Download or read book The Residue Years written by Mitchell S. Jackson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner Whiting Writers' Award Winner Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction Finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America's whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the '90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding autobiographical novel, Mitchell writes what it was to come of age in that time and place, with a break-out voice that's nothing less than extraordinary. The Residue Years switches between the perspectives of a young man, Champ, and his mother, Grace. Grace is just out of a drug treatment program, trying to stay clean and get her kids back. Champ is trying to do right by his mom and younger brothers, and dreams of reclaiming the only home he and his family have ever shared. But selling crack is the only sure way he knows to achieve his dream. In this world of few options and little opportunity, where love is your strength and your weakness, this family fights for family and against what tears one apart. Honest in its portrayal, with cadences that dazzle, The Residue Years signals the arrival of a writer set to awe.

Download or read book Royal Pain written by Morgan Jane Mitchell and published by Morgan Jane Mitchell. This book was released on 2023-04-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Bastards MC 5th Run From USA Today Bestselling Author Morgan Jane Mitchell comes the next installment of her Royal Bastards MC: Nashville, TN Chapter series, Royal Pain. Biker Prince of the Smokey Rollers MC, Riff was born bad. A biker rat, he was set to inherit the Presidency. But after his father’s motorcycle club disbanded, his prospects of ruling one day all but disappeared. That was until he found the Royal Bastards MC in Nashville and quickly became Road Captain. Dead set on taking over for Kingpin one day, Riff has become a Royal Pain around the club. All that changes once Mary arrives. Finally free of her childhood prison, Mary knows nothing of the outside world, let alone the biker lifestyle at Royal Road. After choosing to leave her Amish family, being offered a job as a live-in nurse seems like a dream come true. She quickly finds out how different things are at Royal Road. Not only different but depraved. The more she learns the more she questions leaving her Godly home. Thankfully there’s a hot biker around, more than willing to show her the ropes. Can Riff convince her it’s not all bad when the outlaw biker life is all he’s ever known? Riff having something he wants more than becoming President of an MC couldn’t come at a worse time as Kingpin’s disaster comes to a head. Will his focus on not only showing Mary around but also protecting her from the evils of the club make him miss the perfect opportunity to take the reins from his President? Pushing Mary away puts her in unknown danger. Can she ever forgive him? Can he forgive himself? More importantly to Riff, will she stay at Royal Road?

Download or read book The Bane of Cinco de Mayo written by Nathan S. Mitchell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bane of Cinco de Mayo follows the ill-fated career of a Mexican immigrant who enters the U. S. illegally, becomes naturalized, and joins the Central Intelligence Agency. He distinguishes himself on black missions that involve international intrigue and assassinations. He becomes disillusioned with the political environment and turns into a renegade (wet rogue agent – WRA). The plot thickens when he attempts to murder a governor who is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. Like the two earlier books in the trilogy, this one deals with a potpourri of unlikely characters who are drawn together by ironies and individual agendas.

Download or read book The Best Cellars List written by Reginald Jeffcoat and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Cellars List is a compilation of short stories from the imagination of Reginald Jeffcoat. Though each story is fictional, every one of them is thoroughly laced with real people, places, and situations, making each story unique in its own right. Between being a full-time father and husband, this process took more than five years to complete. The Best Cellars List is a roller-coaster joyride through the mind of one of the best authors/storytellers of the twenty-first century, and Reggie hopes you have as much fun reading it as he did writing it.

Download or read book The Residue Years written by Mitchell S. Jackson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Powerful . . . full of impossible hope . . . Jackson’s prose has a spoken-word cadence, the language flying off the page with percussive energy.” —The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Sidewalk written by Mitchell Duneier and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2000-12-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on "the blocks" of one of New York's most diverse neighborhoods. Sociologist Duneier, author of Slim's Table, offers an accessible and compelling group portrait of several poor black men who make their livelihoods on the sidewalks of Greenwich Village selling secondhand goods, panhandling, and scavenging books and magazines. Duneier spent five years with these individuals, and in Sidewalk he argues that, contrary to the opinion of various city officials, they actually contribute significantly to the order and well-being of the Village. An important study of the heart and mind of the street, Sidewalk also features an insightful afterword by longtime book vendor Hakim Hasan. This fascinating study reveals today's urban life in all its complexity: its vitality, its conflicts about class and race, and its surprising opportunities for empathy among strangers. Sidewalk is an excellent supplementary text for a range of courses: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY: Shows how to make important links between micro and macro; how a research project works; how sociology can transform common sense. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: Untangles race, class, and gender as they work together on the street. URBAN STUDIES: Asks how public space is used and contested by men and women, blacks and whites, rich and poor, and how street life and political economy interact. DEVIANCE: Looks at labeling processes in treatment of the homeless; interrogates the "broken windows" theory of policing. LAW AND SOCIETY: Closely examines the connections between formal and informal systems of social control. METHODS: Shows how ethnography works; includes a detailed methodological appendix and an afterword by research subject Hakim Hasan. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: Sidewalk engages the rich terrain of recent developments regarding representation, writing, and authority; in the tradition of Elliot Liebow and Ulf Hannerz, it deals with age old problems of the social and cultural experience of inequality; this is a telling study of culture on the margins of American society. CULTURAL STUDIES: Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, Sidewalk shows how books and magazines are received and interpreted in discussions among working-class people on the sidewalk; it shows how cultural knowledge is deployed by vendors and scavengers to generate subsistence in public space. SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE: Sidewalk demonstrates the connections between culture and human agency and innovation; it interrogates distinctions between legitimate subcultures and deviant collectivities; it illustrates conflicts over cultural diversity in public space; and, ultimately, it shows how conflicts over meaning are central to social life.

Download or read book Utopia Avenue written by David Mitchell and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The hotly anticipated new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas. Utopia Avenue may be the most extraordinary British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the Top 10; to Amsterdam, Rome and a fateful American fortnight in the autumn of 1968. David Mitchell's new novel is the story of Utopia Avenue and its age; of riots in the street and revolutions in the head; of drugs and thugs, schizophrenia, love, sex, grief, art; of the families we choose and the ones we don't; of fame's Faustian pact and stardom's wobbly ladder. Do we change the world or does the world change us? Utopia means 'nowhere' but might it be somewhere, if only we knew how to look?

Download or read book United States of America V William Sloane Coffin Jr Michael Ferber Mitchell Goodman Marcus Raskin and Benjamin Spock written by William Sloane Coffin (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Survival Math written by Mitchell Jackson and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A vibrant memoir of race, violence, family, and manhood…a virtuosic wail of a book” (The Boston Globe), Survival Math calculates how award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson survived the Portland, Oregon, of his youth. This “spellbinding” (NPR) book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of “hustle,” and the destructive power of addiction—all framed within the story of Mitchell Jackson, his family, and his community. Lauded for its breathtaking pace, its tender portrayals, its stark candor, and its luminous style, Survival Math reveals on every page the searching intellect and originality of its author. The primary narrative, focused on understanding the antecedents of Jackson’s family’s experience, is complemented by survivor files, which feature photographs and riveting short narratives of several of Jackson’s male relatives. “A vulnerable, sobering look at Jackson’s life and beyond, in all its tragedies, burdens, and faults” (San Francisco Chronicle), the sum of Survival Math’s parts is a highly original whole, one that reflects on the exigencies—over generations—that have shaped the lives of so many disenfranchised Americans. “Both poetic and brutally honest” (Salon), Mitchell S. Jackson’s nonfiction debut is as essential as it is beautiful, as real as it is artful, a singular achievement, not to be missed.

Download or read book Nothing Nice to Say Complete Discography written by Mitch Clem and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing Nice To Say made its debut online in early 2002, satirizing al aspects of punk music and culture, and quickly grew to a level of popularity that would make creator Mitch Clem cash in and sell out overnight if only he'd had any idea how to. Now, years after unceremoniously disappearing from the internet entirely, Nothing Nice To Say is still revered as a cult classic among fans of punk rock and comics alike. Finally, here it is: A complete, definitive collection of Nothing Nice to Say in its entirety. Containing the entire archive of comics (give or a take a strip or three), hard-to-find rarities that never appeared on the site, crossover events, and the full run of The Coffee Achievers, the spinoff miniseries that makes Nothing Nice's cult popularity seem positively mainstream by comparison. For Tru Punx only!

Download or read book Stalking Striker written by S. Ritter and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another Striker thriller is about to strike! Set in northern Minnesota, Stalking Striker: Hunting a Killer is the third book in the Striker series. The main character is FBI Agent Jimmy Blake, while Steve Striker, the predominant character and villain of the first two books, continues with his career of crime. Jimmy graduates from college, begins a career with the FBI, and marries his sweetheart. With Jimmy's unique style of profiling, he quickly advances in the agency and is assigned to the serial murders in the northern part of the state, marking his first case as head agent. Jimmy's personal and emotional problems play into the suspense, and at times he seems to be controlled by Striker. Obsessed with solving the murders, Jimmy's personality changes from a loving, devoted husband and father to a manipulating jerk. The dramatic conclusion will take readers by surprise, as Jimmy moves in on Striker.

Download or read book The Attempt to Steal the Bicentennial written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book His Warrior written by Sue Brown and published by One Hat Press. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will an alpha guy like Si willingly give his heart to Howie for a second chance at love? Si Raines thought his plans were set for the future. He’d marry his fiancé, the bar-owner Howie Gray, continue with his covert ops career, and when he was ready to retire from that, find a new job and settle down to life together. But a text from Howie throws all the plans into a maelstrom of chaos and hurt, and Si swears he’ll never return to J.T’s Bar again. Two years later, when an injury ends his covert ops job against his will, he finds himself back at the bar, only to discover Howie is still around, and in danger from a stalker. When Howie begs him for help, Si has to decide if he’s willing to get involved. Apart from doubting whether he can protect anyone with his injury, is he really prepared to be around Howie again? The attraction between them is still electric, and Howie seems willing to explain his behavior. But can Si forgive him? Faced with the resurrection of old wounds and imminent danger to them both, can Si find it in his heart to rebuild his relationship with Howie and take a second chance on love? Sue Brown's tense action series where risk and romance are played for high stakes. Passion and danger are always close to home in J.T’s Bar, where alpha men get a second chance at love. If you like MM Action and Adventure, and a Second Chance romance, this is the book for you.

Download or read book Damn Good Food written by Mitch Omer and published by Borealis Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 157 recipes from Mitch Omer, chef-owner of the wildly popular Hell's Kitchen, named one of the Best Breakfasts across America by Esquire magazine.

Download or read book Lost Laysen written by Margaret Mitchell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-05-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, the odd thought Margaret Mitchell had only one story to tell: Gone With the Wind. Now meet a heroine to match Scarlett: Courtenay Ross, a feisty, independent-minded woman, and the two men -- one a cool-headed, well-heeled gentleman, the other a hot-blooded, pugnacious sailor -- who adore her. A tale of yearning, valor, and devotion, Lost Laysen enthralls from its delightful beginning to its unforgettable end. Equally intriguing is the story behind the story -- the real-life romance that inspired Mitchell: how she gave the original manuscript as a gift to her beau. Henry Love Angel, and how the manuscript, along with Mitchell's intimate letters and treasured photographs, were lovingly safeguarded only to be discovered decades later in a shoebox Lost Laysen is pure magic, a gift for us to cherish from America's most beloved storyteller.

Download or read book A Strange Whim of the Sea written by Tim Loughman and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 16, 1944, the submarine rescue vessel USS Macaw ran aground at Midway Atoll while attempting to get a towing line to the stranded submarine USS Flier. The Flier was pulled free six days later, but another three weeks of salvage efforts plagued by rough seas and equipment failures failed to dislodge the Macaw. On February 12, amid huge waves, the ship began to slip aft into deeper water. As night fell and the Macaw slowly sank, the twenty-two sailors on board—ship's captain Paul W. Burton, his executive officer, and twenty enlisted men—sought refuge in the pilothouse, but by 2:30 a.m., that compartment had flooded almost entirely. Burton gave the order to open the portside door and make for the foremast. Three men climbed it but most of the others were swept overboard. Five of them died, including Burton. Three sailors from the base at Midway also lost their lives in two unauthorized rescue attempts. Drawing on survivors' contemporaneous written statements and interviews conducted over a span of thirty years, A Strange Whim of the Sea: The Wreck of the USS Macaw traces the ship's service from its launch on San Francisco Bay to its disastrous final days at Midway. Ultimately, for Burton and the Macaw the real enemy was the sea, and in a deadly denouement, the sea won. Highlighting the underreported role auxiliary vessels played in the war, A Strange Whim of the Sea engages naval historians and students alike with a previously untold story of struggle, sacrifice, death, and survival in the World War II Pacific.

Download or read book Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board written by United States. National Labor Relations Board and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: