Girls from the Hood Two

Girls from the Hood Two
Author: Joy
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781601620422

A harsh account of life in the projects brings the reader into the lives of three young women, who all, by different unfortunate means, are connected to each other by one man. Reprint.

Hood Booty

Hood Booty
Author: Anthony London
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781500920876

Tyson Gibbs used to be a straight A student, following behind his cousin Craig he ends up on the streets of Lawrenceville hustling and selling drugs, much less anything he could get his hands on. Tyson also known as Ty on the streets of Lawrenceville has been carrying a family secret for some years. Tyson decides to make peace with his sexuality but some boys from the hood have a hard time warming up to the idea that one of their homies could possibly be gay. Craig ends up in jail, Tyson drops out of School and all the family secrets start coming out of the wood-works. Find out where life leads Ty with this compelling short story series, “Hood Booty”.

Girls From Da Hood 10

Girls From Da Hood 10
Author: Treasure Hernandez
Publisher: Urban Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1622863879

Urban Books’ popular Girls From da Hood series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets. This time, family bonds are put to the test. Jakki and School Boy are more than first cousins; they’re best friends and partners in crime with a reputation for getting theirs by any means necessary. The pair are ultimately forced to defend not only their family name but their loyalty to each other. With both wanting to stand at the head of the table, Jakki and School Boy feud, proving that there’s definitely no honor amongst thieves—family or not. Sanaa, a well-known gambling house owner, is at the top of her game, but after she decides to inject phony currency into her business, all hell breaks loose. Guns are drawn and opposing forces take sides. Luckily for Sanaa, her father and her brothers are well versed in the operations of the underworld. With millions of dollars still to be claimed, all the wolves come out, and the hunting season begins. Will the love of that mean green shatter families and friends, or will the players prove that money can't buy everything? With a gritty and promiscuous reputation, Star is indeed her mother’s child. When she meets Rello, a low-level hustler selling dreams of a better life, Star jumps at the opportunity to lock him down. However, when the connect’s package comes up short, Star’s lies start to unravel, and the true intentions of this wannabe wifey-to-a-kingpin are revealed.

Girls from Da Hood 3

Girls from Da Hood 3
Author: KaShamba Williams
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781601621481

In the third installment of the runaway hit series Girls from Da Hood, street fiction veterans KaShamba Williams and Mark Anthony are joined by newcomer MadameK, as they turn up the heat with fiery stories that will leave readers breathless.

Hood Misfits Volume 1

Hood Misfits Volume 1
Author: Brick
Publisher: Urban Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1622863356

Sixteen-year-old Diamond "Ray-Ray" Jenkins has it made in the shade, until one wrong move by her parents turns their lives upside down. Their secret of taking from the wrong Street King in the Trap, Damien Orlando, has now put her in peril. Their deaths signal an end to Diamond's semi-perfect life, putting her in the hands of evil. Her only salvation is to learn the game, and to put her trust in a kid wearing a hoodie. Trigga has been a survivor and a killer in the streets of Atlanta since the murder of his parents. . With his heart set on vengeance, he finds his destiny as a misfit and works his way through the ranks of Damien Orlando's crime syndicate. Once he's forced to snatch up a girl as hard as diamonds, his world changes drastically. It's up to him to use the plan of payback in the form of a simple motto: E.N.G.A. (Every Nigga Gotta Agenda). Trigga will have to use it to save them both. With his boy Big Jake, along with Gina and Ray-Ray forming their own family, Dame and every goon in his circle are targets. Chaos is coming, and Dame's most trusted are about to bring him pain and death.

Hood Misfits Volume 3

Hood Misfits Volume 3
Author: Brick
Publisher: Urban Books
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 162286395X

Never underestimate a misfit. All Enzo, aka Shawn Banks, and Bianca “Angel” Smith wanted to do was leave any evidence of their old life behind them, but the past has a way of coming back to haunt you. When international king pin Damien Orlando was taken down, the streets of Atlanta thought DOA’s reign of terror was over, but sometimes even tied up ends can unravel. Step into the underworld of the NFL, where E.N.G.A. takes on a whole new meaning, especially for Angel and Enzo. Neither one of them will be prepared for what happens when murder and mayhem takes to the streets of the ATL once again, pulling them in head first. Player steps back into the E.N.G.A. world, where both Enzo and Angel will see how far some will go to advance their own agenda.

Hip-Hop-Perations

Hip-Hop-Perations
Author: Khalil Amani
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2000-10-31
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0595137091

What up?! Just like to welcome you to this class here at W.F.U. I am Dr. Horatio Honeycutt. As you all know, a class in multicultural studies is required of all entering freshmen, so I¡_m happy that you¡_ve chosen this course to fulfill that requirement. I know that you will find this class stimulating, exciting, and truly challenging. So, welcome again! I¡_m passing out a syllabus for your perusal. This semester you will get aquainted with Black people in the urban ghetto of this city. We will be going on a field-trip into the heart of the ¡rhood to get a firsthand look at how the language is spoken. But I must warn you, before we get to that point you must do a complete overhaul of your perception of Black people. We will have to become as ¡°black¡± as we can be as not to standout and as they say in the hood, ¡°get our asses bumrushed.¡± In other words, we don¡_t want to draw too much attention to ourselves and cause the indigenous population to pummel our bodies into mutilated pieces of DNA. But not to worry, I¡_ve already established communication with some of the more violent elements in the community. See?! You¡_ve already learned your first black word, ¡°bumrush.¡± It means to suddenly bombard without warning; to attack. Put it in your vocabulary, you¡_ll need it. ¡ªKahlil Amani, Jive 101/Ebonics 1619 Khalil Amani offers his take on Black America through both poetry and prose in Hip-Hop-Operations. Amani is a graduate of San Diego Mesa College and the author of Ghetto Religiosity 2000.

The 'Hood Comes First

The 'Hood Comes First
Author: Murray Forman
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0819501662

The Firehouse Journals

The Firehouse Journals
Author: Alan Courtney
Publisher: The Papillon Foundation
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Midnight Express meets Gilligan's Island when a disbarred attorney serves his sentence at Wasco State Prison in a fire station staffed with inmates.

Without a Net

Without a Net
Author: Michelle Tea
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-02-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1580056679

An urgent testament to the trials of life for women living without a financial safety net Indie icon Michelle Tea -- whose memoir The Chelsea Whistle details her own working-class roots in gritty Chelsea, Massachusetts -- shares these fierce, honest, tender essays written by women who can't go home to the suburbs when ends don't meet. When jobs are scarce and the money has dwindled, these writers have nowhere to go but below the poverty line. The writers offer their different stories not for sympathy or sadness, but an unvarnished portrait of how it was, is, and will be for generations of women growing up working class in America. These wide-ranging essays cover everything from selling blood for grocery money to the culture shock of "jumping" class. Contributors include Dorothy Allison, Bee Lavender, Eileen Myles, and Daisy Hernáez.