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The Wedding Officer By Anthony Capella
“A Hope in the Unseen” By Mashaun D Simon
The Capital Area Reads One Book is hosting distinguished author James McBride on Monday, April 20, 2009 to discuss his most recent book A Song Unsung. This highly acclaimed novel was selected for 2009 by the Capital Area District Library Reads Committee to spark a community-wide reading that will stimulate discussion and the exchange of ideas. This annual project is a labor of love for the Capital Area Reads Committee. The undertaking to choose a book begins with the reading of four selections that are subjected to an extensive review process. Each book is discussed and debated by the committee based on criteria that assesses readability, literary quality, and a story line that is thought provoking.
A former teacher reveiws the book "Happy to be Nappy"
Moses By Carole Boston Weatherford – Illustrated by Kadir Nelson ISBN: 0-7868-5175-9 Publisher: Hyperion Available: Bookstores everywhere
FLOWER EXPERT J Schwanke
Keesha’s Bright Idea By Eleanor May Illustrated by Amy Wummer ISBN: 978-1-57565-273-3 Publisher: The Kane Press Available: Bookstores everywhere
How To Disappear Completely By Troy Nethercott ISBN: 978-1419682278 Available: Bookstores everywhere
Someday By Alison McGhee and Peter Reynolds ISBN: 978-1-4169-2811-9 Publisher: Atheneum Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
An Angel Just Like Me By Mary Hoffman – Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu ISBN: 978-1-84507-733-4 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Wednesday Letters By Jason Wright ISBN: 978-0-425-22347-5 Publisher: Berkley Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
Love Matters By Delilah ISBN: 0-373-89200-4 Publisher: Harlequin Available: Bookstores everywhere
My Stroke of Insight By Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor ISBN: 978-0-670-02074-4 Publisher: Viking Available: Bookstores everywhere
Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying By Barbara Park ISBN: 978-0-679-85101-1 Publisher: Random House Available: Bookstores everywhere
Shopgirl By Steve Martin ISBN: 1-4013-0827-9 Publisher: Hyperion Available: Bookstores everywhere
Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket By Barbara Park ISBN: 978-0-375-80040-5 Publisher: Random House Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Pursuit of Happyness By Chris Gardner ISBN: 0-06-074487-1 Publisher: Amistad Available: Bookstores everywhere
Water for Elephants By Sara Gruen ISBN: 13-978-1-56512-560-5 Publisher: Algonquin Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
Our Black Fathers: Brave, Bold and Beautiful By Various Authors ISBN: 978-0-9817784-0-2 Publisher: Sisters Publishing Available: Bookstores everywhere
Live What You Love By Bob and Melinda Blanchard ISBN: 1-4027-2842-5 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. Available: Bookstores everywhere
Celebrate Through Heartsongs By Mattie J. T. Stephanek ISBN: 0-7868-6945-3 Publisher: Hyperion Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Secret Life of Bees By Sue Monk ISBN: 0-14-200174-0 Publisher: Penguin Available: Bookstores everywhere
Congo By Hugo Daems ISBN: 978-1-4343-2116-9 Publisher: AuthorHouse Available: Bookstores everywhere
From Noon Until Midnight By Christopher Catledge ISBN: 978-0-595-45041-1 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Available: Bookstores everywhere
Playing for Pizza By John Grisham ISBN: 978-0-385-52500-8 Publisher: Doubleday Available: Bookstores everywhere
All That Matters By Jan Goldstein ISBN: 1-4013-0110-/x Publisher: Hyperion Available: Bookstores everywhere
I’ve Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall By Bette Greene ISBN: 0-06-051835-9 Publisher: HarperCollins Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Mermaid Chair By Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0-670-03394-4 Publisher: Viking Available: Bookstores everywhere
Proverbs for the People Edited by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall ISBN: 0-7582-0287-3 Publisher: Dafina Books Available: Bookstores everywhere and Kensington Publishing Corp. (www.kensingtonbooks.com)
Give God The Glory By Kevin Wayne Johnson ISBN: 0-9752572-9-3 Publisher: Tate Publishing LLC Available: Bookstores everywhere and www.tatepublishing.com
Boss of Lunch By Barbara Park ISBN: 0-375-80294-0 Publisher: Random House Available: Bookstores everywhere
Dolphins at Daybreak By Mary Pope Osborne ISBN: 0-679-88338-X Publisher: Random House Available: Bookstores everywhere
Situations 101 By Bern Nadette Stanis ISBN: 0-9770361-0-3 Publisher: Worthingham Publishing Available: Bookstores everywhere
Actress-turned-author Bern Nadette Stanis - who will be speaking along with actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the Lansing Center Feb. 23 - is not only an icon in urban entertainment, but also a role model for generations.
Where Inspiration Lives Edited by John Miller and Aaron Kenedi ISBN: 1-57731-241-4 Publisher: New World Library Available: Bookstores everywhere
After The Fall By Donald Hilliard ISBN: 0-7684-2496-8 Publisher: Destiny Image Available: Bookstores everywhere and www.destinyimage.com
Rooms Of The Heart By Donna Hill ISBN: 1-58571-219-1 Publisher: Genesis Press Available: Bookstores everywhere
Snitch Craft By Edrea Davis ISBN: 0-9786974-0-5 Publisher: Dogon Village Books Available: Bookstores everywhere and www.snitchcraft.com
The Rainbow By Pearl S. Buck ISBN: 671-80319-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Available: Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House
Never Again By Flora Nwapa ISBN: 0-86543-319-4 Publisher: Africa World Press Available: Bookstores everywhere and Africa World Press
Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart By Alice Walker ISBN: 0-965-90060-6 Publisher: Random House Available: Bookstores everywhere
Children's books from the Capital Area District Library
From the Capitol Area Library comes Goldin, Barbara. (1996). Coyote and the fire stick: A Pacific Northwest Indian tale San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company and Aardema, V.(1975). Why mosquitos buzz in people's ears: West African tale. New York: Scholastic Book Services.
Books from the Capitol Area District Library.
Books from the Capitol Area Library
Books from the Capital Area District Library for Children
Jaffe, N. (1998). The way meat loves salt: A Cinderella tale from the Jewish tradition. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
Poems From The Heart By Annette Hoggs-Jackson ISBN: 1-932503-45-5 Publisher: Insight Publishing Group Available: Bookstores everywhere and http://www.annettehoggs-jackson.com
CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY WITH CELEBRATED CLASSIC BY DR. LARRY C. HARRIS, IT ALL STARTS AT HOME.
Long Walk Up By Denise Turney ISBN: 0-9663539-3-5 Publisher: Chistell Publishing Available: Bookstores everywhere and www.chistell.com
The Bridges of Madison County By Robert James Waller ISBN: 0-446-51652-X Publisher: Warner Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
Many Faces to Many Places By Judy LeBlanc ISBN: 1-594678-66-9 Publisher: Xulon Press Available: Bookstores and www.xulonpress.com
Mose T A to Z: The Folk Art of Mose Tolliver By Anton Haardt ISBN: 0-9753842-09000 Publisher: Saturno Press Available: Bookstores everywhere and www.saturnopress.com
Salt In His Shoes By Deloris Jordan with Roslyn Jordan (illustrations by Kadir Nelson) ISBN: 0-689-83419-50 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Available at: Bookstores everywhere
Waiting By Ha Jin ISBN-1-58788-004-0 Publisher: Brilliance Available at: Bookstores everywhere
After reviewing several “business bestseller” lists for the year, and reflecting on books I have read, I selected three titles that I feel are some of the best business books for 2006.
Author: Nicholas Sparks
ISBN: 0-446-60523-0
Publisher: Warner Books
Available: At bookstores everywhere
The events that happen to the wife and mother in Tobacco Stains are, at times, so intensely painful and shocking, it is amazing that the book is based on real life experiences.
When Rosa Parks grew up in Montgomery, Alabama she witnessed firsthand the unfair rules and laws that brown skinned people in America.
Secret Lovers By Patricia Anne Phillips, Maxine Thompson and Michelle McGriff ISBN: 1-59983-002-7 Publisher: Kensington Available: Bookstores everywhere
Maybe You Never Cry Again By Bernie Mac ISBN: 0-06-053473-7 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Available: At bookstores everywhere
Bare Necessity By Carole Matthews ISBN: 0-06-055710-9 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Available: At bookstores everywhere
The Rhythm of Life By Matthew Kelly ISBN: 9-780743-538404 Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc. Available: At bookstores everywhere
You Come Too By Robert Frost ISBN: 0-8050-6985-2 Publisher: Henry Holt Available: At bookstores everywhere
Granny’s Old Hands By Celestine Starks ISBN: 1-4208-8098-5 Publisher: Author House Available: www.authorhouse.com
The new Harry Potter book is in the hands of millions of eager readers today. Curriculum specialist/writer Colleen O'Brien explores the term "half-blood," offering critical insight into the world of magic, muggles and mudbloods.
Soaring On Clipped Wings By Darcel Williams ISBN: 1-930586-96-5 Publisher: Millennial Mind Publishing Available: www.darcelwilliams.com or www.american-book.com
The Way A Door Closes By Hope Anita Smith (with illustrations by Shane W. Evans) ISBN: 0-8050-6477-X Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Right Questions By Debbie Ford ISBN: 0-06-251784-8 Publisher: Harper Collins Available: Bookstores everywhere
ROME, GA - For more than 16 years on death row, Billy Neal Moore taught and preached to fellow inmates and the American public about Christ's love. Miraculously, his life was spared just seven hours prior to his execution time. He describes his experiences in his new autobiography, I Shall Not Die: Seventy-two Hours on Death Watch (now available through AuthorHouse).
Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now By Maya Angelou ISBN: 0-553-56907-4 Publisher: Bantam Available: Bookstores everywhere
Blink By Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 0-316-17232-4 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Fire Next Time By James Baldwin ISBN: 0-679-74472-X Publisher: Random House Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Red Notebook By Paul Auster ISBN: 0-812-1498-2 Publisher: New Directions Books Available: Bookstores everywhere
Sunrise By Chassie West ISBN: 0-06-108110-8 Publisher: Harper Collins Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Mammy By Brendan O’Carroll ISBN: 0-452-28103-2 Publisher: Plume Available: Bookstores everywhere
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