Author: Karrine Steffans
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: vixen, video, confessions
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 006089248X
ISBN-13: 9780060892487

An instant bestseller upon publication, Confessions of a Video Vixen is the page-turning memoir of Karrine Steffans: dancer, actress, and companion to many a celebrity. But more than a glimpse at what happens in the boardrooms and bedrooms of hip hop’s A list, Confessions of a Video Vixen is also the first true account of how women are treated in the music industry, and its honest, direct revelations have generated debates and controversy across the country. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticized industry and help young wome

Author: Biyi Bandele
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: novel, rifle, king’s
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0061582662
ISBN-13: 9780061582660

It’s winter 1944 and the Second World War is entering its most crucial state. A few months ago fourteen-year-old Ali Banana was a blacksmith’s apprentice in his rural hometown in West Africa; now he’s trekking through the Burmese jungle. Led by the unforgettably charismatic Sergeant Damisa, the unit has been given orders to go behind enemy lines and wreak havoc. But Japanese snipers lurk behind every tree—and even if the unit manages to escape, infection and disease lie in wait. Homesick and weary, the men of D-Section Thunder Brigade refuse to give up. Taut and imme

Author: Steve Harvey
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: think, relationships, intimacy, commitment, love, really, man, men, lady
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-01-27
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 0061728977
ISBN-13: 9780061728976

good as brand new, spine binder is solid. pages are clean & clear.

Authors:Chris Gardner, Mim E. Riva,
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: getting, lessons, life, start
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 006153711X
ISBN-13: 9780061537110

Ever since the story of his transformation from homeless, single and struggling father to millionaire became known the world over, Chris Gardner --whose life story both inspired the movie The Pursuit of Happyness and became a #1 New York Times bestseller by the same name--has been inundated with two questions: “How Did You Do It” and “How Can I Do it Too?” Gardner’s power-packed, transformational reply is the basis of this long-anticipated book. As a departure from standard self-help tomes that promise overnight riches and exclusive secrets for success, Gardner avoids

Author: Walter Dean Myer
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: love, street
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0064407322
ISBN-13: 9780064407328

Your first love is totally wrong for you. Do you follow your heart? Or do you run away? Junice What am I doing? He’ll take one quick look And wish he was anywhere else but here I’m already ashamed of what I think He will think of me, of the life I lead Damien Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin

Author: Ann Petry
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: railroad, underground, conductor, tubman, harriet
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1996-01-31
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0064461815
ISBN-13: 9780064461818

This classic biography, called "unusually well written and moving" by Horn Book, is a vivid and accessible portrait of one of America’s most inspiring heroes. The story of the courageous woman who guided over 300 slaves to freedom is told "with insight, style and a fine narrative skill," wrote the New York Times. Born a slave, Harriet Tubman dreamed of freedom. And through hard work and her willingness to risk everything-including her life-she was able to make that dream come true.But after making her escape, Harriet realized that her own freedom was not enough. So she became a conductor

Author: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: novel, wench
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 006170654X
ISBN-13: 9780061706547

An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular among slaveholders who bring their enslaved mistresses wench ’wench n. from Middle English "wenchel," 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it, but then again, the smaller structures ar