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Join one Black family on their journey to discover what Santa looks like in this joyous tale celebrating identity, family and holiday cheer!It’s not Christmas without Santa! But what does Santa truly look like? Does he match the figurines on the mantel, or the faces on our favorite holiday sweaters? Does he look like you or like me?Find out in this joyous and cozy celebration of family, representation, and holiday spirit! Destined to be a new classic, and perfect for any child looking to see some of themself in Santa Claus.

Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.

On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.

Fan favorite villain Katrina is back in the romantic thriller What's Done in Darkness from USA Today bestselling author Kayla Perrin.Jealousy is a strong motive. People kill for love every day...Jade Blackwin feels like she's losing her mind. After burying both her parents-and being left by her boyfriend for her scheming best friend-she totally loses it. At college graduation, she confronts her man, slaps her BFF, then crashes her car. Now everyone thinks she's crazy. Even her sister, who convinces Jade to take a job in beautiful, restful Key West. At first, Key West is everything Jade could hope for. The lime margaritas are heaven on earth. Her boss at the coffee shop, Katrina, is friendly as can be. And a gorgeous stranger named Brian is just the thing to help Jade forget her ex. But why is a crime writer asking so many questions? Why does Katrina explode into fits of rage? And why is a killer lurking in the shadows, ready to kill again? No one knows what's done in darkness. But Jade knows she's not crazy. She's next..."Perrin weaves a compelling story...a great cliffhanger tale of suspense." -New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham on We'll Never Tell"One wild ride! Perrin is an author who belongs on your must read list."-Romance Reader at Heart

Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin delivers a novel of suspense where a night of revenge turns deadly."I was thinking of some kind of initiation. Tailored just for her. The kind that will teach her a lesson not to mess with me."--from We'll Never TellShandra James is a man stealer. It's a sport to her, a game that she always wins. As a pledge of the exclusive Alpha Sigma Pi sorority, she should know her place, and know not to throw herself at a sister's boyfriend. But she's marked a new target: Henry Reid.Henry's fiancée, Phoebe, and her sorority sisters, Miranda and Camille, decide to teach Shandra a lesson one night. A lesson that involves humiliation but nothing more. But unexpectedly the lesson turns deadly and the three women find themselves facing three new rules: Never mention what happened that night, protect each other, and tell no one. Yet when a murderer comes calling, they each discover that rules are meant to be broken. We'll Never Tell is Kayla Perrin's most provocative, suspenseful novel yet.

"An historical and imaginative tour-de-force, WAKE brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors, whose stories can be traced by carefully scrutinizing historical records; and where the historical record goes silent, WAKE reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. WAKE is a graphic novel that offers invaluable insight into the struggle to survive whole as a black woman in today's America; it is a historiography that illuminates both the challenges and the necessity of uncovering the true stories of slavery; and it is an overdue reckoning with slavery in New York City where two of these armed revolts took place. It is, also, a transformative and transporting work of imaginative fiction, bringing to three-dimensional life Adono and Alele and their pasts as women warriors. In so doing, WAKE illustrates the humanity of the enslaved, the reality of their lived experiences, and the complexity of the history that has been, till now, so thoroughly erased"--

This brief biography looks at one of the most influential writers from the francophone Caribbean. Aimé Césaire was a poet, playwright and politician, who, along with Léon-Gontran Damas from French Guiana and Léopold Senghor of Senegal, founded the Negritude movement in the 1930s. The men had come together as young black students in Paris at a time when the French capital had become the locus of ideas on black identity and pan-Africanism. The Negritude movement called for a cultural awakening of African heritage, a rejection of Western ideology that inherently saw blacks as inferior to whites, and a reclamation of what it meant to be black. Césaire's first major and most famous poetic work, Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (Notebook of a Return to My Native Land), explored the contours of this African heritage and his complex identity as a black man born under French rule on the Caribbean island of Martinique. Throughout his long political career, which lasted for most of his life, Césaire fought not only for his own people but for those who had been wronged by vestiges of colonial regimes. This book is an exploration of Césaire's life in his never-ending decolonizing battle.

The second in Felicity Hayes-McCoy's Finfarran Peninsula series?and sequel to The Library at the Edge of the World?is a heartwarming story about secrets between four generations of Irish women and the healing powers of books, love, and friendship.Lissbeg's Garden Café is a place where plans are formed and secrets shared, and where, even in high tourist season, people are never too busy to stop for a chat. But twenty-one-year-old Jazz?daughter of the town's librarian, Hanna Casey?has a secret she can't share. Still recovering from a car accident, and reeling from her father's disclosures about his longtime affair, she's taken a job at The Old Forge Guesthouse, and begun to develop feelings for a man who's strictly off-limits.Meanwhile, involved in her own new romance with architect Brian Morton, Hanna is unaware of the turmoil in Jazz's life?until her manipulative ex-husband, Malcolm, reappears, trying to mend his relationship with their daughter. Watching Jazz unravel, Hanna begins to wonder if secrets that Malcolm has forced her to keep may have harmed their beloved daughter more than she knew. But then again, the Casey women are no strangers to secrets, something Hanna realizes when she discovers a journal, long buried in land she inherited from her great-aunt Maggie. Ultimately, it's the painful lessons of the past that offer a way to the future, but it will take the shared experiences of four generations of women to find a way forward for Hanna and her family.

When a silly, impulsive decision lands free-spirited India Shaw behind bars in San Francisco, she has no choice but to call the only person she knows in the unfamiliar city?the very man she abandoned after a steamy two-day fling. The fact that she's pregnant with his child is something she'd rather not divulge. Tech executive Michael Black never thought he'd hear from the quirky beauty after she left his bed four months ago, much less be called upon to post bail. He's got his hands full with a corporate merger that could make or break his career, but his honorable nature?and an overwhelming need to see her again?means he can't just leave her in jail. And when India reveals the truth about her pregnancy, Mike insists she stay with him until the baby is born.India doesn't want to depend on him for anything, but their constant proximity stirs up feelings she can't ignore. She's never desired a family before and she knows a future with Mike isn't possible . . . but then along came love to shake up all her plans.

A new historical novel from Pamela Schoenewaldt, the USA Today bestselling author of When We Were Strangers.Italy, 1905. Fourteen-year-old Lucia and her young mother, Teresa, are servants in a magnificent villa on the Bay of Naples, where Teresa soothes their unhappy mistress with song. But volatile tempers force them to flee, exchanging their warm, gilded cage for the cold winds off Lake Erie and Cleveland's restless immigrant quarters.With a voice as soaring and varied as her moods, Teresa transforms herself into the Naples Nightingale on the vaudeville circuit. Clever and hardworking, Lucia blossoms in school until her mother's demons return, fracturing Lucia's dreams.Yet Lucia is not alone in her struggle for a better life. All around her, friends and neighbors, new Americans, are demanding decent wages and working conditions. Lucia joins their battle, confronting risks and opportunities that will transform her and her world in ways she never imagined.

Leonid McGill can't say no to the beautiful woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash and a story. She's married to a rich art collector. Now she fears for her life. Leonid knows better than to believe her, but he can't afford to turn her away, even if he knows this woman's tale will bring him straight to death's door.

The Devil in HerMara Reed's been stirring up trouble since she was eighteen?running scams, living on the edge, always on the run. Now, when two thugs are after her with murder on their minds, she's forced into hiding in her small Texas hometown. But cornered in an alley, only seconds from death, an unexpected rescuer comes to her aid?Dr. Ethan Stuart, the dark and beautiful scientist whose heart she once broke and betrayed . . . the only man Mara ever loved.A forensic anthropologist, Ethan is investigating a gruesome discovery?nearly one hundred dead bodies dating back fifty years?a mystery linked to the church once headed by Mara's father. Ethan needs Mara's help; she needs his protection. And their search for a shocking, devastating truth could lead them to forgiveness, salvation, passion, and back to love . . . if they can survive the journey.

The sensational New York Times bestselling author of Between Lovers, Liar's Game, and Cheaters returns with an irresistible novel about grifters and con artists, brothers and sisters, looking for love and making ends meet-on the wrong side of the law.

Under the editorship of the late Robert Nemiroff, with a provocative and thoughtful introduction by preeminent African-American scholar Margaret B. Wilkerson and a commentary by Spike Lee, this completely restored screenplay is the accurate and authoritative edition of Lorraine Hansberry's script and a testament to her unparalled accomplishment as a black woman artist.The 1961 film version of A Raisin in the Sun, with a screenplay by the author, Lorraine Hansberry, won an award at the Cannes Film Festival even though one-third of the actual screenplay Hansberry had written had been cut out. The film did essentially bring Hansberry's extraordinary play to the screen, but it failed to fulfill her cinematic vision. Now, with this landmark edition of Lorraine Hansberry's original script for the movie of A Raisin in the Sun that audiences never viewed, readers have at hand an epic, eloquent work capturing not only the life and dreams of a black family, but the Chicago-and the society-that surround and shape them.Important changes in dialogue and exterior shots, a stunning shift of focus to her male protagonist, and a dramatic rewriting of the final scene show us an artist who understood and used the cinematic medium to transform a stage play into a different art form-a profound and powerful film.

Carl and Anna are unhappy to learn that they are unable to have children of their own. However, an orphan boy visiting with the neighbors shows them that they can still have a family by adopting him. The boy has been placed into various foster homes and needs a forever family. But will Carl and Anna be the family he needs?

Step into the world of architecture and passion with 'Blueprints of Desire,' a captivating tale of ambition, romance, and unexpected connections.Meet Blair Aitken, a talented young architect determined to make her mark in one of Scotland's most prestigious firms. As she navigates the challenges of her new career, Blair finds herself drawn to her enigmatic boss, Paul Gillies. With his wealth, charm, and a reputation for never settling down, Paul is the last person Blair expects to captivate her attention.But beneath their professional facades lie undeniable sparks of attraction, igniting a sizzling tension that neither can ignore. As Blair grapples with the ghosts of her past and Paul confronts his own demons, their burgeoning relationship becomes a captivating dance of desire and determination.From the boardrooms of high-rise buildings to the hidden depths of the human heart, 'Blueprints of Desire' is a riveting journey of love, ambition, and the power of second chances. Will Blair and Paul succumb to the passion that simmers between them, or will the weight of their pasts tear them apart?Get ready to be swept away by this gripping tale of love and architecture, where every blueprint holds the promise of a new beginning.

The Hijacking of Christianity is a whirlwind of exposing secrets that have been hidden for centuries. We begin with the origin of Christianity. We give you the religious world of Christianity as a jigsaw puzzle with all the hidden truths as pieces of the puzzle scattered around the world in secret places. The writer places you, the reader, as participants. As you read this book, you will be able to literally see the puzzle come together. We uncover who created Christianity, where the cross came from, who gave us all the holidays we currently celebrate, and who was Jesus Christ--how he was invented and what his real name is. We expose why his real name was hidden from the world for centuries. We reveal how and why the scriptures of the original Bible and characters were changed and why. This book provides proof through research, the Bible, DNA, geography, science, and writings of different scholars; this book shows how deceptions, cover-ups, distortions, and the whitewashing of biblical characters, icons, the Messiah, and God himself were changed.

Yim Wing Chun, a spirited young girl, is about to embark on the tofu-making journey of a lifetime... Guided by her father, the esteemed Tofu Master Yim Yee, Wing Chun eagerly lends a hand in preparing tofu for a special guest in their village. Overflowing with enthusiasm and a dash of impatience, she yearns to become a tofu-making expert overnight.But as the story unfolds, Wing Chun discovers that mastering the art of tofu-making is a patient and meticulous process. With her father's gentle guidance, she learns to measure, mix, and mold the ingredients with precision, creating tofu that's nothing short of perfection. When their work is done, the tofu impresses even the village chief!"Yim Wing Chun Learns to Make Tofu" is a heartwarming tale that teaches young readers the value of patience, practice, and the joy of learning from loved ones. This beautifully illustrated story is a delightful journey that celebrates the power of perseverance and the warmth of family bonds

Into the life of doctor Roman a ccessful psychologist who has an agendato brainwash victims for financial gain. The objective is power, in a World where control is like a move of a chest game. Based off a real lifeStory ending in a turn of events.

Have you ever had the urge to explore your Kinks or fantasized about indulging in someone or something out of the norm?Well, Freaky Talez Volume 2 of Erotic Short Stories showcased here will bring an array of black experiences that will unleash your sensuality and sexuality in many forms. From finding an urge to explore with your professor or finding your legs spread in a massage parlor, the raunchy and payback literature will have you drawn in wanting more. Whether you are new to this lifestyle of Kinks, or a professional of exotic play rather male or female, you will find yourself wanting to push the limits of your sensual imagination. With hot and steamy scenes and playful and romantic relationships, Freaky Talez is a must-have collection for everyone who wants to explore Erotic Fiction without judgment.

*A Pura Belpré Honor Book!*In this vibrant bilingual picture book biography of musician Tito Puente by award-winning author-illustrator team Monica Brown and Rafael López, readers will dance along to the beat of the mambo king's life.Tito Puente loved banging pots and pans as a child, but what he really dreamed of was having his own band one day. From Spanish Harlem to the Grammy Awards--and all the beats in between--this is the true life story of a boy whose passion for music turned him into the "King of Mambo."Brown and López bring the remarkable story of this talented legend to life in this captivating and informative picture book.

Wars Indians fought to counter the theft of Indian copper and lead in the Great Lakes region and gold and silver in the Pacific Northwest, the Black Hills, the Great Plains and the Southwest by the invasive flood of white settlers.

A debut young adult novel about a booksmart teen who spends the summer in Mexico City, meets two very cute boys, attempts to learn Spanish, and uncovers a family secret that changes her life forever.Lola Espinoza is cursed in love. Well, maybe not actually cursed—magic isn't real, is it? When Lola goes to spend the summer with her grandmother in Mexico City and meets handsome, flirtatious Rio, she discovers the unbelievable truth: Magic is very real, and what she'd always written off as bad luck is actually, truly . . . a curse. If Lola ever wants to fall in love without suffering the consequences, she'll have to break the curse. She finds an unlikely curse-breaking companion in Javi, a seemingly stoic boy she meets while working in her cousin's restaurant. Javi is willing to help Lola look into this family curse of hers, and Lola needs all the help she can get. Over the course of one summer—filled with food, family, and two very different boys—Lola explores Mexico City while learning about herself, her heritage, and the magic around us all.

United States Poet Laureate and winner of the 2022 Academy of American Poets Leadership Award Joy Harjo examines the power of words and how poetry summons us toward justice and healing

Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers!Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy?perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze.But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She's got enough to worry about!But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers' successor and determine the future of magiciankind.The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner's magical rewards is Quinton's last hope?so how can Amari refuse?

In The Last Chance for Logan County, the third Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles?now in paperback?Otto and Sheed team up with the Epic Ellisons against a corporation that wants Logan County's weirdness for itself!Otto and Sheed are back in yet another legendary adventure that just might take all their deduction skills, and a little help, to solve.With their journey through the last mirror on the left behind them, Otto and Sheed are ready for things to get back to normal. But their trip to that other dimension had side effects, and they come on quickly?starting with a thunderstorm that rains carnivorous frogs!And that's only the beginning. When a suspicious company called GOO, obsessed with Logan County's weirdness, shows up and starts buying all the property in town?and threatening to take Sheed away from Otto?some of the adults start acting stranger than usual, almost... zombie-like?With the help of Otto's mom, Sheed's dad, and the Epic Ellison twins, can the Legendary Alston Boys find a way to save their town and keep their family together?