Cyril James: 7 books

Three weeks after his birth, Johnny America was abandoned by his biological mother, who handed the infant Johnny, to his parental grandmother at the funeral of his father who had passed away. She then vanished into thin air. There is no substitute to a mothers love, not even for the street smart Johnny....

No doubt in these pleasant studies patriotism acts as a magnifying-glass, making us unduly exaggerate details. On the other hand, it encourages us to try to discover them, and just at present this encouragement seems to be needed. There are so many gaps in our knowledge of the history of books in England...

     I have purposely left to the last the subject of Bindings, as this, being more immediately cognate to Mr. Davenport's book, may fairly be treated at rather greater length. If the French dictum 'la reliure est un art tout français' is not without its historical justification, it is at least...

Mavis wanted two things in life and then she will be truly happy. It was to have somebody looking after her and seeing her children had a decent upbringing. Marcus had made a fool of her when he used her for his own selfish means, making her to become a heavy drinker and left alone with his child...

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This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable...

Trade Paperback Halloween-themed science fiction anthology. Featuring a mix of classic science fiction reprints where the scary stuff happens in space.THE UNIVERSE MAY NOT BE A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD . . .“The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown,” the grand master of horror, H.P....