Issa Rae
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and Black as cool ... [from] Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning ... series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"--
2) Little
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[English, French, Spanish version].
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees daily. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a thirteen-year-old version of herself.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A painfully funny new comedy series which follows best friends Issa and Molly as they navigate the tricky professional and personal terrain of Los Angeles while facing the challenges of being two black women who defy all stereotypes. Insecure explores the black female experience in a subtle, witty, and authentic way, as Issa and Molly stumble their way toward pulling their lives together while trying their hardest to never settle for less.
4) Vengeance
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A radio host from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.
Language
English
Description
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.
8) Barbie
Language
English
Description
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
10) Barbie
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
11) The Hate U Give
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.
12) Little
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees on a daily basis. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a 13-year-old version of herself.
13) Vengeance
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When an aspiring writer receives a phone call telling him that a woman he once hooked up with is dead, he decides to travel from New York City to her hometown in Texas to attend her funeral and investigate the circumstances of her death, hoping to gather material for his future podcast.
15) The photograph
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After finding a hidden family photograph, a woman searches into her estranged mother's past and becomes involved in a romance with a journalist.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In sharing their stories, uses every tool available, from cutting-edge DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing to reveal long-buried secrets. Spanning the globe, the series compiles family trees that trace throughout the United States and Canada; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Germany, Poland, Ireland, Russia, and more.
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