Download or read book The Allure Of A Thug written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the love of Alex’s life is snatched away from her, she tries to go on without him, but it’s hard. She’s young and the world is still turning, so eventually, she has to move on. If Satan had a son, it would be Quadim. Even though he saved her in a sense, he was far from a knight in shining armor. Being dependent on him and having love for his brother that she helped to care for, made her stay in a dead end situation for far too long. When she wants to leave, Quadim doesn’t get the memo, and he vows that if he can’t have her nobody will. Kyreem aka Panama is home from a prison bid and trying to do the right thing, but he just can’t get with being broke. Reconnecting with two old friends puts him in the right situations to come up and rekindle love, but it also places him directly in the middle of some beef.
Download or read book The Allure of a Thug 2 written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quadim realizes that Castillo made a grave mistake when his people didn’t make sure Quadim was dead before getting rid of the body. Panama has a newfound vendetta against Quadim and he no longer cares about being on probation or going back to prison. His only thought is avenging what happened to his soulmate. Natalia meets a man that satisfies her desire to be loved by a thug. He’s everything that Leonard isn’t and Natalia soon learns that the grass is pretty much never greener on the other side. She wanted adventure, and she got it in Jovaughn, a handsome hustler with an abundance of money and a plethora of women. In the end, she realizes she may have bitten off more than she could chew.
Download or read book Among the Thugs written by Bill Buford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement of a Hunter Thompson.
Download or read book Live And Learn written by Niobia Bryant and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends Alizé, Dom, Moët, and Cristal will do anything to get the glamorous life. A savvy business major, Alizé had her childhood shattered by her parents' divorce and is determined never to fall in love. Dom learned early to use her body to make much bank--and find an escape from her drug-addicted mother. Disillusioned by the strict faith she was raised with, Moët figures hooking up with powerful men is now the real way to heaven. And streetwise Cristal has a master plan to get the security she never knew as a foster child. To make their dreams come true, these sistahs will go after the East Coast's biggest movers-and-shakers. But between the wild times, one of them will risk everything on a gamble, one will play a player too far, one will take a dangerous chance, and one will face the most difficult choice of all. . . "A drama-filled, action-packed, page-turning novel of friendship. . . readers will find themselves laughing at moments and crying at others." --The RAWISTAZ Reviewers
Download or read book Southern Thugs Do It Better written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven came along at a time when Alexis needed him most and restored her faith in men. As she waited for the façade to end and for his true colors to shine through, Seven remained the same. Alexis fell in love with him and thus began a love affair for the books, until the night she discovered that all men really are the same and Seven is no different. Infinitie is living the life of a spoiled, care-free teenager thanks to her guardian Julio. When Infinitie’s mother went to prison, he swooped in and saved the day, but all the money in the world can’t protect Infinitie from heartbreak. After she loses the love of her life, she fears that she will never be the same. Janai and Emir have a tumultuous relationship that even Janai can’t figure out. After much heartache, she finally finds the strength to leave and as the saying goes, it ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun. See where it all began in this prequel to the three-part series that readers loved.
Download or read book Cuffed By A Southern King written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misa Wells lived a life that many women envied. After losing her first love Tek to federal prison, Misa’s hardships as a single mother didn’t last long. Alex, AKA Philly, swooped in like a true knight in shining armor. As one of the richest drug dealers in North Carolina, Philly made Misa’s every wish come true. From buying her an upscale salon to moving her into a neighborhood amongst doctors and politicians, it seemed that Misa had it all. When she gets the call that Philly was murdered, her life changes seemingly overnight. From learning of Philly’s infidelity to being visited by a ghost from her own past, Misa can’t even grieve in peace. Her best friend of twenty years, Big Tyme, steps up to the plate and is by her side, even if it means neglecting his own girlfriend. No one but him knows that he’s loved Misa for the past twenty years, and he refuses to let her get away, even if it means breaking the heart of the woman that loves him. Misa’s daughter Aaliyah lost her biological father to prison, and then she loses Philly. Aaliyah attempts to numb the pain with bad habits and poor decisions. When Philly’s godson comes to town, Menalique is like Philly reincarnated. Each time he checks Aaliyah about something she’s done, it irritates her until she realizes that he’s handsome, charming and soon to be rich after taking over Philly’s empire. But loving dope boys never worked out for her mother, and Aaliyah is terrified of losing love to the streets. Will love conquer all?
Download or read book Cuffed By A Southern King 2 written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the death of Misa’s husband, her world turned upside down. From Philly’s side chick asking for money for an outside baby to a ghost from Misa’s past popping up and staking claim to one of her children, life has been one roller coaster ride. The only thing that gives Misa a slight bit of solace is the affection from her long-time best friend, Big Tyme. With each hug and kiss from him, Misa no longer feels guilty about moving on so quickly after her husband’s death. The love from Big Tyme is much needed, until his scorned ex reveals a secret to Misa that shatters her entire world and breaks what little heart she has left. Losing her father to the feds and her stepfather to the streets, has Aaliyah scared to love a dope boy, but she is drawn to Menalique like a magnet. He is the kind of man that her mother loved for fifteen years, and Aaliyah couldn’t leave him alone if she tried. The only problem is, the drama with him and her ex is getting thick. Aaliyah fears for Menalique’s safety and his freedom every time he leaves the house. No matter how much he reassures her that he’s good, Aaliyah can’t find comfort, but she makes the effort to be happy. All of that effort may be for nothing when the woman that Menalique left behind in Texas, pays him a surprise visit. You don’t want to miss the jaw-dropping drama that this sequel brings.
Download or read book No Bullies written by Bobby Kipper and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical solutions to stop the culture of bullying. We’ve all seen bullies in action. Many of us have been the victims. Some of us have been the perpetrator. But thanks to all the attention being focused on bullies and the issues that surround them, awareness is growing of the damage bullying can do. Whether we’re raising children in this culture or we’re part of the village that helps, we also need some effective and user-friendly tools to go up against the bully. We need some very specific and action-oriented strategies to help every child feel welcomed and valued. This book offers a smart, useful guide for parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about putting an end to abusive behavior.
Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Download or read book Gangland written by Leo Sullivan and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 17-years-old, Star can’t wait to graduate so that she can make it out the Southside. With dreams of making it big, she is already on the right track to a new life after building a following by doing make-up tutorials and posting sexy photos of herself on her Instagram page. Though a good girl, she’s infatuated with the violent and merciless street king, Polo, the head of the city’s most notorious gang. She wants nothing more than to help him drop his current girl so that she can be the woman in his life. But Star gets more than she bargained for when a series of events lead her to not only be Polo’s main chick but forces her to be the leader of the female counterpart to his gang. Tragedy strikes when Star’s own dope fiend of a mother robs Polo’s trap house and the act sends Mink, Polo’s baby brother, and Kato, Polo’s right-hand man, blasting right through Star’s front door. When the night ends with Kato shot and Mink murdered at Star’s hands, Polo demands to know who is responsible for killing his brother but she quickly covers her own tracks to save herself from his wrath. Unfortunately, Star doesn’t know there is a witness to her crime. Kato, who she thought she’d killed is actually alive and in a coma fighting for his life. When he suddenly awakes, Star is afraid that her fate will be sealed as soon as he tells how Mink really died. However, Kato is not the same man that he was before and things between the two quickly begin to change. When sparks fly and Star feels she’s found true love in the one man she thought she hated more than anyone on Earth, will the real truth of her lies come to light and ruin it all? This is the first part of a series written not for the faint at heart. Brace yourselves for a story of love, loyalty and survival on Chicago's Southside.
Download or read book Policing Pleasure written by Susan Dewey and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Policing Pleasure' examines cross-cultural public policies related to sex work, bringing together original ethnographic studies from around the worldufrom South Africa and Kenya to Mexico and India - to offer a nuanced critique of national and municipal approaches to regulating sex work.
Download or read book White Hip Hoppers Language and Identity in Post Modern America written by Cecelia Cutler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines language and identity among White American middle and upper-middle class youth who affiliate with Hip Hop culture. Hip Hop youth engage in practices that range from the consumption of rap music and fashion to practices like MC-ing (writing and performing raps or "rhymes"), DJ-ing (mixing records to produce a beat for the MC), graffiti tagging, and break-dancing. Cutler explores the way in which these young people stylize their speech using linguistic resources drawn from African American English and Hip Hop slang terms. She also looks at the way they construct their identities in discussions with their friends, and how they talk about and use language to construct themselves as authentic within Hip Hop. Cutler considers the possibility that young people experimenting with AAVE-styled speech may improve the status of AAVE in the broader society. She also addresses the need for educators to be aware of the linguistic patterns found in AAVE and Hip Hop language, and ways to build on Hip Hop skills like rhyming and rapping in order to motivate students and promote literacy.
Download or read book The Exotic Woman in Nineteenth century British Fiction and Culture written by Piya Pal-Lapinski and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh and provocative approach to representations of exotic women in Victorian Britain.
Download or read book Intoxication written by Sébastien Tutenges and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two decades, Sébastien Tutenges has conducted research in bars, nightclubs, festivals, drug dens, nightlife resorts, and underground dance parties in a quest to answer a fundamental question: Why do people across cultures gather regularly to intoxicate themselves? Vivid and at times deeply personal, this book offers new insights into a wide variety of intoxicating experiences, from the intimate feeling of connection among concertgoers to the adrenaline-fueled rush of a fight, to the thrill of jumping off a balcony into a swimming pool. Tutenges shows what it means and feels to move beyond the ordinary into altered states in which the transgressive, spectacular, and unexpected take place. He argues that the primary aim of group intoxication is the religious experience that Émile Durkheim calls collective effervescence, the essence of which is a sense of connecting with other people and being part of a larger whole. This experience is empowering and emboldening and may lead to crime and deviance, but it is at the same time vital to our humanity because it strengthens social bonds and solidarity. The book fills important gaps in Durkheim’s social theory and contributes to current debates in micro-sociology as well as cultural criminology and cultural sociology. Here, for the first time, readers will discover a detailed account of collective effervescence in contemporary society that includes: an explanation of what collective effervescence is; a description of the conditions that generate collective effervescence; a typology of the varieties of collective effervescence; a discussion of how collective effervescence manifests in the realm of nightlife, politics, sports, and religion; and an analysis of how commercial forces amplify and capitalize on the universal human need for intoxication. Download the open access ebook here.
Download or read book Over the Tracks written by Cy Emery and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we left Joseph “Jay Gee” Graham, he had overcome his bullies with the help of his family, his crew, and his mentor; Mr. Thompson. He went on to become the only underclassman on his basketball team and won the heart of his beloved Lanesha. He had begun to accept himself and his difference. However, at the end of the school year, it was announced: Due to the law to desegregate all public schools, West Side High would be closed. All the kids on the West Side of the railroad tracks must attend school on the East Side. Integrated Schools had come to Reservoir City. Knowing at the white school the odds will be stacked against him to make the basketball team, his ticket out of that cesspool of a town and fulfill his promise to his Mama is looking more uncertain than ever. With his brother and confidant Lavelle off at war, his best friend Benny Lee in Juvie, and no word from Lanesha; he’s alone, isolated, wondering if all the marching and protest was worth it. Amidst all the confusion, Jay Gee is finally told the family secret concerning him which complicates matters even more. Faced with a crisis in their home, neighborhood, adolescence, and now integrated school, Jay Gee and the crew must choose between the culture-stripping new school environment or join Reservoir City’s New Underworld growing around them and tracing the steps of their daily walk Over the Tracks.
Download or read book The Passenger Berlin written by The Passenger and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from and about Berlin—in the series that’s “like a literary vacation” (Publishers Weekly). In 1990s Berlin, the scars of a century of war were still visible everywhere: coal stoves, crumbling buildings, desolate minimarts, not a working buzzer or elevator. To visit the city then was a hallucinatory experience, a simultaneous journey into the past and into the future. The abandoned ruins, the hidden gems found at the flea market, the illegal basement raves are a thing of the past. The era of Berlin as a site of urban archeology is over. Almost all the damaged buildings have been repaired, squatters have been removed, the shops selling East German furniture have closed down. Without its wounds, the landscape of the city is perhaps less striking but more solid, stronger. Even the city’s inhabitants have lost some of their melancholia, their romantic and self-destructive streak: today you can even find people who come to Berlin to actually work, not just to “create” or idle their days away. Yet, Berlin remains a youthful city and retains its aura as “the capital of cool.” Its only sacrosanct principles are an uncompromising multiculturalism and the belief that its future is yet to be written. This volume of the series includes: The Greatest Show in Town: The Resurrection of Potsdamer Platz by Peter Schneider · Berlin Suite by Cees Nooteboom · Tempelhof: A Field of Dreams by Vincenzo Latronico · Plus: the controversial reconstruction of a Prussian castle, Berlin’s most transgressive sex club and its disappearing traditional pubs, a green urban oasis, suburban neo-Nazis, North Vietnamese in the East, South Vietnamese in the West, techno everywhere and much more . . . “These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home.” —The Times Literary Supplement
Download or read book Drugs Thugs and Divas written by O. Hugo Benavides and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operas—telenovelas—have found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-dramas have become highly popular among Latinos in the United States. In this first comprehensive analysis of telenovelas and narco-dramas, Hugo Benavides assesses the dynamic role of melodrama in creating meaningful cultural images to explain why these genres have become so successful while more elite cultural productions are declining in popularity. Benavides offers close readings of the Colombian telenovelas Betty la fea (along with its Mexican and U.S. reincarnations La fea más bella and Ugly Betty), Adrián está de visita, and Pasión de gavilanes; the Brazilian historical telenovela Xica; and a variety of Mexican narco-drama films. Situating these melodramas within concrete historical developments in Latin America, he shows how telenovelas and narco-dramas serve to unite peoples of various countries and provide a voice of rebellion against often-oppressive governmental systems. Indeed, Benavides concludes that as one of the most effective and lucrative industries in Latin America, telenovelas and narco-dramas play a key role in the ongoing reconfiguration of social identities and popular culture.
