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Mae West
"Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by film censors and banned from the airwaves for the revolutionary content of her work, and yet would ascend to the status of film legend? Sifting through previously untapped sources, author Jill Watts unravels the enigmatic life of Mae West, tracing her early years spent in the Brooklyn subculture of boxers and underworld figures, and follows her journey...
The Black Cabinet
An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and ‘40s as FDR’s Black Cabinet. In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by white violence. As the New Deal began, a “black Brain Trust” joined the administration and began documenting and addressing the economic hardship and systemic inequalities African Americans faced. They became known as the Black Cabinet, but the environment they faced was reluctant, often ho...
Paranormal Incorporated - Office Memo #1
A fun and supernatural collection of original fantasy and humor from big names and talented newcomers! Do you find yourself wondering if your coworkers are more than they seem? Fourteen talented authors have come together to tell the tales of ghosts, demons, witches, goblins, vampires, shifters, and spirits living the corporate life. Those TPS reports may be due, and you hate working weekends, but it's sort of hard to concentrate when the werespider in the next cubicle over is typing SO LOUDLY. Punch the clock and settle in for a collection where situational comedy meets paranormal horror. The Offices of Supernatural Being is the first offering in the Paranormal Incorporated series. With contributions from debut and award-winning authors, these standalone short stories offer dark magic, workplace romance, action, revenge, secrets, ancient curses, chills, thrills, and more! Contributors include: Alexis Aurol VT Bard Jill Black Lisa Kaniut Cobb Morganna Duvall LM Lydon Jay Mendell Alex Minns Roxana Negut Rosa Quimby Jorie Rao Sydney Sailor Debbie Stone Spend your lunch hour in a break room where the mundane meets the magical at The Offices of Supernatural Being!
Billboard
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Living in the Slipstream
Spanning the period between the Cold War and the present day, 'Living in the Slipstream' features a collection of tales told by wives of RAF personnel. Often hilarious, and always witty and touching, they provide an insight into what service life is like.
Straight, No Chaser
Using examples from her own life, the author "urges black women to look critically at themselves and society, to recognize that they are not victims but a powerful community, and to raise their collective voices."--Jacket.
Black Enterprise
BLACK ENTERPRISE is the ultimate source for wealth creation for African American professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance.
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Though the role called for yet another wide–grinned, subservient black domestic, McDaniel transformed her character into one who was loyal yet subversive, devoted yet bossy. Her powerful performance would win her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and catapult the hopes of Black Hollywood that the entertainment industry ––after decades of stereotypical characters–– was finally ready to write more multidimensional, fully realized roles for blacks. But racism was so entrenched in Hollywood that despite pleas by organizations such as the NAACP and SAG ––and the v...
Mendoria: The Descent of Hellborn
From the ashes of Earth’s demise, the beautiful and peaceful world of Mendoria was born. In it, every creature is born under one of the six elements – earth, air, fire, water, dark and light. However, Mendoria’s peace would soon come to an end. When a group of lowlife fire bandits attack an innocent village, it leaves a young boy, Cademon Velenture, parentless and hungry for revenge. But his quest quickly leads to an unsuspecting turn when he starts to grow a connection with Mendoria’s higher deity, the Goddess Superior. However, when things begin to turn south, he becomes something no one could have foreseen. As his mind, body and heart start to descend and decay, can he still win his beloved immortal’s love? Dear reader, read at your own risk. For opening yourself to such a world can bring both beauty and danger. In order for us to embrace the light, there must be darkness. After all, what would you do if everything you loved was taken from you?
