Download or read book Home Boy written by H. M. Naqvi and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Naqvi’s fast-paced plot, foul-mouthed erudition and pitch-perfect dialogue make for a stellar debut.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) They are renaissance men. They are bons vivants. They are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium: AC, a gangsta-rap-spouting academic; Jimbo, a hulking Pushtun DJ from the streets of Jersey City; and Chuck, a wideeyed kid, fresh off the boat from the homeland, just trying to get by. Things start coming together for Chuck when he unexpectedly secures a Wall Street gig and begins rolling with socialites and scenesters flanked by his pals, who routinely bring down the house at hush-hush downtown haunts. In a city where origins matter less than the talent for self-invention, the three Metrostanis have the guts to claim the place as their own. But when they embark on a road trip to the hinterland weeks after 9/11 in search of the Shaman, a Gatsbyesque compatriot who seemingly disappears into thin air, things go horribly wrong. Suddenly, they find themselves in a changed, charged America. Rollicking, bittersweet, and sharply observed, Home Boy is at once an immigrant’s tale, a mystery, and a story of love and loss, as well as a unique meditation on Americana and notions of collective identity. It announces the debut of an original, electrifying voice in contemporary fiction.

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Download or read book The Banks Sisters Complete written by Nikki Turner and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death, deception, and the surprise introduction of a long-lost family member keep the drama on full blast in the pages of The Banks Sisters Complete by urban fiction susperstar Nikki Turner. Meet the Banks sisters--Mona, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. One of the only things they have in common is their love for their beloved grandmother, Me-Ma. When tragedy strikes and Me-Ma has a heart attack at church, the sisters are shocked to discover that she left the house and all her money to the church. Now the pastor wants them out, unless they can come up with the money to buy the house from him. To make matters worse, Bunny already owes over a hundred thousand dollars to a very dangerous man. The sisters devise a plan that could have them rolling in plenty of dough--as long as they can stay one step ahead of law enforcement that's on the lookout for a group of female bank robbers who have burst onto the scene. Things become even more complicated when their mother shows up, threatening to snitch them out if they don't give her a cut, and Pastor Cassius Street refuses to follow through on his promise to return the house to them. The situation becomes a bloody mess, and now the sisters must band together in ways they never thought possible as they deal with a growing mountain of problems. Only time will tell if these sisters can stay one step ahead of the circumstances they unwittingly create.

Download or read book BRICK BOY MAFIA written by Mr. Mafia and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-01-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell Readus is a local street hustler with big dreams of taking over his city. He struggles to survive in the gritty streets of Cashville, ten a key. With the help of his neighborhood friends and family, he becomes the heart of the streets and forms the most powerful and profitable crime family that the world has ever seen. Welcome to the cocaine reign of Mr. Mafia and the organization called Brick Boy Mafia.

Download or read book Rise written by Trip Lee and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society says youth is a time for carefree self-expression, but Trip Lee says God has called everyone to RISE from slumber, above low expectations, and to live for the risen King. The world tells us that our early years are to be irresponsibly enjoyed rather than devoted to meaningful pursuits. We’re told that responsibility and commitment are burdens to be put off as long as possible. And so, most of us spend our youth in a sad state of slumber—sleeping in on life until we’re forced to get up. The problem is that life has already begun. It’s happening right now. And God has called you to live it. In this powerful book, Trip Lee argues it’s time to wake up and RISE, to live the way we were created to live. Young or old, we’ve been called to live for Him. Right now. Young believers face the same problems as older Christians, but they feel them in unique ways. RISE addresses those core problems in an engaging, profound, and life-changing way. Don't just sit there: RISE!

Download or read book The Banks Sisters 2 written by Nikki Turner and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with the next edition in the highly successful Banks Sisters trilogy. Meet the Banks sisters—Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. They feel like they are finally in the clear in connection with the recent bank robberies—until their mother shows up demanding her share at gunpoint. She threatens to snitch them out if they don’t come correct. The situation becomes a bloody mess, and now, two sisters must band together to cover up the unthinkable actions of one of their own. As if that isn’t enough, Pastor Cassius Street hits them with another major blow. He refuses to sign over the deed to their Me-Ma’s home, as they had hoped. Luckily, Ginger has more than enough tricks to provide the pastor with a dilemma of his own. As the hunt for the bank robbers continues, Simone worries about being caught by the man she loves. He’s the head detective on the case, and with the recent dead bodies washing up at the riverbank around town, he’s closer than he thinks to solving the case. Bunny is dealing with the loss of her everything, Spoe. She vows to get her revenge by any means necessary on everyone who played a role in his untimely demise. Will she be able to convince her sisters to have her back once again? Tallhya is still hurting because of her husband’s betrayal, and she feels like she’s close to losing her mind. Can any of her sisters pull her out of her downward spiral, or will they completely shut her out? How will these sisters deal with their own mountain of problems, get back the only home they know, and get their lives back on track? Only time will tell . . . as long as they stay one step ahead of the circumstances they unwittingly create. The Banks Sisters 2 will make your head spin with all its dramatic twists, turns, and deadly surprises.

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Download or read book Life Will Take You There Part 3 written by Latoya Marshall and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are here again, we dont know each other, but we go through the same kind of events life has to offer. Life has its effects on each of us, which we have to deal with. Once more through shared life stories, I ask you to take this journey with me, reading Life Will Take You There Part 3: My Memoir, experiencing new and different things as we all are going through something similar. I got shot in my back, and the doctors cut my stomach open to get the bullet out. Three months after being shot, my mom dies and has to be put to rest. Besides that, I have so many other things that are positive. I must share it, so read your heart out. Enjoy!

Download or read book Inside the Stockade a Cautionary Tale written by Harold Anderson Pugh and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture Morris, the main character in the book, picture him in our mind—shiny gold tooth, slim figure, brown eyes, and brown skin, in a subjective struggle with himself to gain quantity and quality of purpose and identify as a person in pursuit of humanity. Inside the Stockade: A Cautionary Tale is about a dude indoctrinated from the hood and living outside the law with no markers on the way he chose to live. When to his own ways he was thinking and searching for something to beli

Download or read book Once Upon a Strive written by Stryvelle Gray and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was easy being a kid just running around playing until one day a tragedy occurred. Now living across town a young man has to start over. It was easy until yet another tragedy occurred...a funny look on a girls face. The young man left the hood alone to pursue money at just 12 years-old on his own accord. Wanting the world but unabled to have it a young man decides to shoot for the stars. I was that young man and this book is my life, my journey and all from my perspective. Please enjoy. Grady Shane Thomas.

Download or read book No Home Training written by Ms. Michel Moore and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identical twins Kenya and London return in the highly addictive Essence bestselling Say U Promise series, and now things have gone from bad to worse for the tragically troubled sisters. They are caught in the middle of a deadly drug war that was started by one of them, and the streets run red as lives are drastically changed forever. With an illegitimate baby on the way and a price on her head, one twin fights to avoid the dangers of the game she despises, while facing the vindictive wrath of her sister for what is deemed to be the ultimate betrayal. This time around, no one is safe when it comes to revenge--not even an innocent child.

Download or read book I Know How It Feels written by Charles E. Clark and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it all begins, a life that is untold; uncut, uncensored, and as rough, rugged, and raw as it can be. Charles E. Clark Sr. autobiography, I Know How It Feels, is an intense memoir that characterizes his transition from a crime filled and disadvantaged childhood throughout his struggles to put away the childish things. Charles will shock the world as he reveals his true accounts of murder, drugs, growing up without a father, homelessness and crime sprees to his triumphant rescue, desire of love & loyalty, humility and a sense of renewed family values. He opens up his heart to reveal the real Charles E. Clark, and not what others think he is, should be or circumstances forces him to be.

Download or read book HOLLYHOOD written by William I. Gladden and published by ROYALTY PUBLISHING USA. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine going to sleep and awakening in a place never imagined. A place where no one has gone before. Where hilarious actions dominate the lives of the readers. Welcome to a place beyond your imagination. A place called: "HOLLYHOOD."

Download or read book The DJ Chronicles A Life Remixed written by Aaron John Traylor and published by Port Hole Publications. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As I stood at the faucet, I was caught by my own reflection in the mirror. At least I thought it was mine. I didn't recognize my own face. My cheeks were gaunt and pale; my eyes were bloodshot and there were dark circles under each one. Looking down, I realized that my belt went in two extra notches and my previously form-fitting shirt was draping over my wilting frame. "'Way to go, Aaron, ' I thought to myself. 'This time it's Eddie. Next time it'll be you.'" Based on the true story of "America's Tallest DJ," AARON TRAYLOR, this book takes the reader inside the world of a legendary disc jockey. At 18, he reached the top of the charts as one of the most listened to DJs in a large American city. From corporate radio to dingy nightclubs and sweaty underground raves, a decade in the limelight brought little of the joy and glamour he expected, and much that he would later regret...failed relationships, the death of a friend, and empty dreams... This is the story of a seeker of enlightenment through music alone... Then one desperate day, a vision and a voice led him to his true calling.

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Download or read book Home Boy written by Jimmy Chesire and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set at a foundling home for boys. Narrator is seventeen year old Frederick Gamble, and there is much in the book about his confused sexual feelings for other boys, some younger, some of the same age.