Locality/Detroit
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The Fourth Whore
$23.93 Add to cartRecipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Kenzi Brooks watched The Scribble Man collect her brother’s soul after a hit and run when she was seven. He gave her a prese
- Author: Knight, Ev
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: March 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1947879162
- Language: English
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Daddy Cool
$15.95 Add to cartA multifaceted, realistic fictional picture of the lives, choices, and frustrations of underworld ghetto blacks.
Larry Jackson, better known as Daddy Cool, is a ruthlessly efficient black hit man, equa… [more below]- Series: Black Experience
- Author: Goines, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 26 2014
- ISBN10: 0758294646
- Language: English
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Whoreson
$15.95 Add to cartNow reissued with a fresh new look, the first novel written by Donald Goines, one of the most revolutionary writers of the 20th century. Written while he was in prison and rumored to be his most autob… [more below]
- Author: Goines, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1496735951
- Language: English
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Out of Sight
$20.99 Add to cartBefore there was Raylan, there was Sisco… U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class gentleman felon Jack Foley in Out of Sight, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard’s sexy
- Author: Leonard, Elmore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0062227874
- Language: English
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Doll Maker the
$21.99 Add to cartThe Dollmaker was originally published in 1954 to immediate success and critical acclaim. In unadorned and powerful prose, Harriette Arnow tells the unforgettable and heartbreaking story of the Nevels… [more below]
- Author: Arnow, Harriette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: June 09 2009
- ISBN10: 1439154430
- Language: English
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Kenyatta’s Escape
$16.95 Read moreDonald Goines, “the godfather of black pulp fiction” (Salon.com) and “one of hip hop’s greatest inspirations” (The Source Magazine), is among the most influential and revered urban authors of all time… [more below]
- Author: Goines, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 149673937X
- Language: English
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a
Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime- Author: Stanton, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1493030582
- Language: English
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
$21.00 Add to cart“A fascinating political, racial, economic, and cultural tapestry” (Detroit Free Press), Once in a Great City is a tour de force from David Maraniss about the quintessential American city at the top o… [more below]
- Author: Maraniss, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 20 2016
- ISBN10: 147674839X
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
$18.99 Add to cartPrizewinning Book: The Dawn of Detroit won both the Merle Curti Prize and the James Rawley Prize, two of the top distinctions in American History Media track record: Hardcover edition attracted major … [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974819
- Language: English
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38 Years: A Detroit Firefighter’s Story: A Detroit Firefighter’s Story
$15.95 Add to cartDecorated firefighter and true-blue Detroiter Bob Dombrowski risked life and limb saving lives for as long as he could remember. Born and raised on the west side of Detroit, Bob narrates an engrossing… [more below]
- Author: Dombrowski, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: May 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1628384174
- Language: English
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Living for Change: An Autobiography
$19.95 Read moreNo one can tell in advance what form a movement will take. Grace Lee Boggs’s fascinating autobiography traces the story of a woman who transcended class and racial boundaries to pursue her passionate
- Series: PostHumanities
- Author: Boggs, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1517901480
- Language: English
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Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art
$7.95 Read more“An inspiring, exciting introduction to avant-garde art and social commentary, this biography convinces young readers that art can exist, thrive and effect change outside in the real world. ” –Kirkus… [more below]
- Author: Shapiro, J. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1580893864
- Language: English
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Mama in Congress: Rashida Tlaib’s Journey to Washington
$18.99 Read moreAn inspiring picture book that tells the story of Rashida Tlaib, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, and her family. Perfect for readers of books that celebrate trailblazing women and s
- Author: Tlaib, Rashida
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0358683432
- Language: English
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Betty Before X
$8.99 Add to cartBetty Before X is a powerful middle-grade fictionalized account of the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-o- Author: Shabazz, Ilyasah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 31, 2018
- ISBN10: 1250294185
- Language: English
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City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit
$18.99 Add to cartTHE INSPIRATION FOR JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL ON FX
“As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you’ll find….The action never stops, the language sings and stings.” —Washington Post
The City Primeval in
- Author: Leonard, Elmore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 10 2012
- ISBN10: 0062191357
- Language: English
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Middlesex
$20.00 Add to cartMiddlesex is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
A dazzling triumph from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides–the astonishing tale of a gene that passes down through three gen- Series: Oprah’s Book Club
- Author: Eugenides, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0312427735
- Language: English
