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1) Blonde faith
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English
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Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Chrismas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the murder of a father of twelve. As he's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 24
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English
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It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president. It is also the last year of professor Coleman Silk's life, whose own tragic exposure is played out against the background of the Clinton revelations
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Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Facing unprecedented financial troubles when his daughter requires a medical treatment, Easy Rawlins takes a job tracking down a missing attorney and legal assistant, but the assignment proves more complicated than anticipated.s
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In this honest and stunning novel, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwins story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned....
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Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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It is 1965, and the devastating Watts riots are ravaging Los Angeles. A white man attempts to escape from a mob by running into a nearby apartment building. A few days later he is accused of killing a woman known as Little Scarlet who is found dead in the building. But when Easy Rawlins starts to investigate, he suspects the killer to be someone else-someone whose rage is racially motivated and as deep as his passion.
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Fearless Jones novels volume 3
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c1995
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English
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"In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete—a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance. Sage and charismatic, it is Vance who will ultimately guide the match, for he holds the secret of the...
13) Finding Gideon
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Dutton
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"A professional job turns personal for jet-setting contract killer Gideon in this sexy, thrilling page-turner by New York Timesbestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey. As a hit man from the time he was very young, money, women, and danger have always ruled Gideon's life; but for the first time, the job is taking its toll. Neither Gideon nor the city of Buenos Aires has recovered from the mayhem caused during Gideon's last job. But before the dust has...
14) Cheaters
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Cheaters is the book that broke new ground for Eric Jerome Dickey, following the skyrocketing success of his first three #1 Blackboard bestsellers, Sister, Sister, Friends and Lovers, and Milk in My Coffee. Cheaters takes on a larger canvas and cast of characters, and fearlessly explores how bad even good people can sometimes behave in the game of love. It has earned Dickey even more loyal readers, and was chosen as Blackboards Best Book of the Year....
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When a boxer-turned-revolutionary kidnaps the daughter of a weapons manufacturer and threatens to publicly execute her if he does not receive a lucrative ransom, Easy Rawlins is tapped by the LAPD to make a difficult border crossing to navigate an ensuing standoff.
16) Criminal minded
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
"Lamin Michaels learned at his mother's knee the importance of chasing paper, so it's no surprise he gets into the drug game when he's just a teenager. When he meets Zion, a product of the New York City foster care and prison system, Lamin knows that he has meet the perfect partner in crime. Together, they build a huge narcotics empire. Then, Lamin falls hard for a beautiful girl named Lucky. Lucky makes Lamin realize that there is more to life than...
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Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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“This is the rare debut that introduces not a promising talent but a major writer, fully formed.” Garth Greenwell. In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and...
18) Boys in the club
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Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Losing themselves in their club personas to escape the pressures of life, four Black gay men and hard-working professionals find their excessive partying leading to bad decisions that could ruin their lives.
"It is said that all work and no play makes life dull. Justin, Keith, Marcus, and Evan love to do both. These young guys are four hard-working professionals who also have an addiction to club life. Keith is in the banking field, trying to rise...
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