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  • Discipline
    Discipline
    $18.95 USD
  • Kin: Oprah's Book Club
    Kin: Oprah's Book Club
    $32.00 USD
  • The Prince of Brown: A Fictional Memoir
    The Prince of Brown: A Fictional Memoir
    $19.99 USD
  • Parable of the Sower (Parable #1)
    Parable of the Sower (Parable #1)
    $19.99 USD
  • Mazywood
    Mazywood
    $32.00 USD
  • A Very Special Episode - SIGNED
    A Very Special Episode - SIGNED
    $28.00 USD
  • Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing
    Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing
    $22.99 USD
  • All about Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1)
    All about Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1)
    $17.99 USD
  • Mrs Death Misses Death
    Mrs Death Misses Death
    $26.00 USD
  • Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy)
    Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy)
    $30.00 USD
  • Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy - SIGNED
    Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy - SIGNED
    $30.00 USD
  • Africanfuturism Short Stories
    Africanfuturism Short Stories
    $30.00 USD
  • Philadelphia Fire
    Philadelphia Fire
    $17.00 USD
  • The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth #2)
    The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth #2)
    $19.99 USD
  • The Fifth Season (Broken Earth #1)
    The Fifth Season (Broken Earth #1)
    $19.99 USD
  • The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #3)
    The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #3)
    $19.99 USD
  • Clay's Ark (Patternist #3)
    Clay's Ark (Patternist #3)
    $19.99 USD
  • Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)
    Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)
    $19.99 USD
  • The Great Wherever
    The Great Wherever
    $29.99 USD
  • Ocean of Bones: The Hunt for the Pirate Slave Ship Guerrero
    Ocean of Bones: The Hunt for the Pirate Slave Ship Guerrero
    $30.00 USD
  • Desperate Bodies
    Desperate Bodies
    $18.00 USD
  • Good Night Martin Luther King Jr.
    Good Night Martin Luther King Jr.
    $9.95 USD
  • The Gospel of Noah: Book One of the Summerland Series
    The Gospel of Noah: Book One of the Summerland Series
    $24.95 USD
  • Runner
    Runner
    $31.00 USD
  • The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks Who Saved America
    The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks Who Saved America
    $31.00 USD
  • Kindred
    Kindred
    $17.00 USD
  • The Reformatory
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    The Reformatory
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  • The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford
    The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford
    $26.00 USD
  • The Occidental Book of the Dead
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    The Occidental Book of the Dead
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  • Take My Word for It: A Memoir
    Take My Word for It: A Memoir
    $32.00 USD
  • Survivor
    Survivor
    $19.99 USD
  • American Nightmare
    American Nightmare
    $29.00 USD
  • Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
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    Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
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  • Queenie Is Working on It
    Queenie Is Working on It
    $29.00 USD
  • Acacia: A Rapunzel Tale
    Acacia: A Rapunzel Tale
    $17.99 USD
  • The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
    The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
    $32.00 USD
  • Black Girls Don't Cry
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    Black Girls Don't Cry
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  • The Book of Chuck
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    The Book of Chuck
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  • Dominion
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    Dominion
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  • A Hard Habit to Break
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    A Hard Habit to Break
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