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I Wish You Loved Me
What happens when the heart of the one that you love the most belongs to someone else? What are you to do when your mind is screaming for you to walk away, yet your heart is breaking at the mere thought of living without the love of your life? Those are just a couple of the questions that Rachel, Kayla, and Domiano will need to answer in this tale of forbidden love and lust. Rachel has had her fair share of rocky relationships but feels that she’s finally found ‘the one’. To outsiders he’s the one that lied and cheated on her and the one that she should let go, but Rachel knows that although he is flawed, Domiano is the only man for her. The fact that he’s her ex and is in a new re...
TTT: Tattoo
Over the past decade, tattoos have become one of the most popular forms of visual culture in the world. TTT: Tattoo is a survey of over 300 of the best international tattooers working today, including Duncan X, Tomas Tomas, Scott Campbell, the Leu family and Stephanie Tamez. Exploring the connections between tattoo culture today and seminal figures and developments in the recent past, the book examines how the historical styles of this most enduring art form blend into new ones.
Smiling Face, Heart of Hate
On the night of his senior prom, Brian’s dreams of going off to college on an academic scholarship are shattered in an instant. His girlfriend Dior is just as devastated as he is, but when she discovers that she knows the man that is responsible for Brian’s injuries, she has a tough decision to make. Does she do whatever it takes to see that the culprit is brought to justice, or does she forgive and forget? The perpetrator is, after all the boyfriend of her best friend Breeze, who knows that it was all an unfortunate accident. The friends try to work things out without the police, but it isn’t easy. While Breeze is on top of the world, Dior feels like her and Brian’s lives are spiral...
The Original Black Elite
New York Times–Bestselling Author: “A compelling biography of Daniel Murray and the group the writer-scholar W.E.B. DuBois called ‘The Talented Tenth.’” —Patricia Bell-Scott, National Book Award nominee and author of The Firebrand and the First Lady In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era—embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time: academic, entrepreneur, political activist, and black history pioneer Daniel Murray. In the wake of the...
The Social Life of Inkstones
An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and a surface on which texts and images are carved. As such, the inkstone has been entangled with elite masculinity and the values of wen (culture, literature, civility) in China, Korea, and Japan for more than a millennium. However, for such a ubiquitous object in East Asia, it is virtually unknown in the Western world. Examining imperial workshops in the Forbidden City, the Duan quarries in Guangdong, the commercial workshops in Suzhou, and collectors' homes in Fujian, The Social Life of Inkstones traces in...
Winners Take All
'Entertaining and gripping . . . For those at the helm, the philanthropic plutocrats and aspiring "change agents" who believe they are helping but are actually making things worse, it's time for a reckoning with their role in this spiraling dilemma' Joseph Stiglitz, New York Times Book Review 'In Anand's thought-provoking book his fresh perspective on solving complex societal problems is admirable. I appreciate his commitment and dedication to spreading social justice' Bill Gates An insider's trenchant investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their culpability Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the...
Covered in Ink
"Once associated with gang members, criminals, and sailors, tattoos are now mainstream. An estimated twenty percent of all adults have at east one, and women are increasingly getting tattoos and are now more likely than men to have one. But many of the tattoos that women get are gender-appropriate: they are cute, small, and can be easily hidden. A small dolphin on the ankle, a black line on the lower back, a flower on the hip, and a child's name on the shoulder blade are among the popular choices. But what about women who are heavily tattooed? Why would a woman get "sleeves"? And why do some collect larger-scale tattoos on publicly visible skin, of imagery not typically considered feminine o...
Embezzled Trust 2: Truth & Consequences
As if losing both of her parents during a home invasion wasn't enough, Lynnae later discovered that her husband had been keep a life-shattering secret from her. Overwhelmed by the revelation and overcome with guilt, she was prepared to end it all. As the story continues, we find out the fate of the relationship that we all came to love.There will be love, lies, pain, betrayal and more!
22 Talk SHIFTs
The Talk SHIFTs are the result of Krister Ungerböck's real-world experience in languages and building businesses. The book provides language changes and tools, including fill-in-the-blank phrases, powerful questions, and exercises, that can make a big difference in business, partnership, and life.
Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces
This edited collection provides sociological and cultural research that expands our understanding of the alternative, liminal or transgressive; theorizing the status of the alternative in contemporary culture and society.
