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Publisher
Comedy Partners
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
PB & J. Milk and Cookies. Serial Killers and Showers. Some things just go together; like sketch masters Key & Peele. They and their characters are back and bringing their honest, unvarnished and always brilliantly funny take on pop culture, race and society.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As a hit man from the time he was very young, money, women, and danger have always ruled Gideon's life; but for the first time, the job is taking its toll. Neither Gideon nor the city of Buenos Aires has recovered from the mayhem caused during Gideon's last job. But before the dust has settled and the bodies have been buried, Gideon calls in backup--including the lovely Hawks, with whom Gideon has heated memories--to launch his biggest act of revenge...
Pub. Date
Paramount,
Language
English
Description
Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peel give viewers no choice but to laugh at their hilarious way of examining life in a provocative and irreverent way, through a combination of filmed sketches and live stage segments. From gangsters sharing a passion for Twilight to Ice-T as a naughty puppy, or racist super heroes, it showcases their chemistry, camaraderie and unique point of view, born from their shared background and experiences growing up...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread--all with the support of judges and politicians. In his no-holds-barred style,...
Author
Series
Bentley Manor volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A pimp, a killer, a playa, and a drug dealer struggle to get their game right in a sizzling novel where leaving the life and trying to go straight is a deadly option.
10) Claudine
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
While struggling to support herself and her six children in Harlem by working as a maid for a wealthy family, Claudine meets a charming garbage man, Roop. But although Roop is smitten with the lovely single mother, his own life trials make him slow to respond to her invitation to a lifetime of love.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After Brady Sims pulls out a gun in a courtroom and shoots his own son, who has just been convicted of robbery and murder, he asks only to be allowed two hours before he'll give himself up to the sheriff. When the editor of the local newspaper asks his cub reporter to dig up a "human interest" story about Brady, he heads for the town's barbershop. It is the barbers and the regulars who hang out there who narrate with empathy, sadness, humor, and...
15) Chiefs
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
During the bitter winter of 1920, the naked body of an unidentified teenaged boy is discovered in a wooded area of a small Georgia town. There is no direct evidence of murder, but the body bears marks of what seems to be a ritual beating. The investigation falls into the inexperienced hands of the newly appointed chief of police. His intelligent, obsessive hunt for the boy's tormentor begins a story that ultimately weaves through decades of deceit,...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as "How should I react here, as a professional black person?" and "Will this white person's potato salad kill me?" are forever relevant. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker chronicles Young's efforts to survive while battling and making sense...
Author
Series
Gideon trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Hit man Gideon traverses a steamy criminal underworld to confront the most challenging adversary of his career.
19) The prodigal son
Author
Series
Reverend Curtis Black novel volume 11
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The new book in the bestselling Reverend Curtis Black series! After dropping out of Harvard to be with his girlfriend Racquel and their new baby, Matthew Black discovers that fatherhood isn't what he expected. His relationship with Racquel has become strained, and while he wants to be a good husband, he soon finds himself attracted to another woman. Meanwhile, Curtis and Charlotte are having their own problems. Curtis's long-lost-son Dillon has...
Author
Series
Midnight volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Sent to America with his mother when his father's powerful empire is attacked, underworld lieutenant Midnight draws on his African intelligence and Muslim mindset to protect those he loves and reclaim his wealth and way of life.
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