Tag: James Baldwin
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{New Releases} Jan 29-Feb 4, 2018
Black Fortunes by:Shomari Wells The astonishing untold history of America’s first black millionaires—former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties—self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison. […]
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{2016 New Releases} Week 18: April 25-May 1
Fiction Her Kind of Man by:Elle Wright When Mr. Right is oh so wrong I’ll never let you go . . . Allina had always dreamed of hearing those words. But when her fiancé, Isaac, utters them, it isn’t a promise-it’s a threat. Scared and confused, with only moments before the wedding, Allina knows what […]
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{Excerpt} ’Membering by: Austin Clarke
Harry J. Boyle is a burly, cheerful, self-contented, and very intelligent man. He is a creative man. He is a fair, Christian-minded, honest man. I came to this conclusion before I found out that in addition to being the best executive producer in radio, at the CBC, in its historic, beautiful building on Jarvis Street, […]
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{2015 New Releases} Week 16: April 13-19
Finding Samuel Lowe by:Paula Williams Madison This powerful debut tells the story of Paula Williams Madison’s Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. He became romantically involved with a Jamaican woman, Paula’s grandmother, and they lived together modestly with their daughter in his Kingston dry goods store, Chiney Shop. In 1920 his Chinese soon-to-be wife arrived to set […]
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