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95
In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's... Read more >
Sellout
The Politics of Racial Betrayal
Written by Randall Kennedy
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $13.95
In this incisive and unflinching study, Randall Kennedy, author of Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, tackles another stigma of America's racial discourse: “selling out.” He explains the origins of the concept and shows how fear of this label has haunted prominent members of the black community—including, most recently... Read more >
The Politics of Racial Betrayal
Written by Randall Kennedy
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $13.95
In this incisive and unflinching study, Randall Kennedy, author of Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, tackles another stigma of America's racial discourse: “selling out.” He explains the origins of the concept and shows how fear of this label has haunted prominent members of the black community—including, most recently... Read more >
Slavery By Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Written by Douglas A. Blackmon
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.95
In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.
Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Douglas A. Blackmon... Read more >
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Written by Douglas A. Blackmon
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.95
In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.
Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Douglas A. Blackmon... Read more >
Basketball Jones
Written by E. Lynn Harris
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $22.95
Written by E. Lynn Harris
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $22.95
E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he’s back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists—a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail.
Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the...
Best African American Fiction
2009
Edited by E. Lynn Harris and Gerald Early
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
2009
Edited by E. Lynn Harris and Gerald Early
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
Best African American Essays
2009
Edited by Debra J. Dickerson and Gerald Early
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing solely by African Americans. Here are remarkable essays on a variety of subjects informed by—but not necessarily about—the experience of blackness as seen through the eyes of some of our finest writers.
From art, entertainment, and science to technology, sexuality, and current... Read more >
2009
Edited by Debra J. Dickerson and Gerald Early
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing solely by African Americans. Here are remarkable essays on a variety of subjects informed by—but not necessarily about—the experience of blackness as seen through the eyes of some of our finest writers.
From art, entertainment, and science to technology, sexuality, and current... Read more >
Best African American Fiction
2009
Edited by E. Lynn Harris and Gerald Early
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $23.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year's most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
2009
Edited by E. Lynn Harris and Gerald Early
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $23.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year's most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Best African American Essays
2009
Edited by Debra J. Dickerson and Gerald Early
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $23.00
This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing solely by African Americans. Here are remarkable essays on a variety of subjects informed by—but not necessarily about—the experience of blackness as seen through the eyes of some of our finest writers.
From art, entertainment, and science, to technology, sexuality, and current... Read more >
2009
Edited by Debra J. Dickerson and Gerald Early
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $23.00
This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing solely by African Americans. Here are remarkable essays on a variety of subjects informed by—but not necessarily about—the experience of blackness as seen through the eyes of some of our finest writers.
From art, entertainment, and science, to technology, sexuality, and current... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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