Black Male Violence in Perspective: Towards Afrocentric Intervention represents a synthesis of lived experience, authoritative research, and Afro-centric perspective on one of the most controversial topics of our day. It examines violence by and among Black men, as it is inextricably tied to its context; the history of violence in America including colonialism, expansionism, and concepts of manifest destiny. Acknowledging important concepts like Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” and Joy DeGruy-Leary’s “Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome,” and chronicling the devastating and injurious effects of racism, the text moves in a clinical direction. It identifies and addresses the resulting dangerous triad of frustration, anger, and depression and how they come together clinically to impact young Black men resulting in violent outcomes. It explores the psychology underlying violent behavior, delving into the socioeconomic realities that are very much a part of the landscape of violence in America. Tony Jackson utilizes cases from his career as a therapist as well as examples from actual life experience to illustrate challenging concepts. More importantly, Black Male Violence in Perspective proposes a theory of intervention and treatment with a discussion on quantitative and qualitative research methods.
TRUST? What an unusual topic for Skyy to agree to discuss with her friends, right? But everyone of her friends agreed that it wasnt such a weird idea after all. They all gave Skyy their We agree phrase, by saying, Cool, I like it! Once Skyy started the discussion and the others saw that this subject could be just as fun and interesting as any other, they all joined in and began to discuss the issue of Trust. Take the journey with these cool and intelligent kids and find out what they have to say about their understanding of Trust". Hardcover version is available through Xlibris website. Just click on the link below: "http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-001045823/A-Chat-About--TRUST.aspx" Or Go To www.Xlibris.com
Eyes Full of Glow is a collection of poems which describes the lives of present day Black Americans. The issues and topics discussed are thoughts, ambitions, fears and triumphs of the black American culture. As our country looks dim on the dawn of this new millennium, four hundred years from Africa, one hundred years from forced slave labor, and a little over forty years away from segregation, a new breed of intellectual thinkers, philosophers, and entrepreneurs is arising, assimilated but still dedicated to the cause of not just colored peoplesâ__ advancement but all Americans with like minds. Eyes Full of Glow picks up where the noted laureate, Langston Hughesâ__ dreams and issues end.
Tony Mott is the Australian photographer born in the UK, who lives in Sydney and travels the world photographing the biggest rock stars in concert. This is Tony's collection of Michael Jackson photographs from the early concert days to the Thriller and History world tours. Tony was there up close as Michael Jackson hit the highs and did what he loved to do; share his music and unique magic with the world. Tony shares his stories and insights behind the photos and Michael Jackson. Jeff Jenkins and Miranda Young are two of Australia's best rock music writers. Jeff co-authored Molly Meldrum Presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia (also from Wilkinson Publishing). And with Miranda Young edits The Rock Reader: Underneath The Riffs, a collection of some of "the greatest Australian rock n roll stories ever told" by the performers and the fans.
How it all Began!" Stan Lee Comics presents “MIGHTY 7," a sensational new superhero property from the creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and more!! When a crew of sinister, alien prisoners and their jailers are blasted across the galaxy, their ship lands smack dab in front of legendary comic book creator Stan “the man" Lee! What does this alien arrival mean for planet Earth?! Reality meets fantasy as the "Mighty 7" journey begins!
This book names the seven areas we must engage in successfully to regain our confidence and clout, and it explains how and why we should do just that. In this positive, biblically based blue-print for activism, Harry Jackson and Tony Perkins give Christians of every color a wake-up call, presenting a strong moral platform and strategy that will enable us to stand together at this defining moment in the history of our nation. " -- cover of book
A Monster Among Us!" Stan Lee Comics’ “MIGHTY 7′′ continues! HEROES and VILLAINS and LASERS! OH MY! The all-new superhero property from the co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and more, takes a dramatic turn as a frightening new villain finally makes his destructive debut! As our heroes continue to adjust to their new lives on Earth, Stan must adjust to playing host to the unruly band of aliens! Can the greatest comic book creator ever manage to spare the city of L.A from complete chaos?!
Capture and Chaos!" Stan Lee Comics' Mighty 7 continues! The all-new superhero property from the co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and more heats up as Stan must come to terms with his alien compatriots! Titanic forces collide as comics legend meets alien, but what evil is brewing on the horizon? Villainy looms in this action-packed second installment of Stan Lee's latest and greatest super-heroic tale!
As I have grown older and I find I still like to sing and dance, particularly gospel music by groups known as Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's, Melvin Williams and Doug Williams, Canton Spirituals, and of course, Sam Cook and Aretha Franklin. Sometimes, I sing in my church choir, Greater Mount Calvary MB Church. Occasionally, I like to bowl and fish. When I have the time, I go to old Westside school reunions, church reunions, and the USPS reunions. It gives me a thrill to hear the church Gospel Choir and the Young People Choir sing. My mother instilled in me to "save your money and pay yourself first." I like to save coins. It was instilled in me good or bad at the time from preachers to businessmen it was achievable to achieve a juke joint to a dry cleaner to print shop to candy or grocery stores. Also, from the diet food "crisis" to the healthiest, for good health, even though some foods are still around and going strong. I attempted to eat some of them. Sub No. 2 had a very positive influence on me, shaping my character, as well as Mrs. Ernestine Halcomb Ward and Reverend Earl W. Ward Sr. and my brothers and sisters. I pay tribute to Mrs. Earnestine Ward, Mr. Earl Ward, and Connett "Skeet" Ward. Thank you for reading my book.
My old neighborhood was being renovated, and Mom moved to another project. That was cool because I already knew the majority of the people out there. When word got out that we moved to Jennings Homes, people came night and day, which kept Mom pissed, fuss-ing and cussing up a storm-not to mention running everyone off, even the females. At that point, I began getting angry. I had money saved up, but I didn't get a chance to spend anything because P-Nut, Rim, and Dogg had a party for me almost the whole five months I'd been home. Plus, other guys that knew me that hustled in Jennings Homes Projects were giving me money as well. I wasn't accepting any drugs from anybody because I wasn't mentally ready. The real reason was that everyone had spoiled me with money and clothes for the first two weeks I was home. I had fucked so much the first two weeks, the hotel manager thought I was pimping out of Sheraton on Walton Way because I was walking different women downstairs every day.
Like other poststructuralist theories, Lacanian theory has long been accused of being ahistorical. In The Subject of Modernism, Tony E. Jackson combines a uniquely graspable explanation of the Lacanian theory of the self with a series of detailed psychoanalytic interpretations of actual texts to offer a new kind of literary history." "After exposing the seldom-discussed history of the self found in the work of Lacan, Jackson shows that the basic plot structure of realistic novels reveals an unconscious desire to preserve a certain kind of historically institutionalized self, but that the desire of realism to write the most real representation of reality steadily makes the self-preservation more difficult to sustain. Thus in following through on its own desire to prove the certainty of its being, realism eventually discovers its own impossibility. Jackson charts the resistances to and misrecognitions of this discovery as they are revealed in the changes of narrative form from Eliot's last, most ambitious novel, Daniel Deronda, through Conrad's most modernist novels, Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, to Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and The Waves. He ends with an appended consideration of the "Cyclops" and "Nausicaa" chapters from Joyces's Ulysses." "While other critics have argued that realism structures a certain self and modernism undoes that self, they have not attempted a historical explanation of why this change should have occurred. Jackson reads the emergence of modernism as a kind of generic self-analysis of realism, analogous to the self-analysis performed by Freud: when realism discovers the significance of its own desire to write the most real representation of reality, it has, in that moment, become modernism. It has grasped its own nature and so fully becomes itself, for the first time, as modernism." "The Subject of Modernism will appeal most obviously to readers of Victorian and modernist fiction, but it will also draw those interested in the history of the novel and in the idea of literary history in general. Finally, because of the way Jackson brings together fiction, psychoanalysis, and history, anyone interested in the history of aesthetics will find here new ways to examine particular art forms."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Young Jimmy Johnson was just minding his business one day when he suddenly stumbled upon a package. His eyes lit up when he recognized what was inside. Since that fateful day, Jimmy and his best friend P-Nut started making a living selling dangerous substances off the streets. They started out small, but then their clientele grew, and they started earning more and more. They found out it was easy making money off selling, so that's just what they did. With the money came the ego, and pretty soon, Jimmy started living a very promiscuous and dangerous lifestyle, getting together with all kinds of girls and not sticking with just one. He played with these girls' feelings, making them believe they were the only one when he really was running around with others. Life seemed perfect for Jimmy when one day, the street game caught up with him, and he found himself in jail. To top everything off, his lies were finally found out by the one woman that he truly loved, and she decides to leave him.
The second book to feature DS Bene Douglas of the Levensbridge Police Force. In 1944 an astonishing secret is discovered by German soldiers in Northern France. The secret is never revealed and goes with them to their graves. In 2010 two bodies are exhumed from the woods and a deadly chase begins to find the secret. Suspicious deaths, attempted murder, robbery and a missing young boy all threaten to overwhelm our hero and his new colleague. The investment club are being wooed, the bowls club members are scared, and a crime from the past is re-opened.Finally the Jackdaws strike.
Karel Zajic arrives at work in Poland to find his future in ruins. Moving to Levensbridge in England a chance meeting looks to have solved all his problems, but huge risks are involved. Postman Danny Mason gets a deal which looks to have secured a bright future for himself, but he is treading on dangerous ground. D S Bene Douglas of Levensbridge C I D suddenly finds himself working alone. Suspicious deaths, drug dealing, and a suspect colleague all combine to guarantee a chilling climax, where his own life hangs precariously in the balance.
Unknown to himself, oil rig worker Donald Brooks is of noble lineage. After a helicopter crash Donald's secret ancestry is discovered by those responsible for his care. His ancestry is so exalted that wealthy families will pay handsomely to add his child to their family tree. His carers soon find ways to exploit his unique selling point. With the Sicilian Mafia recruited to provide protection for the secret Donald soon finds himself unwillingly fathering a host of children. He attempts to escape but the best he can do is force his captors to agree to the condition that the women he 'services' will always be willing.
The Manzo Shepherd Story The Manzo Shepherd Story is a detailed account of what is said to be the most sensational court trial in Harlan County, Kentucky history. Tony Felosi tells the story of the murder of Joe Christian that ultimately leads to this unprecedented courtroom drama. Zombie Media Publishing
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