Download or read book 6 Million Ways to Die The Conceptualization of Black Death in 1990s Gangster Rap written by Till Neuhaus and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1.3, Bielefeld University, language: English, abstract: Rap and Hip Hop culture were created through gang culture however; they are considered a vital part of Black cultural production and self-conceptualization. In the following article, death, often perceived as the ultimate equalizer, will be investigated. Notorious B.I.G.’s first album Ready to Die will serve as a matter of analysis. The overarching question of this article is how death is conceptualized in the economically disadvantaged, Black, and urban communities and which concepts are attached to death. This article will cover gender aspects as well as economical aspects, hedonism, hyper-masculinity, suicide, terror, and memory.
Download or read book Eight Million Ways to Die written by Lawrence Block and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prostitute named Kim knew it also—and she wanted out. Maybe Kim didn't deserve the life fate had dealt her. She surely didn't deserve her death. The alcoholic ex-cop turned p.i. was supposed to protect her, but someone slashed her to ribbons on a crumbling New York City waterfront pier. Now finding Kim's killer will be Scudder's penance. But there are lethal secrets hiding in the slain hooker's past that are far dirtier than her trade. And there are many ways of dying in this cruel and dangerous town—some quick and brutal ... and some agonizingly slow.
Download or read book Drum n Bass written by Peter Shapiro and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 1999 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket-sized book covers the back beat and its circulation through the world and traces its innovators. Hundreds of recommendations and reviews are included. Photos.
Download or read book A Million Ways to Die written by Rick James and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We talk a lot about resurrection. What about the death that must come first? Through story and biblical insight, Rick James reminds us that when Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him, he is describing a path of death, not a path to death. Giving up our own plans in order to meet someone else’s needs. Allowing God to shape our dreams, even as we lose a relationship, a job, a hoped-for future. Being alert to these daily opportunities to die to ourselves is how we discover that every act of dying, done in faith, leads to spiritual growth. As we learn to embrace the little deaths of everyday existence, we lose our taste for lifeless religiosity. Our appetite for a thriving, vibrant life in Christ grows—and our own experience motivates others to live out their extraordinary mission on earth. In truth, death is not an ending. It is the only way to experience abundant life.
Download or read book A Million Ways to Die in the West written by Seth MacFarlane and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Million Ways to Die in the West pays homage to the traditional Western with a modern comic spin, following a cowardly farmer who seeks the help of a gunslinger's wife to win back the woman who left him. Author Seth MacFarlane produced, directed, and starred in the film, released in May 2014.
Download or read book Seth MacFarlane s A Million Ways to Die in the West written by Seth MacFarlane and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of Family Guy and director of Ted comes a hilarious first novel that reinvents the Western. Mild-mannered sheep farmer Albert Stark is fed up with the harsh life of the American frontier, where it seems everything and anything can kill you: Duels at high noon. Barroom brawls. Poisonous snakes. Cholera-infected drinking water. Tumbleweed abrasion. Something called “toe-foot.” Even a trip to the outhouse. Yes, there are a million ways to die in the wild, wild West, and Albert plans to avoid them all. Some people think that makes him a coward. Albert calls it common sense. But when his girlfriend dumps him for the most insufferable guy in town, Albert decides to fight back—even though he can’t shoot, ride, or throw a punch. Fortunately, he teams up with a beautiful gunslinger who’s tough enough for the both of them. Unfortunately, she’s married to the biggest, meanest, most jealous badass on the frontier. Turns out Albert has just discovered a million and one ways to die in the West.
Download or read book Top Five Regrets of the Dying written by Bronnie Ware and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.
Download or read book How Do You Kill 11 Million People written by Andy Andrews and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people? The answer is simple—and disturbing. You lie to them. Learn how you can become an informed, passionate citizen who demands honesty and integrity from your leaders. In this nonpartisan New York Times bestselling book, Andy Andrews emphasizes that seeking and discerning the truth is of critical importance, and that believing lies is the most dangerous thing you can do. You’ll be challenged to become a more careful student of the past, seeking accurate, factual accounts of events that illuminate choices our world faces now. By considering how the Nazi German regime was able to carry out over eleven million institutional killings between 1933 and 1945, Andrews advocates for an informed population that demands honesty and integrity from its leaders and from each other. This short, thought-provoking book poses questions like: What happens to a society in which truth is absent? How are we supposed to tell the difference between the “good guys" and the “bad guys”? How does the answer to this question affect our country, families, faith, and values? Does it matter that millions of ordinary citizens aren't participating in the decisions that shape the future of our country? Which is more dangerous: politicians with ill intent, or the too-trusting population that allows such people to lead them? This is a wake-up call: we must become informed, passionate citizens or suffer the consequences of our own ignorance and apathy. We can no longer measure a leader’s worth by the yardsticks provided by the left or the right. Instead, we must use an unchanging standard: the pure, unvarnished truth.
Download or read book Death in Custody written by Roger A. Mitchell Jr. and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States significantly undercounts the number of people who die in law enforcement custody each year. How can we fix this? Deaths resulting from interactions with the US criminal legal system are a public health emergency, but the scope of this issue is intentionally ignored by the very systems that are supposed to be tracking these fatalities. We don't know how many people die in custody each year, whether in an encounter with police on the street, during transport, or while in jails, prisons, or detention centers. In order to make a real difference and address this human rights problem, researchers and policy makers need reliable data. In Death in Custody, Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD, and Jay D. Aronson, PhD, share the stories of individuals who died in custody and chronicle the efforts of activists and journalists to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody. From Ida B. Wells's enumeration of extrajudicial lynchings more than a century ago to the Washington Post's current effort to count police shootings, the work of journalists and independent groups has always been more reliable than the state's official reports. Through historical analysis, Mitchell and Aronson demonstrate how government at all levels has intentionally avoided reporting death in custody data. Mitchell and Aronson outline a practical, achievable system for accurately recording and investigating these deaths. They argue for a straightforward public health solution: adding a simple checkbox to the US Standard Death Certificate that would create an objective way of recording whether a death occurred in custody. They also propose the development of national standards for investigating deaths in custody and the creation of independent regional and federal custodial death review panels. These tangible solutions would allow us to see the full scope of the problem and give us the chance to truly address it.
Download or read book The Lower Manhattan Book of the Dead written by Richard Sanders and published by Richard Sanders. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just before he dies in a downtown hospital, a doctor passes along the half-formula for a powerful new hallucinogenic drug. Find the other half, and you've got a miracle drug-one that can save lives, save the world, and make a lot of money. Which, of course, makes it worth killing for.
Download or read book BLAZE BROTHERS Special Edition Graphic Novel written by Matthew Scott Krentz and published by Blaze Comics. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Check out the complete 200 page Special Edition BLAZE BROTHERS Graphic Novel w/ Cover by Eisner Award-Winner Glenn Fabry (Preacher/Hellblazer/Sláine). Award-winning writers Vernon Whitlock III and Matthew Scott Krentz and fan-favorite artist Marat Mychaels (X-Force: Shatterstar and Deadpool Corp) present the complete action-packed, hard-hitting, and non-apologetic Blaze Brothers story for the first time! Two orphaned half brothers, Jack and Billy Blaze, reared by an exiled Chinese martial arts Master and trained as deadly assassins by a secret US Black Ops force, resign their commission after a botched mission leaves them both near death. The two gun-toting, sword-wielding brothers resurface as high-level debt collectors, working exclusively for a vicious Japanese crime lord, Mr. Yamamoto. Believing that the Blaze Brothers have dishonored him, he places a two million dollar bounty on their heads. The Blaze Brothers must battle every hitman, assassin, and gang member in the city in an attempt to clear their names. A Few Quotes/Reviews: "Blaze Brothers Is Soaked With Blood, Adrenaline And Fun. The Writing Is Loaded With Gems!" (Bleeding Cool) “Blaze Brothers takes all the things you love about guy movies and mashes it up into one big colossal story about honor, respect, family, and a hell of a lot of violence.” (ComicBooked.com) "What if Tarantino made a comic book? That’s what it feels like when you hit the first page of this collection. You’ve got the titular heroes' rocking threads making them colder than ice, with the attitude to match, the first scene (in a church) is delightfully irreverent, and there are times you can almost feel blood dripping off the page." (Fan Boy Comics) "Blaze Brothers is a hard-hitting, non-apologetic, multi-layered saga filled with tragedy, love, betrayal and redemption, infused within this action-packed, martial-arts-influenced story are very unique multicultural characters who possess the kind of great witty dialogue one would find from the likes of Mark Millar, Quentin Tarantino and Elmore Leonard." (CBR) "All fans of great storytelling will appreciate Blaze Brothers... Multicultural and with a global setting, the novel’s sharp dialogue, layered characters and compelling images combine to tell a story that’s both arresting and keenly relevant. For any individual in need of an escape from the drabness of their 9-to-5 or a thrill-seeker who enjoys the art of badassery, Blaze Brothers brings the light to dark places." (Vibe Magazine) “The artwork continues to be nothing short of awesome, better than a lot of artwork you would see from Marvel to be completely honest…. Good story telling pays off, and trust me when I say this is good story telling." (ComicBooked.com) "Blaze Brothers continues to be a violent feast from each issue to the next… Loved It!" (All-Comic) "An unapologetic, blood-soaked gangsta tale… The Writing Is Loaded With Gems!" (BleedingCool) "Blaze Brothers is a high-octane tale of honor, betrayal and good old fashioned badassery!" (ComicsBulletin) "The team the creators put together to handle inks, colors, and letters all did a great job… I am eagerly waiting for more!" (IndieComix) “There are times in comics when the reader just wants to feel cool, like they can take down 100 men, and save the girl all while eating a sandwich. Well, I recently got my hands on a copy of Blaze Brothers #1 and I was in for a ride straight out of a John Woo flick." (ImpulseGamer) “The Blaze Brothers is what you would get if Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction fornicated and gave birth. It’s over the top, bloody and down right visceral.” (World of Black Heroes)
Download or read book The Gospel of Hip Hop written by KRS-One and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument, the first book from the I Am Hip Hop, is the philosophical masterwork of KRS ONE. Set in the format of the Christian Bible, this 800-plus-page opus is a life-guide manual for members of Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and practical knowledge for a fascinating, in-depth exploration of Hip Hop as a life path. Known as “The Teacha,” KRS ONE developed his unique outlook as a homeless teen in Brooklyn, New York, engaging his philosophy of self-creation to become one of the most respected emcees in Hip Hop history. Respected as Hip Hop’s true steward, KRS ONE painstakingly details the development of the culture and the ways in which we, as “Hiphoppas,” can and should preserve its future. "The Teacha" also discusses the origination of Hip Hop Kulture and relays specific instances in history wherein one can discover the same spirit and ideas that are at the core of Hip Hop’s current manifestation. He explains Hip Hop down to the actual meaning and linguistic history of the words “hip” and “hop,” and describes the ways in which "Hiphoppas" can change their current circumstances to create a future that incorporates Health, Love, Awareness, and Wealth (H-LAW). Committed to fervently promoting self-reliance, dedicated study, peace, unity, and truth, The "Teacha" has drawn both criticism and worship from within and from outside of Hip Hop Kulture. In this beautifully written, inspiring book, KRS ONE shines the light of truth, from his own empirical research over a 14-year period, into the fascinating world of Hip Hop.
Download or read book Old Skool Rave written by Michael Coleman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mick is a schoolboy of sixteen living in Hackney, just north of the city in the early nineties. He's just coming of age as he starts college and his life about to change beyond all doubt influenced by the biggest social, music drug and culture change since the sixties; the advent of dance party raves! Unwittingly and as a naive young man, drawn in from the general user and raver to the much darker underworld of the dealers and gangs who fuel the scene and Mick's life takes many twists and turns in the underbelly, deeply engrained in the depths of the scene and the shady characters who frequent it.
Download or read book Still Swingin written by Tonya Maria Matthews and published by Three Sistahs Press, LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Lucille Clifton before her, Matthews politicizes the magic of hips that are "wide as hell." She let's readers in on the mystery and often the fear of black girl hips hat can 'stop crap games on shady ghetto corners. Wide enough to birth fat black baby boys."She tells us to swing proud, swing wide, swing universal and always swing love. A young, womanist voice, Matthews' poems are not for those who believe in art for art's sake. Matthews is clear about where she stands as a woman today, historically where she has been, and where we need to be going as a people
Download or read book Patk nykir ly written by China Miéville; and published by Agave. This book was released on 2014 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Hell of No Hearts written by Justin Bourne Boring and published by Literary Dreams Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard fought battles of bloody savagery have finally led to all-out war in book three of the “Thousand Scars for You” series. Mina, the legendary Yasmani Ro born of fire and ice, is no longer a fugitive from her warring clans, having unified them through blood and violence. Unfortunately, her reputation for possessing a soul smoke of unimaginable power has put a bounty on her head. Now, she is being hunted by every mercenary, devil, and conjurer looking to extract that power and add it to their own. In an attempt to quash all adversaries, and bring balance to the realms, Mina and her diverse circle of embattled comrades are forced to place their trust in a mysterious and dubious ally, Athan Asios - Lord of the Dark Realm - but can he be trusted? With no options, Mina, her barbarian lover, and their motley crew of family and fighters forge a pact with the Dark Lord to ensure the realms safety against all threats. However, in doing so, they unwittingly unleash a terrifying and unexpected evil that seeks to exact the very same fate they were all fighting so hard to avoid. This war threatens to take everything from them; with casualties mounting and hope diminishing, all looks lost. Evil of immeasurable power begins to consume everything in its path and threatens to engulf all the realms before enslaving every living soul.
Download or read book Heart Soul Rhyme written by Runas C. Powers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
