Download or read book Aaliyah written by Kelly Kenyatta and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by tributes from fans and colleagues, traces the life of the successful singer who first gained notice as a talented teenager and later made the transition to acting in films before her untimely death in a plane crash.

Download or read book The Man Behind the Man written by Demetrius Smith Sr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pursuit of honesty and success the author bares his entire soul for the readers in "The Man Behind The Man". Throughout this book, readers will follow him on his lifes journey as he reveals his addictions, his faults, as well as his journey working for 13 years as personal assistant/tour manager for Grammy Award Winning Singer/ Song Writer/Producer R. Kelly.He tells his story and he tells it all; raw and uncut. This story is not for the faint of heart. Demetrius takes his readers on a tour with him as he crosses paths with the likings of Craig Hodges, Bernie Mac, Lisa Raye, Aaliyah, Gerald Levert, Salt-n-Pepa, LL Cool J and this is just to name a few. Demetrius has a brave narrative to share in this story. This book emphasizes the reality of who The Man behind the Man" really is. Many would disagree that this book is just another tell-all. Reserve judgments until you have read it for yourself. "As an avid reader, I believe plot purpose, and poignant point of view top my list as must haves where book selection may be concerned.No story lends itself to this proven theory better than this testimonial tell-all authored by Demetrius Smith, Sr." Submitted by Mical Roy! This book is truly a good one to read, and one you wont want to put down.

Download or read book Blessings from the Father written by Michelle Larks and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mariah Green has a successful career as an advocate for battered women, but she still feels incomplete. She was raised by her maternal grandmother, Rosemary, in a Chicago housing project. Her mother, Cassandra, is addicted to drugs and has only been a fleeting presence in her life. Even more painful to Mariah is the fact that she has never known the love of a father. She's never even set eyes on him. To Mariah's surprise, she receives a call from a law firm in Hammond, Indiana. A lawyer informs her that her biological father has died, and she is the sole heir to his sizeable estate. Mariah is ready to leave Chicago behind and embark on a new lifestyle in Indiana, but she's devastated when her beloved Granny declines to join her. Things aren't always what they seem to be. Rosemary knows a little bit more about Mariah's paternal side of the family than she has let on. Join Mariah as she embarks on a spiritual journey to learn about her father and begins the healing process of understanding and forgiving her mother.

Download or read book India written by Victoria Christopher Murray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends and gospel singers Diamond, India, Veronique, and Aaliyah compete in a nation-wide talent search in the hopes of landing a music contract; an effort that is complicated by India's hidden struggles with an eating disorder. Original.

Download or read book Chaos Within written by M.J. Spickett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when friends suddenly become enemies and enemies become friends, and your own sanity comes into question? Even Eli's friends and guardians may not be able to help him this time as his only ally is the spirit of his past incarnation.

Download or read book Raven s Child written by MJ Spickett and published by Northern Gem Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Sinclair, master magician and prophesized Oracle, did everything to protect those he loved. He thought he had planned for every possible outcome for the future...everything except his soul being torn in half after his death. Now, he resides within two bodies: one a child with phenomenal power and the ability to access Anthony's consciousness, the other a mystery, hidden in far off land. With the help of his child incarnation, Anthony must repair the damage done and unite both halves of his soul if he has any hope of stopping the darkness descending over the city of Ravenwood...and soon the world. Raven's Realm is the renowned prequel series to the Women of Ravenwood series.

Download or read book Immortality written by M.J. Spickett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Diary of Aaliyah Anderson written by Randall Barnes and published by DC Bookdiva Publications. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Aaliyah Anderson, a beautiful, intelligent, ambitious thirteen-year-old young woman ready to take over the world. With her mom being a superstar broadcast journalist and her older brother Damon being an acclaimed writer and star sports player. Aaliyah lives a fantastic life. Aaliyah quickly learns that her good life, doesn't separate her from life's problems. She has to deal with tons of hardships and avoid many obstacles along her path to achieving her short term goal of finally making it to high school and what she feels will bring her closer to her dreams of being a CEO of a company. Aaliyah has to deal with overwhelming family issues such as the divorce of her parents and the result of her "father's" unfaithfulness, infidelity, and a family secret that turns her world upside down. As if her family wasn't messed up enough, her eleven-year old brother turns to the streets and joins the Eastside Rydahz, one of the most notorious gangs in the city. Her eldest brother Jeffery, or high-ranked Rydah 808, hates everything about Aaliyah and she doesn't understand it. All Aaliyah wants is to have the ideal loving, united family and it hurts her that their situation is seemingly fractured beyond repair. To make things even more pressing, she lives in the ruthless city of Willowsfield, statistically the #1 most dangerous city in America, where senseless community violence is the norm and life expectancy is low. With the pressure to succeed and make it out of the ditch that Aaliyah calls her hometown, she still has to deal with more problems that test her patience. With its realistic characters, life-like setting and dynamic message, The Diary of Aaliyah Anderson is entertaining and a sure fire conversation starter on what we need to do as a generation.

Download or read book A Million Reasons written by Nakeesha Cluse and published by Nakeesha Cluse. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aaliyah Richards has made a living writing about the way love should be. But when she meets Nathaniel Greyson- business tycoon and her polar opposite-she is forced to re-evaluate her beliefs. Nathaniel seems like the perfect man-like he jumped out of the pages of her latest novel, but Aaliyah is no fool. She knows, there are a million reasons why they shouldn't be together but one undeniable fact that keeps her from walking away.

Download or read book The Edge written by Ejiro Odeka and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was as if the world around Penelope had caved in on her when loved ones around her died at very close intervals to one another. When her best friend died, Penelope thought everything as being lost, and that nothing feels right as they should anymore. But just as coming out into the light after journeying through a tunnel, a ray of hope springs up when Adrian came into the scene. Penelope suddenly finds the need to live life again . . . off the edge.

Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-12-22 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Download or read book Tasting Light Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions written by A R Capetta and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In tales buzzing with possibility, hope, innovation, anger, and tenderness, Tasting Light offers a provocative challenge to connect with open minds, hearts, and senses in a fast-changing world."--back cover.

Download or read book I ll Be Home for Christmas written by Www Xulonpress Com and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is a special time of year. When we celebrate Christ's birth together with family and friends, it brings back cherished memories and treasured reminiscences. Xulon Press is proud to present its first book of Christmas memories, a collection of short stories that will help spread the love of Jesus to readers everywhere. Some of the stories will bring you to tears, others will make you laugh out loud. Some recall Christmases from the "good old days" when the world was simpler and Christmas trees were cut from the woods. Some recall lost loved ones, who live on in the words and memories of another. In the end, all of the stories should give you something to remember in your own life.

Download or read book If I Only Had Five Minutes written by Tia DeShay and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I remember attending an Open Mic session at a venue located in downtown Detroit. A poet took the stage and before reciting his piece, he said that a poet has five minutes to impact his or her audience either negatively or positively. What a poet said in those five minutes could either create change or maintain the status quo. I went home that evening and asked myself, What if, after five minutes, I could no longer write poetry for the rest of my life. What would I write in my last five minutes? The answer? If I Only Had Five Minutes. The Last Will and Testament of a Hip Hop Poet. If I Only Had Five Minutes. The Last Will and Testament of a Hip Hop Poet is a three disc compilation: Life, Love, & Rhymes. In 26 poems I speak his language, swallow her pain, dream my memories, and create our rhythm. In my five minutes I fill white space with unlimited possibility. In my five minutes, I write now, so others can remember later What will you do with your five minutes? Tia DeShay

Download or read book Windows to the Soul written by M.J. Spickett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic written by Jessica Hopper and published by MCD x FSG Originals. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jessica Hopper's criticism is a trenchant and necessary counterpoint not just on music, but on our culture at large." —Annie Clark, St. Vincent An acclaimed, career-spanning collection from a fiercely feminist and revered contemporary rock critic, reissued with new material Throughout her career, spanning more than two decades, Jessica Hopper, a revered and pioneering music critic, has examined women recording and producing music, in all genres, through an intersectional feminist lens. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic features oral histories of bands like Hole and Sleater Kinney, interviews with the women editors of 1970s-era Rolling Stone, and intimate conversations with iconic musicians such as Björk, Robyn, and Lido Pimienta. Hopper journeys through the truths of Riot Grrrl's empowering insurgence; decamps to Gary, Indiana, on the eve of Michael Jackson's death; explodes the grunge-era mythologies of Nirvana and Courtney Love; and examines the rise of emo. The collection also includes profiles and reviews of some of the most-loved, and most-loathed, women artists making music today: Fiona Apple, Kacey Musgraves, M.I.A., Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey. In order for the music industry to change, Hopper writes, we need “the continual presence of radicalized women . . . being encouraged and given reasons to stay, rather than diminished by the music which glues our communities together.” The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic—published to acclaim in 2015, and reissued now with new material and an introduction by Samantha Irby—is a rallying cry for women-centered history and storytelling, and a groundbreaking, obsessive, razor-sharp panorama of music writing crafted by one of the most influential critics of her generation.

Download or read book The Christmas Appeal written by Janice Hallett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play—and solve a murder that threatens their production. The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes. Of course, there’s also the matter of the dead body onstage. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list? Join lawyers Femi and Charlotte as they investigate Christmas letters, examine emails, and pore over police transcripts to identify both the victim and killer before the curtain closes on their holiday production—for good.