Download or read book CONFESSIONS OF A CRIMINOLOGIST written by Lewis Yablonsky Ph.D and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lew Yablonsky's story is about a youth who was involved in various delinquent activities as a teenager, and later in life, after serving in the Navy, went through a dramatic change to become a noted Professor of Criminology. His favorite commentary about his life change on various national TV programs and in news media about his professional life was: "In my early years some of my best friends were criminal sociopaths, and I learned more about crime from them than I learned from acquiring my Ph.D. at NYU." His autobiography details his early years, and how his personal life entwines with the 20 books he has researched and written about crime, drug addiction, and other social issues. The following quote from a review of his first book "The Violent Gang" in the Los Angeles Times describes his writing style "...a powerful and incisive writing in the field of sociology...an important and imensely useful work.

Download or read book Respect My Gangsta 4 written by Ms. Pantha Jones and published by Take Over Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate times cause for deadly measures. Welcome to a deadly Scavenger hunt, the prize is Sorrow's own flesh and blood, the puppet master unknown but, the puppets in this game are slowly being revealed. The findings are deadly to all who are involved as well as the whole city. Genocide has plagued the city of Gary by unknowing and unwilling hands. Black Pantha and her team race to get the Kidnapper's villainous deeds done. A pursuit to find out who the kidnapper is before it's too late. All the while leaving unwanted bodies, deceit, and lies in the process. Can they find out who "He" is before it's too late, or will their bloody activities lead them to death or land them in jail? Will Sorrow and Malakai let their own selfish feelings get in the way of coming united to save their son? Will Genesis be a friend or foe? Will Truth let the kidnapping of her daughter and her husband's distance send her over the edge into a sea of drugs? The unthinkable actions of people set out for revenge seem to fuel the lives of these 5 friends; everywhere they turn, they have found friend turned foe, exes turned insane, and lovers turned into one of those Me, Myself, and I bitches. No one is innocent in Respect My Gangsta 4 until they get their children back. They will make it rain bullets, let their bullets reign, and let the bullets fall where they may. The last book in the Respect My Gangsta Series

Download or read book Confessions of a Banger written by Johnny Blair and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are what I am and I am what they are We both bow down to different God's in the morning and at night Our tatoos tell different stories Both proud of what we should be ashamed of They bring out the worst in me and I in them All these things accumulate and become the enemy It comes from what we have and who we are Every one is a soldier for what they believe in You have be careful that you don't go off on the deep end of a philosophy or doctrine You can get out there and get lost and never make it back Between the truth and reality is a place called common sense and balance In the grip of pride everything you say and do is right.

Download or read book Confessions of a Man written by Nikki Satchel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping collection of street poetry, detailing everyday life in urban America. "CONFESSIONS OF A MAN" paints a vivid portrait, covering everything from life to death, rebirth to redemption.

Download or read book Naked Confessions written by Tracee A. Hanna and published by Augustus Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tia, sent to the brink of madness, finds herself living two lives, one as a disabled wife and mother with a cheating husband and facing a cancer prognosis, and the other as a sensual, enticing woman that young Tyrique can't get enough of.

Download or read book Bound by A Gangsta s Love written by Miss J and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old Makani Hughes is young, intelligent, beautiful, and living a very carefree life. So much so that she lets her carefree life get in the way of her studies, causing her to be expelled from school. Enter Reed Cook: a man sixteen years her senior. He promised to take care of her, but six years and two kids-who don't belong to Makani-later, all those promises are gone out the window. Being bound to her company, Skintastic, and taking care of her stepchildren, Makani starts looking for ways to get out of her emotionally and verbally abusive relationship with Reed. Makani gets the chance and confidence to leave her relationship once she meets the dark and mysterious Gio Mancini.A former kingpin, Horace 'Gio' Mancini has gone from running the streets of New York to running legit businesses in California. Gio has been in an open marriage with his wife, Piper, for a decade, allowing him to quench his dark desires of women obeying his every command as he's being called Master Gio. Entry into Gio's lifestyle wasn't for the easy, weak, or the vanilla, but from the first time he laid eyes on the very naïve Makani, he knew she had to be his.

Download or read book Gangsta City written by Duke and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the streets of Chicago, Illinois, life usually comes with an early expiration date. The goal is to live hard and play harder while you can. And if you're lucky, you'll find a little love along the way. But death is always just around the corner. Brothers, FOOL and RUNTHANG, are products of this environment. And though they came out of the same womb and hustled with the same objectives, their true bond wasn't their bloodline--fact is they need each other. When money, women, and greed conspire to break the brothers' trust in one another, will their familial bond keep them together? Or will GANGSTA CITY become a bloody war zone?

Download or read book Confessions of a Gangsta 4 written by Nicholas Lock and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TAZ is back, alive and well, and he's out for blood! With Kiki missing and no one able to tell him what he wants to hear, Taz goes on a rampage against his enemies, old and new. The Zoe Pound is first on his list. As the battle ensues, there's a snake slithering around in Taz' own back yard, threatening to compromise him. BELLA can offer Taz little help as she's fighting legal troubles that could imprison her for infinity. Will Bella overcome her legal issues and rejoin Taz' side? Or will she get taken out of the game by jury instead of an enemy's bullets? A tumultuous fallout with Massad director, BENJAMIN ARAFAT, makes matters worse for Taz. It becomes apparent that one of these men must die in order for the other one to breath easy. With death hovering over him, will Taz ever find Kiki? Or has she already been dealt a fate that Taz seems headed for?"--Page 4 of cover

Download or read book The Gangster s Guide to Sobriety written by Richie Stephens and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richie Stephens is an actor who often plays hardened gangsters and criminals. This is easy for him because he was a drug trafficker, kidnapper, drug addict, alcoholic, and all-around criminal himself. His life twisted and turned in harrowing self-destructive adventures that took him from his native Ireland to San Francisco, Australia, and finally, Los Angeles, coalescing into a classic tale of a man trying to run from his problems by moving to new and more exotic locations—a hard and painful realization that comes at a point in which he’s about to take his own life. The only reason there is a story to tell is because he did not. Instead, he found help, and in doing so, found himself. More than that, he found that help comes in different forms, and oftentimes it just takes the right thought to hit at the right time for it all to make sense. The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety chronicles Richie’s descent into the abyss of crime and dependency, and how his personal understanding of freedom allowed him to become the functioning positive force he is today. Richie’s story is sprawling and epic, but the key to the book is the same key to his recovery: the 12 Steps. With his own flair and original understanding of life and the world, he followed the 12 Steps to find the clarity he needed to save his own life and evolve into a positive force for others. As Richie says, “Hopefully if people see that someone as fucked up as me could change their life, then there is hope for anyone.” The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety is gripping in its honesty and openness. Even at its darkest moments, there is a keen understanding of the absurd nature of life as the author comes to grips with his failings and his faith, while also entering a place of self-acceptance. This is a story of redemption and the power of the human spirit, and how sometimes you have to turn to something greater than yourself.

Download or read book Access written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Breakbeat Poets Vol 4 written by Felicia Chavez and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dynamic tradition of the BreakBeat Poets anthology, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT celebrates the embodied narratives of Latinidad. Poets speak from an array of nationalities, genders, sexualities, races, and writing styles, staking a claim to our cultural and civic space. Like Hip-Hop, we honor what was, what is, and what's next.

Download or read book Rap on Trial written by Erik Nielson and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to thirty years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide. Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive—and judges and juries would go along with it. Detectives have reopened cold cases on account of rap lyrics and videos alone, and prosecutors have secured convictions by presenting such lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. Rap on Trial places this disturbing practice in the context of hip hop history and exposes what's at stake. It's a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip hop and mass incarceration.

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Download or read book Confession written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2024-12-17 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded in a blizzard atop a treacherous ridge, badly injured, and quickly bleeding out, Ishikura knows he is about to die. But before he does, he decides to unburden his soul by telling his companion Asai a dark secret that has been weighing on him for years. No sooner do the words cross Ishikura's lips, however, than Asai stumbles upon the shelter they'd been searching for-only to realize his friend's confession has changed everything-and the brutal elements may no longer be the deadliest threat around.

Download or read book Gender Talk written by Johnnetta B. Cole and published by One World. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant in its analysis of culture and sexual politics, Gender Talk asserts boldly that gender matters are critical to the Black community in the twenty-first century. In the Black community, rape, violence against women, and sexual harassment are as much the legacy of slavery as is racism. Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall argue powerfully that the only way to defeat this legacy is to focus on the intersection of race and gender. Gender Talk examines why the “race problem” has become so male-centered and how this has opened a deep divide between Black women and men. The authors turn to their own lives, offering intimate accounts of their experiences as daughters, wives, and leaders. They examine pivotal moments in African American history when race and gender issues collided with explosive results—from the struggle for women’s suffrage in the nineteenth century to women’s attempts to gain a voice in the Black Baptist movement and on into the 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement and the upsurge of Black Power transformed the Black community while sidelining women. Along the way, they present the testimonies of a large and influential group of Black women and men, including bell hooks, Faye Wattleton, Byllye Avery, Cornell West, Robin DG Kelley, Michael Eric Dyson, Marcia Gillispie, and Dorothy Height. Provding searching analysis into the present, Cole and Guy-Sheftall uncover the cultural assumptions and attitudes in hip-hop and rap, in the O.J. Simpson and Mike Tyson trials, in the Million Men and Million Women Marches, and in the battle over Clarence Thomas’s appointment to the Supreme Court. Fearless and eye-opening, Gender Talk is required reading for anyone concerned with the future of African American women—and men.

Download or read book Horribly Awkward written by Edwin Page and published by Marion Boyars Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Horribly Awkward comedy - the kind that makes us laugh and wince at the same time - has never been so popular. This book looks at leading pioneers of the obscene, the cringeworthy and the extreme. It includes analyses of recent UK successes such as The Catherine Tate Show, Extras, The Office, Peep Show, The League of Gentlemen, Brass Eye, I'm Alan Partridge!, Nathan Barley and The IT Crowd; old favourites such as Monty Python as well as hugely successful US animations such as The Simpsons, South Park and Family Guy."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Den of Vipers written by K. A. Knight and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world ended and with it so did the rules. I was stolen from my family and raised in the Wastelands to the North. I did what I had to ensure my survival. I became The Champion, with my history carved into my skin for all to see. Now I spend my days drinking and hiding from my past until four newcomers offer me a job I can't refuse. When my past and future mix I must once again rise and fight. This time it's not for my freedom, it's for my happiness. Contains mature themes.