Julienne Irons
1) Oh, Sal
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Four-year-old Sal cannot find a gift she recieved from Santa, her new baby sister still does not have a name and takes up all of Mama's attention, and her brother Billy is annoying, but Sal finds her own strengths over an eventful Christmas season with her family.
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"Sam is dead, which means that Elsie Jane has just lost the brilliant, sensitive man she planned to grow old with. The early days of grief are a fog of work and single parenting. Too restless to sleep, Elsie pores over Sam's old love letters, paces her house, and bickers with the ghosts of Sam and her dead parents night after night. As the year unfolds, she develops an obsession with a local murder mystery, attends a series of disastrous internet...
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After the mysterious death of her twin sister, Jade Brown, a twenty-four-year-old first-generation Jamaican woman living in Toronto, must find a way to pick up the pieces and discover who she is without her other half. Through a series of whirlwind love affairs, parties, and trips abroad, Jade stumbles toward relinquishing the weight of her trauma as she fully comes into her own as a young Black woman and writer. On the journey to turning twenty-five,...
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In this scandal-filled novel of secrets, suspense, and scamming, a female con artist's seemingly perfect double life built on lies finally catches up with her. Will appeal to fans of psychological suspense, gritty drama, and readers of De'Nesha Diamond, Kiki Swinson, Saundra, Wahida Clark, Ashley & JaQuavis, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Shelly Ellis.
Raised to be the ultimate scam artist, April has been many women to many people. She seduces,...
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A much-needed guide to this increasingly popular divination system written by a Lenormand master and teacher.
The Lenormand deck, consisting of 36 numbered and named cards, has been popular in Europe for centuries, and has now been embraced in North America by tarot enthusiasts, oracle readers, and others. Each card depicts an archetype—a fox, a snake, a coffin, or whip, for example—rather than tarot's somewhat more involved symbology. This makes...
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"[T]his timely, no-nonsense handbook offers an important blueprint for White allies to carry out the often uncomfortable but necessary work of promoting racial equality among all marginalized people. Welcome straight talk for a new age in race relations." -Kirkus
You've read White Fragility and How to Be an Antiracist, but what comes next? The answer lies in this invaluable 4-week program that takes you on a bold journey to becoming an ally who...
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In this spellbinding romantic comedy from acclaimed author Therese Beharrie, a woman with a supernatural talent is haunted by one persistent spirit-and a seductive, impossible love . . .
Once haunted . . .
Gemma Daniels has never been quite the "down to earth" woman her adoptive parents raised her to be. She even has a unique gift: she can see ghosts-and she likes helping them settle their unfinished business. But the hotter-than-hot stranger...
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The 2023 Pura Belpré Award-winning young adult novel!
Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends determined to save their city at any cost. Stranger Things meets Jordan Peele in this acclaimed novel from an incredible new voice.
For over a year, the Bronx has been plagued by sudden disappearances that no one can explain. Sixteen-year-old Raquel does her best to ignore it. After all, the police...
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These days, hot chicken is a "must-try" Southern food. Restaurants in New York, Detroit, Cambridge, and even Australia advertise that they fry their chicken "Nashville-style." Thousands of people attend the Music City Hot Chicken Festival each year.
But, for almost seventy years, hot chicken was made and sold primarily in Nashville's Black neighborhoods-and the story of hot chicken says something powerful about race relations in Nashville, especially...
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DEI is an 8-billion dollar industry that is not yet accessing its full potential through real solutions and results. However, through a powerful formula of policies and practices that motivate employees to be more socially and self-aware, The Inclusive Organization provides a revolutionary yet practical resource for individuals at any stage of their career. Employees across all levels and organizations are looking to drive actionable impact, but unfortunately...
11) Immortal Life
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Immortality sucks. You know what sucks more? Mortality.
Imogen's on the verge of getting everything she ever wanted. The man of her dreams, a talented, smart kid who loves her, some amazing friends, she's finally safe from the ancient creature who keeps ripping her to pieces every time she tries to access her deeper powers-and she's only one step away from finding the reincarnation of her dad. Mortality is in her grasp.
What more could she want?...
12) The Exes
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Divorce can be deadly . . .
Seven years ago, Austin Dash's dangerously jealous wife, Naomi, nearly stabbed him to death, an act that landed her in prison. Freed from her influence, Austin filed for divorce and took their young son to Atlanta for a fresh start. He established his own business and met the loving, gentle-hearted Brooke. Swept up in a charmed romance, they marry and prepare to welcome a new baby into their lives. But memories of Naomi...
13) Immortal
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Immortality sucks.
Just ask Imogen Gray-over two hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity.
All throughout history, she's been hunted by an ancient creature who finds her and rips her to pieces every time she dares to access her deepest powers. But Imogen always regenerates. Slowly. Painfully.
She's on a mission to find answers. She's almost found them.
Unfortunately for her, there's a delinquent psychic kid, a dangerously...
14) Love From the Inside Out: Lessons and Inspiration for Loving Yourself, Your Partner and Your World
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Robert Mack has helped millions of people transform their love lives on and off television. In his most recent release, he shares a fresh, new perspective on the meaning of true love.
A distillation of profound insights on love and happiness. With warmth and wisdom, Mack explores the frustration and futility of seeking love from others, instead of yourself-and in the future, instead of in the present. In short-form meditations, Love from the Inside...
15) Immortal World
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Book number three in this fun, fierce, and fast-paced urban fantasy series is here.
Imogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way...
A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs.
A stunning vampire princess with a ring on...
16) Immortal Games
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Immortality sucks. Just ask Imogen Gray: Over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. Strong as a shifter, faster than a vampire, Imogen's walked the earth forever, always alone, never growing, never changing. Never learning, either. Her smart mouth and quick temper get her into trouble far too often. When that happens, she gets hurt-and it can take a long time to heal from severed limbs and disembowelment. She's...
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Silence the Voice of Self Doubt "Banish Your Inner Critic provides knowledge, insight, tools and practice for getting unstuck and expressing full creative potential." ―Rebecca Stockley, Co-Founder of BATS Improv in San Francisco CA
Are you ready to boost your personal productivity-minus the fear and loathing? Are you ready to Banish Your Inner Critic and unleash the creative ideas and personal productivity within you? Help is on the way!
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18) Immortal Death
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Imogen is on the brink of getting everything she ever wanted: love, safety, answers. Her father. Mortality.
And just like that, a stranger comes to town and rips everything apart. Turns out, the darkest thing Imogen's ever had to face isn't a blood witch, or a vampire, or even a demon.
It's a mundane, petty human woman.
It's just like they say: Be careful what you wish for. Because sometimes, you'll get it.
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After a speech at UMass Amherst on February 28, 1984, James Baldwin was, asked by a student: "You said that the liberal façade and being a liberal is not enough. Well, what is? What is necessary?" Baldwin responded, "Commitment. That is what is necessary. You mean it or you don't."
Taking up that challenge and drawing from Baldwin's fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interviews, You Mean It or You Don't will spur today's progressives from conviction...
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Monsters of the Upside Down, beware!
Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology) returns with a group of expert contributors to explore these and other questions to shine a light on true human nature through the Netflix series and cultural phenomenon, Stranger Things.
When do feelings of grief, guilt, depression, fear, and isolation tear us down, and how do we transform them into hope, inspiration, forgiveness, acceptance, and...