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They call me George : the untold story of black train porters and the birth of modern Canada / by Foster, Cecil,1954-author.;
"A historical work of non-fiction that chronicles the little-known stories of black railway porters-the so-called "Pullmen" of the Canadian rail lines. The actions and spirit of these men helped define Canada as a nation in surprising ways, effecting race relations, human rights, North American multiculturalism, community building, the shape and structure of unions, and the nature of travel and business across the US and Canada. Drawing on the stories and legends of several of these influential early black Canadians, this book narrates the history of a very visible, but rarely considered, aspect of black life in railway-age Canada. These porters, who fought against the idea of Canada as White Man's Country, open only to immigrants from Europe, fought for and won a Canada that would provide opportunities for all its citizens."--
Subjects: Pullman porters; Porters; Train attendants; Black Canadians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Great black hope : a novel / by Franklin, Rob,author.;
"An arrest for cocaine possession on the last day of a sweltering New York summer leaves Smith, a queer Black Stanford graduate, in a state of turmoil. Pulled into the court system and mandated treatment, he finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him, but his race does not. It's just weeks after the death of his beloved roommate Elle, the daughter of a famous soul singer, and he's still reeling from the tabloid spectacle -- as well as lingering questions around how well he really knew his closest friend. He flees to his hometown of Atlanta, only to buckle under the weight of expectations from his family of doctors and lawyers and their history in America. But when Smith returns to New York, it's not long before he begins to lose himself to his old life -- drawn back into the city's underworld, where his search for answers may end up costing him his freedom and his future. Smith goes on a dizzying journey through the nightlife circuit, anonymous recovery rooms, Atlanta's Black society set, police investigations and courtroom dramas, and a circle of friends coming of age in a new era. Great Black Hope is a propulsive, glittering story about what it means to exist between worlds, to be upwardly mobile yet spiraling downward, and how to find a way back to hope."--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; African American gay people; African American men; Coming of age; Drug abuse and crime; Families, Black; Friendship; Grief; Racism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The rage of dragons / by Winter, Evan,author.;
'Game of Thrones' meets 'Black Panther' in this debut epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Revenge; Survival; Swordsmen;
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Just by looking at him : a novel / by O'Connell, Ryan,1986-author.;
"From the first line of Just by Looking at Him, you'll know this story is so much more than boy meets boy. First, there's the humor. Elliot is a writer who spends his days navigating the back stabbing, the pressure, and the day to day snark of writing aggressively average television. In laugh out loud detail, we're immediately with him on his journey to try to get his lines onto the screen. But there's a deeper, and more poignant, story beating at the heart of this would be rom com. Instead of the usual boy meets boy, the person you really fall in love, the one you're rooting for until the end, is the protagonist himself. As a gay man with cerebral palsy, Elliot has always searched for the one, and he thought he found that person in Gus, his doting boyfriend. And yet, he can't seem to stop cheating. Elliot falls into a rabbit hole of sex, drinking, and addiction, and ultimately learns that the person he truly needs to learn to accept is himself. As incisive commentary on gay life today, a heart centered, laugh out loud exploration of self and a rare insight into life as a person with disabilities who refuses to be a victim, critics and readers alike will fall in love with this story"--
Subjects: Black humor.; Gay fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Gay men; People with disabilities; Self-acceptance; Sex addiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My sister, the serial killer : a novel / by Braithwaite, Oyinkan,author.;
"Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. "Femi makes three, you know. Three and they label you a serial killer." Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. A kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where Korede works is the bright spot in her life. She dreams of the day when he will realize they're perfect for each other. But one day Ayoola shows up to the hospital uninvited and he takes notice. When he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and what she will do about it. Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite has written a deliciously deadly debut that's as fun as it is frightening"--
Subjects: Black humor.; Satirical literature.; Sisters; Serial murderers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Escape [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-narrator.; Ellis, David,1967-author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Edoardo Ballerini."Chicago's #1 detective, Billy Harney, takes on a billionaire crime boss in this follow-on to James Patterson's highly acclaimed, multi-million selling Black Book. As Chicago's special-ops leader Detective Billy Harney knows well, money is not the only valuable currency. The billionaire he's investigating is down to his last twenty million. But he's also being held in jail. For now"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Escaped prisoners; Kidnapping; Murder; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Not forever, but for now : a novel / by Palahniuk, Chuck,author.;
"From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over. Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather ... and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not. However, it's not so easy to continue the family legacy with the constant stream of threats and distractions seemingly leaping from the hedgerow. First there is the matter of the veritable cavalcade of escaped convicts that keep showing up at their door. Not to mention the debaucherous new tutor who has a penchant for speaking in Greek and dismembering sex dolls. Then there's Mummy's burgeoning opioid addiction. And who knows where Daddy is. He just vanished one day after he and Mummy took a walk in the so called "Ghost Forest." With Grandfather putting pressure on Otto to step up, it becomes clear that this will all end in only two ways: a nuclear apocalypse or just another day among the creeping thistle and tree peonies. And in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, either are equally possible."--
Subjects: Black humor.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Assassins; Brothers; Families; Grandfathers; Murder; Rich people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black Adam [graphic novel] : rise and fall of an empire / by Johns, Geoff,1973-author.; Baron, David(David Andrew),colorist.; Barrows, Eddy,illustrator.; Batista, Chris,illustrator.; Bennett, Joe,1968-illustrator.; Brosseau, Pat,letterer.; Fletcher, Jared K.,letterer.; Giffen, Keith,contributor.; Jadson, Jack,illustrator.; Jones, J. G.,illustrator.; José, Ruy,illustrator.; Lanham, Travis,letterer.; Morrison, Grant,author.; Napolitano, Nick,letterer.; Nauck, Todd,illustrator.; Palmiotti, Jimmy,illustrator.; Pantazis, Pete,colorist.; Rucka, Greg,author.; Sinclair, Alex,colorist,illustrator.; Stull, Rob,illustrator.; Waid, Mark,1962-author.; Hi-Fi Colour Design,colorist.;
"Black Adam, the merciless ruler and protector of the nation of Kahndaq, has declared an end to the reign of superheroes. Killing those villains who would defy him and creating an international coalition with China and Russia, he is well on his way to reshaping the world to his will. But when Adrianna Tomaz, formerly enslaved, enters into Black Adam's life, a new path forward is discovered. With Adrianna at his side, Black Adam will learn not just how to be a hero to his people, but how to become a hero to the world. Freeing enslaved children across Africa and offering refuge to those in need, Black Adam and his newly formed Black Adam Family offer hope to a world in need ... but can such change last? In the face of tragedies, betrayal, and war, will this vision for Kahndaq endure or will Black Adam's old ways strike back with a vengeance?"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The influencers : a novel / by McLemore, Anna-Marie,author.;
""Mother May I" Iverson has spent the past twenty years building a massively successful influencer empire with endearing videos featuring her five mixed-race daughters. But the girls are all grown up now, and the ramifications of having their entire childhoods commodified start to spill over into public view, especially in light of the pivotal question: Who killed May's newlywed husband and then torched her mansion to cover it up? April is a businesswoman feuding with her mother over IP; twins June and July are influencers themselves, threatening to overtake May's spotlight; January is a theater tech who steers clear of her mother and the limelight; and the youngest ... well, March has somehow completely disappeared. As the days pass post-murder, everyone has an opinion-the sisters, May, a mysterious "friend of the family," and the collective voice of the online audience watching the family's every move-with suspicion flying every direction. A campy and escapist exploration of race, gender, sexuality, and class, The Influencers is an evisceration of influencer culture and how alienating traditional expectations can be, ripe for the current moment when the first generation of children made famous by their parents are, now, all grown up-and looking for retribution"--
Subjects: Black humor.; Domestic fiction.; Satirical fiction.; Novels.; Internet personalities; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Black dove : a novel / by McAdam, Colin,author.;
"In a tall and narrow house, on a stained and busy street, live twelve-year-old Oliver and his father, a story-loving writer. Haunted by the ghost of his alcoholic mother, Oliver finds comfort in his father's impromptu tales: the Black Dove, an elusive flower that gives strength; the girl who consumes it as she battles attackers and yearns for happier realms. Stories where lonely souls keep searching despite their losses and grief. Running from a bully one night, Oliver finds refuge in a junk shop owned by an enigmatic man. Soon, instead of hiding in the janitor's closet after school, Oliver spends afternoons in the shop, a cavernous place full of storied oddities and grubby wonders where creatures rise up from the basement. A snake in the shape of a boy. A hunter named Night, part panther, part hound, who proves to Oliver that the world holds invisible wonder. Wanting to forget his mother, afraid of his own genes, constantly harassed by bullies, Oliver decides to follow the shop-owner down the path of genetic editing. As he begins his transformation he meets the girl from across the street, and their friendship grows in a neighbourhood where magic is real, where murderers gather, and where the darker consequences of fantasies play out. A twisting story of grief and revenge, Black Dove is a thrilling read with its own kind of magic. In rich but tightly reined prose, McAdam celebrates the value and shortfalls of storytelling, finding a light in all the darkness to conjure a tender portrait of childhood's end"--
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Boys; Fathers and sons; Genetic engineering; Revenge; Storytelling; Victims of bullying;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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