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		<title>Meet author and editor E.N. Joy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even Sinners Have Souls Too
Introduction by National Best selling author, K&#8217;Wan, with four stories by Darrell King and Essence Magazine bestselling authors, Michel Moore, Tysha and Victor L. Martin.

Meet author and editor E.N. Joy
E.N. Joy is the author of Me, Myself and Him, which was her debut work into the Christian Fiction genre. Formerly a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=72&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pat G&#8217;orge-Walker on Gospel Interviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pat G&#8217;orge Walker on Gospel Interviews with Larry W. Robinson
Pat G&#8217;orge Walker, author of &#8220;SOMEBODY&#8217;S SINNING IN MY BED&#8221; shares with Larry W. Robinson, host of http://www.gospelinterviews.com about her latest book which EXPOSES a Mega Church Pastor CAUGHT &#8220;In the Act!!!&#8221;
For more visit http://www.gospelinterviews.com

“SOMEBODY’S SINNING IN MY BED” by Pat G&#8217;Orge Walker
ISBN-10: 0758235402 &#124; ISBN-13: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=68&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Night with You by Francis Ray</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ One Night with You by Francis Ray New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray continues her captivating series about the Grayson family and their circle of friends with One Night With You, as two people with no plans for romance find themselves blindsided by desire…
 One Night with You by Francis Ray New York [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=66&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living Life After Tragedy by Loretta Faith Harris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Living Life After Tragedy” 
by Loretta Faith Harris

So, how do you pick up the pieces after the winds and waves of life has apparently knocked you so far to the ground that it seems nearly impossible to recover? What I am about to say may sound like a cliché, but it’s not. You are out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=64&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the Land of Cotton by Martha A. Taylor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Black Pearls Magazine Interview with new author Martha A. Taylor
Intimate Conversation with author Martha A. Taylor and Ella Curry, Black Pearls publisher

In The Land of Cotton is beautifully written. Martha Taylor successfully captures the essence of the era: racial tensions, war, space exploration, poverty, families transitioning North, riots, John F. Kennedy&#8217;s  impact of America and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=53&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet author Monique Mensah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Join Author Monique D. Mensah on a virtual tour…
EDC Creations and the Sankofa Literary Society announces the official virtual book tour of Monique D. Mensah, the award-winning author of the dramatic fiction, Who Is He To You. From September 1 to October 30, 2009, follow Monique D. Mensah on an interesting journey all over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=51&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EDC Fall Authors Tour</title>
		<link>http://shortbooks.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/edc-fall-authors-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Pearls Magazine Presents the Pearl Books of the Month 
 
Carbon Copy by Azarel
Order online at Life Changing Books: http://www.lifechangingbooks.net

Have you ever craved someone so badthat youd be willing to do anything?
Meet Dominique Lewis, a foul, hard-boiled, go-getter who spends most of her days yearning to be just like her sister, and plotting on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=49&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Somewhat Saved -5 star book review</title>
		<link>http://shortbooks.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/somewhat-saved-5-star-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhat Saved -5 star book review
by Pat G’Orge-Walker (Author) 

 
From Publishers Weekly
In the latest loving church spoof from G’Orge-Walker (Sister Betty! God’s Calling You, Again!), Sister Betty and her fellow evangelists get shipped off to Las Vegas to attend the evangelical Mothers Conference. 
After Betty and her two nemeses, Mother Sasha Pray Onn and Mother [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=26&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congregational Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congregational Health
How to Make Your Congregation a Health-Aware Community
by Kristen L Mauk, Cynthia Russell, Jack Birge


Congregational Health

Help Your Congregation Minister to Body and Soul

Most congregations make care of the afflicted an essential part of their missions. Congregational Health helps take you and your ministry much further. It provides you and your congregation with a comprehensive, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=24&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inside the Cage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inside the Cage
A Season at West 4th Street&#8217;s Legendary Tournament
by Wight Martindale, Jr. 
 

Inside the Cage


Description:
The most popular outdoor basketball court in New York City is half the regulation size, offers no seating, and has sidelines bounded by a chain-link fence. But the summer league on West 4th Street in Greenwich Village has developed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=23&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black Women&#8217;s Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Women&#8217;s Lives
Stories of Pain and Power
by Kristal Brent Zook


Black Women&#8217;s Lives: Stories of Pain and Power


Description:
Kristal Brent Zook explores the lives of contemporary African American women from all walks of life. Based on her travels across America and years of interviewing and building relationships with women from a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds, she [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=20&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Assassination of the Black Male Image</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Assassination of the Black Male Image
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Ph.D.


Assassination of the Black Male Image



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A compelling expose of the truth behind society&#8217;s racial and sexual stereotypes of black men, this book offers a wide historical perspective and insights into such recent racially charged events as the Clarence Thomas hearings, the O.J. Simpson trial, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=19&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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with words and illustrations by Karen Katz


Can You Say Peace?

Children everywhere wish for peace
International Peace Day is September 21. On this day and every day throughout the year, children all over the world wish for peace. Karen Katz takes readers on a bright and colorful journey around the globe to meet some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=18&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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by Pepper Miller and Herb Kemp 


What&#8217;s Black About It?




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African Americans have more influence on today&#8217;s culture and taste than any other ethnic group in the world. What is Black About It? is a new book with a fresh perspective on changing the views of corporate America and how they market to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=17&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wake Up and Smell the Dollars!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wake Up and Smell the Dollars!
Whose Inner City is This Anyway!
by Dorothy Pittman Hughes



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One women&#8217;s struggle against sexism, classism, racism, gentrification, and the Empowerment Zone
This internationally-acclaimed book has shown thousands of African-American women and men, small business owners and entrepreneurs how to raise money, sell shares, buy stock and get their foot in the door [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=15&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Release</title>
		<link>http://shortbooks.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/new-book-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Beautiful Struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beautiful Struggle
A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 
 

 
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An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.
Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=12&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bond
by Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, George Jenkins
 


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From the authors of the best-selling book, The Pact
The Three Doctors-Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt-discovered early in their friendship that they shared one disturbing trait: As children, they had to navigate life in inner-city Newark without a father&#8217;s support and guidance. While each young man [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=11&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not On Our Watch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not On Our Watch
A Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast


Not On Our Watch
Item# 9781401303358



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If you care about issues of genocide and other mass atrocities, but you just don&#8217;t know what to do and you truly want to make a difference, this book was written for you.
Mass murder. Rape. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shortbooks.wordpress.com&blog=4137812&post=10&subd=shortbooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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