Download or read book written by Joel Schnoor and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses humor to illustrate common mistakes that people make with English grammar and usage.
Download or read book Blue Interlude written by Keisha Mennefee and published by Genesis Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tara Russell has dedicated the last ten years of her life to becoming a music star. Along the way she sacrificed her personal happiness, a lost love and a child that was given up for adoption. While preparing for the release of her next blockbuster album, a talk show appearance forces her to reckon with all that is missing from her life. Now Tara's trying to come to terms with her past before she loses all possibility of peace.
Download or read book Girl Gangs Biker Boys and Real Cool Cats written by Iain McIntyre and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats is the first comprehensive account of how the rise of postwar youth culture was depicted in mass-market pulp fiction. As the young created new styles in music, fashion, and culture, pulp fiction shadowed their every move, hyping and exploiting their behaviour, dress, and language for mass consumption and cheap thrills. From the juvenile delinquent gangs of the early 1950s through the beats and hippies, on to bikers, skinheads, and punks, pulp fiction left no trend untouched. With their lurid covers and wild, action-packed plots, these books reveal as much about society’s deepest desires and fears as they do about the subcultures themselves. Girl Gangs features approximately 400 full-color covers, many of them never reprinted before. With 70 in-depth author interviews, illustrated biographies, and previously unpublished articles from more than 20 popular culture critics and scholars from the US, UK, and Australia, the book goes behind the scenes to look at the authors and publishers, how they worked, where they drew their inspiration and—often overlooked—the actual words they wrote. Books by well-known authors such as Harlan Ellison and Lawrence Block are discussed alongside neglected obscurities and former bestsellers ripe for rediscovery. It is a must read for anyone interested in pulp fiction, lost literary history, retro and subcultural style, and the history of postwar youth culture. Contributors include Nicolas Tredell, Alwyn W. Turner, Mike Stax, Clinton Walker, Bill Osgerby, David Rife, J.F. Norris, Stewart Home, James Cockington, Joe Blevins, Brian Coffey, James Doig, David James Foster, Matthew Asprey Gear, Molly Grattan, Brian Greene, John Harrison, David Kiersh, Austin Matthews, and Robert Baker.
Download or read book No Shame in My Game written by Katherine S. Newman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia Inquirer In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage, lack of child care and health care, and a desperate shortage of even low-paying jobs. By intimately following the lives of nearly 300 inner-city workers and job seekers for two yearsin Harlem, Newman explores a side of poverty often ignored by media and politicians--the working poor. The working poor find dignity in earning a paycheck and shunning the welfare system, arguing that even low-paying jobs give order to their lives. No Shame in My Game gives voice to a misrepresented segment of today's society, and is sure to spark dialogue over the issues surrounding poverty, working and welfare.
Download or read book An Angry Ass Black Woman written by Karen E. Quinones Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sassy, shocking autobiographical novel from the author of Uptown Dreams captures the racial tensions, the hardships, and the bonds that formed between families and neighbors growing up poor in Harlem. You’d be angry, too, if you grew up poorer than poor in Harlem in the 1960s and ’70s, a place of unrelenting violence, racism, crime, rape, scamming, drinking, and drugging. Living with a dad permanently checked out in Bellevue and a mom at the end of her rope raising you, your twin sister, and your two brothers, moving every time the money runs out—and doing what it takes to survive. But there’s more to her story. Ke-Ke Quinones was whip smart and sassy, a voracious reader of everything from poetry to the classics. No matter what, 117th Street—where you could always count on someone to stand up for you—would always be home. And with every hard-knock lesson learned, Ke-Ke grew fiercer, unleashing her inner angry-ass black woman to get through it all. Decades later, comatose in a hospital bed after a medical crisis, she reflects on her life—her success as a journalist and renowned author, her tragicomic memories of Harlem, her turbulent marriage, the birth of her daughter, future possibilities—all the while surrounded by her splintered family in all of their sound and fury. Will she rise above once more?
Download or read book The Real Antonette Come Forth Vol 1 3 written by Antonette Smith and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Antonette Come Forth series walks you through the life of Antonette Smith. This book series chronicles the life of a girl from age five to thirty-nine. She has suffered physical, mental, emotional, and drug abuse. She has cheated death and lived to tell her story. If you have been molested, if you have been raped, if you have been in an abusive relationship, if you have ran for your life, if you have been rejected, if you have been abandoned, if you have been looked over, if you are a teen parent, if you are a confused teen, if you suffer from false identity, if you suffer from hurt and pain, and if you suffer from heartache and pain, it does not matter if you are a boy or a girl, man or woman, hurt is hurt, and shame is shame. I wrote this series to shame the devil and glorify God. I tell all my hidden dark secrets to dethrone the devil of my past and make Jesus Lord of all my past, present, and future. I’m free to be the real me, who God created me to be, and you are too. Jesus freed me from a life of lies, abuse, sex, and drugs, and he has the power to free you too.
Download or read book The Silent Killer written by Barbara A. Chase and published by Ian Randle Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natasha discovers that her best friend has AIDS.
Download or read book Last Request written by Trent Gill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote this book to challenge certain people. Who am I challenging? People who feel empty inside. Do you have anger within you and want to let it go? Are you filled with sadness but want to experience joy? Do you feel lost? Confused? Hopeless? Do you feel that life is pointless? Are you depressed? Do you feel like giving up?... If you answered yes to any of those questions, I challenge you to read this book. I'm confident my book can help you fill that emptiness that is presently inside of you and give you a new outlook on life.
Download or read book He Got That Package written by A. M. Ellis and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Almost a Failure written by Joseph C. Martin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seventeen years I lived in Americas first housing projects. Ive witnessed in full contrast the struggles of living in poverty the drugs and the everyday violence. Statistics read that I would never see the year two thousand because of "Black on black crime". In the nineteen eighties throughout the mid nineties, seven out of ten African American males were dying because of Black on Black crime. My story is one that is rarely told or heard coming from the projects, in the voice of a precarious child to a dysfunctional teenager, and a spiritually broken young man. As people we love to reminisce and we all have those memories that are forever burned into our mind. Some memories make us feel emotional either happy or sad. Then some people are witnesses to some things in life and those memories haunt them. I'm a witness and those memories are now a part of my testimony in a unique read titled "Almost A Failure, my life without Jesus Christ. My proposed title Almost a Failure will take the reader inside my life and my family. This book will give inspiration and spiritual motivation to the young adults, teens, and the adults from my generation and those who love to read real life testimonies. I also discuss two controversial topics. The hip-hop industry and politics and religion, my endeavors in the music business and how politics and religion affect the way we live in Black America.
Download or read book Another Kind of Diamond written by Gloria Obizu and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational book for everyone Another kind of Diamond discuses a girl who had to go through the horrible ordeal of abuse and neglect in the hands of her parents. However, as we read we discover that even though her up-bringing was nothing to write home about yet she had ample opportunities to make all wrongs right. For instance she is gifted in physical and intellectual abilities. Granted the chance for a fresh start, a good husband, even loyal friends at some other points and wealth too, but she stuck to self destructive ways and ended her life in ruin.
Download or read book We Real Cool written by Robyn Iset Anuakan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PJ and the Paranormal Pursuers written by Jacqui Dempster and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his mom dies, PJ reluctantly leaves his New York home and everyone he loves, to live with his Aunt Katie in Edinburgh. A series of strange events begin when his aunt’s elderly neighbour and her cat Azrael convince him that his mom, weirdly, is still very much with him.
Download or read book Sixteen Red written by C. J. Coombs and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen Red takes you deep into the life of an abused child, (sexual molestation, dehumanizing circumstances, mental torment) a troubled teen, (unplanned pregnancy, abortion, failed suicide) and a young man with an insatiable appetite for success and understanding.Sixteen Red was written in the original voice of the author, and offers a glimpse into a world rarely seen or spoken of by the mainstream, from a highly unique and uncensored perspective that you won't soon forget.
Download or read book In the Moment written by Mick E. Jones and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A momenta scant sliver of timeinto which the breath of life may be shared with another. One moment leads to another moment, and a string of moments creates Time. In time we see, we hear, we act, and we judge. We compare, we look for, we establish. Some of the time in excellence; some of the time in mediocrity. Each moment is important to the fullness of time. One moment poorly spent will inflict upon the remainder a taint hard to erase. A moment well spent will endue a lifetime of joy. Ultimately, it is ones life in all its deviations. The observations and the experiences openly shared and confessed in truth and spirit. In the Moment It Is Written! In this moment, I have created a combination of events, thoughts, questions, reflections, and interactions that produce and give greater meaning and a deeper reverence for my personal relationship with GodOur Father. These influences have empowered me with a deeper perception of my purpose, In the Moment.
Download or read book The Tending Instinct written by Shelley E. Taylor and published by Times Books. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking work that reveals how the instinct to "tend and befriend" is vital for human society. In times of crisis and upheaval, our responses to stress become especially important. We have long heard about the "fight or flight" response, but renowned psychologist Shelley E. Taylor points out that hardwired in females -- both humans and those of other species -- is an instinct that can transcend "fight or flight." Their "tend and befriend" response is not only demonstrable but, as Taylor deftly explains in this eye-opening work, a key ingredient in human social life. With great skill and insight, Taylor examines stress, relationships, and human society through the special lens of women's biology. She draws on genetics, evolutionary psychology, physiology, and neuroscience to show how this tending process begins virtually at the moment of conception and literally crafts the biology of offspring through genes that rely on caregiving for their expression. Taylor also examines what drives women to seek each other's company, and to tend to the young and the infirm -- acts that greatly benefit the group but often at great cost to the individual. The Tending Instinct will forever change the way we view ourselves, and will revolutionize our understanding of the role of women and nurturing in maintaining a stable society.
