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What did I just read? Abductions, UFOs, Death. And those are the things I was able to grasp. The author begins the novel with a preface explaining the inspiration for the book: a supposed encounter with a spaceship in the middle of the night one evening when he was young. What follows is a series... Continue Reading →
Katie started the best restaurant in town. She created the menu. All the employees are her employees. But she doesn't own it. For years she has saved her pennies, and now Katie has the opportunity to open her own place at a 50% stake. But little roadblocks start getting in her way, and she thinks... Continue Reading →
The Harlem Hellfighters is a fictionalized account of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the first African-American unit to fight in WW1. From enlistment to basic training to the trenches, this graphic novel follows the men through each step of the war towards many of their eventual deaths. It is a dark and at times graphic narrative,... Continue Reading →
Two families in Houston, Texas in 1968. One father is an African-American professor at Texas Southern University, and the other is a white reporter for the local television station. They form a friendship that is questioned and vilified from every side. Tensions flare when students try to organize protests (Stokely Carmichael’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)... Continue Reading →
The little demi-god that could... On the day of his 12th birthday, Battling Boy is sent to earth to prove himself apart from his monster-killing father. This is an earth that is populated by ghouls and car-eating behemoths. An earth that has just lost its own hero, Haggard West. An earth where the technology is... Continue Reading →
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