Black Bottle Man

Black Bottle Man
Author: Craig Russell
Publisher: Great Plains Teen Fiction
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Voyages and travels
ISBN: 9781894283991

Winner -- Gold Medal Moonbeam Awards Finalist -- Aurora Awards Finalist -- McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award A CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens selection

Black Bottle

Black Bottle
Author: Anthony Huso
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765325179

The stunning sequel to The Last Page. King Caliph Howl and his consort, Sena, must struggle to save the world from dark magic that threatens to destroy it.

We Real Cool

We Real Cool
Author: Bell Hooks
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780415969277

Discusses what black males fear most, their longing for intimacy, the pitfalls of patriarchy, and the destruction of oppression through redemption and love.

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching
Author: Mychal Denzel Smith
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-06-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1568585292

A New York Times Bestseller An unflinching account of what it means to be a young black man in America today, and how the existing script for black manhood is being rewritten in one of the most fascinating periods of American history. How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity. Smith unapologetically upends reigning assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script for black manhood so that depression and anxiety aren't considered taboo, and feminism and LGBTQ rights become part of the fight. The questions Smith asks in this book are urgent--for him, for the martyrs and the tokens, and for the Trayvons that could have been and are still waiting.

A Good Kind of Trouble

A Good Kind of Trouble
Author: Lisa Moore Ramée
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062836706

From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds. Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what? Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum. Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real. "Tensions are high over the trial of a police officer who shot an unarmed Black man. When the officer is set free, and Shay goes with her family to a silent protest, she starts to see that some trouble is worth making." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")

Us and the Bottle Man

Us and the Bottle Man
Author: Edith Ballinger Price
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2023-08-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In Edith Ballinger Price's novel 'Us and the Bottle Man,' readers are transported to the bustling streets of New York City during the early 20th century. The book follows the lives of two young siblings who become fascinated by the mysterious Bottle Man, a local figure who wanders the city collecting empty bottles. Price's writing style is a mix of vivid imagery and introspective narrative, providing readers with a glimpse into the social dynamics and struggles of the time period. The book is a poignant exploration of childhood innocence, urban poverty, and the complexities of human connection, making it a compelling read for those interested in historical fiction with a touch of literary flair. Price's attention to detail and character development offers a rich literary experience that will resonate with readers long after they've turned the final page.

Bottle Grove

Bottle Grove
Author: Daniel Handler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1632864282

A razor-sharp tale of two couples, two marriages, a bar, and a San Francisco start-up from a best-selling, award-winning novelist. This is a story about two marriages. Or is it? It begins with a wedding, held in the small San Francisco forest of Bottle Grove--bestowed by a wealthy patron for the public good, back when people did such things. Here is a cross section of lives, a stretch of urban green where ritzy guests, lustful teenagers, drunken revelers, and forest creatures all wait for the sun to go down. The girl in the corner slugging vodka from a cough-syrup bottle is Padgett--she's keeping something secreted in the woods. The couple at the altar are the Nickels--the bride is emphatic about changing her name, as there is plenty about her old life she is ready to forget. Set in San Francisco as the tech-boom is exploding, Bottle Grove is a sexy, skewering dark comedy about two unions--one forged of love and the other of greed--and about the forces that can drive couples together, into dependence, and then into sinister, even supernatural realms. Add one ominous shape-shifter to the mix, and you get a delightful and strange spectacle: a story of scheming and yearning and foibles and love and what we end up doing for it--and everyone has a secret. Looming over it all is the income disparity between San Francisco's tech community and . . . everyone else.

Witch Bottle

Witch Bottle
Author: Tom Fletcher
Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781848662636

A deeply atmospheric literary horror novel about the nature of repressed guilt, grief and fear. Daniel once had a baby brother, but he died, a long time ago now. And he had a wife and a daughter, but that didn't work out, so now he's alone. The easy monotony of his job as a milkman in the remote northwest of England demands nothing from him other than dealing with unreasonable customer demands and the vagaries of his enigmatic boss. But things are changing. Daniel's started having nightmares, seeing things that can't possibly be there - like the naked, emaciated giant with a black bag over its head which is so real he swears he could touch it . . . if he dared. It's not just at night bad things are happening, either, or just to him. Shaken and unnerved, he opens up to a local witch. She can't t discern the origins of his haunting, but she can provide him with a protective ward - a witch-bottle - if, in return, he will deliver her products on his rounds. But not everyone's happy to find people meddling with witch-bottles. Things are about to get very unpleasant . . . Witch Bottle is literary horror at its finest, perfect for fans of Andrew Michael Hurley's The Loney and Starve Acre.

Power

Power
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1100
Release: 1912
Genre: Machinery
ISBN: