Download or read book Baba and the Crew written by Bill Davis, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Baba and the Crew is a candid story of Bill Davis' challenges and triumphs as a single dad raising four children ages 3, 5, 7, and 9. Despite the naysayers who believed children belong with their mother, Bill demonstrates that love, compassion, and structure will produce well-rounded, socially conscious, responsible adults. Readers meet each member of the Crew and hear in their own words what it was like growing up in the strict, family-first, Davis household. With help from "the village," Sekou, Toussaint, Imani, and Naeemah are accomplished, socially-conscious adults, and continue to make Baba proud. "What makes Baba and the Crew special is that it dispels the myth of the absent Black father. It goes against the erroneous stereotypical notion that single-parent families, headed by Black fathers, can hold a family together." It shows the Black father has love, cares for, and has hopes and dreams for his family as much as any other culture." Bruce S. Morgan1st VP New Jersey State Conference NAACP "In our cultural climate of African American inequality, mass incarceration, and racism, Baba and The Crew is a great example to eradicate the myth of absentee or deadbeat African American fathers. Bill Davis has taken on his role as Baba, the Swahili term for father, with love, courage, and determination to raise and equip his children with the knowledge, compassion, and tools to thrive in society. Bill's story is one that needs to be highlighted more often in mass media." Dr. Randal Pinkett Chairman and CEO, BCT Partners and Co-author, Black Faces in White Places "In this revealing memoir, "Baba" Bill shares not only his parenthood journey, but he also demonstrates the extent to which childhood experiences, and the way we are parented, shape the way we decide to parent. Without rancor, recrimination, or braggadocio, Bill assesses, with great objectivity-and clarity, the generational parenting behaviors in his family he chose to emulate while rearing his own children. Bill did not elect single fatherhood, but when life dealt him those cards, he took up the "Baba" challenge with a loving, willing determination to do everything in his power to make sure he had a winning hand. While this memoir looks back at family history and moves forward toward the family's future, it is grounded solidly in the present lives of Baba and his Crew. This is not a parenting primer or "how-to" guide from an "expert" but rather an unflinchingly honest, self-effacing, and sometimes humorous, behind-the-scenes look at how this single father raised four children to be culturally centered, kind, aspirational, compassionate, critical thinking, self-reliant adults." Virginia DeBerry, NY Times Best-selling Author "I strongly endorse Prof. Bill Davis' book. He was my former undergraduate student at Rutgers College, and I had the great pleasure of calling him Bill "Black" Davis. He was a very good student and became an outstanding father and single parent to high achieving children. I remember seeing him, with his children, on the television show-Reading Rainbow, as he represented a strong role model as a Black father and single parent." Dr. Leonard L. Bethel, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, NJ "What always impressed me about Bill was his ability to advocate for others, and maintain his love and guidance for his five children. That balance is a role model for all single fathers." Ronald E. Bolandi Former Piscataway Twp. Superintendent of Schools "Bill Davis' story stands in stark contrast to the dominant narrative around black fathers. This book is an inspiration for all parents, and the advice that Brother Bill provides will help you raise your children to become strong adults." LeDerick Horne, Poet, Disability Activist

Download or read book CRAZY written by Adam Stone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRAZY is a Crime Thriller novella by Adam Stone. The city streets are flooded with a new narcotic, driving users to the brink of insanity... and then just a little further. The police are desperate to maintain control. The judicial system is falling apart and every aspect of society is being affected as madness runs wild. In the midst of all the gibbering, twitching, frothing madness is one very sinister individual. Calling himself simply 'Crazy, ' he claims to be the source of the insanity. This is his story. "...I am the crazy of a whole generation, I am the voices in thousands of heads, I am a wave of laughter and the sound of a mirror shattering around broken, bleeding knuckles. I'm mumbling, I'm gibbering fear, I'm visions, hallucinations, paranoia and even love. I am everything that is crazy in this city. I am crazy. I need this city and maybe when this city falls I too will find my end. I fervently hope so... Oh yes, we mustn't forget fervent hope... I'm that too..."

Download or read book Social Media and Digital Dissidence in Zimbabwe written by Trust Matsilele and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a new theorisation when studying cyber dissidents in an African digital sphere. It argues that social media dissidents are a recent development in a long lineage of dissidents in African societies. Using Zimbabwe as a case study, the study locates contemporary dissidents in the same family with other historical dissident figures found in African orature, the Chimurenga wars, through music, poetry and other forms of expression. The book argues against techno-deterministic approaches to studying social media-born digital dissidence in Africa. It is aimed at scholars dedicated to studying social media movements in African contexts and the global south generally, prompting them to re-evaluate their earlier conclusions and adopt a more nuanced and contextspecific approach.

Download or read book The Prince Malock World Omnibus Fantasy written by Timothy L. Cerepaka and published by Annulus Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Prince Malock World fantasy series, Prince Tojas Malock, the Prince of Carnag, lives in a world where the gods were long ago divided as a result of a terrible civil war fought between them. As he strives to succeed his father as the King of Carnag, Malock must deal with terrible gods, enigmatic figures and mysteries, and the end of the world itself. In this omnibus, readers can get all four books in the Prince Malock World—The Mad Voyage of Prince Malock, The Return of Prince Malock, The New Era of Prince Malock, and The Coronation of Prince Malock—for the first time ever for half of what it would cost to buy all four volumes separately! KEYWORDS: epic fantasy adventure series, epic fantasy dragons, epic fantasy magic, epic fantasy sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery adult fantasy, sword and sorcery series, sword and sorcery series magic

Download or read book Navigator Chameleon Book One written by Adam Stone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage boy, an intelligent reptile and a pirate captain with uncommonly blue eyes walk into a bar... This is no joke but the beginning of a voyage of rebellion on the high seas, bringing together a motley collection of larger than life characters to take on a king whose brutality and thirst for magical power know no bounds. As James uncovers the secrets of the legendary pirate ship Chameleon and her crew he stumbles upon truths that have been hidden from the world for a very long time. The Magus King has suppressed the technologies of steam and powder but now, Gods willing, his stranglehold on the world may be challenged. Prepare to repel boarders!

Download or read book Baba s Gurukul written by Vinny Chitluri and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins from the small village Shiladhi, where a young fakir clad in white arrived with a marriage party. He stayed on and his divine powers were slowly recognized by the laity around him. Slowly the dilapidated Mashid mayee gets transformed into Dwarka Mai lit up by the warm Dhuni Mai and the ever burning lamps. Vehement skeptics and devotees flock alike to Shirdi, as the Kul-adhipati Sai Baba gathers them in his Gurukul. The book describes in details the various well known miracles of Baba and illustrates their meaning in a lucid manner. The author brings a rear insight and an almost personal touch to this book as she describes the various articles used by Him and the places He visited regularly. This book came about by this irresistible urge to share Shirdi, so readers can profit from it. The articles used and handled by Baba are with the Sansthan so the readers can see them and gain insight in their significance.

Download or read book Sleeping Dragon Rising Sun written by Craig Cartmell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China, the greatest empire the world had ever known, is weak and divided after a series of humiliating defeats in the Opium Wars, and the divine Empress' court harbours many who deeply resent the westerners who inflicted and now take advantage of these losses. Japan, on the other hand, has embraced the West with open arms. After centuries of isolation the Japanese now march forwards and accept technologies that, a few decades before, would have been regarded as witchcraft. Possessed of the East's most modern army, Japan now looks avariciously towards its neighbours. The next decade will decide whether the ancient empires of the East survive or are washed away, and every one of the Great Powers wants their slice.

Download or read book The Mad Voyage of Prince Malock free epic fantasy sword and sorcery written by Timothy L. Cerepaka and published by Annulus Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No mortal has ever sailed to the end of the world and returned to tell the tale. Legend says that the southern seas are full of monsters, lethal storms, and monstrous entities even the gods cannot conceive. Only a brave hero or a reckless fool would ever willingly venture into these deadly waters. Prince Tojas Malock travels to the southern seas in response to the summons from a goddess he has never met. To conquer these seas, Malock recruits the finest crew money can buy: An intelligent but haughty mage, an old fisherman with a mysterious past, a young female assassin, and a woman who knows far more than she lets on. With his ragtag crew of sailors behind him, Malock heads to the end of the world, ready for whatever the seas have to throw at him. But with mortal-eating gods, murderous pirates, and a traitor within the crew itself, Malock's voyage may end in tragedy. KEYWORDS: epic fantasy adventure series, epic fantasy dragons, epic fantasy magic, epic fantasy sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery adult fantasy, sword and sorcery series, sword and sorcery series magic, free epic fantasy, free sword and sorcery

Download or read book The Martir Chronicles Box Set epic fantasy sword and sorcery written by Timothy L. Cerepaka and published by Annulus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 1933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, get all twelve books from the Martir Chronicles series in one convenient package! In the Prince Malock World series, follow Prince Tojas Malock as he grows to succeed his father as the next king of his homeland while also dealing with the actions of the enigmatic and often antagonistic gods; in Mages of Martir, Darek Takren, a student at the most prestigious magical school in the world, must defeat a powerful new threat to Martir that even the gods are unable to combat; and in Tournament of the Gods, three mortals--Braim Kotogs, Raya Mana, and Carmaz Korva--are chosen to participate in the Tournament of the Gods, in which the ultimate prize is godhood and immortality for the winner, though with enemies scheming in the background to destroy them, winning the tournament may be an insurmountable challenge. Also includes the bonus short story, What Sharks Hide From. KEYWORDS: epic fantasy adventure series, epic fantasy dragons, epic fantasy magic, epic fantasy sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery adult fantasy, sword and sorcery series, sword and sorcery series magic

Download or read book The Harlem of the South written by Ronald D. Small and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the amazing journey of a music store owner Joe Higdon, whose journey was filled with and joy also sadness; his walk in life led him in 1924 to open the legendary Hollywood Music Store in Jacksonville, Florida, in the historic African American community of Lavilla, which was incorporated as a city of its own in 1869 and was known as the "Harlem of the South." Hundreds came through the music store on their walk to fame and fortune, such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Sarah "Sassy" Vaughn, Nat King Cole, Bill Daniels, Ray Charles, James Brown, The O'Jays, Al Green, Sam Cook, Sam and Dave, The Temptations, and many more. Joe Higdon had a business relationship with Ms. Clare White, then the daughter of Eartha M. M. White. He befriended gangster such as James "Charlie Edd" Craddock. One of Jacksonville's wealthiest and most prosperous African American businessman, he owned hotels, restaurants, a pawnshop, the Two Spot nightclub, and the famous whorehouse, the "Blue Chip Hotel" It was Joe Higdon who asked Eartha M. M. White to lease Charlie Edd the land to build the most popular club in the African American community, the "Two Spot." Charlie Edd employed ruthless gangsters who battled the Youngblood family in Nassau County to keep running moonshine up and down I–95. After Joe Higdon's death in 1958, the music store was inherited by Nathaniel D. Small, Joe's nephew, who continued the business for over forty years. This story is filled with events throughout the times. It walks you through from the life and time of Joe Higdon, the gangster Charlie Edd, Eartha M. M. White, and into the crime life of Ronald D. Small, how he inherited the Hollywood music store, to his life–changing experience with God, to this face–to–face encounter with Scarface, the drug lord in Miami, to finding himself face down on the floor surrounded by ten cops with guns pressed against his face, to his jaw–dropping courtroom jury trail. The only child of Nathaniel and Lillian Small, his struggle with crime was what led him home to the hall of God.

Download or read book The Antares Maelstrom written by Greg Cox and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic new Star Trek saga by New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox set during the original Five-Year Mission! The final frontier erupts into chaos as vast quantities of a rare energy source are discovered beneath the surface of Baldur-3, a remote planet beyond the outer fringes of Federation space. Now an old-fashioned “gold rush” is underway as a flood of would-be prospectors, from countless worlds and species, races toward the planet to stake their claim. The galactic stampede threatens the stability of neighboring planets and space stations, as widespread strife and sabotage and all-around pandemonium result in a desperate need for Starfleet assistance. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are dispatched to deal with the escalating crisis…which lies on the other side of a famously perilous region of space known as the Antares Maelstrom.

Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-07 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Night of the Dark Trees written by Abraham Eraly and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Shouldn T Have Been Born At All , The Oracle Said, Lowering His Voice And Shaking His Head. Having Been Born Anyhow, You Should Have Died In Your First Month. But Since You Have Survived, It S Not Death That You Have To Fear, But Life. What Do You Mean? Zeruba Asked. The Oracle Fixed Him With His Hard, Baleful, Crazed Eyes. . . You Ll Find Out, He Said At Last. A Biochemist Turned Artist, Zeruba Rebels Against The Oppressive Confines Of His Disintegrating Ancestral Home In Kerala And, Harried By Inner Demons, Flees To Lead A Reclusive Life In A Secluded Cottage On The Beach In Suburban Madras. Three Remarkable Women Counterpoint Zeruba S Tormented Life Lakshmi, A Beautiful And Gifted But Illiterate Slum Girl, Who Becomes His Mistress And Companion; Aditi, A Tempestuous Heiress With Whom He Plunges Into A Vortex Of Marital Chaos; And Anjali, Who Finally Brings A Semblance Of Stability And Contentment Into His Life. From The Best-Selling Author Of Two Critically Acclaimed Books On Indian History, A Meditative And Richly Nuanced First Novel Which Probes The Many Facets Of Truth And Reality To Draw The Reader Into An Intriguing Web Of Perspectives On The Complexity Of Human Relationships.

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television 2d ed written by John Kenneth Muir and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen! This expanded and updated edition of the 2004 award-winning encyclopedia covers important developments in the popular genre; adds new shows such as Heroes and Zoom; includes the latest films featuring icons like Superman, Spiderman and Batman; and covers even more types of superheroes. Each entry includes a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries, and data on arch-villains, gadgets, comic-book origins and super powers, while placing each production into its historical context. Appendices list common superhero conventions and cliches; incarnations; memorable ad lines; and the best, worst, and most influential productions from 1951 to 2008.

Download or read book Uncle John s The Enchanted Toilet Bathroom Reader for Kids Only written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Uncle John into an enchanted world so packed with wonders it could only come from the Bathroom Readers' Institute. 2012 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Finalist in Juvenile Nonfiction Category This legendary addition to the wildly successful For Kids Only! series is chock full of the fun facts and eye-popping illustrations that kids have come to love, but this time we’ve added something new: fractured fairy tales . . . in graphic-novel style! They’re brought to life in full color by some of today’s best children’s book illustrators. But wait, there’s more! The Enchanted Toilet also has a whole bunch of mystical activities--including crafts, recipes, poems, jokes, tongue twisters, and a few magical experiments. All you have to do is wave your magic wand and click your heels together three times. You’ll be enchanted by . . . Fantastic facts! * Real-life princesses (including one with a tattoo!) * Ninja: secrets of the invisible warriors * Where there be dragons * The human magnet and other dark wizards * The real-life Hogwarts Enchanting activities! * How to make a wand * Using treats to catch a leprechaun * Transforming metals with alchemy * Sir Uncle John’s “Guide to Training Your Dragon” Twisted tales! * “The Cockroach, the Mouse, and the Cricket” * “The Fairy Hedgehog” * “Ali Baba and the Forty Steves” * And a brand new King Arthur legend that involves…an enchanted toilet! And much, much more!

Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-07 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: