No Comps Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Justice of the Pies: Sweet and Savory Pies, Quiches, and Tarts Plus Inspirational Stories from Exceptional People: A Baking Book

Maya-Camille Broussard

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A Pie Shop on Chicago’s South Side Serves More Than Dessert With her first brick-and-mortar bakery, Justice of the Pies, the pastry chef Maya-Camille Broussard focuses on creativity — and inclusivity for people with disabilities https://t.co/AN9BU3N0uC https://t.co/v38Lx9wTtP

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Passing

Nella Larsen

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Gloria Naylor on the 'American Dream' and Nella Larsen's 'Passing' | American Masters | PBS https://t.co/qlQOFljqW0 https://t.co/Dh4Lg9u9jp

Paperback, 2017

$5.50$2.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Bell Hooks: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations

Bell Hooks

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"Nearly a decade before she died in 2021, at 69, the activist and poet #bellhooks gave an extensive radio interview with the novelist Silas House...This talk from 2012 is excerpted from bell hooks: The Last Interview and Other Conversations." https://t.co/64yvpRlnEC https://t.co/yBUeKwADYC

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Bitter

Akwaeke Emezi

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Shelf Life: Akwaeke Emezi The National Book Award finalist and author of Dear Senthuran and Bitter takes our literary survey. https://t.co/qb5zKmLoQL

Paperback, 2023

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Bell Hooks: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations

Bell Hooks

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Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan

Darryl Pinckney

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'In ‘Come Back in September’ Pinckney shares anecdotes about his mentor Elizabeth Hardwick and their circle of friends in the ’70s and ’80s.' Darryl Pinckney’s new book is a dishy tale of literary Manhattan https://t.co/H9XqUzuqLc

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew

Michael W. Twitty

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'Michael W. Twitty’s latest book brings together cultures and traditions through food.' In ‘Koshersoul,’ everyone has a seat at the table | @katekilla https://t.co/FNjyFS9qIJ via @BostonGlobe @KosherSoul

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Tightrope Men

Desmond Bagley

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'Haki Madhubuti joins the professors Tricia Rose and Cornel West, hosts of The Tight Rope, for a conversation about his body of work and how he was, as one of his books is entitled, "Taught By Women.” https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/04/haki-madhubuti-women-are-foundational.html

Paperback, 2019

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

Donovan X. Ramsey

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'In When Crack Was King, Donovan X. Ramsey offers a fresh history of the epidemic that gripped minority communities, inflamed media coverage and led to draconian drug laws.' https://t.co/OXEdfuoXop https://t.co/wQ5ppMioPy

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Nation Under Our Feet: Part 4

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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"This permission to imagine, I believe, is the gift of all comics but T’Challa, the Black Panther, was a special gift to many young black people." Walter Mosley on Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet https://t.co/g6RylLtkuL

Hardcover, 2019

$34.22$17.11 + Free shipping50% off your first book