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First Ladies of Disco
The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire. In this book of original interviews, 32 of these women tell their stories, explaining how they view their music, careers, connection to gay audiences, and their places in dance music history. Interviewed artists include: The Andrea True Connection; Claudja Barry; Pattie Brooks; Miquel Brown; Linda Clifford; Carol Douglas; Yvonne Elliman; Rochelle Fleming (First Choice); Gloria Gaynor; Debbie Jacobs-Rock; Madleen Kane; Evelyn "Champagne" King; Audrey Landers; Suzi Lane; Cynthia Manley (Boys Town Gang); Kelly Marie; Maxine Nightingale; Scherrie Payne; Wardell Piper; The Ritchie Family, 1975-1978: Gwendolyn Wesley, Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Mason-Dorman; The Ritchie Family, 1978-1982: Theodosia "Dodie" Draher; Barbara Roy (Ecstasy Passion & Pain); Pamala Stanley; Evelyn Thomas; Jeanie Tracy; Anita Ward; Martha Wash; Carol Williams; Jessica Williams and Norma Jean Wright.
The Girl from East Berlin
This is a realistic drama set in Berlin immediately prior to the building of the Wall--a poignant story of true love intercepted by the political conflict and intrigues of the East-West power blocs.
The New Black Politician
Looks at the 2002 Newark mayoral race between Cory Booker and the more established black incumbent Sharpe James, which articulated how moderate black politicians are challenging civil rights veterans for power.
Left to Die
In 1969 in Chappaquiddick, Mary Jo Kopechne, a passenger in a car driven by Sen. Ted Kennedy, dies in a fatal accident. Leland, the jury foreman in the case, details the investigation, inquest, and grand jury deliberations into her untimely death.
The Man in the Arena: Surviving Multiple Myeloma Since 1992
James Bond's survival of multiple myeloma since 1992 is an amazing story of tenacity, hard work and good fortune. In this book Jim shares his and his caregiver wife's, Kathleen, approaches and experiences and difficulties. This book provides two acronyms Jim developed that summarize their approaches to surviving a deadly, incurable blood cancer. Multiple myeloma's average survival is about 5 years. There is no cure, yet. Jim primarily is treated in Cleveland at University Hospital's Seidman Cancer Center and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, with second opinions from Mayo Clinic and Mass. General doctors specializing in multiple myeloma. They continue to share their story, which they have done in over 30 US states, Washing DC at the National Academy of Science, and in Canada, Spain and Japan. They welcome opportunities to help other multiple myeloma patients and caregivers by sharing their experiences. They do not give medical or drug advice in their talks nor in this book. They live in greater Cleveland, Ohio and enjoy their 2 grown boys, their wives, and 3 grandchildren. Searching Jim's name and multiple myeloma provides much of their story and contact information.
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Legends of Disco
In this candid retrospective of the disco era, 40 men and women who reigned over the dance music industry of the 1970s and 1980s recall their lives and careers before, during and after the genre's explosion. Artists interviewed include Alfa Anderson, formerly of Chic ("Good Times"); Ed Cermanski and Robert Upchurch of The Trammps ("Disco Inferno"); Sarah Dash ("Sinner Man"); producer John Davis ("Ain't That Enough for You"); Janice Marie Johnson of A Taste of Honey ("Boogie Oogie Oogie"); France Joli ("Come to Me"); Denis LePage of Lime ("Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonite"); Randy Jones of the Village People ("Y.M.C.A."); Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry ("Play That Funky Music"); producer Warren Schatz ("Turn the Beat Around"); Debbie, Joni and Kim Sledge of Sister Sledge ("We Are Family"); and many more.
House of Bull
House of Bull, Book one, welcomes you to the first part of an adventure set in a country called Frees...Arius (Bull) had always been a worker (slave). He was born and bred because of it...Cone-aire Duncan of Torlece, a country across the ocean, arrives to run and teach convicted of helping workers to freedom (stealing property)...Smitty had been a soldier in the kings army until he refused an order to kill a worker...Master Manual Moore was caught cheating on his Worker Taxes. His was given Duncan and Smitty. Inheriting a prize worker, Arius, Master Moore had no worries. He did not even worry about the teacher or the soldier being in with his workers...This world has no technology. Travel happens be foot, hoof, and wooden wheel. That which is made, is made by hand. There is no magical prophecy to guide them. With only the want to be free of three hundred years of slavery: The strong take the lead, the intelligent advise, and the weak do what the can so that they do not fall behind...
Arena's Sanctuary
We pick up exactly where we left off in the first book, Arena's Forum. Only this time, in the form of a "tell-all" autobiography, as told and penned by Arena herself, so you won't be able to put it down! Last we left her, Arena was failing miserably at life, but her failures don't end there because, spoiler alert: she botched her suicide attempt. Revived, renewed and released from a mental ward, Arena goes on a quest to reinvent herself as a successful business mogul in the world of organized crime; forming new alliances and partnerships that prove to be lucrative, and deadly.Suddenly finding herself in the cross-hairs of Merchant, a YouTube rapper-slash-dope-dealer-turned-infamous, Arena up...
