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29 reviews
Philippa Gregory

Touchstone, 2007

Not the bst, but very enjoyable!
I am a huge fan of Philippa Gregory. I happened to find this book a few years ago, before it got the revamped cover and such. Maybe it was because I read it soon after The Virgin's Lover, which bored me to tears, but I really enjoyed this one! I applaud Gregory's effort in such a difficult topic. And yet I felt it was very real and accurate. I tend to stay away from the topic of slavery, but I ...

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ...

145 reviews
Ron Hall, Denver Moore

Thomas Nelson, 2008

Amazing book
There are few books that I'd call life-changing, but this is one of them. An absolute must read!

A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion #1)

129 reviews
Francine Rivers

Tyndale House Publishers, 1998

Brilliant Historical Fiction!
I generally enjoy a guy's read. In other words, I'm not interested unless the story has guns in it. I confess that, without reading any of her work, I wrote Francine Rivers off as Chick Lit. In my home country, South Africa, she was really the only Christian fiction author available and, as such, I didn't read Christian fiction at all until a friend convinced me to give A Voice In The Wind a ...

Sacred Hunger

39 reviews
Barry Unsworth

W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

Greed , power and the forces that counteract them
Barry Unsworth's historic novel that won the Booker Prize is an exceptional literary accomplishment and well worth the prize. The word 'vast' would be a good way to describe the novel since it has multiple vividly drawn characters selected from a broad range of social classes and conditions. It is also vast in chronological scope as it covers several 18th century decades in the lives of the ...

Song Yet Sung

19 reviews
James McBride

Riverhead Hardcover, 2008

Mysterious, startling and beautifully spun tale of slaves and freedom
James McBride has managed the astonishing feat of pursuing two different creative career paths - jazz composer/musician and writer - without letting either interfere with the other. His 1996 debut, The Color of Water, was a memoir and tribute of a black man to his white mother. His second book, the gripping 2002 novel Miracle at St. Anna, concerned black American soldiers in the mountains of ...

The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave

33 reviews
William Lynch, Kashif Malik Hassan-el

Frontline Distribution International, 1999

A Must Read
This book should bread by every young black male in the United States. Some have proclaimed that it is false but the information is essential to the growth of black males. It sheds light on some of the condition that we face in this country.

Beloved

75 reviews
Toni Morrison

Vintage, 2004

Difficult, But a Must-Read
This novel was rated by the New York Times as the best American novel of the last 25 years and has been accorded the status of a classic great American novel. This amount of hype, Morrison's iconic status, and the difficulty of the book can cause a great amount of skepticism in the reader. One wants to hate the book and toss it aside. It took me quite a while to warm to the book, and I did ...

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ...

152 reviews
Bill Buford

Vintage, 2007

A peek into the kitchen
This is a very fun book. It is especially fun for those of us who have worked in restaurants. The literary images of poor Mr. Buford being thrown to the fire--quite literally--is a delightful ride. It is a foodie's paradise and a self-deprecating memoir of the author's offbeat culinary education (at a somewhat mature age).

Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changelings, Book 1)

71 reviews
Nalini Singh

Berkley, 2006

Not Amazing, but certainly a Very Good Read
Sascha Duncan has a deadly secret. She's one of the ruling Psy, a breed of humans who all have psychic abilities of some kind, but who have been conditioned from birth to have no emotions (particularly rage) in order to create a more perfect society. Her mother is a powerful member of the Council. Sascha is a cardinal Psy and ought to have had extraordinary power. Instead she tests low or ...

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

58 reviews
Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, ...

PublicAffairs, 2006

Awesome Book
This was an incredible story written by three incredible boys. The entire time I ws reading it I had to keep reminding myself of how old they were. To think of what they went through at such a young age is remarkable. I highly recommend this book.

Caged Slave (Yaoi Novel)
Yuiko Takamura, An Kanae

Digital Manga Publishing, 2008

When Tsukasa meets a mysterious man in a hotel lobby, and ends up spending a maddening night of pleasure with him. Afterwards, he accepts to meet him again in the same room the following week, despite the fact he doesn't even know his name. As their secret encounters continue, he finds himself falling in love and is worried that it may not last. Simultaneously, he's scouted by a business-talent head-hunter and receives an interesting work offer. ...

Amistad: A Novel Based on the Screenplay

10 reviews
Alexs Pate

Signet, 1997

Amistad is Great
This was a great book. i had to read it for a book report. To tell you the truth I hate reading. This is the first time I read the whole book for a book report, it had me hooked. Now I get to see the movie. But, I understood the wording in the book, and It's just a good book the read. And I recommend it for all age groups.

Cold Rock River

25 reviews
J. L. Miles

Cumberland House Publishing, 2006

Moved to the Top of my All Time Favorite List
As a born and bred Southern belle, I love Southern fiction, but as a former teacher and life-long reader, I'm picky about what I give five star ratings to. I picked up a copy of Cold Rock River, and to my husband's exasperation was still reading at 3 AM, because I couldn't put it down. The characters tug at your heartstrings, the action keeps you turning pages as fast as you can read, and you ...

The Slave Ship: A Human History

12 reviews
Marcus Rediker

Viking Adult, 2007

Moving account of a vile trade
Marcus Rediker, of Pittsburgh University's History Department, has written a brilliant account of the machine that enabled history's largest forced migration. Exploration, settlement, production and trade all required massive fleets of ships. The slave ships, with names like Liberty, Free Love and Delight, transported both the expropriated labourers and the new commodities that they produced. The ...

Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--and How We Can Fight It

12 reviews
David Batstone

HarperOne, 2007

Uncle Tom's Cabin for the twenty-first century
This is one of those books that makes you want TO DO SOMETHING. Every chapter is a story of a slave, their slave owner, and the person and persons who rescues them. There is too much information and too many statistics to remain unchanged after reading it. There is a chapter on the invisible children in Uganda who are kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to kill the adults in ...

Golden Angel: Unwilling Sex Slave

4 reviews
Claire Thompson

BookSurge Publishing, 2008

Sexy Delicious BDSM
WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. Hot, dangerous, sexy. I couldn't put this book down. If you like adventure soaked in BDSM but still want a PLOT, this is the story for you. Laura is smart, sexy and caught in situations she can't control. I loved watching her develop as a woman as she underwent her trials and tribulations. The ending is very satisfying too, with the bad guys getting theirs ...

Someone Knows My Name: A Novel

23 reviews
Lawrence Hill

W. W. Norton, 2007

Brilliant
This book is amazing. It is incredibly well written and the storyline is envoking. Once you start, you'll find you can't put it down. The author does an amazing job at describing events and situations. And when you read about those events you really feel the emotions with each scenario. Wonderful book!!

An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion #2)

48 reviews
Francine Rivers

Tyndale House Publishers, 1998

Beautiful!
When I started reading this book, I was afraid that a sequel could never be as good as an original. However, my fear was unfounded with this book. I have not enjoyed a piece of fiction this much in many years! This series has rekindled my love for fiction and deepened my walk with God.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions)

61 reviews
Harriet Jacobs

Dover Publications, 2001

Excellent Book, and very moving.
This book is one of those books that have quite an affect on you. By the time I was done I had a bit more of knowledege of how slavery really was. Clearly I had no idea until I read it. I really wanted to cry so many times during the book. Everyone should read this book.

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition)

4 reviews
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dover Publications, 2005

A Real Classic!
Most of the classics you read are long and boring and definitely not easy reading. Uncle Tom's Cabin is not one of those books! It is a book you can read before you go to sleep at night, without your brain hurting from trying to decipher what is going on (Wuthering Heights anyone?). Bottom line, I really enjoyed the book, and I know others will too.

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