From Gazoonie to Greatness is a Self-Help guide to dramatic milestone accomplishments. Inspired by the true story of legendary trapeze artist and world record holder, Tony Steele, readers will find his lessons in success, both extraordinary and entertaining. With questions for personal reflection at the end of each chapter, readers stay involved in the creation of their own blue-prints to their dreams. This book will teach you how to live life without regrets, using your mind, matter and motivation, to live fearlessly and shock them all. Steele did that, and has no regrets that he did. Now, he shares this technique with you.
D'Andre "D-Roc" Miller and Khari "Kay" Smith have been hustling since the seventh grade. Now they have the kind of bread they can use to part ways from the dope game, to live comfortable off of for a very long time. That's until somebody hits D-Roc's safe for more than a million dollars.D-Roc and Kay don't take their loss laying down. Along with D-Roc's cousin, BK, and his play-sister, Carol, they plot to jack St. Louis' most notorious gangster, a man by the name of Lucas Franklin. When they stick up the wrong dealer, they stumble upon something that will end Lucas' reign. Lucas goes to extreme measures to get it back.It all comes down to one last jack move, a scheme that might prove to be their last ...
At the height of her street career, Nisey Davis is charged with trafficking and faces a fate that has befallen many hustlers before her-federal prison time. She isn't too optimistic of the outcome, so she nominates her sister, Shanise Davis, as the leader of the Trap-A-Rellas. This decision doesn't go over well with every member of the clique ... and the betrayal begins.
After a two and a half year stint, Talisha Adrian's mind is set on making St. Louis her glass slipper - and she wants to see how much dope she can stuff into it. But like every plan, there's always a wrench thrown in it. Now she and her clique of Trap-A-Rellas must pick up the iron and mask and try their luck at being armed bandits, if they want the happily ever after lives they've dreamt of.
Gabrielle Robinson is a senior partner of one of Manhattan's top prestigious law firms and an owner of a beautiful Bronxville suburban home. Add to that a vacation spot in the Virgin Islands and Gabrielle has the perfect life ... until it becomes soiled when she catches her husband in bed with another woman. With her eight-year marriage about to end in divorce, Gabrielle heads off on a business trip merely to clear her head and prepare herself for the process of ending her marriage. There, she meets the chocolate-skinned, good-looking Miles. He helps mend her broken heart and smothers her burning desire for love. But it's not long before she discovers he has a baby mama that hasn't quite gotten over him.
The Don Diva of the Trap-A-Rella clique, Talisha Adrian, is back at it again and trapping harder than ever. She has a tight hold on the reins of the heroin market and riding it straight to the top, until the past rears its ugly head and her son is kidnapped. In order to get him back, she must steal the world's most powerful and deadliest tycoons' prized treasures. Without the original members of the Trap-A-Rellas to aid her, she recruits a new team of girls along with Zafeer's father to help her. He possesses skills that are useful in retrieving these artifacts. It's not long before the noose around Talisha's neck grows tighter, as several people are holding onto the rope that is bringing about her strangulation.
Being the boss of the Commission comes with a price. There's always someone shooting for the crowning spot. Nzinga Burke finds this out the hard way when she's nearly killed in a car explosion and Anthony Harrison is shot up in his car outside his home. But she doesn't become discouraged by her near-death experience and the attempt on her right-hand man's life. She continues to move forward with plans to turn the Commission legit. Even the sudden appearance of her illegitimate brother, Dimitri D'Annunzio, won't stray her from her goal. But she's venturing off into uncharted territory, in a business that is just as ruthless and cutthroat as the Underworld. And if she's not mindful, the wrong step might be her last.
When 12-year-old Dmitri Burke's father is murdered, he provides a steady income for his family by running numbers for Mafia boss, Paul D'Annunzio. His plans to establish his own crime family are derailed when he takes a murder rap for his boss. His act of loyalty doesn't go unnoticed by Paul, who makes Dmitri boss of Harlem after his release from prison. Soon his crime family, the Commission, becomes one of the most powerful, feared, and well-respected criminal organizations in New York. But the Commission isn't the only crime family vying for position, and not everyone agrees with Dmitri's business operations, including a member of his own family. Faced with threats from countless enemies, Dmitri still has to balance love with a new woman in his life, Isis Kelley. She managed to steal his heart ... while it seems the world is trying desperately to steal his life.
Dmitri Burke is about to put plans in motion so he and the members of the Commission can retire comfortably as legitimate businessmen. But someone behind the scenes has been pulling strings, a puppet master of sorts, and when one of Dmitri's family members is cut from ear to ear, a war ignites. No one is safe--Maria's sister is ambushed and killed, Joseph's wife is shot in the head, and hitmen try to gun down Dante in the streets. Dmitri and other crime families begin pointing fingers.When hired gunmen try to stifle Dmitri and his pregnant wife, Isis, in their sprawling mansion and Nzinga is kidnapped, Dmitri orchestrates a plan that will wipe the Senate, Dante, Joseph, and Maria out in one swift move. At least that's what he thinks. He just might miss out on the birth of his twins--if he survives the night.
As the final chapter of the R.I.C.O. saga draws to an end, Nzinga Burke is faced with yet another threat. This time she cannot use her usual means to alleviate the opposing threat. They have her hands tied behind her back with the federal authorities on her heels and her adopted daughter, Kendis Murray, at her throat. There is nothing she can do to stop them. Hopefully, the past may shine some light on who her new adversary is, and hopefully soon ... before she spends the rest of her life in federal prison--or in hell. Either way, her future is looking grim by the second. Time is ticking--and her move is next.
Shakespeare and a few other wise people defined it: War is hell. Those who have been there are unlikely to disagree. Many World War II servicemen found it such hell that for a long time afterwards they refused to talk about it, preferring to disregard that grim episode as having no relevance for the life ahead. Twenty, thirty, fifty years on, and time had modified this view for many of them. They had learned that memories last forever, stored in a mental databank, and knew that some of theirs held valuable detail.
Mercenary Sonja Kurtz is brought out of retirement to blow up a dam and save an African wildlife paradise. Retired mercenary Sonja Kurtz is recruited to blow up a dam that threatens the existence of Botswana's premier wildlife area, the Okavango Delta. A coalition of environmentalists and safari lodge owners, including Sonja's former lover, Stirling Smith, are determined to see the dam destroyed, at any cost, but there are deals and double crosses going on behind the scenes. Well-meaning American wildlife researcher turned reality TV star, 'Coyote' Sam Chapman stumbles into the middle of the conflict and Sonja finds herself having to babysit a film crew while planning her daring raid. Old flames and new ones, a rebellious teenage daughter, and her estranged father are all in Sonja's sights as her mission to save The Delta turns into a full-blown civil war and a race to protect the one person she really cares for.
From the depths of hell in Cyprus's notorious Nicosia Central Prison, all might have been lost but for the visits of a stranger... Tony Anthony knew no fear. Three times World Kung Fu Champion, he was self-assured, powerful and at the pinnacle of his art. An extraordinary career awaited him. Working in the higher echelons of close protection security, he travelled the globe, guarding some of the world's wealthiest, most powerful and influential people. This fast paced, compelling and at times, chilling account, is Tony's deeply moving true story. More extraordinary than fantasy, more remarkable than fiction, this blockbusting read almost defies belief. With fascinating insight into China's martial arts, and the knife-edge adrenaline highs of the bodyguard lifestyle, it documents the personal tragedy that turned a 'disciple of enlightenment' into a bloodthirsty, violent man.
Historically, relatively few investigations in neuropsychology have been sensitive to the analysis of cultural variables. This handbook will assist the neuropsychologist interested in cultural competence and help increase understanding of the link between cultural competence in assessment and intervention and good treatment outcomes. The handbook authors provide an in-depth discussion of the current status of multicultural training in neuropsychology; specific information on diverse groups (age, gender, ethnicity, etc.), assessment instruments, and clinical populations (HIV infected, seizure disorders, brain injuries); and unique analysis of immigration patterns, forensics, and psychopharmacology. This volume is the first to summarize the cultural data available in neuropsychology. A valuable resource for clinical neuropsychologists, school psychologists and rehabilitation professionals.
“Orrery” appeals to almost anyone interested in popular astronomy, astronomical mechanical devices, scientific instruments, the history of clocks - and even the history of aristocratic and prestigious families! Many people these days – not only astronomers – have a good idea of the main components of the Solar System. They might also know about the orrery, a mechanical model that shows the movements of the Moon and planets. But not too many know why it was so named and who it was named after. The Boyle family – the Earls of Orrery –include the famous Boyle of Boyle’s Law. But others were key in the history of the orrery, not the least being clockmakers. Aware of the lunar and planetary content of the sky, they strove to make scientific instruments to demonstrate their movements and introduced measuring devices to predict their positions. In antiquity, their lives on occasion depended on the accuracy; upsetting kings and lords was dangerous business! Orreries are found everywhere. They can be made of wood or metal, and are even available today as home-assembly kits and children’s toys. They appear in paintings, on computers, on the side of royal clocks, in stately home hallways, and of course, in museums all over the world. This book contains illustrations of orreries to give a guide as to what is and was available and where to see the best examples. It also contains information and references to help readers who want to make (or buy) their own orrery. The story of the Boyles is not just relevant to a tiny corner of Ireland, but spans the world. “Orrery” highlights the process of discovery and humankind’s universal fascination with the heavens. Provides a fascinating example of the relationship between innovative thinking (invention) and precision engineering (execution).
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on key Irish actors, directors, producers and other personnel from over a century of Irish film history.
There are many biographies and histories of early country music and its creators, but surprisingly little attention has been given to the actual songs at the heart of these narratives. In this groundbreaking book, music historian Tony Russell turns the spotlight on seventy-eight original 78rpm discs of songs and tunes from the 1920s and 1930s, uncovering the hidden stories of how they came to be recorded, the musicians who sang and played them, the record companies that marketed them, and the listeners who absorbed them. In these essays, based upon new research, contemporary newspaper accounts, and previously unpublished interviews, and copiously illustrated with rare images, readers will find songs about home and family, love and courtship, crime and punishment, farms and floods, chain gangs and chain stores, journeys and memories, and many other aspects of life in the period. Rural Rhythm not only charts the tempos and styles of rural and small-town music-making and the origins of present-day country music, but also traces the larger rhythms of life in the American South, Southwest, and Midwest. What emerges is a narrative that ingeniously blends the musical and social history of the era.
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