Books from Simon and Schuster

  • Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics
    By Karen M. Paget, Linda Witt, Glenna Matthews

    ... and, judging by the strange new media venues, "Saturday Night Live," "Donahue," and gossip columnist Lany King's radio and television call-in shows on which 1992's Losing 245.

  • How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education
    By Arne Duncan

    ... 137, 138–40, 175, 219 Obama targeted by, 144–49 Rhode Island, 134 Robert Taylor Homes public housing, 23 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 38 Robinson, Craig, 81–82, 153, 155–56 Rockoff, Jonah E., 169 Rogers, John, Jr., 20, 23, 25–26, ...

  • Stop Being Niggardly: And Nine Other Things Black People Need to Stop Doing
    By Karen Hunter

    Refreshingly candid and challenging, certain to get people everywhere talking, this is the book that takes on race in a new—yet also historically revered and simply stated—way that can change lives, both personally and collectively.

  • Don't Bring Home a White Boy: And Other Notions that Keep Black Women From Dating Out
    By Karyn Langhorne Folan

    In Don’t Bring Home a White Boy, writer Karyn Langhorne Folan debunks the myths and common preconceptions about interracial relationships: Is a black woman who dates white men a traitor to her race?

  • Nameless
    By Kyle Chais

    In the in-between are the Nameless; names are for masters and they have none. They live in the Nameless realm, between being saved and being destroyed—they are Fallen.

  • Respect the Jux
    By Frank C. Matthews

    Cat has to watch his back and remember the rules: Never trust a thief. Never get caught. And always . . . RESPECT THE JUX A novel based on true events, written by a man who experienced it within two degrees of separation.

  • Faith Under Fire: Betrayed by a Thing Called Love
    By LaJoyce Brookshire

    The bestselling author of the novels Soul Food and Web of Deception, LaJoyce Brookshire tells a true story more shattering than any work of fiction.

  • A Perfect Fit
    By Karen Hunter, Luther Wright

    Today, Wright offers a simple message: believe in yourself, follow your dreams, and only then will you find your Perfect Fit.

  • Why Men Fear Marriage: The Surprising Truth Behind Why So Many Men Can't Commit
    By RM Johnson

    This helpful guide equips women with the tools to distinguish between someone who is Mr. Right, as opposed to Mr. Right Now, and helps women to see situations the way that men often see them.

  • Wendy's Got the Heat
    By Karen Hunter, Wendy Williams

    Traces the life and career of the radio diva and VH1 Fashion Awards commentator, describing her childhood in a conservative and predominantly white community, college education, efforts to succeed in the male-dominated radio industry, ...

  • Why Black Men Love White Women: Going Beyond Sexual Politics to the Heart of the Matter
    By Rajen Persaud

    -Media: How movies and television keep black men running to white women. Why Black Men Love White Women will help you understand the relationship phenomenon of our times.

  • Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar
    By Karen Hunter, Donda West

    In Raising Kanye, Donda not only pays homage to her famous son but reflects on all the things she learned about being his mother along the way.

  • An Angry-Ass Black Woman
    By Karen E. Quinones Miller

    And with every hard-knock lesson learned, Ke-Ke grew fiercer, unleashing her inner angry-ass black woman to get through it all.

  • The Ultimate Carbohydrate Counter, Third Edition
    By Karen J Nolan, Jo-Ann Heslin

    Carbohydrates, fiber and sugar are fully explained in this all-new, updated guide that features easy-to-follow advice for understanding, choosing and counting carbs wisely; practical ways to eat more whole grains and fiber while limiting ...

  • Preventing and Reversing Arthritis Naturally: The Untold Story
    By Raquel Martin, Karen J. Romano

    M. F. R. Sowers et al., “A Prospective Study of Bone Mineral Content and Fracture in Communities with Differential Fluoride Exposure,” American Journal of Epidemiology 133 (1991): 649–60. See also S. J. Jacobsen et al., ...

  • Fifteen Minutes: A Novel
    By Karen Kingsbury

    Zack Dylan will do whatever it takes to achieve a successful singing career, but as his star rises, Zack is often asked to compromise his beliefs, and just as he's on the verge of winning it all, his choices lead him to the brink of ...

  • The Chance: A Novel
    By Karen Kingsbury

    Vowing to meet eleven years after sealing letters they wrote to each other in an old metal box, best friends Ellie and Nolan both have reservations about seeing each other again as loneliness, personal tragedies, and a lack of faith haunt ...

  • Jesus Is Risen: Paul and the Early Church
    By David Limbaugh

    Paul W. Barnett, 1 Corinthians: Holiness and Hope of a Rescued People (Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2000), 278. Norman L. Geisler, Resurrection, Evidence For. In Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics (Grand ...

  • Lincoln
    By David Herbert Donald

    442 "a strong paper ": Welles, Diary, 1:323. 443 "his healthful life": CW, 6:260-269. 443 than a "Despot": T.J. Barnett to Samuel L. M. Barlow, June 10, 1863, Barlow MSS, HEH. 443 "the whole land": John W. Forney to AL, June 14, 1863, ...