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In EVERY REASONABLE DOUBT two top-notch attorneys must team up to defend a high-profile murder case. The only African-American attorneys at their prestigious law firm, they don’t get along and the sparks start to fly. Their client is a wealthy woman accused of murdering her womanizing husband. All she cares about is getting off. When the two attorneys come up against a hot-shot female prosecutor who’s used to crushing her opponents, their relationship changes. Forced to fight a common enemy, the women close ranks, and in the process, develop a bond that sees them through the uncertainties of trial, the pain of betrayal and pressures neither could have imagined.

Can’t Nobody Take Me Away! is a wonderful journey into the mind of a writer who is blossoming into the full power of creative expression. Presented in lyric verse, the body of work is deeply moving and emotional, expressing a wide variety of emotions and social commentary. Deeply introspective and ambient, the author creates a mood and sets a stage that will captivate the audience’s senses and transport them to another place and time.

The embodiment of four years of writing, Can’t Nobody Take Me Away! is a telling tale of the author’s growth as a writer and a person. The title poem has earned several awards as well as publications and audio recordings. Confident, vulnerable, defiant, and endearing, this book is a testament to strength and fortitude showing that strength comes through vulnerability, honesty, and self-knowledge. The author stands in radiant defiance declaring: "I am here to stay" and I believe him.

Conversations

by Kyran Daisy

A deeply moving and cathartic experience, it resonated throughout every aspect of my life. The result was a complete inventory of my world and my own philosophies and sweeping changes in the elements that comprise that world and ultimately my experience. This journey has led to much more than finding my voice as a writer. It has caused me to look at myself and become more in-tune to how I move in this world. I have bridged the gap between the social mask and the soul and found a more authentic expression of myself, my thoughts, my emotions, and a stronger reflection of who I am in this world.

Poetry is an intensely personal glimpse into the life of Dorise Dixon. Her love for poetry has brought this literary work to fruition. After suffering physical and mental catastrophes she found her peace through writing. Within the pages of Life Poems you will be able to see her loves and losses, her insurmountable ups and downs through pain and confusion. Dorise’s family played a vital role in some of her poetry as you will see in the category of personal. Her pain through her abuses and bad relationships will touch your heart.

When a police officer pulls over a young man for driving without his headlights on, he mistakes the man's cellphone for a gun and fatally shoots him. The officer descends through a maze of self-recrimination and shame; his wife and children leave him; and he struggles to put his life back together after the life-altering mistake.

This companion volume to the four-part PBS series on the history of American slavery--narrated by Morgan Freeman and scheduled to air in February 2005--illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through the stories of the slaves themselves. Features 120 illustrations.

A lost chapter of American history--and its aftermath in the war-torn nation of Liberia today--this is the gripping story of 200 freed Mississippi slaves who sailed to Liberia to build a new colony, and where the colonists' repression of the native tribes would beget a tragic cycle of violence.

This provocative book is a briefing on "Willie Lynch" for young people who do not fully understand the power of "divide and conquer." It is also an inspirational book for adults who want a better life for themselves and the African American community.

Here are firsthand descriptions of the experiences of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in the North and in Canada in the years before the Civil War.