Download or read book Caught em Slippin written by Al-Saadiq Banks and published by True 2 Life Publications. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miranda Benderas, born to an infamous Cuban Kingpin and his trophy wife, an African American supermodel. Miranda grew up with all the luxuries that other girls could only dream of. Her daddy proved that crime does pay. But isn’t there always a cost to having it all? By age 13, Miranda’s father was sentenced to life in prison. Has her father given her the necessary wisdom and tools to navigate through the world without him? Three short years later, Miranda falls into the arms of Philadelphia’s Bad Boy, Sha-Rock. The beautiful flower of a woman that

Download or read book Tre Pound written by Jordan Belcher and published by Art Official Media LLC. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of an esteemed drug dealer has Levour "Tre Pound" King fighting for his life not just in court, where he's facing life without parole, but in the unforgiving streets, where his enemies prefer to give him the death penalty. Tre Pound comes from a family of well-known hustlers; he's a "hood star." Women are his playthings. Even a secret affair with his homeboy's little sister doesn't satisfy him. He is 21 years old and believes the city belongs to the Kings. Tre Pound has swagger and the money of a businessman, he roams throughout the ghetto untouched --- and in his pastime, he robs drug dealers. Not once has he used a mask. He wants his victims to know it was. Tre Pound's exploits affect his 15-year-old cousin, Camille King. Camille hates that Tre Pound runs off all her boyfriends and fears she'll always be alone. Will she ever find love? Will Tre Pound end up behind bars or gunned down? Or will the unthinkable happen? Cross into the perilous streets of Kansas City, Missouri, and find out

Download or read book T H U G L I F E written by Sanyika Shakur and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to his bestselling memoir "Monster," Shakur's "T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E." is a vicious, heart-wrenching, and true-to-life novel that masterfully captures the violence and depravity of gang life.

Download or read book Heartless written by Al-Saadiq Banks and published by True 2 Life Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angelica "Storm" Hill, a vicious young woman that loves the thrill of living on the edge. She knows just how to get what she wants and will do whatever it takes to get it. At a young age Storm learned the power of manipulation and mastered it. Growing up with men telling her how beautiful she is, she's sure she could have the world served to her on a silver platter; but she doesn't see the beauty in herself, so she never allows herself to get caught up. . Although she has the perfect sponsor to give her all she desires she still finds herself in the trenches. Storm gets dirty for hers because of the addiction to the rush. At the height of her success her violent streak catches up with her and she finds herself on the run from the law. There is no limit to what she's willing to do to retain her freedom. Heartless is a tale of a young woman too caught up in the allure of the game to see the beauty of the illustrious life she has at her fingertips. Walk with the Don of Urban Fiction as he takes you through an odyssey of the streets that only he can.

Download or read book This Is Modern Art written by Kevin Coval and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graffiti crews are willing to risk anything for their art. Called vandals, criminals, even creative terrorists, graffiti artists set out to make their voices heard and alter the way people view the world. But when one crew finishes the biggest graffiti bomb of their careers, the consequences get serious and spark a public debate asking, "Where does art belong?" Kevin Coval is the author of Schtick, L-vis Lives, the American Library Association "Book of the Year" Finalist Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica, and an editor of The BreakBeat Poets. Idris Goodwin is a playwright, spoken-word performer, and essayist recognized across mediums by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation.

Download or read book Black John 3 16 written by Shawn Travis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can be rough on the streets of Chicago,especially for a young black man growing upin the hood. As gangs are created, drugs aredistributed and violence begins to take hold onone's life. There's nowhere to go, but downafter enduring the sights of someone beingmurdered in the backyard of your povertyinfested neighborhood at a young age, tobeing initiated into a gang, where it's deathbefore dishonor. Black John 3:16 is a graphic,deep and propelling tale about gang rivalaries,sex, drugs, crime, lies and chilling truths.Could you survive the streets of Chicago?

Download or read book Payback Is a Mutha written by Wahida Clark and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hot, gritty first installment in Wahida Clark’s iconic New York Times and USA Today bestselling Payback series tells the story of a woman who thinks she has everything, but who really has everything to lose—starting with her best friend, and ending with her life… Brianna and Shan couldn’t be more different. From her $1200 weave to her closet full of Gucci, Prada, and Chanel, Brianna believes that men were born to bankroll her lifestyle. Meanwhile, Shan likes to make her own money by working for a living at a men’s prison—and prefers Sean John, Baby Phat, and Fubu to Jimmy Choo. Still, despite appearances, Shan and B are sisters where it counts—or so they think… For B, lying is part of the hustle, and the hustle is what gets her sex, clothes, cars—pretty much whatever she wants. She couldn’t care less who gets hurt along the way, as long as it isn’t her. But it’s one thing to hustle tricks, and quite another to betray the one person who really cares. When one of B’s schemes goes too far, blood is spilled—and Shan is caught in the crossfire. Now, with friendship and lives on the line, Brianna’s got one last chance to change her ways—or suffer the consequences…

Download or read book Sentenced but Not Silenced written by Walter H. Martin-El and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a prophetic peek into the heart of this author, through the eyeglass of his mind, reasoning, belief, and faith. The laughter and lamentations expressed herein are blatant examples of how poetry can shed a light of revelation on the unknown, reveal the hidden wisdom of the most darkest of hours lived by the misguided fool, and tell a story a lot better than a painting worth a thousand words. This is a mental diary-like manuscript compiled of emotions, moods, experiences of the heart, prophetic visions, relationship rules, and ethereal thoughts all fueled by Allah-inspired direction and written to and for those who have only silenced their minds in order to become aware of His presence in them and of the presence of the storms that are forever raging in us and around us. These are writings and songs of joy, encouragement, and inspiration sometimes painted with warning and other times shaded with the answers to the whys that often pester our consciousness and unconsciousness. Finally, this book is a formal invitation to the reader. It is a request for your company that you might journey with the author outside of the realms of this soul-plane to a Spiritual plane, elevating from this level where man strives to be man with god to a level where we here, are ascending to be God in Man.

Download or read book The Illustrated Compendium of Ugly English Words written by Tyler Vendetti and published by Whalen Book Works. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behold the 300 Ugliest Words in the English Language! J. R. R. Tolkien once said that cellar door is the most beautiful phrase in the English language; since then it has received quite a bit of attention from poets and linguists. But what of the ugly words? This delightfully humorous volume celebrates the words that make people gag and cover their ears. Too long have these atrocious utterances gone unrecognized, nay, shunned from society. No longer! The Illustrated Compendium of Ugly English Words pays homage to the 300 worst words in existence, such as: Amazeballs (noun): The public’s opinion on this word can be perfectly encapsulated by a recent Slate article titled “Who coined amazeballs and why do they hate humanity?” Chunky (adjective): Chunky (meaning “lumpy”) is a word so vile, it can make even the most pleasant image sound disgusting. Let’s try. Chunky flower. Chunky chocolate milk. Chunky Jonathan Van Ness. See? Moist (adjective): Slightly or moderately wet; damp; the linguistic equivalent of stepping in a lukewarm puddle in socks and feeling the water ooze between your toes with every step thereafter. Rural (adjective): Meaning “of the countryside,” rural’s definition is not actually gross. Its foulness stems more from its pronunciation, which forces the speaker to make a noise akin to the grunt of a zombie. Worm (noun): Any type of burrowing, elongated invertebrate with a soft, limbless body. (Is that a description of a real creature or a monster from a nightmare video game? Hard to say.) What makes these words ugly? It’s the nature of the word’s meaning, the pre-existing association the reader has with the word, or the sound and look of the word—or all three! The Illustrated Compendium of Ugly English Words catalogues the ugliness from A to Z, along with each word’s pronunciation guide, definition, and origin, plus quotes demonstrating usage. Illustrations on nearly every page of this hardcover make it both a hilarious reference book and the ideal gift for anyone who can’t stand the sound of words like acrid, panties, gubernatorial, ointment, and squirt. More than anything, though, this compendium can be used as a reminder that, despite all of our differences, deep down we all share the same hopes, the same dreams, and the same primal hatred for the terms that make us go, “Ugh, why would you even say that?!” Proceed at your own risk!

Download or read book Strapped written by Al-Saadiq Banks and published by True 2 Life Publications. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amber Jones A.K.A Lil Bit was born with the odds totally against her. “A Hard Knock Life” is the best way to describe her childhood years. The verbal, physical and sexual abuse that she endured as a child built a cold brick wall around her tender heart. The death of her mother at an early age leaves her with no guidance in life and she’s forced to navigate through the best way that she knows how.Her life brightens up in her teen-age years when she meets her Prince Charming, Maurice, who steps in and relieves her of all of her misery. Maurice is a cold-hearted Kingpin and leader of the drug organization known in the streets of Newark as The Federation. A strong and powerful leader he is. She learns a great deal from him. He teaches her the code of the streets, the meaning of loyalty, honor, morals and principles. Most importantly he teaches her the true meaning of love.His jealous and controlling demeanor has always been an issue but she somehow managed to live with it because of her love for him. Loving him, as easy as it may be, it’s not at her best interest to do so due to the fact that he’s a married man. For years she’s played number two to his wife but as the years creep by she descends further and further down the list of his multiple women. Finally just as she’s becoming tired of being just another one of his prizes a man that she feels truly loves her enters her life.She’s stuck at the crossroads not knowing whether to continue her and Maurice’s complicated love affair or to cut off their intimate ties and only retain their business affairs. The only problem with that is as much as Maurice has emphasized never mixing business with pleasure when it comes to her he has a problem practicing what he preaches.What’s a girl to do? She finds herself trapped in between unconditional love and the love of money. To make a decision in the name of love could not only affect her luxurious lifestyle, it could also jeopardize her life and the life of her true love.

Download or read book Graphic Showbiz written by Nanabanyin Dadson and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Block Party 2 written by Al-Saadiq Banks and published by True 2 Life Publications. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teenagers, Ahmir and Ahmad Pierson are the offspring of Newark's infamous ghetto legend Donald "Cashmere" Pierson. Ghetto fame and admiration have been a part of their lives for as far back as they both can remember, thanks to Cashmere. Cashmere's addiction to the fast life and the love for his two sons have always conflicted but the love his sons have for him has always been unconditional. Nothing in the world means more to them than their father whom they've always held on a pedestal. Ahmir and Ahmad's lives change drastically after they both witness a horrifying act that they'll never forget. The old cliche' is true "for every action there is an opposite, but equal reaction." What becomes of two traumatized teens whose hearts are filled with vengeance? What does their future hold for them? Or do they even have a future?

Download or read book Lust Money Envy written by Antonio Harriston and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the city of New York, where it all begins for Dice. As he finds himself trapped in the street life that he is eagerly trying to get away from that is plagued by death ,betrayal and loneliness. Dice eventually becomes immune to his pain and emptiness by becoming a ruthless individual with no remorse. Until he discovers a new meaning of life , but like with anything else in this world thats valuable , it comes with a steep price. A price that can cost him his life or the ones he love. Before its too late Dice must decide which road to take in his journey throughout life thats fueled by pain and love. Lust, Money, Envy brings you to the door step of it all as the truth reveals its self. Even the truth could be interpreted as a lie.

Download or read book More to Life written by Delano Savage and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the perils of the street life and the lasting effects it has on those who choose to immerse themselves in it. Choppa is one of many young African American men who find out that there will be no happy ending for this life that he chose. And here is his story.

Download or read book Zero written by Christopher Tatum and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life could be a bitch 95 percent of the time. When Zero gets put in a fucked-up situation, he has no choice but to get violent. When he thinks of him and his right hand, he believes he gets to do everything. Zeros wife who is the chief of police in Long Beach and their side bitch Sandy get involved and eliminate all their worries.

Download or read book Caught Me Slippin written by Aubry J and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On paper, McCoy Toliver's life is what every young girl dreams of. She has a thriving law career, a big, beautiful house, and a man by her side. Except there's a problem. Everything that glitters isn't always gold, and the man she was once madly in love with is now a tyrant she no longer recognizes. McCoy has fought for her life for the last few years, and she's desperate. She knows she has to get out of the situation for good. Earth Carlson hustled his way to street royalty at a young age. His killer mentality and book smarts have made him a few enemies. Earth couldn't care less about who he has pissed off as long as he has money in his pocket, food on the table, and his family and friends are taken care of. The only thing he ever regretted was the loss of his best friend. But Earth vowed to get the man responsible for his death, even if it meant he had to die trying. To get out of an abusive relationship, McCoy does the one thing she finds logical: kidnaps her fiancé's biggest enemy. The saying goes, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend, ' right? And right now, McCoy needs all the friends she can get. What she didn't expect was the man she had locked inside her home would become the man locked inside her heart.

Download or read book In the Arms of Baby Hop written by Kenneth Attaway and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many times in my adult life, I have had what I would call an "awake out-of-body experience." During these times, I was peeking in at my life in a dream state; thinking this cannot be my life. I found myself asking the questions of what happened to the child who outsmarted the world and what happened to the teen who had all the answers and confidence to boot, and the young adult who never settled for can't. Well, somewhere along the way, the only thing left of who I was once was, were just shreds of an almost non-existent life. Now, don't get me wrong, there were some good times along the way, but it certainly was not always smooth sailing. But what came later in life was no comparison to the early years. Not that long ago, my life was filled with disappointment, brokenness, worry, anxiety, and fear. I survived breakups and breakdowns, sadness and pain, grief and loss beyond description, all of which led to a one-way ticket to Depression Central. Getting off the road to depression was very difficult for me, but there is no job too hard for God. If you can relate to the paralyzing despair that I went through, then please know that I fellowship with you and understand the grip depression and anxiety can have on your life. However, I want you to know that your destination does not have to be a one-way ticket to the land of despair, instead, your journey can bring you to a place of joy and peace if you simply trust and believe in God.