African-American & Black Books


The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage) Best Price: $4.36 Wow. This is one smart and insightful guy. I understand that he does his own writing (which is...	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Best Price: $8.44 Would be a better title from his polygamist alcoholic father who abanonded everyone in his...	Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together Best Price: $7.94 The story is one every American should read. It shares a part of our history that is painfully...	Maybe You Never Cry Again Best Price: $11.95 I'm still not over the loss of George Carlin, so it seems really unfair, to lose another of our...	The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition Best Price: $7.40 loved this book. my son is also bi-racial. i was born in 1956 and could really relate and...



The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley Best Price: $4.00 first off i want to thank malcolm x for his thoughts on race after visiting mecca.he saw that...	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Best Price: $2.50 We are the members of the South Mill Young Readers Book Club located in Conyers, Georgia. We...	Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth Best Price: $8.00 I read Black Boy years ago and wanted to refresh my memory of the book. The author has a way of...	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $1.28 It's obvious the difficulty slaves endured. Ironic, but she endures a great deal more than most....	Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets Best Price: $15.93 Sudhir Venkatesh takes an unbelievable leap into the inner city projects of South Chicago. ...



Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Best Price: $2.26 This book is not well written--it's irritating how the order of happenings is jumbled,...	Coming of Age in Mississippi Best Price: $5.21 In several books I've read regarding Southern History and slavery, this story actually surpised...	Black Like Me Best Price: $6.22 Before there was comic "Soul Man" etc., there was this 50's investigative memoir about...	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself Best Price: $3.92 It had some writing in it, but overall a good deal for the price. Thanks	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) Best Price: $8.00 In the classic slave narrative genre, Frederick Douglass' narrative of his life brings to life,...

The Pact Best Price: $6.47 I picked up this book after my wife and I started a group reading with my son of the book;...	My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir Best Price: $8.25 Where to begin with all the good things that I'd like to say about this book? 1. The prose is...	Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Best Price: $6.98 I had no choice when it came to reading this book. It was after all, required in my college...	Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa Best Price: $5.11 I'm stumped. This memoir is considered a classic, yet there are platoons of unsung memoirs out...	The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics Series): An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics) Best Price: $1.86 This is one of the most violent books (an autobiography!) I ever read. It illustrates...

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah's Book Club) Best Price: $2.94 I very much enjoyed this book. This book focuses on his life, and his decision-making, and what...	The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves Best Price: $14.88 This was by far the best book of its kind written about this particular event in American...	I Ain't Scared of You: Bernie Mac On How Life Is Best Price: $12.91 I listened to this as a book on tape, read by the author. I liked Bernie and looked forward to...	A Piece of Cake: A Memoir Best Price: $8.00 This book is shocking, entertaining, inspiring, and absolutely wonderful. I'm so glad Cupcake...	The Pursuit of Happyness Best Price: $1.48 This book was very motivational and taught me a great lesson in humility, perserverace, and...

Grace After Midnight: A Memoir Best Price: $10.99 Where the boundary lines of art and life intersect stands Snoop. A mind-grabbing account for...	Lakota Woman Best Price: $3.99 Oh please get out the hankie and feel oh so terribly sorry - - and guilty -for this woman and...	A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win Best Price: $4.79 I read "A bound Man" in about two hours. Partly because it is a provocative, small,...	Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story Best Price: $8.25 I had the pleasure of meeting and spending a week with Dr. Timothy Tyson as part of a Civil...	Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--from Music to Hollywood Best Price: $14.05 the book is a major disappointmnt - i guess i got caught up in the hype but should have learnt...

Roots: The Saga of an American Family Best Price: $4.03 I loved this book when it first came out and am now watching the miniseries all over again. It...	The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Best Price: $6.37 There is a disturbing self-published book here: http://www.lulu.com/content/2687797 which sums...	White Teacher Best Price: $10.95 Vivian Paley's groundbreaking work, White Teacher, ushers one through an array of intimate...	Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II Best Price: $15.59 _Now the Hell Will Start_ is ostensibly the story of Herman Perry, an African-American private...	Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage) Best Price: $8.67 Wangari Maathai is such an inspiration because she is identifiable to so many groups. She is...

Celia, A Slave Best Price: $2.11 I feel that the story of Celia is better than the book. I say that because the book can be very...	Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama Best Price: $4.30 I have shared this book with many, and they have enjoyed it . It is easy reading and gives a...	Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting Best Price: $5.75 If you want to enter a black hole of hopelessness, despair and grief, read this book. It is an...	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Best Price: $1.99 I am so glad that I read this book. I found it uplifting and inspirational. How amazing that...	The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir Best Price: $8.86 Living as a young child in a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand in the 1980s, Kao Kalia Yang says...

Obama: From Promise to Power Best Price: $7.87 I was expecting something of a hagiography when I read the book cover that described Obama as...	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother Best Price: $1.75 I wanted to love this book. And I almost did. I was hooked at the beginning, but the further I...	Step by Step: A Memoir of Hope, Friendship, Perseverance, and Living the American Dream Best Price: $15.22 I highly recommend this excellent memoir by a person who overcame very humble beginnings to...	Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir Best Price: $5.76 This is the life story of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the legendary founder of the...	Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching Best Price: $21.83 Ida: A Sword Among Lions is a great biographic start for students of history. It provides...

Up from Slavery: an Autobiography (An African American Heritage Book) Best Price: $8.75 Washington's relentlessly positive message is encouraging but at the same time too perfect for...	The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood Best Price: $16.50 Helene Cooper is "Congo," a descendant of two Liberian dynasties -- traced back to the...	Life Is So Good Best Price: $4.95 Life Is So Good An absolutely fascinating autobiography as told by Mr. Dawson. His experiances...	Obama - The Postmodern Coup: Making of a Manchurian Candidate Best Price: $13.95 Tired of the fake, controlled, contrived taking points both for and against Obama in the...	Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History Best Price: $15.59 Like Traces of the Trade, the authors lack the courage to jump in, and like the stink of Zen,...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Norton Critical Editions) Best Price: $7.00 Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,...	The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood Best Price: $11.24 Truly one of the most powerful, lyrical memoirs I've read. The reader aches with recognition and...	Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route Best Price: $8.30 This is a story of rejection of those of us forced into slavery by force and not by choice, by...	No Disrespect Best Price: $7.81 I PURCHASED THIS BOOK BECAUSE THIS IS THE 2ND PART OF HER 1ST BOOK THE COLDEST WINTER EVER I...	Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season Best Price: $4.88 First, Jonathan Eig is a tremendous writer! He does have a tendency to detour along tangential...

Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare Best Price: $6.94 I purchased this book for my American Religious Diversity class and found that it gives you a...	The Essential Barack Obama: The Grammy Award-Winning Recordings Best Price: $23.98 This CD set provides a remarkable and powerful insight into the man who is running for President...	Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King Best Price: $10.11 Once A King Always A King. The Unmaking of a Latin King. Author:Reymundo Sanchez. 283 pp. ...

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