Download or read book Concert of Voices Second Edition written by Victor J. Ramraj and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concert of Voices combines poetry, fiction, drama, and essays in an anthology of world literature in English. This second edition preserves the first edition’s breadth and its balance of established and less widely known authors, while including a large selection of exciting new material. Biographical information and explanatory notes have been updated and expanded, and new pieces by Cyril Dabydeen, Vikram Seth, Wole Soyinka, Pauline Johnson, Rudy Wiebe, and many other authors have been added.

Download or read book The Story Behind the Dress written by Raquel J. Moody and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young and full of life, Cassandra Parker wouldn’t have it any other way but to hang out and party with her girls and be boo’d up with her boyfriend, Tommy. But all that changed when she had a spiritual encounter with God himself. What most people would find to be the most joyous time of their lives, Cassie struggled with the people she loved leaving her one by one, including the man she thought she’d spend the rest of her life with. Trying to see if her relationship with Tommy could survive the test of time, Tommy couldn’t get used to the scene of Cassie’s new-found love in Jesus Christ. Vowing to hold on to her celibacy, keeping God number one in her life and waiting for a true man of God, revelation took her by surprise. What Cassie thought would be a skip, a hop, and a jump when God told her who her husband was turned out to be a whirlwind of lies, deception, and manipulation. Up for the challenge, Cassie endured every blow as she suited up with the whole armor of God, with the shield of faith at work. But was it enough to grab hold of the promise and enter into God’s rest? This is the story, The Story Behind the Dress.

Download or read book Comedy Book written by Jesse David Fox and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of NPR’s Best Books of 2023. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions, and Lit Hub. “Comedy Book changes the way we talk about an art form that is more diverse and exciting than ever before.” —Seth Meyers “Energetic and wise . . . Comedy Book is not the definitive history of the past three-plus decades. It’s Fox’s history, and better for it.” —The New York Times Book Review From a beloved comedy critic, a wisecracking, heartfelt, and overdue chronicle of comedy’s boom—and its magic. In Comedy Book, Jesse David Fox—the country’s most definitive voice in comedy criticism and someone who, in his own words, enjoys comedy “maybe more than anyone on this planet”—tackles everything you need to know about comedy, an art form that has been under-considered throughout its history, even as it has ascended as a cultural force. Weaving together history and analysis, Fox unravels the genre’s political legacy through an ode to Jon Stewart, interrogates the divide between highbrow and lowbrow via Adam Sandler, and unpacks how marginalized comics create spaces for their communities. Along the way, Fox covers topics ranging from comedy in the age of political correctness and Will Smith’s slap, to the right wing’s relationship with comedy, to comedy’s ability to heal in the wake of tragedy. With memorable cameos from Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Ali Wong, Kate Berlant, and countless others, Comedy Book is an eye-opening education in how to engage with our most omnipresent art form, a riotous history of American pop culture, and a love letter to laughter.

Download or read book The Reunion Show written by Brenda Hampton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Reunion Show, Brenda Hampton brings back the most memorable and controversial characters from her bestselling novels: Roc Dawson from Full Figured, Chase Jenkins from Don't Even Go There, Sylvia McMillan from Slick, Jada Mahoney from How Can I Be Down?, Prince' Perkins from Street Soldier and Jaylin Rogers from the Naughty series. These six will attempt to put their overwhelming differences aside and calm their unique personalities. Drama's the main course, topped with a hint of raunchiness and manipulation and served by cutthroat individuals wanting it all.'

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Download or read book An Enemy s Funeral written by Lorraine Ducksworth-Rogers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sidney family is not shocked to hear the news about JJ. JJ (James Earl Sidney Jr.) is Satan on Earth in the flesh. For years, he has roamed the streets of New Orleans, creating enemies. His bad reputation is his power and prestige. He finally meets his match when he crosses the wrong friend. Meanwhile, after years of humiliating others, he decides that he has a change of heart. But, is he too late? JJ soon finds God and through Him, saves many lives as he realizes that ?no man is an island of his own?.

Download or read book Found a Real One 2 written by Mo Howard and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been in a long distance relationship? Have you ever cried yourself to sleep because you missed your partner more than anything else in the world? Well Jada Anderson has. The love of her life, Omare Wilson, was arrested while traveling to Alabama and is currently sitting in prison awaiting sentencing. Jada is forced to make adjustments and live life without her boyfriend, who also happens to be her best friend. She is trying to stay encouraged, but her ex-boyfriend Nick is making it hard for her to do that. His obsessive behavior is getting out of control, and being that he is protected by the police, he has free will to harass Jada. Omare is missing his Jada more than he’ll ever admit, and he tries to believe her when she says she’ll ride his sentence out, but being in prison surrounded by negativity makes him question her loyalty. Found a Real One 2 is a story that shows that love can conquer all. Jada and Omare are relationship goals and they show you what can happen when you find a real one.

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Download or read book Saved Folk in the House written by Sonnie Beverly and published by Walk Worthy Press. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in three parts, a Southern family and their friends grapple with the joys and disappointments of life as a direct result of being raised in a home with strong Christian values.

Download or read book Good Guy Gone Bad written by Kato and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escaping from the dim lights in the hood of Newark, N.J. In the late 80's during the two most notorious gangs out. Joining the Service looking for a brighter future, station in Norfolk, VA on his second tour, there the young lamb Lagant meets who he thought was the love of his life 'Jada' until a unexpected secret was reveal that expose Jada true colors, full of lies and deceit, causing what you can call an metamorphism to take place in the young lamb. He now discover within himself what genetically fl owed through his blood stream inherited from his unknown father, causing the young lamb to fl irt with danger and explore what the World has to offer. Being reunited with his older brother Bernard who change his name in prison to Khalil, completing a seven year prison term, released on parole. Lagant is face with situation and decisions that could comes with consequences and repercussion which requires a new prospective of life. With things changing all around him where does he turns...

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a captivating novel that is both humorous and heart wrenching, ReShonda Tate Billingsley spins a touching story that follows a young woman trying to navigate love after tragedy strikes her family, and what it means for her to move on. Aja James hasn't had it easy. After the loss of their mother at their father’s hand, Aja has kept a close watch over her siblings. The three siblings much find a way to recover from their family’s history, but it’s not clear how. Tired of carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, Aja is finally ready for a change that she hopes could lead her down the path of recovery: find someone to love. Her best friend, Roxie, knows just what to do—she sets Aja up on a date with one of the most sought-after bachelors in town, handsome sportscaster Charles Clayton. Charles is everything Aja has ever dreamed of—sensitive, sexy, and charming. But "happily ever after" isn't that simple. While Aja has begun to heal from the loss of her parents, her sister and brother have not. Jada is lost in a world of silence with no way for Aja to reach her, and Eric's uncontrollable rage is wreaking havoc on his life. As Aja sees her brother heading down the same violent path that destroyed their family, she makes it her business to stop the cycle—even if it means putting her own life, and her own chance at love, on hold. My Brother's Keeper is a poignant novel about a resilient family learning that sometimes you have to forgive in order to find the strength to move on.

Download or read book Graphic Showbiz written by Adwoa Serwaa Bonsu and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Surveillance Futures written by Emmeline Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From birth to adulthood, children now find themselves navigating a network of surveillance devices that attempt to identify, quantify, sort and track their thoughts, movements and actions. This book is the first collection to focus exclusively on technological surveillance and young people. Organised around three key spheres of children’s day-to-day life: schooling, the self and social lives, this book chronicles the increasing surveillance that children, of all ages, are subject to. Numerous surveillance apparatus and tools are examined, including, but not limited to: mobile phones, surveillance cameras, online monitoring, GPS and RFID tracking and big data analytics. In addition to chronicling the steady rise of such surveillance practices, the chapters in this volume identify and problematise the consequences of technological surveillance from a range of multidisciplinary perspectives. Bringing together leading scholars working across diverse fields – including sociology, education, health, criminology, anthropology, philosophy, media and information technology – the collection highlights the significant socio-political and ethical implications of technological surveillance throughout childhood and youth.

Download or read book Image Web of Hearts and Souls 3 written by Jamie Magee and published by Jamie Magee. This book was released on with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an ominous darkness; one that is so dense and mind-numbing that you can feel the chills race across your skin as the energy of its hatred hovers near you. They thought that it was over… that he was dead… they never imagined that he was more powerful dead than he ever was alive. Every prediction and theory is about to be proven wrong… and the choice before Willow’s heart holds the lives of millions at stake. The question is: will she be able to see through the illusions before her and make a choice… she can live with? COMBINED WEB OF HEARTS AND SOULS READING ORDER Insight Embody Image Whispers of the Damned Witness Vital Vindicate Synergy Enflame Redefined Rivulet Imperial Blakeshire Derive Emanate Exaltation* Disavow The Witches Revolt Scorched Souls *If you are a fan of Adult Paranormal Edge can be read with the Web of Hearts, before of after Exaltation--the stories share the same characters. INSIGHT READING ORDER Insight Embody Image Vital Vindicate Enflame Rivulet Imperial Blakeshire (Drake's Story) Emanate Exaltation Disavow SEE READING ORDER Whispers of the Damned Witness of a Broken Heart Synergy of Souls Redefined Love Affair Derive (Aden's Beginning) A Lovers Revolt Scorched Souls EDGE SERIES READING ORDER Alphas Rise Dark Lure Sacred Betrayal Risen Lovers Fall of Kings Queens Rise Stolen Son Disloyal Souls Aftermath We all fell hard for Twilight. We lost ourselves in the teen angst of Vampire Diaries, Fallen, and Hush, Hush. We found courage in the pages of Hunger Games, Divergent, and the Maze Runner. Our imagination was on fire inside of Mortal Instruments, Throne of Glass, and The Red Queen. We fell back into our childhoods with the likes of Cinder. And now we have the compelling, enigmatic, character driven thrill ride of the long reaching contemporary fantasy series INSIGHT. Fans of contemporary and paranormal fantasy you cannot go wrong! Looking for ghosts? Angels? Demons & Devils? Witches? Gods? How about action and adventure wrapped around the romance of soul mates? Do you like to dive into the mystics? Science Fiction elements found in our own realm? Past lives or the zodiac? Ancient and modern civilizations? Spirituality? A setting that is contemporary, urban, and otherworldly? How do you feel about psychics? What about gothic elements? All of this and so much more is wrapped in this long reaching teen series. Insight is the foundation for not only its self titled series but also as a thread in the Web of Hearts and Souls Series, where several series intertwine to offer a mind-bending experience for the reader. If you're looking for originality and one hell of a deal this book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Download or read book Kickin Rocks written by Marianne K. Marin and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jada Baker might be a millennial, but she was born to worry—about her mom, about her job, about abused animals, and about the growing hatred she sees playing out in the news every day. But she also believes that the system will work, that goodness will win out over evil, and that she can find a love as rich and deep as the love her parents have for one another. And when Amie Luca, a veterinarian whose compassion and dedication to helping mistreated animals captures her heart, Jada finally begins to trust that she has found what she’s been searching for all along. When the system suddenly fails them and their happiness is threatened by ugly hate and bitter homophobia, the young couple turns to help from a woman who has learned the hard way that kicking rocks is painful and that it takes unwavering persistence to move them. Dusty Logan fought for the ERA, she’s suffered with friends through the AIDS crisis, and she’s battled for the right to openly love a woman—but a lifetime of fighting has left her exhausted and disengaged. Yet when she sees a new generation of women facing old, familiar challenges, her spirit to fight the good fight once more is rekindled—and Jada and Amie might have a shot at real happiness after all.

Download or read book White Lines written by Tracy Brown and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "Essence(" bestselling author takes readers into the urban jungle with this unforgettable love story where addiction, betrayal, and redemption are just the beginning.

Download or read book Finding Jamaica written by Malcolm Frierson and published by On the Ocean Books. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nice guy Sayvon Walker seeks a love that gives him the feeling of vacationing in Jamaica, but discovers that women can be ruthless to men who refuse to play games. Surrounded by the sexual escapades of his married best friend and pro-athlete brother, Sayvon wonders if he will ever find a woman willing to meet him halfway in a serious relationship. When a spunky dancer storms into his life and grabs his heart, he swears she's "the one." Yet her troubled past and a calculated extortion plot by his ex-fiancee cause unforeseen trouble. Thrilling, emotional, and funny, Finding Jamaica is a wild ride on the slick love train!