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Bad Habitzz: What's Yours by Ivy Symone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone has bad habits. Some are hard to break, while others can be stopped cold turkey. But what happens when your bad habit gets you in some shit you can’t get out of? Andrea has just returned home after her other half’s passing... -
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Domestic Policy by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsManaging an ever-growing family has taught President Candace Reid to expect the unexpected. Nothing could prepare her for what she’s about to face.Away from their home in New York, Candace and Jameson find that creating a sense of home in the White House is no simple task... -
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Erotique Noire/Black Erotica by Roseann P. Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collective work of art whose time has come. Of lasting value for all lovers of literature and the erotic, this is a glorious, groundbreaking celebration of black sensuality, including works by Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and many more... -
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![A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy]()
A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. But when his newspaper ships him to the front, he's embedded in the Imperial Army and the reality of colonial expansion is laid bare before him... -
![Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney]()
Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"An exhilarating, multi-layered new play."—The Guardian"Stirring and stylishly told . . . McCraney's crispest and most confident work."—Daily News"Greatly affecting. . . . It takes a brave writer to set his language against the plaintive beauty of the hymns and spirituals . . -
![Nasty Secrets by La'Tonya West]()
Nasty Secrets by La'Tonya West
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJasmine has a good thing going with her boyfriend, Nathan. He is a hardworking man and gives her anything she wants. Well almost anything…there’s one thing that she wants that he or any other man can’t give her. That’s where his sister Erika comes in. Erika has been having a hard time back in New York, so Nathan asked her to come and live with him and Jasmine for a while until she got on her feet... -
![She Slipped And Fell by Shonda]()
She Slipped And Fell by Shonda
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTina Jones is alluring and outspoken. Kendall Long is sexy, yet delicate. Whether separate or together, these stunning best friends tend to cause quite a stir among the male population. An innocent fall, however, propels their friendship to a new plateau - one where each is compelled to explore and confront her sexuality... -
![The Rich Girls' Club by HoneyB]()
The Rich Girls' Club by HoneyB
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen money isn't enough for Brooks Kennedy, Morgan Childs, Storm Dangerfield, and Hope Andrews, the women decide to take over the governor's house in... THE RICH GIRLS' CLUB California has never had a female governor and Morgan Childs is determined to change that with the help of her friends... -
![Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini]()
Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart"Winner of the first Renato Poggioli/William Weaver Award of PEN American CenterPier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), who is best known in this country as an inspired filmmaker, was also the most outspoken and original Italian writer of his generation, the author of distinguished and controversial novels and... -
![Nosotras vinimos tarde by Elisa Coll, Elisa Coll Blanco]()
Nosotras vinimos tarde by Elisa Coll, Elisa Coll Blanco
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTras su reconocido ensayo Resistencia bisexual, Elisa Coll debuta en el campo de lo narrativo con Nosotras vinimos tarde, una novela valiente y rompedora en la que, a través de distintos géneros, híbrida ficción y memoria histórica, creando un caleidoscopio literario cargado de belleza, inteligencia y humor... -
![A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee]()
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEdwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of suburbia and the psychological terror of empty lives. First produced in 1966, this dark drawing room comedy may be Albee's masterpiece, as powerful in its 1996 revival as it was thirty years before... -
![Untenrum frei by Margarete Stokowski]()
Untenrum frei by Margarete Stokowski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWar es das jetzt mit der sexuellen Revolution? Sind wir unendlich liberal, weil mit nackten Brüsten für Tierfutter und Baumärkte geworben wird? Mitnichten, sagt Margarete Stokowski. Es gilt auch noch im 21. Jahrhundert, Machtstrukturen aufzusprengen, über Sexualität zu sprechen und über Geschlechterrollen, die wir mit riesigem Aufwand spielen... -
![We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan by Lou Sullivan]()
We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan by Lou Sullivan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDrawn from Lou Sullivan’s meticulously kept journals, this landmark book records the life of arguably the first publicly gay trans man to medically transition.We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay trans man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century... -
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![King: A Life by Jonathan Eig]()
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times. Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files...Categorized as:
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![I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money by Madeline Pendleton]()
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money by Madeline Pendleton
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her journey from living paycheck to paycheck to creating a multi-million-dollar business that offers a compassionate alternative to capitalism • Includes no-nonsense life and money advice, from negotiating pay and building credit to putting home ownership within reach"Madeline's life is unique yet...Categorized as:
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![The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib]()
The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib's first full-length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. A regular columnist for MTV.com, Willis-Abdurraqib brings his interest in pop culture to these poems, analyzing race, gender, family, and the love that finally holds us together even as it threatens to break us...Categorized as:
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![Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride, Joe Biden]()
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride, Joe Biden
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA timely and captivating memoir about gender identity set against the backdrop of the transgender equality movement, by a leading activist and the National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. Sarah McBride is on a mission to fight for transgender rights around the world...Categorized as:
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![Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter]()
Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing.“Bold, hilarious, honest, and singular . . . Unprotected is a record of survival, commitment to authenticity, and healing; a road map out of hell.”—Leslie Odom Jr.It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue... -
![Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell]()
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“I get so jazzed about the future of feminism knowing that Amanda Montell’s brilliance is rising up and about to explode worldwide.”—Jill SolowayA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman...Categorized as:
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![What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation by Matt Walsh]()
What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation by Matt Walsh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs this even a question?What is a woman? For months, Matt Walsh devoted nearly every waking hour to answering this simple question. Honestly, it’s a question he never thought he’d have to ask.But all of a sudden, way too many people don’t seem to know the answer... -
![The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler, Dan Kois]()
The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler, Dan Kois
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe oral history of Angels in America , as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it--a moving account of the AIDS era, essential queer history, and pure "theater magic" (NPR)... -
![The T in LGBT: Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans by Jamie Raines]()
The T in LGBT: Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans by Jamie Raines
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA practical and highly accessible guide for those navigating society as a trans person or trying to gain understanding of the trans experience, from psychologist, content creator, and LGBTQ+ advocate Jamie Raines, with over one million YouTube subscribers. Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK... -
![Coming Home by Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford]()
Coming Home by Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women’s basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons... -
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![Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison]()
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsExploring anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender identity, fatness, and health... -
![Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-Haims]()
Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fearless debut memoir in which beloved and bestselling How to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a biracial black woman in America... -
![The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola]()
The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divideOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr... -
![Le Génie lesbien by Alice Coffin]()
Le Génie lesbien by Alice Coffin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings« Enfant, je m’imaginais en garçon. J’ai depuis réalisé un rêve bien plus grand : je suis lesbienne. Faute de modèles auxquels m’identifier, il m’a fallu beaucoup de temps pour le comprendre. Puis j’ai découvert une histoire, une culture que j’ai embrassées et dans lesquelles j’ai trouvé la force de bouleverser mon quotidien, et le monde... -
![Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen]()
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut... -
![James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe]()
James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNever before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwin“I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only...
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