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On the eve of trial, Assistant District Attorney Lainey Abbott gets a disturbing phone call. Her baby sister, Stephanie, who should have been back at her college dorm after visiting for the weekend, never arrived. At first, she isn’t too worried, because she’s a system insider and has plenty of resources available to locate her sister quickly, including Russ Sanders, the police detective she’s been on and off with for years. It’ll take a couple days, tops. They’ll find Steph and give her a piece of their mind for being so irresponsible.

A hands-on companion to the beloved bestseller The Unshaming Way—a step-by-step guide to free yourself from shame and trauma With of practical prompts, personal reflections, and self-help exercises In his bestselling The Unshaming Way, author, mental health expert, and professor David Bedrick...

Leta Troutman, an elite CIA operative, finds herself deep within Nigeria on a mission to surveil a high-level target. However, Lagos' balmy nights and bustling markets soon become the backdrop to a deadly game when assassination attempts nearly claim her life. The meticulous nature of the attack reveals a chilling truth: the enemy seems to be a step ahead, possessing insider information that should be known only to the most secretive ranks of the CIA. With her cover blown and trust in the agency shattered, Leta is forced to go dark.

Former ADA turned defense lawyer Lainey Abbott is beginning to worry. It looks like the rest of her professional life will be spent representing dope boys in stop-and-frisk cases, just to help keep the lights on at her and Greg Knight’s law practice. Then a star football player from an elite college shows up at their door. A young, beautiful classmate, with whom he had an erratic three-month fling, was just found dead, and right away he’s in the NYPD’s crosshairs. Could be a fairly straightforward case to defend. Or maybe not. He's Black, and the missing girl is white.

With humor, empathy, and expertise, a Black, femme, disabled, and neurodivergent physical therapist retraces their journey through a weaponized fitness culture, sharing an alternative path to honor all bodies and needs. An inclusive, full-color guide to improving mobility, building strength, and...

Looking back at her encounters over the past fifty years, the author has put the events of her life together that seem to fit like a grand puzzle. She realized that she has been walking through Ancient Doors that were being opened and directed by the Ancient One Himself. Now He has called Jean to publish her witness for such a time as this - a time when myriads of His angels are being released to help accomplish His plans and purposes for mankind. When an Ancient Door opens for you, will you recognize it? Will you have the understanding, faith, and courage to walk through that door?

Drawing strength from their ancestor, Aisha, a slave born free on the west coast of Africa, four Black women will do whatever is necessary to succeed—and will do even more to protect their daughters. Aisha’s granddaughter, Dinah, a plantation slave, fends off the advances of the master’s son and vows to prevent the same mistreatment of her daughter, Sarah. During the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta, an aspiring teacher, falls in love for the first time. Her mother, Julia, is determined to prevent her from getting hurt.

Leading for survival, leading for liberation—how to uplift women of color, transform cultures of complicity, and upend white supremacy culture at work Workplace leaders: white comfort comes at the safety of women of color—and it costs lives and livelihoods. Microaggressions, structural...

A fierce and inspirational guide to Black resistance, resilience, and healing, using the principles of Afro-Indigenous spiritual practices Understanding where you came from is crucial to understand where you are going. The Five Blessings of Ifá explores how Black communities across the diaspora...

Learn all about the truly epic life of one of the most famous women rulers in history! Cleopatra's legacy as a trailblazing leader and political strategist dazzles in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Cleopatra was born into a time when power struggles within her own...

A memoir that unearths the layered emotional and sexual lives of women and exemplifies the satisfaction that comes when they assert their voices and power, Unsexed speaks to millions of women who have different narratives but face similar struggles in reclaiming their voices, bodies, and sexuality.

Exploring her beloved forest, young Princess Chibuike “Chi” encounters a man unlike any she has seen. His skin is as pale as the moon that watches over the Queendom of Kana, a land where women rule fiercely and freely. But outside the comforting embrace of her homeland, a disturbing change blows with the wind.

In the shadowy world of espionage, CIA agent Leta James has mastered the art of disappearing. Her most important mission: protecting her son. Every year, as he celebrates his birthdays and milestones, Leta watches from the shadows, a silent guardian, ensuring his safety from afar. But when a great political figure in Nigeria meets a mysterious and untimely demise, the fragile balance of power in the region is sent into a tailspin.

Dera Edwards knows her life is over when she's shipped off to live with her estranged father in the middle of White Suburbia. To make matters worse, Dera learns that her new school doesn’t have a girls’ track team, shattering her dreams of getting a track scholarship and, one day, competing...