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Author: P.J. Julius Publisher: P.J. Julius ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 222
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“Anyway, I feel like the longer we sit here the worse our odds get. Let’s just do it and see what happens.” No one would ever be able to have a summer like this again, although they didn’t know that at the time. It’s the middle of the 1980s, and the internet, cell phones, cable TV, all of it was about to change the world, but it hadn’t just yet. They’re saying goodbye to more than just their childhood and taking one last run through the neighborhood in this story about growing up, told by a kid who was there at just the right age. If you’re old enough to remember you might find some familiar territory. If you’re too young to have been there, this is the stuff your parents don’t want to tell you about. Up until now, summers has been pretty carefree for Pete and his friends. This one was not. He has an uncool nickname, his best friend Ricky lives next door with a stepmom who has serious anger issues, and they both have a problem with a former friend and current neighborhood juvenile delinquent, James Barlow. When James starts focusing his aggression on them, it sets off a chain of events that winds through baseball games, the longest and possibly strangest Fourth of July ever, an epic game of Kick the Can, trespassing everywhere, and generally causing minor chaos across the neighborhood. At the same time, Pete is learning that the adult world that he and his friends (and enemies) are moving towards isn't as simple as what he knows. Soon they’re going to be starting high school, and that’s not the only thing that’s going to be changing for them, and everyone else. But before it does, they have a one last chance to fully enjoy the way things were until they have to leave it all behind forever. The first of three parts.
Author: P.J. Julius Publisher: P.J. Julius ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
“Anyway, I feel like the longer we sit here the worse our odds get. Let’s just do it and see what happens.” No one would ever be able to have a summer like this again, although they didn’t know that at the time. It’s the middle of the 1980s, and the internet, cell phones, cable TV, all of it was about to change the world, but it hadn’t just yet. They’re saying goodbye to more than just their childhood and taking one last run through the neighborhood in this story about growing up, told by a kid who was there at just the right age. If you’re old enough to remember you might find some familiar territory. If you’re too young to have been there, this is the stuff your parents don’t want to tell you about. Up until now, summers has been pretty carefree for Pete and his friends. This one was not. He has an uncool nickname, his best friend Ricky lives next door with a stepmom who has serious anger issues, and they both have a problem with a former friend and current neighborhood juvenile delinquent, James Barlow. When James starts focusing his aggression on them, it sets off a chain of events that winds through baseball games, the longest and possibly strangest Fourth of July ever, an epic game of Kick the Can, trespassing everywhere, and generally causing minor chaos across the neighborhood. At the same time, Pete is learning that the adult world that he and his friends (and enemies) are moving towards isn't as simple as what he knows. Soon they’re going to be starting high school, and that’s not the only thing that’s going to be changing for them, and everyone else. But before it does, they have a one last chance to fully enjoy the way things were until they have to leave it all behind forever. The first of three parts.
Author: John Steven Welch Publisher: Gatekeeper Press ISBN: 1662938616 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 206
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GJ's family is an anomaly. Samuel, his uneducated strongman father, respected for his brawn and violent aggression, acts as a conscientious, nurturing single parent, rearing his infant son in the 1950s when men were not their children's primary caregivers. Despite his father's typical Black masculinity, he intuitively understands his son's emerging gay nature as innate. GJ's mother, a child of Black middle-class privilege from the neighboring suburbs, is an absent parent, primarily engaged with living the rooming life, consisting of drink and abandon. GJ's young life progresses, and he is thrust forth into circumstances both familiar and violently surreal, from typical bullying to standing as the principal witness in a murder trial to defend his father. Colorful characters like wild Uncle NapPo, the seemingly unflappable Miss Carrie, and his father's employer, the curious Mr. Blu, inform him of life's complexity. The wide-eyed boy grows into his teens and twenties and is altogether victimized, loved, and enlightened, leading him to experience the full range of gay life. GJ learns the culture and codes of Washington’s insular Black gay bar scene as the teen partner of a man in his thirties. As GJ starts to relish his gay existence, becoming more confident with his gay identity and his family's unconventionality, he continues to question himself, fighting self-doubt and consternation about fitting into Black respectability norms or the mainstream world. GJ's adult existence and early professional life extend into the integrated world of Dupont Circle gay bars and Georgetown professional offices, where he finds the love of his life and soulmate. The One Who Gonna See You Through is a work that bridges the commercial/literary divide. The gay interracial theme here is seldom explored, and the absent mother/loving father configuration brings a different lens to this work. The approach to story in The One Who Gonna See You Through sets the more familiar trope of the angry, Black, homophobic father aside and abandons the more well-trodden storyline of steadfast single Black motherhood. By story's end, GJ recognizes that his father's early and invaluable acceptance of difference laid the foundations for the happiness and realization he has experienced as a gay man throughout life. He resolves within himself that he must finally accept his legitimacy as both a Black man and an upper-middle-class one.
Author: Twenty-Five Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1524567949 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 130
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Gang Member tells the story of a man who discovered that the American system of government worked against black men by design. Having been disabled while serving as a machine gunner during the Vietnam era, he finds his benefits denied because the United States Veterans Administration misrepresented his time spent in service, the reason for his disability, and the time the disability occurred. Later, he found himself accused of fathering a child that he knew was not his. The accuser worked for the police department, and he was jailed without the benefit of a DNA test. Feeling that the system was unjust, it was easy to become involved in illegal activities. The book gives a true account of gang activity, an unfair legal system, and a mans battle with himself to discover that it does not matter what happens to you in life, its how you handle it (Grand Master Hee IL Cho). The book shows that we all face challenges in life. It is every mans decision whether he wants to be a good man or not.
Author: Lavez Robinson Sr. Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1479761664 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 290
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This is the story of a once lost black man, giving compelling details of the trials, tribulations, and the ever changing circumstances surrounding him. Cursed from birth with unusual attributes; early on, he was faced with ridicule and constant criticism from not only peers, but also his parents. Desperate to be a part of something in a city plagued with hate, he was determined to escape the detrimental society that had withered away at the lives of so many. Therefore, he enlisted in the armed services after completing high school in hopes of finding his purpose in life.
Author: Amzi B. Burt Jr. Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1664124241 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 66
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The KOHO Series is built using the scientific techniques and design features of modern-day football. It is simple and sophisticated in its design features and enables users to take absolute advantage of any defensive scheme that confront them. Many skilled kids who previously sat on the bench in the early years will find that they can play as a first-stringer on this very special unit early in their careers. This morale builder will benefit the team unity in the long run and cut down on injuries, etc. Coaches who take the time to install this simple explosive concept into their packages will reap many assorted benefits! Amzi B. Burt Jr.
Author: P. J. Julius Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Anyway, I feel like the longer we sit here the worse our odds get. Let's just do it and see what happens." No one would ever be able to have a summer like this again, although they didn't know that at the time. It's the middle of the 1980s, and the internet, cell phones, cable TV, all of it was about to change the world, but it hadn't just yet. They're saying goodbye to more than just their childhood and taking one last run through the neighborhood in this story about growing up, told by a kid who was there at just the right age. If you're old enough to remember you might find some familiar territory. If you're too young to have been there, this is the stuff your parents don't want to tell you about. Up until now, summers has been pretty carefree for Pete and his friends. This one was not. He has an uncool nickname, his best friend Ricky lives next door with a stepmom who has serious anger issues, and they both have a problem with a former friend and current neighborhood juvenile delinquent, James Barlow. When James starts focusing his aggression on them, it sets off a chain of events that winds through baseball games, the longest and possibly strangest Fourth of July ever, an epic game of Kick the Can, trespassing everywhere, and generally causing minor chaos across the neighborhood. At the same time, Pete is learning that the adult world that he and his friends (and enemies) are moving towards isn't as simple as what he knows. Soon they're going to be starting high school, and that's not the only thing that's going to be changing for them, and everyone else. But before it does, they have a one last chance to fully enjoy the way things were until they have to leave it all behind forever. This is the first of three parts.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Publisher: ISBN: Category : United States Languages : en Pages : 184
Author: Al Ferber Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1462844553 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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“Diamonds In The Rough” is the story of Anthony, a boy and manchild whose twisted emotions led to a half century of pain and bad decisions fueled by alcoholism. The misreading of all in front of him accumulated emotional wreckage that got him to concentrate only on the dark of the evening sky and ignore the moon and stars. This is also the story of a reclamation project that enabled him to dig through the apparent rubble of his life to rediscover and appreciate the diamonds he had brushed aside. Gus
Author: P.J. Julius
Author: P.J. Julius
Author: John Steven Welch
Author: Twenty-Five
Author: Lavez Robinson Sr.
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Author: Amzi B. Burt Jr.
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
Author: Al Ferber