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This year for African-American History Month, we've decided to showcase Penguin books that have been nominated for NAACP Image Awards, as well as some other new releases having to do with African-American history. The NAACP Image Awards are awarded on February 26^th. You can visit their website for more details.

The first book, which is also the featured Penguin Podcast for the week of February 2^nd, is The Book of Night Women. A chilling narrative about life under slavery on the island of Jamaica, author Marlon James discusses the differences between slavery and race relations in Jamaica compared to the United States.

The Book of Night Women

Marlon James - Author

$16.00 - add to cart

Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 448 pages | ISBN 9781594484360 | 02 Feb 2010 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP

 Listen to a podcast. Read an excerpt. Watch a trailer. Reading Group Guide.

Here are the other great books, including two movie tie-in books, that are finalists for the NAACP Image Awards:

The Long Fall

Walter Mosley - author

$14.00 - add to cart

Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780451230256 | 02 Feb 2010 | NAL | 18 - AND UP

Listen to a podcast.

A Question of Freedom

R. Dwayne Betts - author

$23.00 - add to cart

Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 256 pages | ISBN 9781583333488 | 06 Aug 2009 | Avery | 14 - AND UP years 

Read an excerpt. Read a Q&A with R. Dwayne Betts. Reading Group Guide.

Shooting Stars

LeBron James & Buzz Bissinger - authors

$26.95 - add to cart

Book: Hardcover | 6.14 x 9.25in | 272 pages | ISBN 9781594202322 | 08 Sep 2009 | The Penguin Press | 18 - AND UP 

Read an excerpt. Listen to an audio excerpt.

The Conversation

Hill Harper - author

$22.50 - add to cart

Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 288 pages | ISBN 9781592404759 | 08 Sep 2009 | Gotham Books | 18 - AND UP 

Read an excerpt.

Down to Business

Clara Villarosa - author

$17.00 - add to cart

Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 256 pages | ISBN 9781583333549 | 01 Sep 2009 | Avery Trade | 18 - AND UP

Read an excerpt.

Mixology

Adrian Matejka - author

 $16.00 - add to cart

 Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 96 pages | ISBN 9780143115830 | 26 May 2009 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

Listen to Adrian Matejka read from his work.

Invictus 

John Carlin - author

$16.00 - add to cart

Book: Movie Tie-In Edition | 9.25 x 6.25in | 288 pages | ISBN 9780143117155 | 18 Nov 2009 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP 

View a feature on Invictus.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

John Godey - author

$9.99 - add to cart

Book: Paperback: Premium Edition | 8.26 x 5.23in | 384 pages | ISBN 9780425228791 | 05 May 2009 | Berkley | 18 - AND UP 

Read an excerpt.

Here are some other great books for African-American History Month:

Passing Strange

Martha A. Sandweiss - author

$17.00 - add to cart

Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 384 pages | ISBN 9780143116868 | 26 Jan 2010 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP 

Reading Group Guide.

The Making of African America 

 Ira Berlin - author

$27.95 - add to cart

 Book: Hardcover | 5.98 x 9.01in | 320 pages | ISBN 9780670021376 | 21 Jan 2010 | Viking Adult | 18 - AND UP

Marching to Freedom

Elizabeth Partridge - author

$19.99 - add to cart

Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 80 pages | ISBN 9780670011896 | 15 Oct 2009 | Viking Children's | 10 - AND UP years      Watch a trailer.

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