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This multilayered study of the representation of black masculinity in musical and cultural performance takes aim at the reduction of African American male culture to stereotypes of deviance, misogyny, and excess. Broadening the significance of hip-hop culture by linking it to other expressive forms within popular culture, Miles White examines how these representations have both encouraged the demonization of young black males in the United States and abroad and contributed to the construction of their identities. From Jim Crow to Jay-Z traces black male representations to chattel slavery and American minstrelsy as early examples of fetishization and commodification of black male subjectivity...
The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century
This is a wonderful tribute to the heroes of my childhood and adult life to this point, as well as to the many other men and women in the world of racing. The race car drivers of the Indianapolis 500 to this day, drive my heart and the hearts of many others throughout the world of motor sports. There have been so many race car drivers that have lost their lives at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is always such a tragedy, but in a way they have helped pave the way for our safety.This is a story of a young man that has guardian angels (that were former race car drivers) help the young man become a champion of the greatest race in the world.
The Fishy Side of Real Estate is a story about Miles Vincent, an agent who questions his own ethical practices as he deals with a transaction where he represents both the buyer and seller. Realizing he has compromised his agency obligations due to the inherent conflict of interest, Miles reaches out to those in his own industry, only to be spurned. Undaunted, Miles strikes out on his own to develop a new real estate concept that improves the agency relationship between agents and their buyers and sellers. Like the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, the novel sets the expectation for a change in the way agents represent their clients.
When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. This title tells the true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions.
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This book chronicles the once-vibrant hot rod scene in California's San Fernando Valley--from the iconic Bob's Big Boy drive-in to the San Fernando drag strip. Author and Los Angeles native, Tony Baker, grew up in Hollywood during the height of the sixties hot-rod scene. He has written six books on the subject of motor sports in California for Arcadia Publishing and has had articles published in Hot Rod magazine, Hot Rod Deluxe , and Rodder's Journal as well as regional history publications like the Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly Journal . He currently lives in Ventura, California.
E-artnow presents to you the anthology of Regency Classics, Georgette Heyer edition. Heyer's books act as a bright and colorful window into the 18th-century period in France and England. The witty dialogues, the vividly presented everyday life with a suspenseful story of action, complex characters and the ability to break the genre rules, make her novels stand out. She writes sharp, lively and opinionated characters; although she makes her side characters just as vibrant and delightful as her central ones. This volume includes the most beloved novels o this extraordinary author: "Powder and Patch" - Philip Jettan, a handsome and sturdy but tongue-tied youth, is rejected by his true love beca...
This collection of regency romance novels consists of the most loved books of all time, including Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace, The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer and many more such stories, which paved the way for modern romance books, TV series and movies: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) Emma (Jane Austen) Persuasion (Jane Austen) Powder and Patch (Georgette Heyer) The Black Moth (Georgette Heyer) These Old Shades (Georgette Heyer) Evelina (Fanny Burney) Cecilia (Fanny Burney) Camilla (Fanny Burney) The Wanderer (Fanny Burney) Mary: A Fiction (Mary Wollstonecraft) Paul and Virginia (Be...