Lil’ Sweets
Lil’ Sweets

Author: Odie Hawkins

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2014-07-23

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 148080875X

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Hawkins delivers a novel that mixes the streetwise lingo of vintage pimp fiction together with scathing satirical commentary about the spread of global capitalism, the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and the AIDS crisis in West Africa. A classic worthy of the Sweets series. Dr. Justin Gifford, Professor of English Literature, University of Nevada, Reno Peter Wright is clinging to a chimney surrounded by dirty water after Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans when he first learns that the man he calls his father is not his real daddy. As his mother relays his shocking biological story, Peter discovers that his father is Sweet Peter Deeder II, a master pimp with a well-known reputation. Eventually rescued and sworn to secrecy by his mother, Peter grows into a street-smart fourteen-year-old who has an overwhelming desire to get to know his biological father. After his mother quietly arranges a month-long visit with his father, Peter heads to Chicago where he begins unveiling his biological history. As Sweet Peter Deeder II introduces Peter to fine cognac, expensive dinners, and his luxurious condo, Peter is provided a glimpse into the lavish lifestyle of a big-time pimp. Now known as Lil Sweets, Peter begins a journey through the world of pimping that leads him from Chicago to West Africa to Spain and back again as he explores his options and contemplates his future. In this multi-layered urban tale, a young African American on a quest for the truth must decide whether to embrace his unusual destiny or return to his old life.

Delish Insane Sweets
Delish Insane Sweets

Author: Editors of Delish

Publisher: Harvest

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0358193346

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Crammed with surprising ideas for treats that are both fun and easy, the wildly popular brand's second cookbook features 100 recipes: new classics and reader favorites that have been shared hundreds of thousands of times.

Sticky Fingers' Sweets
Sticky Fingers' Sweets

Author: Doron Petersan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-02-16

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1101560282

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A Food Network Cupcake Wars winner shares her scrumptious recipes in a new cookbook that has vegans and omnivores alike clamoring for more. When Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats opened in 2002, it instantly became one of the most popular bakeries in D.C.-a bakery that just happens to be vegan. Soon, Sticky Fingers was voted D.C.'s best bakery by The Washington City Paper, and chef Doron Petersan found herself beating out traditional bakers on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars. Sticky Fingers' Sweets is packed with one hundred of her beloved recipes- from indulgent snacks like Fudgetastic Brownies and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies to breakfast treats like Pecan Spice Coffee Cake and Cranberry Ginger Scones, and from celebratory desserts like Chocolate Seltzer Cake and Red Velvet Cupcakes to Sticky Fingers' most popular sweets- Little Devils, Cowvins, and Sticky Buns. Petersan also includes "love bite" nutritional tips and valuable tricks-of-the- trade techniques that every home baker will appreciate. The number of people embracing a vegan lifestyle continues to grow. Like Erin McKenna's BabyCakes and Isa Chandra Moskowitz's bestselling cookbooks, Sticky Fingers' Sweets and Petersan's delectable-and secretly healthy-recipes will be greeted enthusiastically by anyone and everyone who loves to bake.

Edward Chip: Now Leaving Sugarcane
Edward Chip: Now Leaving Sugarcane

Author: Kaiden Traister

Publisher: Kaiden Traister

Published: 2022-09-30

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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That's just how the cookie crumbles When the Evil Taco Man, or ETM, demolishes Edward's middle school with exploding tacos, Edward Chip, the living cookie, knows this is his chances to earn the weapon he has sought for so long: the cookie blaster. Every dessert around him seems to be proud owners of this weapon, given only to the most steadfast and heroic of desserts. If all of his friends have one, why shouldn't he? Little does he know, this goal will lead to him being chased out of the town he has called home for his entire life by even more foods. From then on the journey only gets crazier as the band of foods explores what they know to be the foodiverse, dodging the attempts from the notorious ruler of the dinner foods to capture them. But... How do you know who your true enemies are? There are far greater mysteries that lie beyond the known lands of the foodiverse...

A History of the African American Novel
A History of the African American Novel

Author: Valerie Babb

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1107061725

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This History is intended for a broad audience seeking knowledge of how novels interact with and influence their cultural landscape. Its interdisciplinary approach will appeal to those interested in novels and film, graphic novels, novels and popular culture, transatlantic blackness, and the interfacing of race, class, gender, and aesthetics.

Long Gone, Come Home
Long Gone, Come Home

Author: Monica Chenault-Kilgore

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2023-06-06

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0369720563

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GoodReads, Time Travel with Summer's Biggest Historical Fiction Novels The Root, June 2023 Books By Black Authors We Can't Wait to Read Ms. Magazine, June 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us 88 Upcoming Books the Goodreads Editors Can't Wait to Read SheReads, Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of Summer 2023 Thoughts from a Page, Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of Summer 2023 BookBub, Best Historical Fiction of Summer 2023 Audiofile's Best Audiobooks of July 2023 and Earphones Award Winner Spanning from the joyous peak of the 1930s jazz era to the Great Depression and civil rights movement, Long Gone, Come Home weaves a poetic tale of love, life, and loss as one woman learns the true meaning of home. Birdie Jennings dreams of a big life beyond her small town of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky—beyond her mundane job tying tobacco leaves at Wrights Factory, beyond her position as the baby of the family. Her life changes when she meets smooth-talking Jimmy Walker. Jimmy makes big promises for an exciting life together, and Birdie is quickly swept off her feet. But some short years after they marry, Jimmy disappears without a trace, leaving Birdie hurt and alone with their two toddlers. Out of money and out of options, Birdie moves back home with her overbearing mother. Just as she's settling into her new life, Birdie witnesses a gruesome murder and is urged to flee Mt. Sterling to avoid questioning. With nothing but a borrowed suitcase and a questionable note about a house in Cincinnati promised to Jimmy, she travels to the big city just as she and Jimmy dreamed, determined to put her life back together. Plunged into the bustling jazz scenes of the hottest nightclubs and backwoods juke joints, Birdie learns that finding her place among criminals and saints is tough—but she is tougher. Even when some harsh lessons threaten the life she’s created on her own terms…

Thug Notes
Thug Notes

Author: Sparky Sweets, PhD

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2015-08-18

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1101873043

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Sparky Sweets, PhD, and Wisecrack proudly present this outrageously funny, ultra-sharp guide to literature based on the hit online series, Thug Notes. Inside, you'll find hilarious plot breakdowns and masterful analyses of sixteen of literature's most beloved classics, including: Things Fall Apart, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, and more! The series Thug Notes has been featured on BET, PBS, and NPR and has been used in hundreds of classrooms around the world. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or straight-up literary gangster like Dr. Sweets, Thug Notes has got you covered. You'll certainly never look at literature the same way again.