Our Black Fathers:  Brave, Bold and Beautiful
By Various Authors
ISBN: 978-0-9817784-0-2
Publisher: Sisters Publishing
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

Live What You Love
By Bob and Melinda Blanchard
ISBN:  1-4027-2842-5
Publisher:  Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

Celebrate Through Heartsongs
By Mattie J. T. Stephanek
ISBN:  0-7868-6945-3
Publisher:  Hyperion Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk
ISBN:  0-14-200174-0
Publisher:  Penguin
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

Congo
By Hugo Daems
ISBN:  978-1-4343-2116-9
Publisher:  AuthorHouse
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

From Noon Until Midnight
By Christopher Catledge
ISBN:  978-0-595-45041-1
Publisher:  iUniverse, Inc.
Available:  Bookstores everywhere
 

Playing for Pizza
By John Grisham
ISBN:  978-0-385-52500-8
Publisher:  Doubleday
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

All That Matters
By Jan Goldstein
ISBN:  1-4013-0110-/x
Publisher:  Hyperion
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

I’ve Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall
By Bette Greene
ISBN:  0-06-051835-9
Publisher:  HarperCollins
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

The Mermaid Chair
By Sue Monk Kidd
ISBN:  0-670-03394-4
Publisher:  Viking
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

Proverbs for the People
Edited by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall
ISBN:  0-7582-0287-3
Publisher:  Dafina Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and Kensington Publishing Corp. (www.kensingtonbooks.com)

Give God The Glory
By Kevin Wayne Johnson
ISBN:  0-9752572-9-3
Publisher:  Tate Publishing LLC
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and www.tatepublishing.com

Boss of Lunch
By Barbara Park
ISBN:  0-375-80294-0
Publisher: Random House
Available:  Bookstores everywhere
 

Dolphins at Daybreak
By Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN:  0-679-88338-X
Publisher:  Random House
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

Situations 101
By Bern Nadette Stanis
ISBN:  0-9770361-0-3
Publisher:  Worthingham Publishing
Available:  Bookstores everywhere
 
 

Actress-turned-author Bern Nadette Stanis - who will be speaking along with actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the Lansing Center Feb. 23 - is not only an icon in urban entertainment, but also a role model for generations.

Where Inspiration Lives
Edited by John Miller and Aaron Kenedi
ISBN:  1-57731-241-4
Publisher: New World Library
Available: Bookstores everywhere
 

After The Fall
By Donald Hilliard
ISBN:  0-7684-2496-8
Publisher:  Destiny Image
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and
www.destinyimage.com
 

Rooms Of The Heart
By Donna Hill
ISBN:  1-58571-219-1
Publisher:  Genesis Press
Available:  Bookstores everywhere
 
 

Snitch Craft
By Edrea Davis
ISBN:  0-9786974-0-5
Publisher:  Dogon Village Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and www.snitchcraft.com
 
 

Rooms Of The Heart
By Donna Hill
ISBN:  1-58571-219-1
Publisher:  Genesis Press
Available:  Bookstores everywhere
 

The Rainbow
By Pearl S. Buck
ISBN:  671-80319-0
Publisher:  Pocket Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House

Never Again
By Flora Nwapa
ISBN:  0-86543-319-4
Publisher:  Africa World Press
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and Africa World Press

Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart
By Alice Walker
ISBN:  0-965-90060-6
Publisher:  Random House
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

The Rainbow
By Pearl S. Buck
ISBN:  671-80319-0
Publisher:  Pocket Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House
 

Children's books from the Capital Area District Library

From the Capitol Area Library comes Goldin, Barbara. (1996). Coyote and the fire stick: A Pacific Northwest Indian tale San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company and  Aardema, V.(1975). Why mosquitos buzz in people's ears: West African tale. New York: Scholastic Book Services.

Books from the Capitol Area District Library.

Books from the Capitol Area Library

Books from the Capital Area District Library for Children

Jaffe, N. (1998). The way meat loves salt: A Cinderella tale from the Jewish tradition.
    New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

Poems From The Heart
By Annette Hoggs-Jackson
ISBN:  1-932503-45-5
Publisher:  Insight Publishing Group
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and http://www.annettehoggs-jackson.com
 
 

CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY WITH CELEBRATED CLASSIC BY DR. LARRY C. HARRIS, IT ALL STARTS AT HOME.

Long Walk Up
By Denise Turney
ISBN:  0-9663539-3-5
Publisher:  Chistell Publishing
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and www.chistell.com

The Bridges of Madison County
By Robert James Waller
ISBN:  0-446-51652-X
Publisher:  Warner Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere
 

Many Faces to Many Places
By Judy LeBlanc
ISBN:  1-594678-66-9
Publisher:  Xulon Press
Available:  Bookstores and www.xulonpress.com

Mose T A to Z:  The Folk Art of Mose Tolliver
By Anton Haardt
ISBN:  0-9753842-09000
Publisher:  Saturno Press
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and
www.saturnopress.com

Salt In His Shoes
By Deloris Jordan with Roslyn Jordan (illustrations by Kadir Nelson)
ISBN:  0-689-83419-50
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Available at:  Bookstores everywhere

Waiting
By Ha Jin
ISBN-1-58788-004-0
Publisher: Brilliance
Available at:  Bookstores everywhere

After reviewing several “business bestseller” lists for the year, and reflecting on books I have read, I selected three titles that I feel are some of the best business books for 2006.

Author: Nicholas Sparks

ISBN: 0-446-60523-0

Publisher: Warner Books

Available: At bookstores everywhere

The events that happen to the wife and mother in Tobacco Stains are, at times, so intensely painful and shocking, it is amazing that the book is based on real life experiences.

When Rosa Parks grew up in Montgomery, Alabama she witnessed firsthand the unfair rules and laws that brown skinned people in America.

Secret Lovers
By Patricia Anne Phillips, Maxine Thompson and Michelle McGriff
ISBN:  1-59983-002-7
Publisher:  Kensington
Available:  Bookstores everywhere

Maybe You Never Cry Again
By Bernie Mac
ISBN:  0-06-053473-7
Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers
Available:  At bookstores everywhere

Bare Necessity
By Carole Matthews
ISBN:  0-06-055710-9
Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers
Available:  At bookstores everywhere

The Rhythm of Life
By Matthew Kelly
ISBN: 9-780743-538404
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Available: At bookstores everywhere

You Come Too
By Robert Frost
ISBN: 0-8050-6985-2
Publisher: Henry Holt
Available: At bookstores everywhere

Granny’s Old Hands
By Celestine Starks
ISBN: 1-4208-8098-5
Publisher:  Author House
Available: www.authorhouse.com

The Red Notebook
By Paul Auster
ISBN:  0-812-1498-2
Publisher:  New Directions Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere