Download or read book The Goode Sisters written by Takesha Powell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-01-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When they were little girls, Kamilah and Denise were always at each other's throats. The fact that they were sisters didn't matter to either one of them. Years later, as they meet at Mama's funeral, they realize not much has changed. Denise is still living her life, hating the ghetto she came from while Kamilah refuses to leave it. The Goode Sisters explores what happens when two strong African-American women dig up dirt on each other, name call and fight in the name of jealousy and deceit. But a deep, dark family secret threatens to pull both sisters into a sleazy, sordid underworld that they may not be ready for. They hash out feelings on everything from the boardroom to the bedroom to how hard it is to still find a good Black man. This humorous novel explains why 'sistas' just can't seem to get along.

Download or read book Baby You re the Best written by Mary B. Morrison and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nuclear hot action in and out of the bedroom along with lots of juicy backstabbing . . . Steamy-hot passion” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Library Journal). Blake Crystal is at the top of her game, professionally, financially, and personally. At fifty, she has four wonderful, grown daughters—not to mention a new younger lover who takes her in breathtaking directions—in and out of the bedroom . . . On the surface, Alexis Crystal is an ideal daughter. Confident and beautiful, she can have any man or woman she wants, so she has both. But she’s left unsatisfied by one thing: her father is listed as unknown on her birth certificate. Their mother has kept him a secret for twenty-six years, and the same is true for Alexis’s three sisters. But Alexis is determined to discover the truth. And as all the Crystal women celebrate Blake’s big birthday, they realize that to get what they want, they’ll have to lie, seduce—and if necessary, betray each other . . . Praise for the writing of Mary B. Morrison “Mary B.’s quick pacing and penchant for sexy bedroom scenes—her forte—have always kept the pages turning.” —Juicy Magazine “Morrison piles on extra helpings of soap opera-esque drama in this final entry of her If I Can’t Have You trilogy.” —Library Journal “If you’re looking for some serious drama this latest novel from Morrison will fit the bill nicely.” —RT Book Reviews

Download or read book My Mother Wears Combat Boots written by Jessica Mills and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Punk, politics, and parenting: a guide for moms (and dads) who want it all.

Download or read book Hurt Me written by Ashon Thadon and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Hurt Moore. She seen the torment her father did to her mother and vowed to never let that happen to her. Her mother named her after the only emotion she ever felt and Hurt had to learn how to live with her namesake. All her life she had been branded but soon she will come to realize the true puppeteer of all her heartache. She will soon found out what that her whole existence has been leading up to. There's no fury like a woman scorned and there is no greater wrath than a woman that is Hurt.

Download or read book ROTT3N APPLE written by LYRIC HAWKINS and published by KREATIVEMINDZ PRESS. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ROTT3N~$~APPLE || DECISIONS OF A WALL STREET THUG || BL3$$3D & H8’D! FROM THUG TO WALL STREET || THIS IS A SOUTHSIDE JAMAICA QUEENS STORY! Lyric Nino Nasir Hawkins is a young black king growing-up in the mean streets of New York’s Sin City; the most infamous public housing projects, known as 40 Projects. He is an all-around great kid coming into man-hood who loves and protects his family, but due to critical circumstances, he becomes a product of his environment… Inducted into the game at a very young age, he began working for the most notorious drug kingpin in New York! Subjected to drugs, drug crimes, money laundering, kidnappings, murder, prostitution, molestation, rape, and terrorism. THIS EXPLOSIVE ACTION-PACKED URBAN TRUE CRIME STORY WILL HAVE YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT! Follow Lyric On His Journey Of Trials, Tribulations, And Spiritual Warfare As He Puts On The Full Armor Of God To Become The Man God Meant For Him To Be. TAKE A LOOK INSIDE AND ORDER YOUR PREFERRED COPY TODAY. AVAILABLE IN HARD-COVER, PAPERBACK, & E-BOOK FULL-COLOR & BLACK & WHITE! THIS IS THE FULL-COLOR VERSION!

Download or read book When the Gods Speak Through Rain written by Christopher Higgins and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Marcus is a young man living within a confused world. His mother has developed an insatiable taste for alcohol, his father is mostly absent, and his brother has been deployed to Afghanistan. As unrest lurks inside and outside of his Brooklyn home, Marcus begins a quest for answers to lifes most difficult questions. Marcus has not heard from his father in months, but he still agrees to meet him one eveningjust so he can get away from his mother and her obnoxious new boyfriend. Marcuss father looks like he has a lot of class but really has none whatsoever; when he takes Marcus to a greasy chicken joint to reveal that he is remarrying, Marcus realizes nothing has changed. But for Marcus, life is about to become more than he ever expected. After the police search his home for drugs, secrets shatter his normalcy, and the only world Marcus has ever known begins spinning out of control. When the Gods Speak through Rain tells the poignant story of a young man who is just trying to surviveeven when it seems impossibleand eventually finds hope in the realization that the imperfections of others are really what makes them perfect.

Download or read book Mommy Madness written by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling author Stefanie Wilder-Taylor’s three whip-smart, practical, and hilarious parenting guides—now in one convenient ebook collection. Covering every stage of child rearing imaginable—from labor pains to growing pains and everywhere in between—this convenient ebook set offers readers access to all things parenting in one collection. The boxed set includes: Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay Friends, family, colleagues, the UPS delivery guy—suddenly everybody is a trove of advice, much of it contradictory and confusing. With dire warnings of what will happen if baby is fed on demand and even direr warnings of what will happen if he isn’t, not to mention hordes of militant “lactivists,” cosleeping advocates, and books on what to worry about next, modern parenthood can seem like a minefield. Here’s how you can separate the practical from the practically certifiable. Naptime Is the New Happy Hour Once the zig-zagging hormones and endless, bleary-eyed exhaustion of the first year have worn off, you’re left with the startling realization that your tiny, immobile bundle has become a rampaging toddler, complete with his or her very own, very forceful personality. How do you deal with that tiny bundle of joy that’s suddenly become, like, a real person? Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic From the moment life first drops us Hunger Games–style into parenthood with just a naked, crying stranger and Google for company, we’re taunted with scary studies and impassioned opinions about how to do it perfectly. You’re going to need a friend to give you a shoulder to cry on when times get rough, and to give you a smack upside the head when you start replacing Goldfish crackers for kale chips. Luckily, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor’s in the market for a new MFF: Mom Friend Forever.

Download or read book The Real Hoodwives of Detroit written by INDIA and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detroit is home to many scholars, rappers, athletes, and concerned citizens, but the streets belong to those in the underworld - addicts, dealers, and the women who help run the show from behind the scenes... The Real Hoodwives of Detroit! Follow Nikki, Tonya, Chloe, Mina, and Gucci as they ride you through Detroit, one city block at a time. Watch as the tales of the black and dangerous unfold right before your eyes. In Detroit, only the raw and real survive, living to see another day. These streets are known for breaking the weak and leaving them helpless.

Download or read book Memoirs in Gogyohka written by Cat Ellington and published by Quill Pen Ink Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot on the heels of More Imaginative Than Ordinary Speech: The Poetry of Cat Ellington comes a riveting and remarkably uplifting compilation of free verse that was erected to witness the uncommon life of its distinctive authorship in the captivating art of Gogyohka poetry. Introducing Memoirs in Gogyohka, an alluring, albeit double-edged, biographical account inspired by the diaries of Cat Ellington. Highlighting a selected assemblage of Ellington’s random diary entries from the 1980s to the present, Memoirs in Gogyohka provides the reader with a first-hand look into the journals of one of the most compelling women in the arts as it strolls through the courtyards of her many life experiences, including interracial dating, family turmoil, inner-city living, Black-on-Black crime, eroticism, lesbianism, anti-feminism, and much more. Flanked by Cat Ellington’s Prologues and Epilogues, the works of Gogyohka featured on these elegantly decorated pages include “The Ol’ Double Standard,” “He Called Me ‘Baby Golden’,” “A Cut Through Bone and Marrow,” “The Revelers,” “How to Love a White Man,” “Right Back Atcha,” “The Iceman,” “She Flew In On Her Broom,” “The Bitch Called Karma,” “Amazon Women on the Earth,” “Snake Eyes,” “Lying and Denying,” “Single Black Female,” "Serenaded by Kenny G," and many, many more. Hardly a depiction for the faint-hearted, Memoirs in Gogyohka packs a one-two punch of emotions as it proudly carries the history of its author on the broad shoulders of intrigue, amusement, insight, and admiration, while daring to prove the blessedness of her distinction where the written word is to be regarded. Poetry by Cat Ellington. Unconventional beauty.

Download or read book Sessions written by E. Victoria and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eden Victoria (a.k.a Vickie) has come to the realization that no matter how far you run you cant escape your past. Whether we choose to believe it or not, our paths have already been designated for our journey through life. After making the decision to move down south, Ms. Night experiences a roller coaster of events which has her second guesting her decisions. After moving back to her home town of Indianapolis, she is confronted with some of the same negative infractions shes ran from for more than half of her life. She can no longer ignore her past when a situation between her and her mother forces her to uncover the very demons she has fought so hard to burry away in her closet. Witness Edens journey as she discovers who she is and how she became to be while exposing her life and discovering her real self in these mandatory sessions.

Download or read book The Coconut written by Lesley J. Clay and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman by the name of Latrice Baldwin who goes to a psychic reader and gets her cards read. She makes a wish. Now to make her wish come true, she will do a voodoo ritual with a very powerful spirit that she will awaken inside a coconut. Once awakened, the spirit finds her unworthy. And begins to do evil things to her.

Download or read book She Can t Love You Better written by Sha Jones and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With tears streaming down her cheeks, Blair looked at the man that used to belong to her and asked, "Why don't you love me the way that you love her?" For five years, Blair has been caught up in a steamy love triangle that she just can't seem to wiggle her heart out of because of the undying love that she has for a man who everyone calls Poppa. Blair had been giving Poppa her all, and loving him from the pit of her soul. She's also given him the best sex that he has ever had in his life, making sure to satisfy his body in every way imaginable. However, it's just not enough for a young bull like Poppa, who's always on the prowl for new panties to slide to the side. Although Poppa considers himself something like a player, he has a beautiful and sophisticated woman, Angela waiting at home with open arms, but there's only two problems... Blair knows who Angela is and Angela know who Blair is. Both ladies relentlessly battle for Poppa's tainted love and refuse to let go! While Blair and Angela are at war with each other, Poppa bounces back and forth like a ping pong ball between the two women, not realizing the damage that's about to unfold. After five years of lies, betrayal, and heartbreak, a wave of drama comes Poppa's way, and the ripple is too deep to swim out of. In this new, overheated love story, Sha Jones brings a new meaning to the phrase, "A thin line between love and hate."

Download or read book Punch written by Mark Lemon and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tapestry written by Jeanette Michelle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tapestry is a soap opera style drama based on realistic characters with a splash of fiction. Tapestry details the lives of several people of various age groups as well as ethnicity, culture, religious beliefs and sexual preferences that meet by chance and becomes a part of a social gathering. Members of this meet up group have secretes that they try not to reveal that are self evident to each member. Each character has a story to share and explanations for their lifestyle and problems. A turn of events is suddenly centered on one particular member, which changes certain members lifestyle. Tapestry also renders the importance of family, extended family and close friends. The message Im trying to convey from Tapestry is that we may all be different (personalities, ethnicity, culture, religious and political beliefs and or sexual preferences), but there shouldnt be a reason why we cant get along. This world is a melting pot. America is a melting pot and what make us unique are our differences. We may not agree all the time, but we still should agree to disagree and move on. Stop dwelling on the personal lives of people and accept that person for who he or she are. Everyone cant live your life, but that doesnt mean that I cant like that person or be friends with that person. Most often we isolate people or distant ourselves from people all because theyre not what you want them to be. We also need to understand that everyone is not meant to be the best of friends, but that doesnt mean that I shouldnt respect that person. This is a new dawn and a new world a world of advanced technology. We can conquer countries, but we cant live together in this world peacefully. We should be more than that. This is what this book Tapestry reveals.

Download or read book Idaho Code written by Joan Opyr and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild, warm and witty, Idaho Code is a rollercoaster brew of murder, mayhem and mushrooms.

Download or read book Down for Mine written by Vivian Blue and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s not easy being in a large family, but when you have sisters that are down for each other, it makes it all worthwhile. The Jackson sisters—Shirley, Thelma, Candy, and Amber—are a tight-knit group, but their different personalities tend to clash like most siblings. They are in varying situations in their lives, but all seem to be in the same boat when it comes to reaching their full potential, professionally and in love Shirley and Thelma are both married, but their marriages are far from perfect. Shirley has a loving husband and four beautiful kids, but she’s starting to have reason to believe that her husband is having an affair. Where her sister Thelma was actually having an affair and got caught by her husband. Now she’s dealing with the fall in a messy divorce, and there’s no way Thelma’s letting her rich husband off easy. Candy and Amber are the youngest of the crew, and neither of them are where they should be in life. Candy is being faithful to her no-good boyfriend that’s incarcerated, while her little sister Amber keeps allowing her baby daddy to have a revolving door in her life. Will any of them be able to find true happiness in their lives, or will the arguing and bickering amongst them drive a huge wedge between them that will tear their family apart?

Download or read book A Memory a Monologue a Rant and a Prayer written by Eve Ensler and published by Villard. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selections from the “Until the Violence Stops” Festival Featuring writings by Abiola Abrams • Edward Albee • Tariq Ali • Maya Angelou • Periel Aschenbrand • Patricia Bosworth • Nicole Burdette • Kate Clinton • Kimberle Crenshaw • Michael Cunningham • Edwidge Danticat • Ariel Dorfman • Mollie Doyle • Slavenka Drakulic • Michael Eric Dyson • Dave Eggers • Kathy Engel • Eve Ensler • Jane Fonda • Carol Gilligan • Jyllian Gunther • Suheir Hammad • Christine House • Marie Howe • Carol Michèle Kaplan • Moisés Kaufman • Michael Klein • Nicholas Kristof • James Lecesne • Elizabeth Lesser • Mark Matousek • Deena Metzger • Susan Miller • Winter Miller • Susan Minot • Robin Morgan • Kathy Najimy • Lynn Nottage • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy • Sharon Olds • Hanan al-Shaykh • Anna Deavere Smith • Diana Son • Monica Szlekovics • Robert Thurman • Betty Gale Tyson • Alice Walker • Jody Williams • Erin Cressida Wilson • Howard Zinn This groundbreaking collection, edited by author and playwright Eve Ensler, features pieces from “Until the Violence Stops,” the international tour that brings the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of brutality, neglect, a punch, or a put-down. Here is Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on women’s work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction; Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; and Sharon Olds on a bra. These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issue’s effect on every one of us. With information on how to organize an “Until the Violence Stops” event in your community, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women. “In the current era, it takes some brain racking to think of anyone else doing anything quite like Ensler. She’s a countercultural consciousness-raiser, an empowering figure, a truth-teller.” –Chicago Tribune