Download or read book Her Word Is Bond written by Cristalle “Psalm One” Bowen and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nowhere near famous but still infamous,” Psalm One is a legend to rap nerds, scholars, and “heads,” and has gone on to work with the brightest names in rap and have her work celebrated and taught around the globe. In Her Word Is Bond, Psalm One tells her own story, from growing up in Englewood, Chicago through her life as a chemist, teacher, and legendary rapper. Intrinsically feminist, this story is a celebration of the life and career of one artist who blazed the trail for women in hip hop.

Download or read book Her Word Is Bond written by Bowen and published by Break Beat Poets. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her Word is Bond recounts the triumphs and setbacks of a rap legend who blazed a new trail for women in hip hop.

Download or read book Word is Bond The trial of John Allen Muhammad written by Ital Iman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13 years after a TV blacked out trial, the event surfaces in all it's splendor, captured by the only indie media source covering the trial of the century, if you ever wondered what really went down, now is your chance to know first hand, relive the historic drama through the masterful journalism of Ital Iman I, truly Journalism at it's best, a great study for law students and seasoned veterans will also fare-well' with this read...Ital Iman Brings this one h

Download or read book My Word is My Bond written by Roger Moore and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A natural raconteur, Moore delights readers with his candid, witty, and often self-deprecating recollections of the movie business. He shares his thoughts on playing some of the world's most famous roles and how they have enriched his life and career.

Download or read book Jazz1caf written by Theresa Vernell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soulful and with the sweetest taboo voice, STARR is an exceptional songbird, born to sing. A star rising in the Philadelphia music scene, she is always fresh with new lyrics as the microphone fits comfortably in her, coffee brown hands. Full lips part to expose her pearly whites as, her voice releases influences of Jazz, Soul, Gospel, R&B, Hip - Hop and Neo Soul. Rofiki, STARRS manager and Rastafarian boyfriend of ten years, has been away for a few weeks in New York City, supposedly putting together a new deal for her. But upon his return, STARR discovers that Sneaky Rofiki believes, her style and genre of music isnt what the music industry seeks. Unknown to her, he is investing, his interest on a new artist, a new freaky, a new Kandi Gyal. Bluesy with the bluest eyes, a U.S. Marine returning from war and the new owner of a coffee shop. Where he notices the intense discussion that left STARR ready to battle. He comes to the rescue or is she just in time to save him? The beat goes on with BearLove, the bad-est and wicked-est drummer internationally that inspires, STARR to sing and groove to new tunes.

Download or read book All Day written by Liza Jessie Peterson and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALL DAY is a behind-the-bars, personal glimpse into the issue of mass incarceration via an unpredictable, insightful and ultimately hopeful reflection on teaching teens while they await sentencing. Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, ALL DAY recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill-prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths. For the first time faced with full days teaching the rambunctious, hyper, and fragile adolescent inmates, "Ms. P" comes to understand the essence of her predominantly Black and Latino students as she attempts not only to educate them, but to instill them with a sense of self-worth long stripped from their lives. "I have quite a spirited group of drama kings, court jesters, flyboy gangsters, tricksters, and wannabe pimps all in my charge, all up in my face, to educate," Peterson discovers. "Corralling this motley crew of bad-news bears to do any lesson is like running boot camp for hyperactive gremlins. I have to be consistent, alert, firm, witty, fearless, and demanding, and most important, I have to have strong command of the subject I'm teaching." Discipline is always a challenge, with the students spouting street-infused backtalk and often bouncing off the walls with pent-up testosterone. Peterson learns quickly that she must keep the upper hand-set the rules and enforce them with rigor, even when her sympathetic heart starts to waver. Despite their relentless bravura and antics-and in part because of it-Peterson becomes a fierce advocate for her students. She works to instill the young men, mostly black, with a sense of pride about their history and culture: from their African roots to Langston Hughes and Malcolm X. She encourages them to explore and express their true feelings by writing their own poems and essays. When the boys push her buttons (on an almost daily basis) she pushes back, demanding that they meet not only her expectations or the standards of the curriculum, but set expectations for themselves-something most of them have never before been asked to do. She witnesses some amazing successes as some of the boys come into their own under her tutelage. Peterson vividly captures the prison milieu and the exuberance of the kids who have been handed a raw deal by society and have become lost within the system. Her time in the classroom teaches her something, too-that these boys want to be rescued. They want normalcy and love and opportunity.

Download or read book The Blackbirds written by Eric Jerome Dickey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, whose characters The Atlantic calls “bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability” introduces an unbreakable quartet of friends looking for love in this delectable romance. They call themselves the Blackbirds. Kwanzaa Browne, Indigo Abdulrahaman, Destiny Jones, and Ericka Stockwell are four best friends who are closer than sisters and will go to the ends of the earth for one another. Yet even their deep bond can’t heal all wounds from their individual pasts, as the collegiate and post-collegiate women struggle with their own demons, drama, and desires. Trying to forget her cheating ex-fiancé, Kwanzaa becomes entangled with a wicked one-night stand—a man who turns out to be one in five million. Indigo is in an endless on-again, off-again relationship with her footballer boyfriend, and in her time between dysfunctional relationships she pursues other naughty desires. Destiny, readjusting to normal life, struggles to control her own anger after avenging a deep wrong landed her in juvi, while at the same time trying to have her first real relationship—one she has initiated using an alias to hide her past from her lover. Divorced Ericka is in remission from cancer and trying to deal with two decades of animosity with her radical mother while keeping secret the desperate crush she has always had on Destiny’s father...a passion with an older man that just may be reciprocated. As the women try to overcome—or give in to—their impulses, they find not only themselves tested but also the one thing they always considered unbreakable: their friendship.

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Download or read book Dealing in Dreams written by Lilliam Rivera and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A novel exploration of societal roles, gender, and equality.” —School Library Journal (starred review) The Outsiders meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this “daring and dramatic” (Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling) dystopian novel about sisterhood and the cruel choices people are forced to make in order to survive. At night, Las Mal Criadas own these streets. Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but Nala quickly grows weary of her questionable lifestyle. Her dream is to get off the streets and make a home in the exclusive Mega Towers, in which only a chosen few get to live. To make it to the Mega Towers, Nalah must prove her loyalty to the city’s benevolent founder and cross the border in a search of the mysterious gang the Ashé Riders. Led by a reluctant guide, Nalah battles crews and her own doubts but the closer she gets to her goal the more she loses sight of everything—and everyone—she cares about. Nalah must choose whether or not she’s willing to do the unspeakable to get what she wants. Can she discover that home is not where you live but whom you chose to protect before she loses the family she’s created for good?

Download or read book Sinners Have a Soul Too written by R Smart and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-04-25 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People live at least two lives; the one in front of the family and the one outside of that. Now I can say that my more dominant personality is the only life. As a professional, it makes me feel good to know that people look upon me as someone competent, and possessing leadership qualities. Earning the Bachelors and Masters degrees have provided a different level of confidence; however, my development is attributed to a major portion of life in which I call the human services era or the stripping and male prostitution era. For the past 6 years, teaching and training have been at the forefront. Why tell this story now? Am I worried about what people think? People always compliment the man that I am, so it is necessary to know that mistakes made me into this man. There is not a day that goes by that my thoughts dont rewind to the days of easy money, and frequent sexual encounters. Every time I open a check or check my bank account, my mind takes me to a place where there was no working 8 hours a day to earn minimal money or money being taken from the check to pay taxes. Going back is not an option because of a life fulfilled now. I touch people now, but differently: with my words.

Download or read book You re My Alpha written by A. J. Onyx and published by StarNovel (HK) Co., Limited. This book was released on 2024-06-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dad, you can't be serious!" I could feel the heaviness rise in my chest, as my father explains he has arranged for my hand in marriage. "You know why this is a good idea. If the truth comes out, the pack would question your ability to lead; it is for the best." Dad explains as if it is the most natural and simplest solution. When I woke up today, this was never a possibility of events that I would be going through. However, here I stand in my father's office while he and my stepmother proceed to explain to me that they have planned my life out for me. I have already been trained to take over as alpha since I could walk, but now, I don't even get a chance at love. Kira Daniels is a 17 year-old alpha to be. Having been the only child of her father, Alpha Robert Daniels and his true mate, all she knows is the life that has been planned for her. Hoping to find her mate and secure a chance at love, she has been looking forward to turning 18 and finding her mate. However, when her father arranges for her hand in marriage, will she uphold her father's wishes, or will she meet her true mate and uncover a truth she never imagined?

Download or read book The Truce Williams Story written by David Surles and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned as a baby by her biological mother, Truce Williams is rescued from a dumpster and welcomed into a new family. Her name, inspired by the word truce, represents a treaty of peace between the warring crime family who find her. Despite what society thinks about her newfound kin, Truce is loved and welcomed. She finds support and acts as a link in her community between two major mob organizations. She is raised by strong role models, including her grandfather and mother, both part of the civil rights movement, and her father, head of the Chicago-based black mafia. As Truce grows, she learns lessons definitely not found inside a textbook. Many youth are brought up in harsh situations, and though Truce’s story may be fictional, her journey isn’t far from the truth: there is hope for a brighter tomorrow. Laugh, cry, and cheer as Truce’s tragic start becomes a fantastic future.

Download or read book Her Husband My Savage 3 written by Charmanie Saquea and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’re back for another roller coaster ride full of drama... Dillinger had been living his life worry free while someone had unsuspectingly been trying to make his world crumble. He never would’ve imagined that someone was his own wife. With his life and freedom on the line, will Dillinger be vindicated? Or will his plans to live happily ever after with the love of his life be derailed by a scorned Carmilla? Jacier is everything A’Layla could want in a man. He’s a thug with just the right touch of gentleman in him. Will she get her act together by letting her guard down so Jacier can love her fully? Or will nearly losing her first love seem to draw them closer together? Take one last ride with these couples as they all work to find out if all is really fair in love and war.

Download or read book In Her Genes written by Ina Davis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a child's innocence truly be preserved? Maybe in a perfect world.But in the world of three colorful young adults its highly unlikely.L Pierce anticipates the day that she can escape from her Jehovah Witness up bringing, and experience the world that she has been warned against from birth.She tries to ignore the fire that burns deep inside of her, but it's to no avail.If innocence is a given, then Marcy is the child that God turned his back on. Prosumed most likely to fail, Marcy rebels against all that is good, hoping to gain the attention of the one man whose love is non-existent.Promiscuity, lies, and murder seem to seal Marcy's fate, yet the strength of a positive male force shines light on her dark cloud.Some cries are blatant, boisterous, and wet. Lavar's cries are muffled, and muted before he has a chance to tell his truth.Born through a beloved lesbian couple, Lavar was assumed to be one in the same.With that assumption his innocence was stolen changing the lives of these three best friends foreve

Download or read book Gunplay LeTavia 2 written by Leo Sullivan and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This love story is not for the faint of heart... After a series of events no one saw coming, Gunplay decided to keep his distance from LeTavia to keep her life from spiraling even more out of control than it had since the day he’d placed himself into it. However, the time has come for him to get her back and he’s determined to have her as the lady by his side. LeTavia is on her way home from a difficult trip to the clinic, her first step to wash away her past, when she sees Gunplay for the first time in months, looking even more irresistible than ever before. He’s the same old Gunplay, the roughest kind of thug, but there is something else. The savage in him is even wilder than ever before as he struggles to fulfill his need to conquer New York at all costs. Can they put the past behind them and move on to be the couple they once were? Gunplay is a hustler in every sense of the word, and that fact has only grown over the last few months since he’s been away. With Cutta in prison, he puts in place his plan to dominate the entire city of New York, but the more he pushes on, it seems to him that he’s greatly underestimated his opponent. In the midst of dealing with the war he’s waging in the streets, he’s also dealing with learning to control his ruthless ways. So use to shooting first and asking no questions at all, his mental stability is put to the test. Will LeTavia’s confession about what happened between she and Cutta push him over the edge? Love and loyalty. These are both things that Gunplay & LeTavia crave. But can love and loyalty be intertwined peacefully and last amid the dark evils of street life?

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