Titoli in Afroamericani

Born to a white mother and an African-American father, Dallas Oliver has always felt like an outsider. Life gets more complicated when her mother dies and she moves in with her father and stepmother. The one saving grace is Dallas' unexpected friendship with a white girl named Valerie Holland. Decades later, they're still best friends. Dallas is a journalist for a controversial magazine and Valerie is a single mother.

Brilliant but troubled historian John Washington returns to his hometown of Chaneysville, Pennsylvania—just north of the Mason-Dixon Line—to learn more about the death of his father. Washington discovers that his father was researching a mystery of his own: why 13 escaped slaves reached freedom in Chaneysville only to die there, for reasons forgotten or never known at all.

As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they. Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty.

Em Ilha Grande, uma mãe viúva e devota vive para o filho, seu único porto seguro. Quando percebe que a adolescência vai levá-lo para longe, ela faz um pedido desesperado a Santa Rita de Cássia: que o tempo desacelere. Pouco depois, uma planta rara e inexplicável surge no quintal, e a rotina da casa começa a mudar de maneiras que ninguém na vila consegue compreender. Entre fé, culpa e segredos, mãe e filho serão colocados à prova quando o amor que une os dois passar a exigir escolhas impossíveis.

Jersey and his brothers, Houston and Memphis, run the city of Atlanta. Nothing and no one comes or goes without their knowledge. Being a thug at heart, he never really expects to find love, let alone fall in love. That's until he crosses paths with Mylani. Mylani is like every typical girl from the hood. She is bred to get it out the mud, and she does just that. Being the sole provider for her younger sister, Trinity, she does what she feels is best to do… strip. Who knew that one night while working, she would bump into the love of her life… literally?

Rennix has spent most of his life playing game after game until he just wanted solitude. Then out of nowhere, he's blinded by siblings he never knew existed, and a woman who refuses to give him the time of day. Gentleman's club owner by night, and a human craving something else by day. He and his twin, Reminisce, are far from home, in a new city with new rules. A change he didn't see coming is on the horizon, because for once, he realizes that what he thought he wanted, he didn't.

Erica Shaw spends her week babysitting the country's bestselling authors for one of the top publishing companies in New York City. But on Friday nights, she escapes to DC, where her sexy-lipped musician boyfriend, Warren Prince, works and performs. Their connection is fierce, and the couple promises never to miss a weekend together. But when real life walks in—an overbearing father, an alcoholic mother, office politics, and a lucrative job contract—the couple starts unraveling at the seams. Tempers flare, violence breaks, while new lovers eagerly wait in the wings—to claim both of them.

Adrian "Wild" Mills is the youngest of the Mills brothers. He's reckless, ruthless, and living up to his name. The only bachelor of the three, Wild is waist-deep in work and women. He always said that he could never imagine being locked in with one woman. Until he did… then the game changed. The universe never lets you skip your karma, so when his past comes back and threatens everything he thought he never wanted, he doesn't know how to handle it.

After receiving a phone call that changes his entire world, Zeus leaves his relationship hanging while trying to uncover the secrets his brother Dionysus has lingering throughout New York. With the Zoo Boyz by his side, the brotherhood shakes things up to put the pieces of the puzzle together and finds that Dio was involved in something deeper than they had imagined. With guns blazing, Dio has faced an unexpected turn. Taking his life for granted more than once has finally caught up with him. Dio is faced with some harsh realities as his growth determines his fate.

In Gauthier, love isn't just found. It's forever. Leslie Kirkland is surviving, not living. Between raising two daughters, singing in the church choir, and dodging well-meaning matchmakers determined to find her a man, she barely has time to breathe. The last thing she needs is to notice Gabriel...

His mother didn’t want him, so much so that she named him “Him” and dropped him off on his father’s doorstep. Because his father had an affair and cheated on his wife, he wanted nothing to do with the outside son that affair created. Derrick gave Him to his grandparents to raise, and they did until he was sixteen. At that point, he was forced to live with his father, stepmother, and three brothers—one of which made sure he knew he was a stray.

* ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2025 * In 2008, Desiree, January, Monique and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood and of big city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the...

Remember frolicking outside during the long, jubilant days of summer? This vibrant collection invites listeners to breathe deeply and return to that “carefree” season. From riding bikes with friends through the neighborhood, to hopping the ferry to Boblo Island, catching catfish along the river, dancing on warm nights to Afrobeats and jazz music, and cooling off in the Swimmobile, those sun-drenched memories were often clouded by racism for the Detroiters in this evocative anthology.

Robert J. Patterson examines so-called "traditional" slave narratives alongside writings from non-enslaved Black people in the nineteenth century, the imaginative works of twentieth century fiction, and twenty-first century cinema to create a compelling and informative introduction to the long historical arc of slavery woven into the cultural and political fabric of America.

The only kind of relationship Everly Love Miller is interested in having with men is one in which emotions don't factor into the equation. The last thing she's looking for is love. The pretty labor and delivery nurse learned the hard way that many men were attracted to women like her, but often behind closed doors. As long as it's mutually beneficial, Everly keeps their secrets—and her heart—to herself. It's the ideal arrangement: she calls all the shots and everything remains perfect in her world. Montréal Hamilton doesn't give a damn about Everly's list of rules and regulations.

In this crackling portrayal of friendship in peril, a young woman’s world is upended when a tragedy in her best friend’s life tests the boundaries of their sisterhood—a sharp and compelling debut novel from a Ghanaian American writer. Dzifa has always felt a bit off. Maybe it’s the...

This era for Nina is called the Moment of Yes. She is saying yes to all things that will improve her self-love, including taking a chef-level virtual cooking class . . . with no cooking skills. Of course, she thought this would go without her nearly burning her kitchen down and coming face to...

Quattro splendidi racconti del pluripremiato autore Richard Larson vengono pubblicati per la prima volta in italiano insieme alla versione originale inglese: Fate la conoscenza de La ragazza fantasma e del suo guardiano artificiale in una discarica di Bujumbura. Festeggiate insieme a degli edonisti post-umani in “Facciamolo virale.” Scoprite cosa succede a un prodigio del basket quando si rifiuta di essere “Reticolato.” E guardate un ragazzo legarsi al fantasma digitale di suo nonno in “Il ritorno.”

Nessuno sa il mio nome è la seconda raccolta di saggi di James Baldwin pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1961 e scritta durante la sua permanenza in Europa, quando la distanza dagli Stati Uniti, fortissimamente voluta, gli aveva permesso di riflettere in modo nuovo sulla condizione delle persone nere in una società dominata dai bianchi. Trascendere la sterile categoria di blackness, sia essa quella imposta dal mondo bianco o quella eretta a scopo difensivo dalla comunità nera, divenne il nucleo dell’opera di Baldwin come scrittore.

Sydney Green crede di conoscere il quartiere di Brooklyn come le sue tasche, perché è qui che è nata e cresciuta. Eppure da un po’ di tempo c’è qualcosa che Sydney non sa definire, qualcosa di profondamente sbagliato, perché ogni giorno qualcosa cambia, impercettibilmente ma inesorabilmente. L’anziana dirimpettaia all’improvviso non si vede più, intere famiglie se ne vanno senza salutare. E appaiono nuovi vicini, sempre bianchi, sempre più ricchi. E agenti immobiliari, ovunque.