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07/10/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder NEVER WEAR RED LIPSTICK: 8 LIES THAT STOP BLACK WOMEN FROM SUCCEEDING IN LIFE AND BUSINESS by author Dr. Karmetria Burton in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
Despite being the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the US, Black women face systemic barriers that threaten to derail their dreams, including lack of funding, racial and gender bias, and a lack of senior advocates in corporate spaces. Dr. Karmetria Dunham Burton, an executive with two decades of corporate experience, offers a new vision--one rooted in spiritual strength, self-care, confidence, and authenticity.

NEVER WEAR RED LIPSTICK is more than a business book--it's a movement for liberation, leadership, and faith. Dr. Burton boldly dismantles the myths and limiting beliefs that have kept Black women from thriving in boardrooms and business ventures.

Blending heartfelt storytelling with field-tested strategies, NEVER WEAR RED LIPSTICK introduces you to the Paint Your Lips Red principles: ten truths to help Black women embrace their power and lead with boldness. From overcoming betrayal in the workplace to prioritizing wellness, from claiming spiritual inheritance to redefining what it means to be a real boss, this book speaks to every woman who's been told she has to shrink to succeed. With the "Boss Blueprint" at its core, Dr. Burton lays out a practical, faith-driven path to growth, leadership, and legacy. Whether you're in a cubicle or launching a company, this book will help you stop surviving and start soaring.

NEVER WEAR RED LIPSTICK will be released on March 31st, 2026, from Broadleaf Books.

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/never-wear-red-lipstick-karmetria-dunham-burton-phd/1147739346?ean=9798889833000

07/10/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY by author Rin-rin Yu in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
A sparkling debut novel featuring a Chinese American girl doing her best to stay true to herself in a world that often judges.

Some days Ping-Ping feels like she just can’t win. She was born in the US, so it’s frustrating when people are surprised by how American she is, but her Chinese relatives feel she’s not Chinese enough. But the things bugging her the most lately are her classmate Lee Beaumont, who has taken to calling her “French Fry” because of the tofu sticks she eats at lunch, and the possibility that her family will have to relocate to Kenya for her father’s UN job. Of all the things Ping-Ping loves, her home and best friend are at the top of the list, and she’d hate to have to leave them. What’s a girl to do when she can’t be in as much control as she’d like to be? Well, good thing Ping-Ping is a wiz at taekwondo—she’s learning how to kick her frustrations away, and there’s almost nothing she can’t master if she puts her mind to it. Rin-rin Yu has written a warm and funny family story that will have kids rooting for Ping-Ping—a girl who is ready to kick all the assumptions made about her aside!

GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY will be released on February 17th, 2026, from Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Kids).

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goodbye-french-fry-rin-rin-yu/1147444467?ean=9780593858080

07/10/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder I GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION: A CLINICAL GUIDE ON HOW TO LET GO OF LIMITATIONS, EMBRACE VULNERABILITY, AND LIVE MORE BOLDY by author Dr. George James in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
What would your life look like if you gave yourself permission to dream big, take risks, and let go of what's holding you back?

It's not easy to take risks--especially in a world that's quick to judge, and judge harshly. Too often, fear of failure, perfectionism, or self-doubt keeps us stuck and afraid of making the bold choices that could lead to extraordinary opportunities. But it doesn't have to be this way.

In I GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION, therapist and nationally recognized speaker George James shows you how to break free from the barriers you've built around yourself, so you can live the life you've always imagined. Drawing on real-life stories, expert insights, and practical exercises, this book will teach you how to:

- Conquer the fear and anxiety that limit your potential

- Build the courage to take meaningful risks

- Challenge the beliefs that keep you stuck

- Embrace your unique path and purpose

This empowering guide will inspire you to move beyond the self-sabotaging beliefs that hold you back, so you can start taking charge of your life!

Whether you're ready to take a leap in your career or relationships or challenge yourself to do the things you've always wanted to do, but thought you couldn't, George's compassionate advice and actionable tools will help you step boldly into the person you're meant to be.

It's time to stop waiting for permission from the world--and start giving it to yourself.

I GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION will be released on January 2nd, 2026, from New Harbinger.

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-give-myself-permission-george-james-psyd-lmft/1147108570?ean=9781648486890

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder PERSONAL BRANDING FOR INTROVERTS by author Goldie Chan in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
A top expert in personal branding shows introverts how to leverage their unique strengths to get ahead.

To build a career, you need a personal brand to showcase your distinct skills, experience, and expertise. Building that brand can feel daunting--particularly for introverts. Conventional wisdom holds that introverts should fake extroversion in order to succeed, advice that can be terrifying for anyone who finds social interaction exhausting. Personal branding expert and introvert Goldie Chan says it doesn't have to be this way.

Chan empowers introverts to create memorable and recognizable personal brands without feeling the pressure to become someone else. With examples from everyday introverts to introvert celebrities like Taylor Swift and LeVar Burton, Chan shows how introversion can be a superpower when building a personal brand. She shares strategies for goal setting, navigating in-person networking events, building online and offline communities, partnering effectively with extroverts, and sustaining energy for the long run.

This book is essential reading for any introvert looking to level up a career or community without sacrificing authenticity.

PERSONAL BRANDING FOR INTROVERTS will be released on October 28th, 2025, from PublicAffairs.

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/personal-branding-for-introverts-goldie-chan/1146925028?ean=9781541705463

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder LET THEM SEE YOU by author Madison Butler in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/let-them-see-you-madison-butler/1147004022?ean=9781394294305

LET THEM SEE YOU is set to release on October 14th, 2025, from Wiley.

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE by author Derrick Barnes in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
In the small town of Great Mountain, Mississippi, all eyes are on Henson Blayze, a thirteen-year-old football phenom whose talents seem almost superhuman. The predominantly white townsfolk have been waiting for Henson to play high-school ball, and now they’re overjoyed to finally possess an elite Black athlete of their own.

Until a horrifying incident forces Henson to speak out about injustice.
Until he says that he might not play football anymore.
Until he quickly learns he isn’t as loved by the people as he thought.

In that moment, Henson’s town is divided into two chaotic sides when all he wants is justice. Even his best friends and his father can’t see eye to eye. When he is told to play ball again or else, Henson must decide whether he was born to entertain people who may not even see him as human, or if he’s destined for a different kind of greatness.

Written for children ages 10 and up, Derrick Barnes’s groundbreaking novel masterfully combines a modern-day allegory with classic-style tall tales to weave a compelling story of America’s obsession with relegating Black people to labor or entertainment. Spanning the 1800s to today, this exceptional story shows how much has changed over centuries. . . and, at the same time, how little.

THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE will be released on September 23rd, 2025, from Viking Books for Young Readers (Penguin Kids).

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-incredibly-human-henson-blayze-derrick-barnes/1146743835?ean=9781984836755

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder THE GOLDEN HOOPS by author Jen Hayes Lee and illustrator Mokshini in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
Follow Janey on a magical journey as she searches for her missing hoop earring! A perfect picture book for fans of The Queen of Kindergarten and Hair Love.

Golden hoops are magic. That’s what Mommy says.

And Janey has always wanted her own pair of glowing golden hoops, just like the ones her mother wears.

Finally, the day comes when Janey gets her own. With her hoops, Janey can do anything. She feels like a million bucks! But when she gets home, Janey discovers that one of her hoops has gone missing.

Without her special hoops, can Janey find her magic again?

In this fun ode to the tradition of receiving a first pair of hoops, Janey experiences the beauty of inner magic and sisterhood—and learns just how far both can take her.

THE GOLDEN HOOPS will be released on September 2nd, 2025, from Harper’s Children (HarperKids Books).

You can use this link to preorder: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-hoops-jen-hayes-lee/1146424267?ean=9780063326750

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN by author Vera Ahiyya (The Tutu Teacher) and illustrator Debby Rahmalia in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
Get ready to celebrate Halloween in this exciting new book in the Getting Ready series. Your little one will learn what to expect, from activities to costumes to treats.

Halloween is here, and the whole class is getting ready for fun! With the help of their teacher, they play games, make arts and crafts, and even march in a costume parade. But will the day hold more tricks or treats? This engaging read-aloud will help your child prepare for Halloween and all that comes along with it!

GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN will be released on August 12th, 2025, from Random House Books for Young Readers (Random House Children's Books).

You can preorder here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/getting-ready-for-halloween-vera-ahiyya/1146546449?ean=9798217026104

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder AND THEN CAME THE BLUES by author Katrina Brownlee in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in the United States, an average of twenty-four people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner, and one in three women have experienced some form of domestic violence. One of those women was Katrina Brownlee, who, as a twenty-two-year-old mother of two, experienced hell at the hands of her then-fiancé. He was a law enforcement officer—a group two to four times more likely than the general population to be abusive, and who are known for protecting their own. During his dangerous outbursts, Brownlee would call the police for help, only to see the cops turn their backs on her when her abuser flashed his badge. On a cold January morning in 1993, her fiancé shot her ten times and left her for dead.

Brownlee could have been just one more of the eleven women/girls killed per minute worldwide by a loved one. Instead, miraculously, she survived. Through hard work, faith, and perseverance, she recovered from her injuries and found a path through her trauma. She decided to become a police officer to help others in her situation, to be the “good cop” who had not been there for her when she had needed saving. In 2021, she retired from a highly decorated twenty-year career with the NYPD. As the founder of a support group for at-risk young women, Young Ladies of Our Future, Brownlee decided that the time had come to tell her story—the whole story—a story of self-empowerment, of healing generational trauma, and of turning pain into hope for herself and her community.

AND THEN CAME THE BLUES will be released on August 5th, 2025, from OpenLens.

You can preorder here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/and-then-came-the-blues-katrina-brownlee/1147041410?ean=9781636142364

07/09/2025

From now until Friday, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can preorder WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NAKED MOLE RAT? by illustrator/author Akeem Roberts in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
The first book in a funny, supernatural graphic novel series for early readers about an eight-year-old boy who solves mysteries with the ghost of his former class pet.

Mr. Pebbles is dead, and everyone thinks it’s Carter’s fault!

When Carter’s third-grade class accuses him of killing the class pet, a naked mole rat named Mr. Pebbles who shivers a lot and smells a little funny, can Carter clear his name . . . with the help of Mr. Pebbles's ghost?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NAKED MOLE RAT? will be released on July 15th, 2025, from Kokila Books.

You can preorder here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-happened-to-the-naked-mole-rat-akeem-s-roberts/114647656?ean=9780593856666

07/08/2025

The Barnes & Noble preorder sale is back!

From now until this Friday, July 11th, Premium and Rewards members can preorder SAVVY SUMMERS AND THE SWEET POTATO CRIMES by author Sandra Jackson-Opoku in any format and get 25% off with code PREORDER25!

Synopsis:
When Savvy Summers first opened Essie’s soul food café, she never expected her customer-favorite sweet potato pie to become the center of a murder investigation. But when Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two, she suddenly has more to worry about than just maintaining Essie’s reputation for the finest soul food in the Chicagoland area.

Even as the police deem Grandy’s death an accident, Savvy quickly finds herself—and her beloved café—in the middle of an entire city’s worth of bad press. Desperate to clear her name and keep her business afloat, Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lopés, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy.

But with a slimy investor harassing her to sell her name and business, customers avoiding her sweet potato pie like the plague, and her police sergeant ex-husband suddenly back in the picture, will Savvy be able to clear the café’s name and solve Grandy’s murder before it all falls apart?

After all, while Savvy always said her sweet potato pie was to die for, she never meant literally.

SAVVY SUMMERS AND THE SWEET POTATO CRIMES will be released on July 29th, 2025, from Minotaur Books.

You can preorder here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/savvy-summers-and-the-sweet-potato-crimes-sandra-jackson-opoku/1146167560?ean=9781250351906

07/08/2025

I GOT YOU by author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Shamar Knight-Justice was selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month for July! Congratulations to Derrick, Shamar, and the team at Nancy Paulson Books!

Synopsis:
Rasheed has the best big brother in the world! Anthony has been his hero from day one, making him feel safe during storms and included in all kinds of fun activities. Thanks to Anthony, Rasheed knows all about worms, mud pies, puddles, and how to fly on a swing. And now that Rasheed is getting a little older, Anthony is teaching him how to do big-boy things, like button his own shirt and ride a bike. And most importantly, that there will be times when Anthony needs his own space and time with his buddies. At first, Rasheed feels crushed not to be included full-time with his brother, but fortunately, Anthony reassures him that even when they’re not together, he still loves Rasheed and nothing will ever change that. And when Momma and Daddy share the big news that soon both of them will be big brothers, Rasheed knows—thanks to Anthony—just what kind of big brother he wants to be.

I GOT YOU is set to release on July 15th, 2025, from Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Kids). You can preorder your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/10902/9780593111451

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