Alibris: African American


NEW BOOKS OF NOTE \| COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS \| BARGAIN BOOKS \| RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS

» advanced search

browse BOOKS

Page 1 of 20

sort by

1	Secret Life of Bees more books like this by S Kidd Lily Owens is growing up in South Carolina in the mid-1960s, raised by her cruel father but cared for by Rosaleen, her African-American nanny. When Rosaleen tries to vote and is beaten for her trouble, she and Lily head for the town of Tiburon, a place with ties to Lily's dead mother, where they live with a local beekeeper, and where Lily learns ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Think & Grow Rich more books like this by Napoleon Hill A perennial best seller in the self-help field since its first publication in 1937, Napoleon Hill's THINK AND GROW RICH sets down the basic principles of success, showing how to apply them not only to business and careers, but also to life and relationships. In 1908, Hill a journalist, was commissioned by the great American business tycoon and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama When Barack Obama learns of the death of his African father, whom he hardly knew, he is compelled to trace his unusual family history. Obama, who became a nationally known figure in 2004 when he gave the keynote address at the Democratic Convention, writes movingly about being raised in Hawaii by his white mother. He goes on to describe his years ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Their Eyes Were Watching God more books like this by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston's now-classic novel about Janie Crawford, the granddaughter of an ex-slave, and her three husbands: Mr. Killicks, Mayor Starks and, finally, Tea Cake--the love of her life. The novel is set in a black community in rural Florida, and the characters speak in dialect--a technique that inspired both anger and praise from other black ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.43! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Color Purple more books like this by Alice Walker Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Lesson Before Dying more books like this by Ernest J Gaines In this story of injustice and redemption set in rural Louisiana during the late 1940s, Grant Wiggins, a backwoods schoolmaster, is asked visit a young black prisoner on death row. Jefferson, the prisoner, was falsely accused and convicted of murder and is sentenced to hang, and Wiggins's job, once he realizes the impossibility of overturning the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Invisible Man more books like this by Ralph Waldo Ellison Ellison's classic 1952 novel is about a black man from the South who travels to New York City in the 1930s. He becomes involved with the Communist Party, but is soon disillusioned: the Communists see him not as a person but as a symbol of oppressed humanity, as does the Black Nationalist Group he encounters. This inability of a blind and hostile ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Raisin in the Sun more books like this by Lorraine Hansberry The award-winning, now classic drama about a working-class African-American family on the South Side of Chicago--their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.87! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Beloved more books like this by Toni Morrison Sethe, an escaped slave, kills her own daughter Beloved with a handsaw to prevent her from being claimed as a slave in this stunningly rendered story. Beloved returns to her mother as a ghost 20 years later. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Corduroy more books like this by Don Freeman A gentle stuffed bear who wears a pair of green overalls, Corduroy sits on a shelf in the toy section of a large department store, eagerly awaiting the day that someone will decide to buy him and bring him home. He thinks that day has finally come when a young girl named Lisa picks him up and declares that he's the very bear she's always wanted. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.27! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Bluest Eye more books like this by Toni Morrison In this novel about the nature of black identity, narrated by Pecola's friend Claudia, we learn that Pecola was raped by her father, and is plagued with a desire to be white. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Big Bad Wolf more books like this by James Patterson Patterson's perennial hero, homicide detective Alex Cross, returns for another adventure--and this time it's his own family that's in danger. The villains are a team of kidnappers with bizarre motives. Alex races against time as he tries to convince his hidebound colleagues on the D.C. police force that he has the key to solving the crimes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Known World more books like this by Edward P Jones Henry Townsend, a black bootmaker and former slave in antebellum Virginia, becomes a proprietor of his own plantation--as well as his own slaves. This modern masterpiece explores what happens when he dies and "the known world" unravels. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Native Son more books like this by Richard Wright Bigger Thomas, a young black man in Chicago, murders two women and is condemned to death. Bigger, whose crimes escalate as the story takes its sad and terrible course, feels--like Dostoyevsky's Raskolnikov in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT--that the act of murder is a kind of existential act, and is the only kind of freedom he has ever known. Wright ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Double Cross more books like this by James Patterson Alex Cross rejoins the police force to face the most diabolical villain he has ever encountered -- a serial killer with a hunger for mega-celebrity -- in Patterson's latest thrilling novel. see all copies from $2.55! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Cross more books like this by James Patterson From the man "USA Today" calls the "master of the genre," "Cross" is the pinnacle of the bestselling detective series of the past two decades--a high-velocity thriller fans have waited years to read, in which Alex Cross at last has the chance to capture the psychopath who murdered his wife, Maria. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou In this first volume of her celebrated collection of memoirs, the poet Maya Angelou describes in vivid, lyrical detail her childhood as a young black girl in the South. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Song of Solomon more books like this by T Morrison In Toni Morrison's powerful 1977 novel, Milkman Dead hears a strange story: his father and his aunt Pilate witnessed their father's murder, and Pilate has carried his bones around with her for 20 years. Milkman travels south to find that this grandfather (who fled slavery and escaped, creating a myth of flight) has been immortalized in folktales ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Sula more books like this by Toni Morrison Sula and Nel grow up together in "the Bottom," but when they become adults, their paths diverge. Sula leaves to explore the world, Nel settles down to a quiet life. When they are reunited, the differences between them become apparent--as do, in the end, the similarities. Morrison's novel evokes not only two unique women, but the entire culture of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Autobiography of Malcolm X more books like this by Malcolm X Malcolm X was a controversial figure in the early sixties as one of the most forceful and eloquent spokesmen for African-Americans. In his writings and public appearances he addressed the issues of Black pride, separatism (a position he eventually renounced), and self-esteem. In the years prior to his assassination in 1965, he granted Alex Haley, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.80! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography more books like this by Sidney Poitier (Read by) Here, the celebrated, Oscar-winning screen actor looks back over his childhood in the Bahamas and the difficult path that led him to become a breakthrough actor in Hollywood--one of America's first successful African-American actors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.69! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	A Piece of Cake: A Memoir more books like this by Cupcake Brown From beloved daughter to abused foster child to prostitute and gang member, Brown took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it. Now an attorney at one of the largest firms in California, she vividly recounts her story. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $8.26! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life more books like this by Tony Dungy (Read by), Nathan Whitaker In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Dungy, the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl title, tells the story of a life lived for God and family--and challenges readers to redefine their ideas of what it means to succeed. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $10.53! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Black Like Me more books like this by John Howard Griffin In the fall of 1959, John Howard Griffin used medical treatments to darken the color of his skin and then set out on an odyssey through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, a white man travelling as a black man in order to find out first-hand what it was like "to be a Negro in the Deep South," as he wrote at the time. His eloquent and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 more books like this by Christopher Paul Curtis Nine-year-old Kenny narrates this story about his middle-class, African-American family and their 1963 trip from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama. The trip's purpose is two-fold--to visit their grandmother, and to get Kenny's older brother away from the rough crowd he has been running with. Sadly, racism rears its ugly head as the family ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

Page 1 of 20: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next>

Browse authors

Browse subjects

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.

		You'll find it at Alibris! Log in here. Over 60 million used, new, and out-of-print books!
		YOUR CART 0 items \| ACCOUNT \| WISHLIST \| HELP