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1) Now or never
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-seven-year-old Mya has been enjoying her single-but-dating life for the past five years. In fact, she's practically created the perfect man for herself-through multiple partners. She has her young thug in Tyrone, her money-making corporate man in Charles, her understanding church boy in Will, and her sexually satisfying lover in Kevin. Mya's had her fun over the years, but now she is ready to find true love and all those same qualities wrapped...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Begonia is caught between the hard knocks of the streets and the nightmare of her home life. Forced to become the head of her household, she has to trade her paintbrush in for a switchblade and her love of art into a love affair with the hood. Lying, stealing, and turning tricks, Begonia will do any and everything she can to protect her sisters from the ugliness of the world. However, it just isn't enough... Her younger sister Violet, desperate to...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sammie, a budding naturalist, knows of a secret and wonderful place: Winghaven, an abandoned lot in the middle of the suburbs where wildlife flourishes. She spends hours making notes and drawings in her meticulous field journal. When Bram, a new boy, turns up with his camera, Sammie worries he'll give away her hidden haven--after all, the other boys at school bully her. But Bram is a scientist like Sammie, and together they observe tiny pond creatures,...
Author
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Armed with bold ambition and womanly willpower, The Butterfly Mafia has managed to seize the keys that could unlock the doors of a drug lord's dream. As a Queen who is governed by a creed of integrity, Asha can't help but acknowledge the dangers attached to their unlawful lifestyles. With street-level riches comes numberless risks. But before she can reroute their course in a less deadly direction, an unexpected event will uncover emotions Asha fought...
Author
Series
Steppers volume 3
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Drill rapper Nya Mixon's gangster is put to the ultimate test when her husband, Lejon "Grizzy" White, is gunned down in the backseat of his Rolls-Royce while en route to what would have been Nya's very first paid show. Nya manages to kill one of the gunmen during the shooting, nailing him to his seat with a Draco pistol, but catching the second shooter will lead her down a bloody path of vengeance that sets the streets of Chicago on fire. When all...
Author
Series
Steppers volume 2
Publisher
Lock Down Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nya Mixon and her boyfriend Grizzy are still on a deadly mission to recover the millions that were stolen from Grizzy's incarcerated father. When they decide to visit Nya's wounded father in his west side Chicago neighborhood, a scrawny young gunman attempts to carjack them at gunpoint, and Nya proves once again that she is not to be played with. Meanwhile, billionaire tech CEO Johnna Broward and her powerful team of lawyers are working on freeing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cal "Freeway" Moore, a well-known hitta and kingpin, knows all too well that running his New Orleans-based empire comes at a price. "Shoot first and ask questions later" is his motto as he fights to hold down his kingdom and maintain a healthy relationship with the love of his life, Belladonna. They say you keep your friends close but your enemies closer, but what if both are the same--and coming for his spot?"--
12) A Daddy Thing
Author
Publisher
Urban Renaissance
Pub. Date
20240723
Language
English
Description
Rachel Hendricks' picture perfect world is shattered when her fiancae, Erickk Martin, decides he really does not want to be a father and she meets a mysterious stranger, Saxon Carmichael, who always wanted children.
14) Ancient Worlds
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pub. Date
20240430
Language
English
Description
"Ancient Worlds is a tour through history's most influential civilizations between 3000 BCE and 750 CE, capturing moments that reveal the culture and technology that made them great. From Sumer, the world?s earliest civilization, to the heyday of the Mayan Empire, the tour crosses every continent, taking in developments in urban planning, art and architecture, religion, warfare, trade, and cultural exchange. Discover how deep knowledge of the Sun,...
Author
Publisher
CICO Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Filled with space-saving storage and decorative details, these unique homes under 1,200 square feet prove that bigger is not always better. In recent years, many of us have turned our backs on the trend for oversized houses and embraced small-space living. Cosy, compact dwellings have so much to offer; they bring families closer together and make it easier than ever to express personal style. In Small Spaces, Big Appeal, Fifi O'Neill captures the...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"We Live Here! is a graphic novel biography of the members of the local activist group Detroit Eviction Defense combatting-and beating-calls for their eviction. By illustrating the stories of families struggling against evictions, the book gives a voice to those who have remained in Detroit, showing the larger complexities at work in a beleaguered city. These are everyday people fighting back, organizing with others, going into the streets, and winning...
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