Washoe County Library System

On Order

1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.

Description

The text of the familiar psalm comparing God to a loving shepherd accompanies illustrations which shows the world of love and fear faced by an urban African-American family.

2) The Secret Keeper of Main Street: a novel

Author

Thomas, Trisha R

Publisher

William Morrow

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

On Order

Description

"From acclaimed African-American novelist Trisha Thomas comes the story of Bailey Dowery, a Black dressmaker in 1950s Oklahoma whose gift of "second sight" pulls her into a dangerous small-town scandal involving a society wedding, a murder, and shocking family secrets"--

3) The coldest winter ever: a novel

Author

Souljah

Series

Coldest winter ever volume 1

Publisher

Washington Square Press

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

Appears on list

Urban Fiction

On Order

Description

I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter. Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, she knows and loves the streets like the curves of her own body. But when a cold Winter wind blows her life in a direction she doesn't want to go, her street smarts and seductive skills are put to the test of...

4) Promise kept

Author

K'wan

Series

Promise

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

On Order

Description

"Promise and her best friend Mouse have fled Newark and are hiding out in New York City, wanted by the police-and the streets-for the death of B-Stone, leader of the Bloods. In the city, Promise has found work as a waitress at a hole-in-the-wall strip club. But one fateful night, she is forced to face her past when an up-and-coming rapper draws several shady characters into her orbit. Meanwhile, Asher has maneuvered himself into a position of great...

5) Night flyer: Harriet Tubman and the faith dreams of a free people

Author

Miles, Tiya

Series

Significations

Publisher

Penguin Press

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

On Order

Description

"From the National-Book-Award-winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory reckoning with the myth and the truth behind an American everyone knows and few really understand. Harriet Tubman is, if surveys are to be trusted, one of theten most famous Americans ever born, and soon to be the face of the twenty-dollar bill. Yet often she's a figure more out of myth than history, almost a comic-book superhero-the woman who, despite...