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Tina McElroy Ansa:
You Know Better
A runaway teenager, an oblivious mother, and a worried grandmother take center stage in this new work from Ansa.

ANSA
J. California Cooper:
The Future Has a Past
 Cooper's latest collection of short stories delves into an emotional menagerie of human triumph and suffering. She addresses love, pain and betrayal with her signature lyrical style.		 COOPE
Michael Baisden:
God's Gift to Women
Michael Baisden's hottest offering yet, God's Gift to Women is a suspenseful tale about the consequences of sex with a stranger and what one man will have to do to save himself and those he loves from the wrath of a woman scorned 		BAISD
R.M. Johnson:
The Harris Men 		JOHNS
Sister Souljah:
The Coldest 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 a lifetime. Unwilling to lose, this ghetto girl will do anything to stay on top. 		SOULJ
Eric Jerome Dickey:
Thieves' Paradise
A provocative and seductive story of contemporary men and women on the move and on the make, living large-and small-in L.A., Thieves' Paradise is this phenomenally gifted author "at the top of his game." 		DICKE
Zane:
Shame On It All		 ZANE
Iyanla Vanzant:
Everyday I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion 		294.433 V285
E. Lynn Harris
A Love of My Own		 HARRI
Omar Tyree:
Leslie
The second of three children, Leslie Beaudet has experienced more than she would ever be willing to share. To her Haitian immigrant father, Leslie is a princess who always deserves more than poverty. To her Black Indian mother, she is a source of pride and a reason to carry on. To her sister, she is understanding incarnate. To her peers at Dillard University, Leslie is most likely to succeed. But when an alarming string of New Orleans murders begin to point in Leslie's direction, it becomes clear that no one knows the real Leslie—or her dark hunger for power.
 TYREE

Connie Briscoe:
P. G. County
 Affairs and deceptions abound in this dynamic novel. Set in an affluent area of Prince Georges County, Maryland, the story opens on the morning of Bradford and Barbara Bentley's daughter's wedding. Just before the guests arrive, Bradford's negligee-clad mistress drives her car through the wedding tents in a jealous rage. If you ever watched Dynasty and wondered why there wasn't a story like that about African-Americans, then you'll love this book.

BRISC
Juan Williams
Thurgood Marshall :
American revolutionary		 B M369W
Photographs and interviews by Matthew Jordan Smith; written by Dionne Bennett;
with an introduction by Vanessa Williams:
Sepia dreams: A Celebration of Black Achievement through Words and Images		 920.009296 S479
Ben Arogundade:
Black Beauty: A History and a Celebration 		973.0496073 A769
Photographs by Michelle V. Agins
& essays by Julia Chance:
Sisterfriends: Portraits of Sisterly Love		 305.4889607 A267
Photographs and interviews by Brian Lanker; edited by Barbara Summers;
foreword by Maya Angelou:
I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America		 305.48896 L289