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This book is about a young man who came from a dysfunctional and abusive family, and fell in love with the sport of basketball. His love and passion for the game would take him on a lifelong journey - a journey of disappointments, setbacks, and finally triumph. This book will show how, by continuing to follow your passions and dreams, anything can be possible.

In 1997, Chicago’s street gangs were highly organized, and the Ida B. Wells housing projects were one of the most dangerous in the nation. Two brothers, Carl and Tommy, were born into a world of hell and chaos, fighting every day to survive living with drugs - addicted parents. A child’s innocence was a small price to pay in order to secure the next fix. Abandoned by their mother after their father’s incarceration, they turned to their friend Lucky and joined the Gangster Disciples.

Ex-military special ops Grover "Greek" Adams is back in Houston for good. He is finally content with his life and happy to be close to his sister Gwen again after years of not speaking. With a passion for helping others, Greek opens a private investigation business, giving him the golden opportunity to find the bad guys. What he does after that is his best-kept secret. Demetria "Demi" McAllen is fed up with waiting for her fiancé Kevin to set a wedding date for them to finally tie the knot, so she moves back to her hometown of Houston to get a fresh start.

It is all about faith. Faith, faith, faith! My dear friend, many talk about faith as the key to a successful life! Questions: Do you know what faith is? Do you know how to acquire faith? Do you know how to operate with faith? Do you want to know the answers to these nagging questions and many more? This book - the concept book - faith, and receiving from God provide the answers. Guaranteed, this book will change your life for good, and forever!

By the hands of Daegal, an evil warlock, the werewolf was made djinn. But because of his wolf spirit, he couldn't be contained. Though he was freed of his new maker, Ardyn refused to go home for fear that the people he once called family, would no longer accept him. Despite his fear, Ardyn must return to shifter territory and face the pack he abandoned. Praia, a friend is in danger and trapped in his home land.

This book addresses and helps with solutions for many of the key, urgent aims of the Black Lives Matter #BLM movement. Timms shows how all teachers, regardless of their own cultural heritage, can make a difference to African American children, their confidence, their futures from within the education system. Not just in terms of curriculum delivery and lesson-planning (all of which are covered), but also in terms of understanding key cultural and historical issues that affect the students' outlooks and expectations.

Nitara has spent her life waiting for Jinn to return to her, but when he finally does, it's far too late. Daegal, the evil warlock who cursed the pair and turned them to djinn, has been defeated, but the effects of his dirty work are far from gone. Now she has to return to a place that holds her heart hostage. Things aren't what they seem. Her time away has weakened her position and now she is faced with a choice: Fight or flee. However, fleeing just isn't an option.

The Iron Cobras MC needs more security and so Clyde is tasked with making a deal with another club nearby. He is stunned to find out that the President is not only a woman but smoking hot. He quickly falls for. When members of her own club try to kill her, he will do anything to protect her. So he becomes her security.

"With the MC fully functional and thriving in New Mexico, there isn’t much to be concerned with anymore. Until Ray comes to me and tells me that there is a problem with the Sarasota chapter. It is me and my brother’s responsibility to figure out the problem and we are more than willing to take a vacation. When we get there, it is anything but a vacation. An old rivalry with a vicious MC has come back. Our job, to handle the problem and we are good at our job. But, when a new woman comes into my life, she could be the Achilles heal of finishing the job."

Garrett wants to get patched fast and he knows the fastest way they will allow it is if he kills an enemy in law enforcement. So it goes to a vote that if he kills Bobby, a corrupt DEA agent targeting the MC, he can get his patch fast tracked. Garrett needs more motivation then that so he looks into the DEA agent and finds he was convicted of assaulting a woman but only got probation. But when he starts talking to the woman it changes everything and not only puts his life in danger but her's too.

Gemma “Gem” Jackson is the youngest and the last of the Jackson women to fall in love, but the man that is trying to win her heart, she can’t stand. Although she thinks he is attractive enough, his arrogant attitude is a huge turn off for her, and no way will she give in to his advances, so she thinks. Raphael “Royal” Wilkerson is the baby of the Wilkerson clan, and he is used to getting whatever he wants. When he meets feisty and fiery Gemma, he is immediately turned on, but he plays it cool.

Despite a long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, creating a more diverse bar has been challenging for the legal profession. And this begs the question "why"? Does the profession find itself in the precarious position of having self-imposed barriers in place that work against its best efforts? Are outside factors beyond the profession's control inhibiting progress?

I believe that people have much to gain from making sure that authors, artists, publishers and promoters are compensated, while using and getting works like songs, books, audiobooks and so on. I wish to convey how it feels being an author nowadays, how people are becoming aware of their impact on the creative ecosystem, and how we are all interdependent, connected and part of the same society.

This audiobook is meant to help people not acquainted with listening to audiobooks. One day, I got really fed up with having little time to read during the day and with making little progress on my ever growing reading list. But, what if books could read themselves to us? I started to use audiobooks more and more, and I can say it deeply changed my life. I also describe a few special audiobooks that helped me along the way.

Grace “Gracie” Jackson is a talented and creative woman but has always found herself in the shadows of her sisters Gabby and Gemma. Timid and less outgoing than her two sisters, Grace is almost 30 and is still a virgin and never been in love. When she meets Malice, it was love at first sight, but will her insecurities ruin any chances for her to finally have a love of her own?

Trying to put her abusive past behind her, Chasity “Chas” Woods struggles with rebuilding her life. She is only focused on getting back on her feet and reopening her salon. Love, relationships, and finding a man to share her life with isn’t in her plans, and all she wanted from a man was purely physical. Uriel “Rel” Wilkerson is enjoying the single life and has a strict rule of no sleepovers. Successful, creative, and most of all, handsome, he has no trouble bedding any woman he wants. Anything other than casual sex wasn’t in his plans until he lays eyes on Chas.

It’s that time of year again, and Zuriah Price is excited to go home to celebrate the holidays with her family. A native of Houston, Texas, Zuriah now lives in Chicago and is in her third year of internship to become an anesthesiologist, and things are going perfect. Great loft, an awesome career, and a doctor boyfriend, Zuriah has all she needs, and falling for another man is not on her Christmas wish list.

Perennial student Elliot James has racked up many degrees and is contemplating another to continue postponing life. When his roommate forced Elliot to find a job, he applied for the secretarial position at Bethel Community Church. But, in a case of mistaken identity, the ranking church officer thought Elliot was the perfect candidate for the open pastoral position. He must become a pastor in a hurry because the church is falling apart. The church needed a jolt and Elliot needed a job.

Kwen Phifer planned to spend the last few weeks of college chumming it up with the career counselor and winding down once finals were over, but, unfortunately for him, those plans fail to come to fruition. He's been approached by someone who explains how he had been chosen to halt an oncoming cataclysm. He lacks skill, experience, and grit.

For centuries, Jinn has watched from afar as the powers-that-be fought to claim a part of the world as their own. With no stake in the game, the djinn remained a powerful but neutral party. That was until an old friend presents Jinn with an offer he can’t refuse. The love he thought he’d lost forever is still alive, and he has the map to her location.