“The beauty of Troy s 9-Key formula is that it does not deny the pain that accompanies the loss of a love. In fact, her method encourages its practitioners to turn pain into an ally by using it to accurately gauge the degree of pain as well as the degree of healing as it progresses. You will be put in touch with the empowered part of yourself that invites you to become a more loving and realistic person in all of your relationships, and especially with yourself. Brimming with practical practices

An inspirational memoir by the host of TV's "Good Morning America" The beloved anchor recounts her life and the lessons she's learned with grace, heart and humor. She writes about overcoming breast cancer only to learn she needs a bone marrow transplant to combat a rare blood disorder; her grief when her mother passed; her triumphant return to TV; and the support of her family and friends through her difficult times.

In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she too can become Firebird.

You, She, Her, Him, and I is an engaging collection of books that follows a girl named, Justina and her four friends in her neighborhood. This exciting book series describes the daily activities that, Justina, Suzy, Sara Lynn, Shara and Omar experience for their summer breaks. This powerful book will make you think about moments you have experienced having fun with your friends! This book with vibrant characters encourages and promotes healthy friendships and lifestyles with fun examples.

You, She, Her, Him, and I is an engaging collection of books that follows a girl named, Justina and her four friends in her neighborhood. This exciting book series describes the daily activities that, Justina, Suzy, Sara Lynn, Shara and Omar experience for their summer breaks. This powerful book will make you think about moments you have experienced having fun with your friends! This book with vibrant characters encourages and promotes healthy friendships and lifestyles with fun examples

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Jay and Nia are the children of two worlds, and as they will discover, they can enjoy the best of both. From Mommy's jazz beats to Daddy's classical piano, we will dance with the twins through a book that explores what it is to be of mixed ancestry, proving that a child is more than the sum of their parents.

From the Grammy Award–nominated singer, drummer, and percussionist who has shared the stage with countless musicians and is renowned for her contributions throughout the music industry, a moving memoir about the healing power of music inspired by five decades of life and love on the stage. Sheila E., born Sheila Escovedo in 1957, picked up the drumsticks and started making music at the precocious age of three, inspired by her legendary father, percussionist Pete Escovedo.

Peaches and Cream is about Peaches a little girl from Duquesne, PA who is wise beyond her years. She has big dreams and realizes early on that the choices she makes can change her and her family's world. She doesn't comprehend the words "No" and "You can't." She is what some might call an overachiever. Cash rules everything around her. Where she over achieves in monetary things, she lacks in understanding of human emotions due to a family secret that haunted her from childhood

For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas.

Easier Said Than Done is a touching new novel of love and risk, featuring a sassy and skillfully created cast of characters that are so full of life, they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page. Kingston Phillips, a beautiful entertainment executive in the fast-paced city of Chicago, has finally grasped the brass ring. But just as her friends and colleagues are buzzing with her success, Kingston must return to Jamaica for her grandmother’s funeral.

Nancy “Mama” Jones, a reality TV star who first rose to prominence on VH1’s hit series, “Love And Hip Hop,” recently signed a book deal with Wahida Clark Presents Publishing. Her debut non-fiction book, “Mama Jones My Guide To Love & Romance,” offers her unique perspective on dating and navigating through the choppy waters of relationships. The unapologetic author has no filter as she gives her take on how women can attract a man and keep a man, and vice versa.

JOKES MY FATHER NEVER TAUGHT ME BY RAIN PRYOR The loving yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor Rain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s. Her mother was a Jewish go-go dancer who wanted a tribe of rainbow children, and her father was Richard Pryor, perhaps the most compelling and brilliant comedian of his era.

Maya Angelou, the bestselling author of On the Pulse of Morning, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, and other lavishly praised works, is considered one of America's finest poets. Here, four of her most highly acclaimed poems are assembled in a beautiful gift edition that provides a feast for the eyes as well as the heart. (Poetry)

Superstar Wendy Williams brings on the heat in her first-ever, no-holds-barred, down-and-dirty romance novel Kimberly Kind is trying to get beyond her roots. A successful, beautiful, and smart lawyer, she's finally finding direction in her life and getting off the streets. But a terrible accident threatens to throw her carefully laid plans off course. Now Kim's hiding a huge secret . . . one that could jeopardize everything.

Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s

Winter Ramos, one of the new faces of VH1's hit reality television show, Love and Hip Hop New York Season 3 delivers a brazen and unabashed memoir of her life in the world of hip hop. In Game Over, Winter puts all of her emotions on the page leaving no experience, emotional abuse, or former lover uncovered. From her days as assistant to rapper, Fabolous and friend to Jada Kiss, to appearing on Love and Hip Hop and being Creative Costume Designer for Flavor unit Films, Winter delivers a tell-all

In this unique, profoundly inspirational memoir, Divorce Court star Judge Lynn Toler shares her mother’s wisdom for learning to conquer anger and become immune to insult. Toler credits her mother’s “rules” for life – a life that saw her grow up the daughter of a poor teen mother and endure a husband who suffered mental illness and alcoholism – with providing the grounding for her own success and happiness. Toler shows how the mindset of “a black woman who knew how to make things work.

From Hollywood’s hottest nightclubs to the boardrooms behind the scenes, the trendiest restaurants to the bedrooms of the biggest stars—it’s all here in a steamy murder mystery from the celebrity journalist who knows the entertainment world better than anyone. Valerie, the most popular African-American gossip columnist in the United States, and NFL Hall of Famer Rome Nyland are the go-to team for solving Hollywood mysteries. When Andrea Dumas, wife of billionaire Victor Dumas, is found murdered.

Copeland's inspiring journey to become the third African American soloist in the history of the American Ballet Theatre. But she did.Despite a childhood spent moving around to escape her mother's string of boyfriends and husbands, Misty was dancing en pointe within two months and performing professionally in just over a year. When Misty's ballet teachers took her in so she could train at a high level, she found herself caught between the calm and control she found in ballet.

Star of VH1’s La La’s Full Court Life, actress, entrepreneur, and wife of New York Knick’s star Carmelo Anthony – La La Anthony found love and success on her own terms. But before La La was a strong woman balancing a growing career, a high-profile marriage, and motherhood, she suffered through bad dates, tumultuous relationships, and backstabbing friends. She learned the hard way how to rise above it all to live the life she loves.

In this heartfelt memoir, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and star of WE TV’s reality hitBraxton Family Values, Toni Braxton writes about her personal life decisions and their impact on her health, family and career. While Braxton appears to be living a gilded life—selling 60 million records, appearing in sold-out Las Vegas performances and hit shows like Dancing with the Stars, and starring in her own reality series.

Power of the Plus is the full figured blueprint by Queen of the Full Figures, Theresa Randolph and written by Belinda Trotter-James for those who want to participate in pageants, fashion shows and pursue modeling careers. Since size is no longer a barrier in the fashion industry, woman of all sizes can look and feel confident in their skin. This book is a must read for full figured women pursuing a modeling career.

For years, Sherri Shepherd was told that she was pre-diabetic. And for years, she ignored her doctor’s advice to lose weight and get healthy before she developed full blown diabetes. When she finally got the big-D diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, the same disease that took her mother’s life, Sherri vowed that she’d change her ways so that her son wouldn’t be left alone, without a mother, as she had been.

Covering topics such as "It's Jesus or Jail," "Marriage, the Hard Way," "Children: The Gift You Can't Give Back," and "All the Things I Don't Know...And All the Things I Definitely Do," stand-up comedienne, actress, and ABC's The View co-host Sherri Shepherd comically chronicles her struggles to keep up with the many roles-professional, wife, mother, daughter, and friend-that women must play in today's world

Makeup mistakes happen often; however, they should always happen in the house and never out in public. Have you ever wondered why some women get it right and others don’t? What did you do with all those skin care products and cosmetics you brought but never learned to apply correctly? Did you make wrong color choices and found out in the daylight while looking at your reflection in the supermarket window? Whew! How embarrassing. I bet you did not have one tissue in your bag to wipe it off.

Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin' Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown. Foxy is Pam's testimony of her life, past and present. In it, she reveals her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr., among others. She unveils her experiences as a backup singer and a blaxploitation star. In particularly candid and shocking chapters, she shares-for the first time-her view of those films and the persecution that blacks, especially women.

Gloria Gaynor’s #1 hit single “I Will Survive” debuted in 1978 to overwhelming success. Shortly thereafter, the single went double platinum and over three decades later still strikes a chord among men and women everywhere. In We Will Survive, Gloria shares forty of these inspirational, true stories about survivors of all kinds—individuals who have found comfort, hope, and courage through the power of this one song.

Belinda Trotter-James creator/former editor-in-chief for Hype Hair, Try It Yourself Hair and 2 Hype magazines along with other national entertainment fanzines, actress, model and author of three books Facial Accents; The Awakening of a New You, Unlock 108 Key Rules Of Successful Modeling; The Holistic Approach and Power Of The Plus, The Full Figured Blueprint to Pageants, Fashion Shows and Modeling Careers.

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation Have you ever made a decision you instantly regretted? Humiliated yourself in a room of your peers, or shamed yourself in front of your massive crush? Ever blown a job interview, frozen during a presentation, acted like a total idiot on a date? Ever said the wrong thing at the wrong time, unable to keep your tongue from flapping out the stupidest words you've ever said in your life, ever?

Vanessa Williams has been through the highs and lows of life in the spotlight-from growing up starstruck in the 'burbs, to her out-of-nowhere victory in the Miss America pageant, to losing her crown , to bouncing back into an electrifying career in movies, Broadway, music and Ugly Betty. And right by her side has been Helen Williams, holding "Ness" downto earth with some no-nonsense mama wisdom and "The Look" that says more than words. The two hold nothing back, dishing on Vanessa's 30-year show

Wilson and her three Detroit high school friends had big dreams when they formed the Primettes in 1959, but it wasn't until Motown's Berry Gordy reduced them to a trio, suggested a name change, and insisted Diana Ross sing lead that things started to happen. By summer 1965, eight months after their first #1 single, the Supremes were Motown's biggest act. Success meant furs, limos, lunches with royalty; also jealousies and friction, especially after the ambitious Ross became the star.

This uplifting memoir tells the story of Jennifer's meteoric rise from American Idol to Dreamgirls to her amazing weight loss on the megablockbuster Weight Watchers diet plan. With the Weight Watchers brand endorsing her, Jennifer gives her fans tips for embracing a healthy lifestyle in order to lose weight and reclaim their bodies. Full of stories from her American Idol days, her experience acting in Dreamgirls, and how her son inspired her to want to live healthfully.

Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has since defined herself as a funny and talented actress who broke boundaries for Latinas in the film industry. What most people would be surprised to learn is that the woman with the big, effervescent personality has a secret straight out of a Dickens novel. At the age of three, Rosie’s life was turned upside down when her mentally ill mother tore her away from the only family she knew

The Story Of The Beginning and End Of The First Hip Hop Female MC...Luminary Icon Sha-Rock . "She had the realness. Sha-Rock made females relevant. She set the tone so that female Mc's would be taken seriously!" I am at a place in my life where I finally feel that is is necessary to tell my story. "No other female had the spark like Sha-Rock." Every female in the game gave Sha- Rock the utmost respect. She opened the door for all females Mc's" & Rappers.

Vibrant, Fresh, and delicious. A Mixed Girl’s Recipes celebrates and embraces recipes of biracial cultures. A Mixed Girls Favoritie Recipes explores the variety of cuisines prepared by biracial women which delivers a mix of Mexican, Italian, and African American dishes Former star of VH1 network's top rated show “Basketball Wives,” mom, wife, actress, basketball coach, philanthropist and now a cookbook author are just a few of the titles that Gloria Govan-Barnes has earned.

The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It on and Off by OMAROSA When a woman acts assertively, makes demands, and struggles for what she wants, she is labeled a bitch. The secret is to know when and how to turn on (or turn off) that bitch switch. Not being able to locate your switch leaves you open to being a victim; not knowing how to turn it off will get you a label that is hard to shake.

Remembering Whitney is written by the one person who unquestionably knew her best: her mother. A music legend in her own right, Cissy Houston shares the intimate story of her angelic-voiced daughter. And, though every line is laced with love, Cissy doesn't shrink from describing the darkness as well as the light. In addition to motherly insights into her daughter's childhood and rise to fame, Cissy dispels thelies, reveals her desperate attempts to help Whitney, and relives her grief,

I've gotten used to living behind mirrors and smoke screens, it's easier to portray an image for the world to see. When I m alone I am haunted by my truth. A girl who entered this world in a jail cell. A girl who was served struggle with a side of pain on a broken platter. A girl who was thrown into a tank with sharks deep in a world whose motto is to eat or be eaten. I can still see the dirt underneath my nails; I've fought too hard to get where I am and I don t plan on looking back.

In this astonishing book you will receive knowledge of how Stacy tackled her challenges as a childhood star. For Stacy success and fame came at the tender age of 12 years old but it came with a price! Although the events of her life would endure stardom and pain her personality comes through as down to earth, straight forward and sincere. Throughout her memoir Stacy's tone is from the heart rather than polished or sophisticated.