Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> African American & Black - Urban & Street Lit

Clifford and Riley are brothers, born only one year apart, who live in a neighborhood on the south side of Queens, New York. Riley is more levelheaded than his older brother. He's mild-mannered but street-smart, which leads him on a pursuit of knowledge regarding his family history and current social issues. Clifford, on the other hand, is full of bravado and impressionable. Hip-hop culture quickly draws him in, and he automatically gravitates toward the negative aspects of the scene and the wrong crowd within it.

Follow these boys as they grow up before your eyes and find their place...

The ultimate love story forged on the gritty streets of New York began with White Lines, and now, in this stunning conclusion, Jada and Born come full circle, but not without paying a hefty price in White Lines III: All Falls Down by Tracy Brown.

On the surface, Jada's life is back on track. She's battled her demons, her son is a permanent part
of her life-and yet, it still feels like she's on shaky ground. What she really needs to settle her soul is to have Born back in her life-and in her arms-again.

Reuniting with the man she loves is proving to be the...

The story takes place during the late 1980's into the 90's within various towns in Long Island, N.Y. and is based on the lives of Jermaine and Derrik who against their mothers wishes and struggles fall victim to a life of crime and self-destruction.

Both young men evolve into streetwise teens, with new identities, (Derrik "Infinite," Jermaine "Blaze"), and within a few yrs become major players in the street scene. Through Knowledge a cat that Inifinite became acquainted with in the slammer they link up with him and his brother Knowledge Knowledge, and members of a crew called...

Jordan Lei is debonair and smart. Armed with stunning good looks and enough swagger to make the most confident man feel inadequate, he uses his wits and charm to get whatever he wants. So when he sets his eyes on Bianca, she's no different than any other treasure that he's ever desired. Equipped with suave and seductive sophistication, Jordan can't lose when he sweeps Bianca up into a world of espionage and...

DaQuan is in jail but he is no ordinary inmate. He runs one of the most powerful prison gangs in the state of Texas. And that gang is selling all kinds of contraband, from pills, to cell phones, and quality liquor, all smuggled in by a dedicated team of corrupt correctional officers.

Correctional Officer KenyaTaye Dunbar knows very little about the extent of DaQuan's power...

In the 80's, crack ruled the city like no other drugs before. It changed the laws of the streets forever that made a lot of young gangsters willing to kill and die for nothing but the American dream.

So many millions of dollars went through the hands of these young gangsters, so much that they didn't know what to do with it. Like in many ghetto environments across the country, Eddie and Diamond Dee found out how to lie, cheat, steal and kill at a very young age, trying to climb from the bottom of the barrel of crabs by any means necessary.

This story takes you through the...

Ghetto Dogs is a biracial love story seen through the violent prism of dogfighting and drug dealing. While on his way to apply for a teaching job in Harlem, Vincent DeRosa saves a young boy from being mauled by a runaway pit bull. Looking on in horror, the boy's mother watches as the white man is in turn attacked and nearly killed. It is only later, under very different circumstances that Vincent and Desiree meet again and fall in love. But their love is challenged from a number of angles, not least of which is Desiree's ex- boyfriend, Rosco, a notorious drug dealer and dogfighter who has...