wyszukanych pozycji: 25
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Afraid of the Darks: The Gentrification of Shaw
ISBN: 9781073316243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Glenfield Terrace
ISBN: 9781496160560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Willette Jenkins was blacker than poet James Weldon Johnson's hundred midnights. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. in the early 1950s during a time when a lot of blacks in America were as "color-struck" as many of the nation's white citizens. Willette was a considerable beauty, with a darkness that virtually shined and features which would fit well in ancient Egyptian artwork. She was a most sought after young lady by men who were seeking first-hand proof of the old maxim, "the blacker the berry, the sweeter the cherry." And if Willette was viewed as fruit by young suitors, she was set on...
Willette Jenkins was blacker than poet James Weldon Johnson's hundred midnights. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. in the early 1950s during a time...
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The 92
ISBN: 9781499138757 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Most in Washington, D.C. would think there was little need for public transportation in the city after the midnight hour weekdays. But along a thirty-mile stretch of meandering streets, from the upper Northwest quadrant to the deepest part of the far Southeast sector, there is always a wayfaring individual or two, or seven, or twelve, who depend on the No. 92 bus, to make their way to or from home, or just to escape from another part of the city after engaging in some measure of joy, some work, or perhaps, some form of devilment. Having to guide this sometimes troublesome ship are the men and...
Most in Washington, D.C. would think there was little need for public transportation in the city after the midnight hour weekdays. But along a thirty-...
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Fantastical Voyages
ISBN: 9781496125903 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Ricky Jackson had done it all, primarily along with his crew. He started drinking beer at the tender age of 14, moved on to marijuana and on occasion shot "joogie," or heroin, with his friends. But his friends kept on shooting joogie, and Ricky didn't particularly like the feel of being "comatose." But he found other highs on the streets of D.C.: Angel Dust; "Luv Boat" or Pcp; Dilaudids or "Ds;" Preludin/Bam. By the time he decided to try crack cocaine, all of his heroin-addicted friends were long dead. And he would be dead too, if he kept up the use of crack. _x000D__x000D_On a final, near...
Ricky Jackson had done it all, primarily along with his crew. He started drinking beer at the tender age of 14, moved on to marijuana and on occasion ...
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Hustling Backwards
ISBN: 9781497498983 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From a very young age, these boys saw no way out of their Washington, D.C. public housing projects unless they sold drugs. But the young hustlers, by the time they reach adulthood, have wreaked havoc on their own neighborhood, generated thousands of dollars for others, and when checking their own "bank" for those who survive to adulthood, find they have nothing.
From a very young age, these boys saw no way out of their Washington, D.C. public housing projects unless they sold drugs. But the young hustlers, by ...
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A Mighty Long Way
ISBN: 9781499147414 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Conspiracy Theories
ISBN: 9781519436108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Sterling Jason Jackson was a comedian and television/movie star of such acclaim, nothing seemed out of his reach. Then he dared try to purchase a national television network, and things for him not only fell apart, but turned deadly... Pretty Paul Phillips was the heartthrob of millions of young pop music enthusiasts, and made hundreds of millions of dollars. Then he purchased the catalogues of some historic rock and roll legends, was master of his own catalogues and was determined to reign supreme over the music publishing industry. He was on his way... until his efforts to buy the entire...
Sterling Jason Jackson was a comedian and television/movie star of such acclaim, nothing seemed out of his reach. Then he dared try to purchase a nati...
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The Miraculous Thereafter
ISBN: 9781496022769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The latter half of the 21st century, and ills mankind has grown used to for the past 75 years have proven a medical disaster. Cheap, throw-away cellular devices have contributed to the development of a species known as "C-Pheads," for the cell phone emissions that have impacted their heads in a way detrimental to cognitive reasoning. A full diet of genetically engineered food for a lifetime has reduced millions to uncaring, unfeeling, unnatural individuals. These are known as "G-Engines." Together, undergirded by mass use of a designer drug, the planet is replete with evil, vicious people....
The latter half of the 21st century, and ills mankind has grown used to for the past 75 years have proven a medical disaster. Cheap, throw-away cellul...
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The Bank
ISBN: 9781496032621 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The international financial development communities and the diplomatic communities in Washington, D.C. and New York City are rocked to their very foundations when members of the terrorist organization al Qaeda Norte unleash devastating attacks on a number of major cities throughout the American mainland. Foreign nationals come under intense scrutiny, and xenophobia runs rampant. The hated terrorist leader Raheem Karza has secreted dozens of sleeper cell members in clandestine safe houses around major metropolitan areas, many occupying comfortable flats in and around New York City, Washington,...
The international financial development communities and the diplomatic communities in Washington, D.C. and New York City are rocked to their very foun...
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Afraid of the Darks: The Gentrification of Shaw
ISBN: 9781499136845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In the heart of Washington, D.C. there is an ongoing conflict. It is simmering just below the surface most days, and periodically boils to the surface late at night with unexpected, often violent outcomes. The conflicting personalities are as diverse in social background as they are in physical appearance: the historic blacks of the Shaw and Adams Morgan communities, and the "new gentry," most young, most white, many gay. The community's conversions are nearing completion, with the last generation of the historic residents unable to keep up with soaring property values, disappearing rental...
In the heart of Washington, D.C. there is an ongoing conflict. It is simmering just below the surface most days, and periodically boils to the surface...
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Backstage Pass
ISBN: 9780615984148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Why would a multi-platinum, multimillion-dollar earning recording artist devolve into what any critical analysis would describe as being an unrepentant cokehead? Certainly there are challenges unseen by an admiring public which most successful artists have to deal with constantly, almost 24-hours a day. Yet there are hundreds, thousands of artists who shun the use of illegal substances, and even those who avoid even consumption of alcohol. Sirena Lavesque, known around the world simply as Siren, was not one of them. After a near fatal overdose and months of rehab, Siren would recover and go...
Why would a multi-platinum, multimillion-dollar earning recording artist devolve into what any critical analysis would describe as being an unrepentan...
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Killing The Elevator Dream
ISBN: 9781533478085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Death and Taxes
ISBN: 9781496021946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Why didn't they just pay their damn taxes? That question is asked of many in the film and recording industry who make millions in profits yet fail to keep abreast of their tax liabilities. Such was the case with Krystal Jackson, multi-platinum selling songstress from Washington, D.C. who excels, but barely avoids jail on tax evasion charges. Fortunately she quickly comes to realizes that a cousin with an accounting degree earned on line is not the person to be handling her millions in income, and she finally comes to terms with local and federal governments concerning her arrear taxes....
Why didn't they just pay their damn taxes? That question is asked of many in the film and recording industry who make millions in profits yet fail to ...
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Cell Bait
ISBN: 9781981131181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Shadows
ISBN: 9781497500792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) He was a wealthy American businessman, took a break from the hustle and bustle, went to Jamaica and found a most alluring exotic dance club. In time, he became enamored of one particular dancer. But with all his wealth, could he get the young lady off the pole and turn this "honey" into a housewife?
He was a wealthy American businessman, took a break from the hustle and bustle, went to Jamaica and found a most alluring exotic dance club. In time, ...
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Grievers
ISBN: 9781672764629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Joogie
ISBN: 9781499168266 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The boys grew up in a most tumultuous era, the late 1960s into the even more turbulent 1970s, in a Washington, D.C. where remnants of segregation still predominated. They lived in a group of ramshackle public housing projects, and with external prodding, believed they could leave poverty and the projects through selling "joogie," or heroin, to finance their escape. In truth, all they managed to do was enslave many of their peers on the deadly substance, and additionally ensure an early, violent death for themselves.
The boys grew up in a most tumultuous era, the late 1960s into the even more turbulent 1970s, in a Washington, D.C. where remnants of segregation stil...
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War of the Gods
ISBN: 9781502855978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) There came a time when the Great and Supreme had to step in full-force. Mankind had reached a breaking point, and nature, always quite attuned to the intricacies of man's treatment of one another, erupted in a seemingly endless series of catastrophic traumas which claimed the lives of millions. And as God descended in a spiritual realization that embellished all of his true believers and directed them towards some saving grace, so too did his conceptual opposite, Satan himself, who was determined to further recruit evil minds to enhance his efforts at overwhelming the Earth and subjugating...
There came a time when the Great and Supreme had to step in full-force. Mankind had reached a breaking point, and nature, always quite attuned to the ...
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It's All In The Game
ISBN: 9781496008824 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Internet dating in the D.C. Metropolitan area. SoccerMom1972 of Wheaton; SE Sheila of Anacostia; Stacked&Bound of the Palisades; The CandyLicker of 14th Street; Seasoned Suzanne of Arlington; WhiteChocolateandLavender of Oxon Hill; NattyDreads of Palmer Park; PiecesofDreams of Congress Park; LilNYSweety of Adams Morgan. Diversity of race, sexual desires, age and background. All frequenting on line dating sites with D.C. area connections. All in search of...something What WILL they find? Will their find be willing? Thrilling? Or perhaps chilling?
Internet dating in the D.C. Metropolitan area. SoccerMom1972 of Wheaton; SE Sheila of Anacostia; Stacked&Bound of the Palisades; The CandyLicker of 14...
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The Other Side of the Universe
ISBN: 9781545486481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) It is well into the future, earth-time. But time really doesn't matter. On the other side of the universe from our present reality of Earth, there are dual planets: One is healthy, live, fruitful, and bountiful. It is what its eventual spiritual occupants would identify as "heaven." On the other, its inhabitants are not ruled by any laws, and consists of physical incarnations of spirits from devilish Earth inhabitants who have passed on. This planet comprises "hell" for the errant former earthly spirits. While both have purpose thereabouts, they also are overseen by supreme powers; one is...
It is well into the future, earth-time. But time really doesn't matter. On the other side of the universe from our present reality of Earth, there are...
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