Author: Malcolm Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781507850824
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Demarco Young is a party-loving, handsome black Jamaican who has women tourists falling for his rugged charm. He is brash, confident and a master in the bedroom. April James is the white, spoiled, beautiful, enchanting heiress to a major New York advertising empire, who is used to doing things her way. A chance meeting in a Jamaican night club during her vacation transforms into a steamy, sizzling romance that moves from the island's shores to the heart of the Big Apple, where passions escalate amid a sea of intrigue, as April's father, the rich and powerful Francisco James, is hell-bent on removing his daughter from what he perceives to be the clutches of a Caribbean gigolo. Caribbean Passion is a sexy love story of two individuals drawn from diverse backgrounds and their fight to forge a meaningful relationship. From the reggae laced island of Jamaica to the pulsating streets of New York, theirs is a story filled with passion.
Caribbean Passion (BMWW Interracial Romance Novel)
Author: Malcolm Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781507850824
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Demarco Young is a party-loving, handsome black Jamaican who has women tourists falling for his rugged charm. He is brash, confident and a master in the bedroom. April James is the white, spoiled, beautiful, enchanting heiress to a major New York advertising empire, who is used to doing things her way. A chance meeting in a Jamaican night club during her vacation transforms into a steamy, sizzling romance that moves from the island's shores to the heart of the Big Apple, where passions escalate amid a sea of intrigue, as April's father, the rich and powerful Francisco James, is hell-bent on removing his daughter from what he perceives to be the clutches of a Caribbean gigolo. Caribbean Passion is a sexy love story of two individuals drawn from diverse backgrounds and their fight to forge a meaningful relationship. From the reggae laced island of Jamaica to the pulsating streets of New York, theirs is a story filled with passion.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781507850824
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Demarco Young is a party-loving, handsome black Jamaican who has women tourists falling for his rugged charm. He is brash, confident and a master in the bedroom. April James is the white, spoiled, beautiful, enchanting heiress to a major New York advertising empire, who is used to doing things her way. A chance meeting in a Jamaican night club during her vacation transforms into a steamy, sizzling romance that moves from the island's shores to the heart of the Big Apple, where passions escalate amid a sea of intrigue, as April's father, the rich and powerful Francisco James, is hell-bent on removing his daughter from what he perceives to be the clutches of a Caribbean gigolo. Caribbean Passion is a sexy love story of two individuals drawn from diverse backgrounds and their fight to forge a meaningful relationship. From the reggae laced island of Jamaica to the pulsating streets of New York, theirs is a story filled with passion.
Is Marriage for White People?
Author: Ralph Richard Banks
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452297532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class, and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That sobering statistic reflects a broader reality: African Americans are the most unmarried people in our nation, and contrary to public perception the racial gap in marriage is not confined to women or the poor. Black men, particularly the most successful and affluent, are less likely to marry than their white counterparts. College educated black women are twice as likely as their white peers never to marry. Is Marriage for White People? is the first book to illuminate the many facets of the African American marriage decline and its implications for American society. The book explains the social and economic forces that have undermined marriage for African Americans and that shape everyone's lives. It distills the best available research to trace the black marriage decline's far reaching consequences, including the disproportionate likelihood of abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, single parenthood, same sex relationships, polygamous relationships, and celibacy among black women. This book centers on the experiences not of men or of the poor but of those black women who have surged ahead, even as black men have fallen behind. Theirs is a story that has not been told. Empirical evidence documents its social significance, but its meaning emerges through stories drawn from the lives of women across the nation. Is Marriage for White People? frames the stark predicament that millions of black women now face: marry down or marry out. At the core of the inquiry is a paradox substantiated by evidence and experience alike: If more black women married white men, then more black men and women would marry each other. This book not only sits at the intersection of two large and well- established markets-race and marriage-it responds to yearnings that are widespread and deep in American society. The African American marriage decline is a secret in plain view about which people want to know more, intertwining as it does two of the most vexing issues in contemporary society. The fact that the most prominent family in our nation is now an African American couple only intensifies the interest, and the market. A book that entertains as it informs, Is Marriage for White People? will be the definitive guide to one of the most monumental social developments of the past half century.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452297532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class, and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That sobering statistic reflects a broader reality: African Americans are the most unmarried people in our nation, and contrary to public perception the racial gap in marriage is not confined to women or the poor. Black men, particularly the most successful and affluent, are less likely to marry than their white counterparts. College educated black women are twice as likely as their white peers never to marry. Is Marriage for White People? is the first book to illuminate the many facets of the African American marriage decline and its implications for American society. The book explains the social and economic forces that have undermined marriage for African Americans and that shape everyone's lives. It distills the best available research to trace the black marriage decline's far reaching consequences, including the disproportionate likelihood of abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, single parenthood, same sex relationships, polygamous relationships, and celibacy among black women. This book centers on the experiences not of men or of the poor but of those black women who have surged ahead, even as black men have fallen behind. Theirs is a story that has not been told. Empirical evidence documents its social significance, but its meaning emerges through stories drawn from the lives of women across the nation. Is Marriage for White People? frames the stark predicament that millions of black women now face: marry down or marry out. At the core of the inquiry is a paradox substantiated by evidence and experience alike: If more black women married white men, then more black men and women would marry each other. This book not only sits at the intersection of two large and well- established markets-race and marriage-it responds to yearnings that are widespread and deep in American society. The African American marriage decline is a secret in plain view about which people want to know more, intertwining as it does two of the most vexing issues in contemporary society. The fact that the most prominent family in our nation is now an African American couple only intensifies the interest, and the market. A book that entertains as it informs, Is Marriage for White People? will be the definitive guide to one of the most monumental social developments of the past half century.
Good Economics for Hard Times
Author: Abhijit V. Banerjee
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541762878
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable. In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541762878
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable. In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
Understanding Media
Author: Marshall McLuhan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537430058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537430058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.
Bachelor Undone
Author: Brenda Jackson
Publisher: Kimani Press
ISBN: 0373862369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
When Darcy Owens leaves snowy weather for some Jamaican sun, the city planner isn't expecting to meet the hero of her fantasies. But sexy security expert York Ellis comes pretty close. When York looks at Darcy, he knows she's the woman he'd give his life for. Original.
Publisher: Kimani Press
ISBN: 0373862369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
When Darcy Owens leaves snowy weather for some Jamaican sun, the city planner isn't expecting to meet the hero of her fantasies. But sexy security expert York Ellis comes pretty close. When York looks at Darcy, he knows she's the woman he'd give his life for. Original.
Mean Baby
Author: Selma Blair
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 059308277X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Selma Blair has played many roles: Ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best as … a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth. "Blair is a rebel, an artist, and it turns out: a writer."—Glennon Doyle, Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed and Founder of Together Rising The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life. She often felt like her arms might be on fire, a sensation not unlike electric shocks, and she secretly drank to escape. Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, devasting memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. In a voice that is powerfully original, fiercely intelligent, and full of hard-won wisdom, Selma Blair’s Mean Baby is a deeply human memoir and a true literary achievement.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 059308277X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Selma Blair has played many roles: Ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best as … a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth. "Blair is a rebel, an artist, and it turns out: a writer."—Glennon Doyle, Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed and Founder of Together Rising The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life. She often felt like her arms might be on fire, a sensation not unlike electric shocks, and she secretly drank to escape. Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, devasting memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. In a voice that is powerfully original, fiercely intelligent, and full of hard-won wisdom, Selma Blair’s Mean Baby is a deeply human memoir and a true literary achievement.
War Restitution
Author: Aspen Berry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
After a botched African military campaign results in a humiliating defeat for the British, astonishing and unprecedented terms of surrender are imposed. For Captain Sam Cooke, however, it's more personal. After gloating about his model wife back home the warlord has taken a vow of abstinence until such time as he can seduce the stunning blonde who's captivated him from thousands of miles away. If that wasn't bad enough, Sam has made yet another terrible mistake and as punishment, the warlord has planned the most humiliating act of retribution imaginable. Sure enough, following a nationwide propaganda campaign, it's not long before the first victorious Congolese warriors arrive in the villages and hamlets of England. One of those warriors goes by the name Mambo Malonga, he's the warlord, and there's only one English woman he wants. And as a prisoner of war back in the Congo, there's not a thing Sam can do to stop him. Warning: This book contains themes of interracial adultery, specifically white wives breeding with black men. Please don't read if these topics cause offense.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
After a botched African military campaign results in a humiliating defeat for the British, astonishing and unprecedented terms of surrender are imposed. For Captain Sam Cooke, however, it's more personal. After gloating about his model wife back home the warlord has taken a vow of abstinence until such time as he can seduce the stunning blonde who's captivated him from thousands of miles away. If that wasn't bad enough, Sam has made yet another terrible mistake and as punishment, the warlord has planned the most humiliating act of retribution imaginable. Sure enough, following a nationwide propaganda campaign, it's not long before the first victorious Congolese warriors arrive in the villages and hamlets of England. One of those warriors goes by the name Mambo Malonga, he's the warlord, and there's only one English woman he wants. And as a prisoner of war back in the Congo, there's not a thing Sam can do to stop him. Warning: This book contains themes of interracial adultery, specifically white wives breeding with black men. Please don't read if these topics cause offense.
Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands
Author: Ulbe Bosma
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9089644547
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
In this book Ulbe Bosma explores the experience of immigrants in the Netherlands over sixty years and three generations. Looking at migrants from all countries, Bosma teases out how their ethnic identities are informed by Dutch culture, and how these immigrant identities evolve over time.“Fascinating, comprehensive, and historically grounded, this essential volume reveals how the colonial past continues to shape multicultural Dutch society. . . . It is an important counterpart to work on France, Britain, and Portugal.”—Andrea Smith, Lafayette College
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9089644547
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
In this book Ulbe Bosma explores the experience of immigrants in the Netherlands over sixty years and three generations. Looking at migrants from all countries, Bosma teases out how their ethnic identities are informed by Dutch culture, and how these immigrant identities evolve over time.“Fascinating, comprehensive, and historically grounded, this essential volume reveals how the colonial past continues to shape multicultural Dutch society. . . . It is an important counterpart to work on France, Britain, and Portugal.”—Andrea Smith, Lafayette College
Letters Left Unsent
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989365956
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Letters Left Unsent is a rare look into the work and life of a humanitarian through the eyes of a full-time, professional aid worker as he grapples with the question of how to be an aid worker, and what it means. Aid worker, blogger, and humanitarian fiction author, J., pulls together a collection of previously published blog posts and articles, edited and distilled for use by students, instructors, and anyone who has ever dreamed of being a humanitarian.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989365956
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Letters Left Unsent is a rare look into the work and life of a humanitarian through the eyes of a full-time, professional aid worker as he grapples with the question of how to be an aid worker, and what it means. Aid worker, blogger, and humanitarian fiction author, J., pulls together a collection of previously published blog posts and articles, edited and distilled for use by students, instructors, and anyone who has ever dreamed of being a humanitarian.
My Dark Secret
Author: Aspen Berry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
She had the perfect marriage, almost. When Emily's husband first told her an old college buddy would be staying, at first she was dead against the idea. After all, they're trying for a baby and the last thing she needs is some stranger the other side of the paper-thin walls. However, after a chance encounter with the seductive Andre, things soon change. He's charming, he's large, and he's very black. Emily tries her hardest to fight her ever-growing curiosity, she's a good wife, after all, but Andre's only in town for a week opening a new gym franchise. However, when circumstances conspire to bring them together, will she be strong enough to resist? Warning: This novella contains themes of interracial adultery, specifically white wives breeding with black men. Please don't read if these topics cause offense.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
She had the perfect marriage, almost. When Emily's husband first told her an old college buddy would be staying, at first she was dead against the idea. After all, they're trying for a baby and the last thing she needs is some stranger the other side of the paper-thin walls. However, after a chance encounter with the seductive Andre, things soon change. He's charming, he's large, and he's very black. Emily tries her hardest to fight her ever-growing curiosity, she's a good wife, after all, but Andre's only in town for a week opening a new gym franchise. However, when circumstances conspire to bring them together, will she be strong enough to resist? Warning: This novella contains themes of interracial adultery, specifically white wives breeding with black men. Please don't read if these topics cause offense.