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The Millions “Most Anticipated” Books of 2023 Never-before-seen unpublished works by award-winning American literary icon Ntozake Shange, featuring essays, plays, and poems from the archives of the seminal Black feminist writer who stands alongside giants like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker...

For too long, aging has been seen as an inevitable decline. Now, science is revealing a new path to healthy longevity. This book explores the groundbreaking role of stem cells in maintaining and restoring health throughout life. Learn how these remarkable cells power the body's natural repair processes, and how their function is intimately connected to the hallmarks of aging. Discover practical strategies for optimizing stem cell health through diet, exercise, stress management, and targeted supplements.

“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The...

A dark, provocative, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction She just wants to know what justice feels like. Yrsa is bored: bored with her PhD program, her entitled students, and the...

Noora’s life is a little off track. She’s an aspiring writer and amateur blogger in New York―which is a nice way of saying that she tutors rich Upper East Side kids and is currently crashing on her sister’s couch. But that’s okay. Noora has Leila, who has always been her rock, and now she has another major influence to lean on: Vinyl magazine. The pages of Vinyl practically raised Noora, teaching her everything from how to properly insert a tampon to which political ideology she subscribes to.

It’s been two years since Rose wrote the article that exposed Poppy as a socialite grifter. Normally, one of her articles going viral would be cause for celebration, but the highly publicized trial that followed turned Poppy into the internet’s favorite celebrity. And Rose has been reeling from the aftermath ever since. Although Poppy served her time for defrauding some of the richest, most powerful men in the world, Rose knows this is only the tip of the iceberg for Poppy’s crimes. She just can’t prove it yet … At least not without the help of a devilishly handsome FBI agent gone rogue.

Rewriting the pernicious, enduring relationship between blackness and animality in the history of Western science and philosophy, Becoming Human breaks open the rancorous debate between Black critical theory and posthumanism. Through the cultural terrain of literature by Toni Morrison, Nalo Hopkinson, Audre Lorde, and Octavia Butler, the art of Wangechi Mutu and Ezrom Legae, and the oratory of Frederick Douglass, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson both critiques and displaces the racial logic that has dominated scientific thought since the Enlightenment.

Unlock Your Potential and Shine Like Never Before! Are you tired of feeling stuck, battling self-doubt, and wondering if you’ll ever step into your full potential? Hey, Woman! Glow Up Your Life! is your guide to breaking free from the chains of insecurity and creating a life that reflects your true worth. Written by Zara Nia Imani, this empowering book offers a step-by-step blueprint to rediscover your confidence, love yourself unconditionally, and reclaim the life you deserve.

Even as feminism has become increasingly central to our ideas about institutions, relationships, and everyday life, the term used to diagnose the problem - patriarchy - is used so loosely that it has lost its meaning. In Vexy Thing Imani Perry resurrects patriarchy as a target of critique, re-centering it to contemporary discussions of feminism through a social and literary analysis of cultural artifacts from the Enlightenment to the present.

What happens when two hearts from different worlds collide in a small Southern town? They find an unexpected commonality. Maia Collins never planned to rebuild her life in Sweetgum, but inheriting her late aunt’s house and her recent divorce leaves her no choice. Between navigating heartbreak and chasing a fresh start, love is the last thing on her mind—until a chance encounter with Alex Zhang changes everything. Alex, a reserved artist managing his family’s Chinese restaurant, has his own reasons for keeping people at arm’s length after his own recent divorce. But when Maia’s ...

At once the most lucrative, popular, and culturally oppositional musical force in the United States, hip-hop demands the kind of interpretation Imani Perry provides here: criticism engaged with this vibrant musical form on its own terms. A scholar and a fan, Perry considers the art, politics, and culture of hip-hop through an analysis of song lyrics, the words of the prophets of the hood.

In the quiet town of Sweetgum Meadows, two lonely hearts are about to collide—on paper. When an anonymous pen-pal program launches at the Sweetgum Library, overworked data analyst Danielle Jacobs signs up as Maplewood Muse, hoping to rediscover the magic of words. Across town, solitary bookstore owner Darius Jones—a man who loves leather-bound classics and his quiet routines—joins as Evergreen, craving connection beyond small talk and sales. On paper, their letters spark with honesty, humor, and unexpected hope. In real life, they’re the two people who just clashed in a spectacular ...

In 2008, Iman Elwan, an American convert to Islam, moved to Cairo, Egypt, to pursue a new career as an English teacher. Shortly before moving, she met the man of her dreams – literally. But instead of a great new life with her Egyptian husband, she found herself subjected to verbal abuse amidst confusing behavior and mixed messages from the man she married. By examining her marriage in retrospect, Iman walks us through the process of discovering what was wrong with her husband. This story provides the reader with a raw, honest account of what a marriage to an individual with a personality...

A quiet town. A chance encounter. A love neither of them expected. Dr. Tasha Jenkins came to Sweetgum Meadows for a fresh start—not to get caught in a thunderstorm or end up knee-deep in a barn emergency with a man who sees more than she’s ready to share. Grayson Mitchell prefers life on the edges of town and under the radar. But when a late-night knock brings a determined doctor into his world, everything starts to shift. As their lives intertwine through community calls, warm breakfasts, and unexpected moments, Tasha and Grayson discover that healing isn't always found in solitude. ...

A powerful history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop. Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South and spread across the nation in search of a better life--a...

He let her go to chase a dream. Now he's back—broken, sidelined, and face-to-face with the woman whose heart he shattered. When NFL star Hakim Brown returns to his hometown of Sweetgum Meadows after a devastating knee injury, the last person he expects to see is Jada Davis—his first love and the one woman he’s never stopped thinking about. But fate isn’t done with them yet. She’s his new physical therapist, and their sessions are filled with unresolved tension, unspoken regrets, and a chemistry neither of them can deny. Jada has spent years rebuilding her life and her heart after ...

What if presence, connection, and love were the hallmarks of the very best corporate leaders? What if trust, courage, and joy were cultivated throughout the workplace? What if your work was the playground for spiritual growth and personal expansion? With trust in corporate leadership at an all-time low, we are in the midst of a great spiritual awakening, and corporate executives and entrepreneurs who can tap into their spiritual nature will thrive. In The X-Factor: The Spiritual Secrets Behind Successful Executives & Entrepreneurs, you will meet leaders from around the globe who have ...

For fifteen years, I’ve been walking with a hole in my heart. Carved by a man larger than life, way out of my league. We parted on terrible terms. Now fate has granted us a second chance…

When her best friend moves away, India feels like she has lost a part of herself—but she’s about to find solace in the unlikeliest of places: the local ice cream parlor… India tries to cheer herself up with her favorite treat: ice cream. But she finds more than just comfort in the local ice cream shop. She finds Rashad, the handsome and charming owner who makes his own ice cream from scratch. Rashad takes an instant liking to India. He even remembers her cute order, complete with whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry on top, and he has a special idea just for her. After all, what ...

Amber Iman’s powerful concert melds her onstage work in shows such as Shuffle Along and Soul Doctor with her work offstage as a founding member of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Black Women on Broadway. Using personal stories and songs, she takes the audience on a journey through love, rejection, race, artistry, and heartbreak in a performance that challenges, encourages, and uplifts, reminding us that we have the capacity to move forward from any setback.