Download or read book Duffle Bag Boy written by Major Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06-13 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two stories in one book. "Duffle Bag Boy" Thurgood Johnson has a story to tell about his encounters with the street. "Street Assassin" Go along with M, a hit man who do hits for the people in the hood.Both stories contain connecting characters and events.

Download or read book Tony Dufflebag and Other Remembrances of the War in Korea written by Clarence Grady Oliver and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents who follow the concepts explained in From Diapers to Diplomas - A Common Sense Approach to Raising Well-adjusted Children, will not need Dr. Phil. While the author, an award-winning teacher at one of the most successful public schools in the nation, acknowledges that the children of today have more problems than previous generations, human nature has not changed. From this perspective, the children of the 21st century are no different than the children of the past. What has changed is the growing number of parents who have drifted away from the proactive and common-sense philosophy of raising children. This has led to more and more kids growing up with a lack of values, discipline, and direction. To confront the challenge of guiding children in the right direction, From Diapers to Diplomas provides readers with universal concepts: the purpose of discipline is not to punish, rather to correct parents must make their expectations clear and ensure that their children live up to them children must be held accountable for their actions kids need to develop a sense of ownership toward their education so they become self-motivated instead of parent-motivated pick the right battles - part of wisdom lies in knowing what to overlook

Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

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Download or read book Best Music Writing 2009 written by Greil Marcus and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Music Writing has faithfully collected the year's most compelling writing on music for a decade now, so it's appropriate this special edition be guest-edited by one of the best-known writers on music and popular culture, Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces, Mystery Train, Like a Rolling Stone, and other groundbreaking excursions into the very fabric of music, America, and beyond. As always, Series Editor Daphne Carr has culled an impressively wide range of essays, profiles, news articles, interviews, creative non-fiction, fiction, book reviews, long-format reviews, blog posts, and journal articles on music and music culture, from rock and hip-hop to RandB and jazz to pop, blues, and more. Writers who have been published in Best Music Writing include Alex Ross, Jonathan Lethem, Ann Powers, Dave Eggers, Susan Orlean, and more.

Download or read book The World Is Mine written by Lyah B. LeFlore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maryland high school juniors and best friends Blue Reynolds and Collin Andrews seem to have it all, and when they decide to become party promoters, anything can happen--including being pitted against parents, jealous girlfriends, and even one another.

Download or read book Tears of a Hustler written by Silk White and published by Good2go Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ali, a drug dealer/business man, tries to change the way the game is played by giving back to the community. His life take a serious turn when a local rival, a crooked cop, his pregnant girlfriend, and his little brother comes into the picture. A gritty street tale that everyone will enjoy.

Download or read book Double Negative written by Racquel J. Gates and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the antics of Flavor Flav on Flavor of Love to the brazen behavior of the women on Love & Hip Hop, so-called negative images of African Americans are a recurrent mainstay of contemporary American media representations. In Double Negative Racquel J. Gates examines the generative potential of such images, showing how some of the most disreputable representations of black people in popular media can strategically pose questions about blackness, black culture, and American society in ways that more respectable ones cannot. Rather than falling back on claims that negative portrayals hinder black progress, Gates demonstrates how reality shows such as Basketball Wives, comedians like Katt Williams, and movies like Coming to America play on "negative" images to take up questions of assimilation and upward mobility, provide a respite from the demands of respectability, and explore subversive ideas. By using negativity as a framework to illustrate these texts' social and political work as they reverberate across black culture, Gates opens up new lines of inquiry for black cultural studies.

Download or read book A Girl Like Me written by Ni-Ni Simone and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high school beauty is out to save her troubled family when she meets a hip-hop Prince Charming in this YA urban Cinderella story. She's got a voice like Keisha Cole and attitude to burn. She’s the body-rockin', Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be—or be with. But behind her picture-perfect image, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own. Now a radio contest has put her up-close-and-personal with mega-hot singer Haneef and their chemistry is too sizzling for Elite to stop pretending. As the clock ticks down fast for this 'hood Cinderella, she has only one shot to save her family and make all of her dreams come true.

Download or read book 2 Sides of a Penny written by Carlton Brown and published by Life Changing Books. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing both parents to the cold Bay Area streets and a brother to the system, Jason can’t help but shake the fear of being taken next. In his struggle to stay alive, and keep his brother Savion from being America’s nightmare, he must also worry about Gooney’s underhanded plans. Along with the love of his life Sheila, Jason moves heavy weight with the dreams of one day settling down and raising a family. A few blocks over, Italy is abused daily by her crack-addicted mother and longs for the love of her deadbeat father. Finally crossing paths, Jason proves to be a blessing and a curse to Italy, giving her a dose of reality on more than one occasion. As Italy’s life spirals out of control, she’s reminded of Jason’s teachings but the boosting and drug dealing lifestyle has her trapped. What will it take for Italy to give up the street life? Will Jason reach his goal and retire from the game? 2 Sides of a Penny is a roller coaster ride through triumph and loss, love and hate, power and revenge, deceit and mutiny to see who will be the last breathing survivor.

Download or read book Wait written by Damont L. Diggs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about a love and limbo between two individuals who can't find a balance. A hustlers cry a woman scorn and undying love between the two. This is a story of redemption love, complication, and understanding. Who will be willing to wait?

Download or read book Blue Dream written by Ryan Luttrell and published by Creators Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blue Dream is the firsthand story of how Ryan Luttrell spent his days in class at the University of Memphis and his nights researching and influencing the school’s next basketball team. At the time Blue Dream started, Ryan was working on a master’s degree in sports commerce, and what a perfect time, as the Memphis Tigers were ranked #1, a dream come true from his childhood. He religiously followed the team and one day decided to attend a practice with his 7-year-old son, Carter. Overnight, he became friends with the new recruits and assistant coaches, and as a result, he was privy to the most intimate secrets of how Calipari and his staff worked and maneuvered in the underworld of recruiting. Ryan seemed to be the only outsider allowed into this world, and the information was flowing so frequently that he began reporting for several local news outlets, including one that became an ESPN affiliate. After completing his master’s, he enrolled in law school and dived headfirst into the Tigers’ world, calling and texting with boosters to name the next head coach of the university, Josh Pastner. Ryan had moved from being a fan to being an insider to now being an influencer of the entire program and began having daily meetings at Pastner’s new office. Then the NCAA changed everything, as it seemed convinced that Ryan coerced athletes from his tournaments to commit to Memphis. Over the course of three separate investigations (all of which he was cleared in), NCAA coaches stopped talking to Ryan, and his relationship with Pastner and his staff became more than strained. At the same time, Ryan began to see the effects that his involvement in this recruiting world were having on everyone around him, especially his now-11-year-old son, Carter, who was intertwined in the world of basketball, right in front of Ryan. Ryan began to realize that he wasn’t going to change the way that recruiting works for college basketball programs. He had to find a way out. He needed to wake up from this Blue Dream…

Download or read book The New World Banking System written by D. Morgan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to be successful by any means necessary, Shawn becomes intruded by the world banking system, mastering bank-scamming techniques. He developed a small empire of fraud scandals never seen in the city of New York. Meeting Crystal while on one of his scamming adventures, they become like Bonnie and Clyde. Together, they form a major corporation called Quick PAA. Now in the corporate world, he meets a powerful senator whose son is a CEO bank executive. A secret meeting is called by an ex–government official who brings the nation’s top ten bank executives to one table, taking over the financial system, eliminating plastic credit and debit cards, using microchips that are inserted in the consumer’s hand, forming a system never seen before—the New World Banking System! Feds try to create a case with information given to them by a close friend of Shawn, which leads some elite higher-up wanting the data system codes of the NWBS. The only thing is Shawn is the only one with access to the codes. With the New World Banking System in order, family members are kidnapped, betrayal is at its highest level, and trillions of dollars are at stake, causing murder and mayhem.

Download or read book How to Write a Hit Song written by Molly-Ann Leikin and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Covering all the essentials of craft and marketing for launching and sustaining a long, successful writing career, this cutting-edge revision contains an exclusive interview with Oscar-winning songwriter Melissa Etheridge "I Need to Wake Up" and shows you, step by step, how to write a hit song.

Download or read book Full Figured 11 written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again, Carl Weber brings together two literary divas to give readers what they've been asking for: empowering stories about big, beautiful women. "Lights, Camera, Action" by Treasure Hernandez: Janiyah Wade is a successful plus-size model who almost loses it all when she is sent to prison for three years. When things work in her favor and she is able to kick start her career again, things are starting to look up for her and her husband, Gun. But the heat Janiyah feels when she's under the bright lights during her photo shoots is nothing compared to the heat she and Gun will feel when their blessed union is exposed for all of Raleigh, North Carolina to see. "How Does It Feel?" by Katt: Braylin Smith, Nayla Anderson, and Judea Hamiliton are three full-figured women who come from totally different walks of life to become the most unlikely trio of best friends. Braylin's man ain't treating her right, but he strokes her right. A better man is on the way, but not without a price. Nayla never knew true love, just convenient lovin'. Will she be willing to look past a man's wallet and accept true love? Judea has never known the touch of another, but before she can even think about committing to someone else, she needs to learn to love herself. These three ladies are dealing with drama almost as big as their beautiful curves. Travel with them as they ride through this adventure called life.

Download or read book If I Was Your Girl written by Ni-Ni Simone and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high school beauty turned teenage mother gets a second chance at love in this YA urban romance by the author of A Girl Like Me. With a bootylicious body like Beyoncé and a face that would put any top model to shame, Toi McKnight had all the cuties coming her way. She was always rocking the latest fashion trends and hanging at every bangin' party in the city. But all that came at a price, and now Toi McKnight is the seventeen-year-old mother of a baby boy. Between paying her bills and raising her son, Toi's got zero time for fun—even if sparks are flying between her and deliciously fine Harlem Sims. She's vowed to never love again, and besides, the ambitious college boy doesn't date teenage mothers. But every time Toi tries to cut Harlem loose, she just falls harder for him. And it doesn’t help when her son's no-good father comes back around. Toi tries to do the right thing, but doing the right thing just may put her on heartbreak express for good.

Download or read book I Am Debra Lee written by Debra Lee and published by Legacy Lit. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry. Debra Lee has been the visionary responsible for elevating Black images and storytelling for decades with timeless television shows like The Game and Being Mary Jane. Now she’s telling her own story, in a page-turner, filled with electrifying behind-the-scenes stories that reveal how she went from a girl raised in the segregated South to leading the first Black company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and how she juggled social responsibility while managing a company targeted toward the Black community. Lee answers all of our questions about building an unapologetically Black enterprise as a Black woman. What to do when you’re forced to attend a board meeting eight weeks after a C-section. How to manage a team of men when you’re the first female CEO at the company. How she learned the hard way to say no to those in power when their vision didn’t align with her purpose. I Am Debra Lee tackles lessons that women CEOs rarely dare to. She addresses her personal struggles with motherhood and “having it all,” navigating reproductive choice, fertility, and #MeToo as she helped build the leading entertainment company for Black audiences globally. As she has done her whole career, in this book, she opens the door for others to come after her, by sharing the truth behind her own inspiring story of power, perseverance, and success. “Debra Lee is a force! I love her candor and vulnerability within these pages. I Am Debra Lee is designed to make an impact.” –Alicia Keys “I was glued to Debra’s every word in this memoir.” –Taraji P. Henson