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Bill Cosby

    July 12, 1937

    The author's storytelling is infused with a warm nostalgia for the past, yet it fearlessly tackles timeless themes of racism, class, and family. His work reveals a profound understanding of human nature, often seasoned with a gentle humor that mirrors his own life experiences. He navigates a path from street performer to global artist and content creator, aiming to entertain, educate, and inspire. His distinctive narrative voice and keen observational skills make him an unforgettable storyteller.

    Bill Cosby
    Childhood
    My Darkest Prayer
    Razorblade Tears
    Blacktop Wasteland
    Peanuts Guide To Life
    Bill Cosby on Fatherhood
    • 2023

      The stunning new thriller from the international bestselling and multi-award- winning author.'S. A. Cosby is not only the future of crime fiction but of any fiction where the words are strong, the characters are strong and the story has a resonance that cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our time' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice...add S. A. Cosby to that list.' STEVE CAVANAGHA Black sheriff. A serial killer.And a small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, no one knows better than Titus that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.But a year to the day after Titus's election, a school teacher is killed by a former student. The student is then fatally shot by Titus's deputies.As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes, and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. With the killer's possible connections to a local church and the town's harrowing history weighing on him, Titus tries to project confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town's Confederate history.Charon is Titus's home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning. Praise for S. A. Cosby:'Sensationally good' LEE CHILD'I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND' STEPHEN KING'Stunning. Can't remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel' MARK BILLINGHAM'S. A. Cosby is a welcome, refreshing new voice in crime literature. DENNIS LEHANE

      All The Sinners Bleed: the new thriller from the award-winning author of RAZORBLADE TEARS
    • 2023

      The new novel from the award-winning author of RAZORBLADE TEARS and BLACKTOP WASTELAND, perfect for fans of Don Winslow and Attica Locke.

      All The Sinners Bleed
    • 2022

      Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby's debut novel, republished in a new edition, with a new introduction from the author.

      My Darkest Prayer
    • 2021

      Razorblade Tears

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.0(452)Add rating

      Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah's white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss. Derek's father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed his father was a criminal. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy. Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge

      Razorblade Tears
    • 2020

      Blacktop Wasteland

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.1(1014)Add rating

      "A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series of financial calamities, Bug feels he has no choice but to take one final job as the getaway driver for a daring diamond heist that could solve all his money troubles and allow him to go straight once and for all. Like "Ocean's Eleven" meets "Drive" (but with a mostly black cast of characters), Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of sons living up (or down) to their fathers; of a heist gone sideways; of a man ground down by economic desperation; of fast cars and daring chases and identity and love"-- Provided by publisher

      Blacktop Wasteland
    • 2005

      Peanuts Guide To Life

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.3(320)Add rating

      Essentially, this is the best of the best of 50 years of Peanuts, the comic strip by the late Charles Schulz featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the beguiling little gang. Peanuts debuted in 1950 and became a global phenomenon, with book collections selling more than 300 million copies in 26 languages and television specials rerun year after year. To create this all-new Peanuts Guide to Life, we've combed through decades of comic strips to find those single panels which contain such pithy observations as “Babysitters are like used cars. You never know what you're going to get,” and bits of wisdom like “Never lick ice cream off a hot sidewalk.” Each droll, stand-alone “speech bubble” or punchline appears with cartoon art. The panels are organized into short chapters, such as “Love” and “Life's Little Quirks.” For the millions of faithful Peanuts fans, this is a collection of “greatest hits” to cherish and enjoy again and again.

      Peanuts Guide To Life
    • 2004

      I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened!!!

      And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy

      • 184 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.0(20)Add rating

      The book presents a collection of humorous essays examining America's unhealthy relationship with food and self-indulgence. Through witty commentary, the author delves into the reasons behind these destructive behaviors, shedding light on societal norms and personal choices that lead to poor eating and drinking habits. With a focus on health and wellness, it invites readers to reflect on their lifestyle while entertaining them with engaging anecdotes and insights.

      I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened!!!
    • 2002
    • 1999

      Just as a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, so a spoonful of humor helps the wisdom go down. In Congratulations! Now What America's funnyman Bill Cosby gently ribs college graduates about their time spent--or lost--in the hallowed halls of the university and postulates what four years of higher education have suited them for: "[If no job offer] ever turns up with a four-day week, a three-hour lunch, and a holiday for Count Basie's birthday, you still might be able to make a few dollars on Jeopardy." But he also assures graduates that their studies were not in vain and bestows advice to job seekers. Those who acquired several piercings while in school are cautioned to make sure the studs and hoops are shined before going to an interview. Those who are buffing their first professional r+sum+ are advised to strike a tone somewhere between "lyrical lying and fanciful fraud." Cosby, whose successful career as a humorist has always turned on his affection for kids, is a regular speaker at college commencements--in the chapter "As I Look Out at Your Foggy Faces," he says it's a hobby of his--and this 130-page book collects bons mots and sage advice from speeches given because he has "a feeling for anesthesiology."Graduates--and their now-broke parents--will find a reason to smile on every page. --Brenda Pittsley

      Congratulations! Now What?
    • 1998

      Bill Cosby is classically funny. Now, as the star of CBS-TV's "Bill Cosby's Kids Say the Darndest Things" he again has the perfect platform to bring out the best in all people through the hilariously honest, witty and touching statements of all kinds of children. Now, this sure-fire combination will take to the printed page in the must-have book of the season.

      Kids Say the Darndest Things