Jermaine Fowler
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Publisher
Row House Publishing
Language
English
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"Using history as a foundation, The Humanity Archive uses storytelling techniques to make history come alive and uncover the truth behind America's whitewashed history. Challenging dominant perspectives, author Jermaine Fowler goes outside the textbooks to find recognizably human stories. Connecting current issues with the heroic struggles of those who have come before us, Fowler brings hidden history to light." --
Author
Language
English
Description
This sweeping survey of Black history shows how Black humanity has been erased and how its recovery can save the humanity of us all.
"An innovative reading of Black history, gracefully joining it to the larger history of all humankind." - Kirkus Starred Review
Using history as a foundation, The Humanity Archive uses storytelling techniques to make history come alive and uncover the truth behind America's whitewashed history.
The Humanity Archive...
Publisher
We're All Late Bloomers LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Louise, an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while doing something stupid and breaks her hip. This lands her in a physical therapy ward full of people twice her age. There, she meets Antonina - a cranky elderly Polish woman, who speaks no English. Louise gets a job caring for her. Neither woman loves the arrangement but it’s time to face the truth about aging....
6) Buffaloed
Language
English
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Description
A teenage girl is obsessed with making enough cash to get out of Buffalo. When the acceptance letter to her dream school arrives, she must hustle to find a job that will pay for tuition. But after getting scammed by a debt collector she works for, Peg decides to cheat the system like it cheated her.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no ... game -- it's a horror film. But if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
9) Sting
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A mysterious object crashes into a rundown apartment building, and a little spider emerges from within. When young Charlotte finds the strange little creature, she names her secret friend STING, but she quickly realizes her new pet grows at a monstrous rate. With an insatiable appetite for blood, neighbors' pets start to vanish-and then the neighbors.
10) Buffaloed
Author
Language
English
Description
Peg Dahl (Zoey Deutch) is trying to get out of Buffalo and attend her dream school but can't afford it. She gets scammed and decides to flip the script and cheat the system like it did to her. Co-starring Judy Greer, Jai Courtney and Jermaine Fowler.
11) Riverdance
Author
Language
English
Description
A young Irish boy named Keegan and his Spanish friend named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life.