Fiction
The Golden Apple: Changing the Structure of Civilization - Volume 3 - Aftermath
This book, the third in the author’s series examining the impact of symbols on human behavior, boldly corrects the record on the interpretation of James George Frazer’s classic work, The Golden Bough. Frazer presented how symbolism affects humanity from beginning to...
$19.95
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
"To travel through the nineteen works of poetry and prose in this remarkable anthology is to experience Trinidad and Tobago through a kaleidoscopic lens. The writings are grouped into four historically significant periods ('Leaving Colonialism,' 'Facing Independence,' 'Looking In,' and...
$15.95
Trinidad Noir (Akashic Noir)
Trinidad Noir reveals the Caribbean island’s darkness and its appeal with an unexpected and gratifying result.Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea...
$16.95
To Funk and Die in LA (A D Hunter Mystery)
"Ex-bodyguard D Hunter travels from Brooklyn to Los Angeles to investigate the circumstances surrounding his grandfather's murder in the fourth entry in this series by critic and journalist George...read this for its passionate and unresolved argument about the still-beating heart...
$15.95
To Funk and Die in LA (A D Hunter Mystery)
"Ex-bodyguard D Hunter travels from Brooklyn to Los Angeles to investigate the circumstances surrounding his grandfather's murder in the fourth entry in this series by critic and journalist George...read this for its passionate and unresolved argument about the still-beating heart...
$17.52
The White House
"The White House is a fast-paced thriller that doesn't disappoint."--Urban Reviews"White House by JaQuavis Coleman starts with a bang and will leave you wanting more."--Book Referees"Kidnapping, murder, and mayhem lead [Draya]--and the reader--through a harrowing and twisting plot to an explosive ending...
$11.95
The Warmest December
"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction."--Publishers Weekly"Riveting. . ....
$15.95
The System of Dante's Hell (AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series)
"Much of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lost motion of the age...the special agony of the American Negro."--New York Times Book Review"A fevered and impressionistic riff on the struggles of blacks in the urban North...
$17.95
The Sexy Part of the Bible: A Novel
Number 7 on HEY, SMALL PRESS's Best Of 2011 list (heysmallpress.org)!"From the malignant forces of racism and sexism to corruption and cloning, Boof catwalks her way through a shrewdly satirical, erotic, and suspenseful novel of defiance."--Booklist"Boof spins surrealism, sci-fi, racial...
$15.95
The Roving Tree
One of the South Florida Times's Best Bets For Your Weekend!Essence Magazine: Summer Reading Pick!"Augustave, a first-time novelist, pens a well-balanced story about a young woman, caught between two worlds, who struggles to connect with her heritage...a polished narrative that addresses...
$15.99
The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel (A D Hunter Mystery)
Finalist for the 2012 NAACP Image Award in Literature! "George is an ace at interlacing the real dramas of the world...the book's slim length and flyweight depth could make it an artifact of this particular zeitgeist in American history. Playas and...
$15.95
The Lunatic
In this outrageously out-of-order, hilarious novel, the reader discovers that lunacy is by no means restricted to the village madman, and that goodness and forgiveness may be rarer qualities, found in unexpected places.Aloysius is tolerated by neighbors but forced to...
$15.95
The Lost Treasures of R&B: The D Hunter Mysteries, Book 3 (HB)
Nominated for the Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize for Fiction"This is a fine mystery and [protagonist] D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marloew, Spenser, Dave Robicheaux, or Easy Rawlins. A definite yes to purchase...
$24.95
The Lost Treasures of R&B: The D Hunter Mysteries, Book 3
Nominated for the Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize for Fiction"This is a fine mystery and [protagonist] D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marloew, Spenser, Dave Robicheaux, or Easy Rawlins. A definite yes to purchase...
$15.95
The Gospel According to Cane
Nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction!Publishers Weekly has named The Gospel According to Cane a 2012-13 "Notable African-American Title""A mother's love is unbreakable, as Frank O'Connor Award–nominee Newland demonstrates in his latest novel...The storytelling is as captivating as the story...
$15.95
The Freedom Artist
An impassioned plea for freedom and justice, set in a world uncomfortably like our own, by the Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri. An NPR Best Book of 2020! "With the stark power of myth, this political allegory evolves into an...
$16.95
The Family Mansion: A Novel
"The brutalities of Jamaica's past and the myriad social and cultural contradictions that contributed to it are conveyed with a genuine fondness for this complicated and conflicted place. A surprising, and surprisingly sophisticated, approach to historical fiction."--Publishers Weekly“Jamaica-born Winkler opens...
$15.95
The Duppy
"Every country (if she’s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours, bristling with savage Jamaican wit, heart-stopping compassion, and jaw-dropping humor all at once."—Marlon James, author of John Crow’s DevilWith his characteristic outrageousness, Anthony C. Winkler defies...
$15.95
The Darkest Hearts (A D Hunter Mystery) HB
Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson George's D Hunter mystery series. "Once again, my brother Nelson George comes through in the clutch like he's batting clean-up. I've...
$37.95
The Darkest Hearts (A D Hunter Mystery)
Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson George's D Hunter mystery series. "Once again, my brother Nelson George comes through in the clutch like he's batting clean-up. I've...
$37.05