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Author
Publisher
Purely Paris Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Genelle Golden hopes a move to the Southwest will give her a chance to restart her life but when her plans fall apart she finds herself living in her car. Desmond Wright is an ex-military man dealing with an entitled adult daughter and his mother, who won't let him forget he's still single.
And that's just the beginning of the story.
A novel about family, community, new beginnings and the power of love.
Author
Series
Peachtree Cove novels volume 2
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Friday nights in Peachtree Cove are all about football. But this season, the drama isn't just on the field... In the wake of losing both of her parents, Halle Parker was certain of one thing: she wanted a family of her own. And she wasn't going to let a little thing like being single stand in her way. So, she used an anonymous donor and kept every last detail a secret--from everyone. But now, fourteen years later, Halle's daughter, Shania, is determined...
Publisher
Alamosa Public Library
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
For three million years, Colorado's San Luis Valley was filled with water: "Lake Alamosa." Then about 440,000 years ago, the water overran a volcanically created "dam," cutting a deep gorge as it flowed south and joined the Rio Grande. Today, the Valley is the world's largest alpine valley. But Lake Alamosa remains in the form of an underground aquifer that, along with the Rio Grande, nourishes this unique region. This water of life creates a place...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential strangeness of literature. The wondrous and perilous journey of the Baudelaire orphans sprung from the author’s own path, from his childhood discovery of Baudelaire’s poetry through the countless peculiarities of his pursuit of a literary life―abject...
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy. In more than a dozen stories Tiffany is candid about her highs, lows, and everything in between. If you thought you knew Tiffany Haddish, oh you had no idea. I Curse You With Joy is the equivalent of being six months into a relationship, where you’re all in—the wig is off now, no makeup, no false lashes, no heels either! Storiesrun the gamut from Tiffany’s...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life. But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with legs. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep,...
Author
Publisher
Merlin Franco
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Ace businessman, writer, and investigative journalist Richard Parker loses his job when he exposes the vegetarian CEO of his newspaper as a beef exporter. Accused of misconduct and forced to dissolve his company, he retreats to his wretched little village.
Attempting to resuscitate his life, Richard realizes that attaining enlightenment is his calling.
What holds him back?
Well, he does not know if spirituality or sexuality comes first. He must...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Jackie Ormes sees an opportunity, she takes it. She's a journalist, cartoonist, fashionista, philanthropist, and activist -- and she wants to use her artistry to bring joy and hope to Black people everywhere. But in post-World War II America, Black people are still being denied their civil rights, and Jackie has a dilemma: How can her art remain true to her signature Jackie joy, while also staying honest about the inequalities Black people have...
Author
Publisher
Christmas Lake Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Pee Dees were a tribe of roughly 500 Native Americans living around 1250 AD in Town Creek-what is now the Central Piedmont area of North Carolina. Sidanela (which translates as "family") chronicles a suspenseful season in the lives of the tribe as seventeen-year-old Red Willow, a feisty tomboy, navigates an agonizing choice. While following her fifteen-year-old brother, Running Wolf, into the woods to spy on his hunt, she witnesses him committing...
Author
Publisher
Black Privilege Publishing/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Uplifting and authentic, My Divine Natural Hair: Inspiration and Tips to Love and Care for Your Crown helps Black women embrace the God-created beauty of natural hair through inspirational readings and salon chair guidance on how to heal, consistently care for, and grow their coils. As a response to the history of discrimination against Black hair and the societal pressure Black women continue to face to alter their hair texture, My Divine Natural...
14) Flotsam
Author
Publisher
Bink Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A single cry for help can change the person who listens forever.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Flynn is called to a crime scene where a foot in a running shoe has washed up along the Pacific shoreline. While there, she meets Therese, the mother of a missing Native woman, Diyanni. The young woman has been missing for almost a month, but the local police and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have shown little interest.
Kelly resists Therese's plea...
15) Walls of Jericho
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. In their reactions to Merritt and to one another, Fishers' characters--including the prejudiced Miss Cramp who 'takes on causes the way sticky tape picks up lint, ' Merritt's housekeeper Linda, and Shine, his piano mover--provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical milieu of the times.Thematically, Fisher focuses on the idea of black unity and discovery of the...
16) Tiny blessings
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Tiny Blessings: Substitute teacher Emma Swan is making a new life for herself in charming Pink Pearl Cove, and maybe her handsome neighbor Nash Kendrick will be part of it. But who could anticipate the chaos brought by four darling dachshund puppies or the joy of love at first sight?
Dogwood Season: No matter how different Clara Delaney and her twin Sophia may be, they're both loyal to the beloved grandmother who raised them at her Dogwood Inn in...
17) Oye: a novel
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"When Miami residents are ordered to evacuate before a hurricane, everyone in Luciana's family complies, except for her beloved yet batty grandmother, Abue. Abue, normally glamorous and full of energy, is given a devastating medical diagnosis. Luciana, and the rest of the family, are heartbroken, but Abue is about as interested in getting treatment as she was in evacuating. Soon, Abue moves into Luciana's bedroom to recuperate, and though their approaches...
Author
Series
Heart of Cheyenne volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Invited by a friend to help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, and desperation leads Edward to his friend Marybeth with a proposition of marriage. After her father's death leaves her with no means of support, Marybeth Kruger has no choice but...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Kip Starling has locked himself in his Brooklyn basement study with a pistol and twenty-one gallons of Poland Spring. A publisher has given him three weeks to rewrite his book, and he must immerse himself in the mind of Mohammed el Adl, E. M. Forster's secret lover, who, like Kip, was Black, queer--an other. The similarities don't end there. Both of their lives have been deeply affected by confrontations with Whiteness, their homosexuality, their...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Set loose a herd of bison in downtown Edmonton: what could go wrong? Métis cousins Isidore “Ezzy” Desjarlais and Grey Ginther have beef with their world. With the latest racist policy rolling out. With whatever new pipeline plowing through traditional territory. With the way a treaty (aka, the army) forced the Papaschase Cree off their home on the prairie. And, on the other hand, with how Grey’s friends think if they all just went back to the...