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Brought to you by Penguin.Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension.At four years old, Richar...

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A defense attorney who lives his life in shades of gray, Victor Carl fights all the right fights for all the wrong reasons. With a failing legal practice, a dead-end love life, and a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, Victor skates on the razor's edg...

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The acclaimed author of Hostile Witness and Veritas is back with the legal thriller of the season-a sizzling tale of murder, innocence, and justice. . . . "e;William Lashner is . . . remarkable."e;-Nelson DeMille"e;Lust will make a foo...

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Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers deftly draws a compassionate portrait of a boy's odyssey of self-discovery and the acceptance and empathy for others he learns along the way.David doesn't know what to make of his father, Reuben. His older bro...

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One ofThe Atlantic's Great American Novels"e;If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication ofNative Son."e; - Henry Louis G...

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In fourteen sublime stories, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World shows that his grasp of the human condition is firmer than ever.Returning to the city that inspired his first prizewinning book, Lost in the City, Jo...

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"e;"e;Engaging, surprising, provocative and moving...a thoroughly intelligent book, an intimate domestic drama that nonetheless deals with big issues touching us all: religion, race, class, politics and, above all else, family."e;"...

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The Scorpions are a gun-toting Harlem gang, and Jamal Hicks is about to become tragically involved with them in this authentic tale of the sacrifice of innocence and the struggle to steer clear of violence.This Newbery Honor Book will challenge yo...

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"e;Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one."e;-Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River"e;You know from the first sentence that you're in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one'll kill y...

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Awarded the Newbery HonorWhen a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, isOld Yeller;to read this eloquently...

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"e;A must-read, cannot-put-down history."e; -Thomas Friedman,New York TimesArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suitBr...

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Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply mving story...

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Bestselling author Richard North Patterson's Eclipse tells the spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case-the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murder.Damon Pierce'...

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The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case-the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murderDamon Pierce's life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted Californ...

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Jackie Collins's most outrageous, erotically charged New York Times bestseller is a sexy, shattering roller-coaster thrill ride!From chic New York and the exclusive Hamptons to the hungry heart of LA, this high-suspense tale pulses with deadly obs...

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Brought to you by Penguin. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY GARY YOUNGE Reckless, angry and adrift, Bigger Thomas has grown up trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. But a job with the affluent Dalton family provides the setting for a catast...

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