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Fishscales was written with the intent of bringing awareness to the brilliant mind-set of inner-city cocaine dealers in the United States. The purpose of this book is not for it to be used as a blueprint for perpetuating street crimes, but a plea to American politicians, policy makers, lobbyists, Congress people, senators, governors, and taxpayers to pay attention to the socioeconomic factors of the inner city that lead to a cocaine dealer’s state of mind.

Empower yourself with informed choices, whether you're new to self-defense or an experienced practitioner. Jiu Jitsu for Self Defense: Why Even Bother is your guide to making sense of BJJ in the context of personal security.

Everything I Need to Know About Business I Learned from Hip-Hop marries business fundamentals with the excitement, drama, and humor of hip-hop culture.

Jacob, a bright 10-year-old African American boy with exceptional writing ability, seems to have a promising academic future ahead of him. But living on the south-side of Chicago, life at home is nothing but. He is living in a drug-infested community with a residence overrun with roaches that should be condemned. With an addict for a mother, who’s in a self-induced comatose state most of the time, he’s not in a situation that he can easily test out of.

Sheron gives a very detailed journey of his life from childhood to unjustly serving two consecutive 20-year prison sentences. Sheron takes you through his personal journey of growing up - how he turned to drugs for financial security, his development of an abusive nature, his substance abuse, his music career, and ultimately, his experience with death; molding him to be the man that he is now.

A young man named James had dreams of becoming an NFL player until life took a tragic turn and forced his world into ruins. In today’s society, some young men and women are forced to make choices they should not have to. The exposure of death, drugs, sex, corruption, and police brutality are becoming more the norm in Black and Brown communities across the country, causing a hindrance in our economic growth.

Blues Highway is one migration story of Blacks from the American South, aided initially by the Pullman porters broad reach into the world beyond. Moving on to the next generation, the porter Sidney sets up his daughter Janet to take hold of his barber shop. As she navigates her life, opportunities and social conditions shift. The power of Janet and Frank's relationship moves the saga forward, touching honestly and deeply on the forces of change.

Deeply personal and well-written, this autobiography leads listeners on an open journey beginning in the 1970s and culminating nearly 50 years later. Through intimate stories, Wolff paints a striking picture of his life. With intelligence and insight, he satirizes joining the US Army, trading youth for maturity on the campus of Lincoln University in Missouri and ultimately having a successful 30-year career as a highly decorated military officer.

Kyron has one job. Transport the packages from pick-up to drop-off. Don't look. Don't speak. Don't get involved. Until he receives a special assignment. He is to transport the client's beautiful wife and a group of young women. When he finds out what he has really taken on, will he remain the Postman and deliver? Or will he save those who need his help?

Vampire King depicts the struggle of a young vampire boy, Israel Sultan as he and his family leave the island of Florianopolis Brazil in hopes of a better life in the United States. Just to find out that there is another struggle once accepted into the U.S. Israel is selected because of his bloodline to advance the life of a witch that has taken notice of him.

“The Gods see all” was something my father always told me, and that’s true. In this story, I make a trek to destroy the Gods. But I learned along the way that my goal was minuscule in the grand scheme. Now I fight for not only my goal, but the very structure of the world.

征战沙场多年、外号“活阎王”的大将军叶昭居然是女儿身！满朝震惊。一道赐婚懿旨，大秦国最尊贵的纨绔夏玉瑾奉旨被迫迎娶英武的大将军，女顶天立地男不学无术，一时间，夏玉瑾沦为全国笑柄…… 征戰沙場多年、外號「活閻王」的大將軍葉昭居然是女兒身！滿朝震驚。一道賜婚懿旨，大秦國最尊貴的紈絝夏玉瑾奉旨被迫迎娶英武的大將軍，女頂天立地男不學無術，一時間，夏玉瑾淪為全國笑柄……

What happens when a man goes from nothing to everything then back to nothing? The agony of mental defeat from the one he wants it from most. Every man has a need that must be met in order to keep him faithful. But what happens when he gets one thing from his wife, however she refuses and withholds another part of his needs. The one thing Devin needed from his wife was respect. She refused to give it to him. But why? Maybe because he isn’t providing like a man should have been at the time. Maybe he doesn’t have enough money.

Eleven-year-old Renee Jenkins is a vivacious, bright girl who is unfortunately a member of the notorious, dysfunctional Jenkins clan living in a Miami neighborhood where it is not unusual to hold a nine-millimeter Glock pistol while answering the door and where little girls like Renee shop for heroin for their mothers. As she maneuvers her way through the asphalt jungle of Miami's dangerous Overtown section, Renee bravely attempts to find happiness amid a world consumed with death, despair, drugs, and pain.

This is the bizarre and shocking story of Marshall Daniels. The odd deaths of celebrities and public authorities have sparked widespread interest across the nation. When Marshall joins a secret blood society, he quickly ties the disappearance to his new group. Whether he's ready or not, the intelligent young man is propelled into a position of authority for which he is dreadfully unprepared. When he meets the love of his life, it forces him to make a hard decision.

In all the tales of John Dillinger, the name Herbert Youngblood has been given short shrift or completely ignored. No more, the author D. Gordon Franks grew up in town where Youngblood met his demise. The author's family owned the bar and whorehouse where the shoot out occurred after several bank robberies. It culminated in the sheriff being wounded, the under-sheriff being killed and another deputy wounded, and a cousin of the author shot as well. Dillinger came upon the gun battle staged on his behalf.

What if you and your spouse have been kidnapped? The kidnappers have committed a murder right in front of you, in your own home? What if a person died while trying to defend you? What would you do? These are the questions that community role model Charles Champion must resolve. Before the incident, Charles, the protagonist of the story, was able to live out his dreams at a young age, despite the many discouraging situations that surrounded his life. Growing up in the ghetto was a struggle, but having a mother in and out of jail was not easy for him to deal with.

When I was younger I could never understand what the word "life" meant to me and how to live it with the best of my abilities not having my father around to show me how to defeat those demons on my shoulders. That is when I created the man behind the story. The life lessons and how I overcome it is how I became stronger than the man I see everyday while staring at the person who destroyed and built the man I see everyday in those dirty cold mirrors, so thank you all once again for listening to the man I transformed to be.

Take your destiny into your own hand's no matter what the circumstances look like! The surface is just for initial taste! Until society takes a look on the inside of a person, they will never get full from, the total buffet of you! Stand up and be noticed!

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to At the Precipice of Time and learn about the hardcore, often-intimidating, and difficult-to-understand commentary on the Book of Daniel.