Parable of the Sower (A Graphic Novel Adaptation)

Author: Octavia E. Butler

Category: African-American & Black Interest

Regular price: $11.99

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Deal starts: August 19, 2024

Deal ends: August 19, 2024

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The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don't-miss classic that resonates today more than ever. As The Washington Post noted: "A 1993 dystopian novel imagined the world in 2024. It's eerily accurate." This Hugo Award Winner for Best Graphic Story or Comic is the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller. In this graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future. In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith. "Alarmingly prescient and relevant. This accessible adaptation is poised to introduce Butler's dystopian tale to a new generation of readers." —Publishers Weekly "The graphic novel is faithful to Butler, yet still fresh in its world building." —USA TodayIncludes an introduction by SFWA Grand Master Nalo Hopkinson

Ghetto Princess

Author: Mia Edwards

Category: African-American & Black Interest

Regular price: $11.99

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Deal starts: August 17, 2024

Deal ends: August 17, 2024

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Barely eighteen, Kanika has everything to look forward to. She's fine, smart, and strong—qualities she inherited from a momma who made sure her little girl had every privilege—courtesy of Tony, one of Brooklyn's most powerful crime lords. Born to the life, Kanika knows the hustle from the inside out, but her future holds college and some quality time with Tony's second-in-command, Tyrell...Then Kanika's world explodes in a hail of bullets and blood when a hit takes down both the man who raised her and the mother she adores. Alone, shattered, and possibly a target herself, Kanika lets Tyrell convince her to attend college in Virginia and move in with her birth father. Down South has a whole other rhythm than Brooklyn, and the parent Kanika barely knows is a different kind of mobster than Tony was. Shon is angry and unpredictable...Determined as she is to make things work, Kanika is equally committed to finding out who killed Tony and her momma. She's not about to forget Tyrell. But nothing can prepare Kanika for what she's about to face: from temptation to danger to revelations that will call all her loyalties into question—and put her life on the line...

The Dream

Author: Author Sunrize Jackson

Category: African-American & Black Interest

Regular price: $9.99

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Deal starts: August 15, 2024

Deal ends: August 18, 2024

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Losing a loved one is never an easy thing, especially if it was cruel and unjust. Author Sunrize Jackson tells you a true story and takes you on a journey of the life of her brother Keith Jackson who called himself "The Dream" all through high school and college. She takes you back to when he was at his best of doing what he loved. He was talented in many ways but his talent in art and football took him to popularity. Watching his success and his fall through his little sister's eyes who was four years younger, helps you grasp the tragic feelings of what others go through when witnessing their loved ones happy moments and tragic moments. This book also talks about his untimely death by the hands of police in which so many young black men have fallen victim to.

Mules and Men

Author: Zora Neale Hurston

Category: African-American & Black Interest

Regular price: $13.99

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Deal starts: August 15, 2024

Deal ends: August 15, 2024

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Zora Neale Hurston brings us Black America’s folklore as only she can, putting the oral history on the written page with grace and understanding. This new edition of Mules and Menfeatures a new cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews, and more.For the student of cultural history, Mules and Men is a treasury of Black America’s folklore as collected by Zora Neale Hurston, the storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed and oral history of the South since the time of slavery. Set intimately within the social context of Black life, the stories, “big old lies,” songs, voodoo customs, and superstitions recorded in these pages capture the imagination and bring back to life the humor and wisdom that is the unique heritage of Black Americans.

The Dream

Author: Sunrize Jackson

Category: African-American & Black Interest

Regular price: $9.99

Deal price: Free

Deal starts: August 15, 2024

Deal ends: August 18, 2024

Description:

Losing a loved one is never an easy thing, especially if it was cruel and unjust. Author Sunrize Jackson tells you a true story and takes you on a journey of the life of her brother Keith Jackson who called himself "The Dream" all through high school and college. She takes you back to when he was at his best of doing what he loved. He was talented in many ways but his talent in art and football took him to popularity. Watching his success and his fall through his little sister's eyes who was four years younger, helps you grasp the tragic feelings of what others go through when witnessing their loved ones happy moments and tragic moments. This book also talks about his untimely death by the hands of police in which so many young black men have fallen victim to.

Redemptor

Author: Jordan Ifueko

Category: African-American & Black Interest

Regular price: $8.75

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Deal starts: August 14, 2024

Deal ends: August 14, 2024

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"Immersive and gorgeously written." —Buzzfeed The highly anticipated sequel to Raybearer, the instant New York Times bestselling fantasy sensation that set the world on fire For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities. Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that's what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends. Months into her shaky reign as empress, child spirits haunt her, demanding that she pay for past sins of the empire. With the lives of her loved ones on the line, assassination attempts from unknown quarters, and a handsome new stranger she can't quite trust . . . Tarisai fears the pressure may consume her. But in this finale to the Raybearer duology, Tarisai must learn whether to die for justice . . . or to live for it.