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Felicia Pearson, who starred of the acclaimed television series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story, one that dramatically parallels her television character. While Felicia is a brilliant actor who played a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Snoop was born a three-pound cross-eyed crack baby in East Baltimore. Those streets are among the toughest in the world, but Snoop was tougher. The runt of the ghetto showed an early aptitude for drug slinging and violence and thrived as a baby gangsta until she landed in Jessup state penitentiary after killing a woman in self-defense. There she rebelled violently against th...
Join Grace as she finds herself pushing the envelope in order to satisfy her desire to live the glamourous lifestyle she believes she deserves.
In the Palace of Repose is a collection of nine such stories, ranging from the delightfully fantastic "In the Palace of Repose," to the delicately horrific "One of the Hungry Ones," to the hauntingly literary "The Other Grace." Here indeed are young women, and young men, who have seen too much, and who have been abandoned to wrestle alone with the strange, the wonderful, the terrifying. Some triumph, some tragically fail. Most struggle on beyond the boundaries of their stories, carrying their wonders and horrors into their lives, into their worlds - worlds, and lives, startlingly like our own.
NEW YORK FOLKS narrates the saga of Sure-Lite Brands Corporation, a producer of matches founded in 1893 by Hiram Ryder, a blacksmith's apprentice. Sure-Lite evolves, after a public offering in 1965, into a Fortune 200 NYSE listed corporation with CARSON'S a high growth retailer in the Home Center industry developing into Sure-Lite's principal business. A major power struggle erupts between the Ryder brothers for control of the company. Their struggle attracts predators, ambitious operating executives, slippery investment bankers, and corporate knaves, along with easy and hard ladies sporting high heels and sharp elbows. The narrative is brim with board of directors meeting conflicts, and self minded men and women who occasionally find themselves in foreign bedrooms. They are New York folks. Dwight Foster is also the author of Shattered Covenants, a seven book cycle narrating the formation, rise, decline, and fall of a major management consulting firm.
Young people play a vital role in advancing sustainable development, climate action, and innovation. They are not just recipients of change but active stakeholders and catalysts in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite their immense creativity, entrepreneurial mindset, and unique talents, youth-led innovations often lack sufficient resources and recognition. Unlocking their potential and harnessing their drive is essential to cultivating future sustainability leaders across different fields. In a rapidly evolving world shaped by technological progress, shifting global trends, and changing socio-economic landscapes, youth empowerment has become a crucial foundation for b...
The best stories of the year: here is a collection of the best horror prose written in 2005, by some of the genre's greatest authors, and selected by two of horror's most respected editors. In this volume you'll find stories by Joe Lansdale, Jack Cady, Holly Phillips, Nicholas Royle, Joe Hill, Caitlin Kiernan, M. Rickert, Richard Bowes, Barbara Roden, Clive Barker, Laird Barron, Jeff VanderMeer, Ramsey Campbell, Nick Mamatas, Michael Marshall Smith, Simon Owens and David Niall Wilson.
I'm Carter. I'm a warrior. A shadow fighter. And she's like a blinding light in this dark world. The outside world knows me as a shallow billionaire. Jet-setting around the world. But that's a cover. My team and I work in the shadows, because that's where our enemies operate. Our enemy is strong and ruthless. Defeating them is our mission. Not lusting after a woman, even though she's sexy and funny and intriguing. I refuse to think she's part of this world. But then why is she there? The sexy guy who kissed me and carried me up the stairs suddenly pops up everywhere. Why? Why is he suddenly involved in every aspect of my life, involved with the people in my life. Why is he always there to protect me? I hate being weak. I am not weak. I don't need protection or a knight in shining armor. So why does it feel good to be protected? Why do I feel like it's okay to be weak in his arms? And why do I feel like I need and want him in my life?