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This book starts off with a young couple who are just about to finish college. The young woman finishes with her degree, and the young man gets his degree as a doctor. They both fall in love, and they have friends who also went to college with them. I will give you the main characters’ names. Lanell and Andre are the main characters and James and Carrie are the friends of Andre and Lanell. They all become successful and happy until one of the characters gets cancer and later dies. I do not want to tell all of the story; you must read it.

Tony Carter built an empire on blood money—controlling the city’s drug trade with ruthless precision while hiding behind the facade of a legitimate real estate developer. He has everything… Power. Wealth., Connections to a dangerous cartel. Everything except control over the one woman who controls his heart. The only person in the world with the capability to destroy him!

Noah Kingston, a journalist from 2025, wakes up at Norman Manley International Airport—300 years in the future. The year is 2300, and Jamaica has become a dazzling high-tech metropolis where solar-powered skyscrapers pierce the sky, and AI governs daily life. But beneath this glittering utopia lies a dark conspiracy that Noah is inexplicably tied to.

When successful entrepreneur Nick Alexander visits his reclusive grandfather's remote Georgia property, he's hoping to convince the old man to sell nearly a thousand acres for millions. What should be a simple family discussion becomes a nightmare when Nick and his girlfriend Amiya discover they're not alone in these primeval woods.

Between Fathers and Sons: An African-American Fable was called "Potent. . .threaded through with morals and sobering life lessons without heavy-handed moralizing" by the Los Angeles Times. The novella tells the story of 13-year-old Miles Johnson and his mystical quest to become a black man. He is joined on his adventure by an unlikely trio of companions: a riddle whose answer will take Miles's life in an unexpected direction, a moth-eaten strip of Kente cloth, and a mysterious neighborhood shopkeeper.

Dr. Tiana McGuire, a reclusive academic, has always found solace in her books and research, shunning the bustling social scene. Her quiet life shatters when she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, cursed with the haunting gift of sight. Now, pursued by malevolent forces, Tiana and her loved ones must flee for their lives.

No one is more shocked than Eric Newton when he discovers he has an adult daughter. Happily married, a successful business owner, and a dedicated father of two young children, Eric vows to make up for lost time with his newfound child, Destiny. He'll do whatever it takes to be the perfect dad and invites Destiny to move in with his family. But Destiny, 20 years old, has her own ideas about Eric's role in her life—and after a nasty argument one night, Eric wakes to find that she's vanished without a trace.

What is it for a man to gain the world but loose his soul? I feel compelled to share my story which allows me to be a living example and talk about the good, the bad, and the beautiful journey that I have taken. Take this voyage with me and witness the scientific and strategic development of a mack who rose to the top in the violent streets of the south side of Chicago. Human Earthquake will expose the inside track on the street game which led me to evolve into a king in my world, that allowed me to conquer at will. This is a fascinating, three-part epic. A must listen.

Hidden Secrets is a powerful, unique, and creative way to break out of the modern-day tactics used in relationships in order to win at the male/female dynamic. This audiobook will take you on a journey to discover the mysteries of the opposite sex. Hidden Secrets places you in a setting that allows you to be open and honest with yourself. Nothing is off-limits regarding the discussion of men’s and women’s issues and how to overcome them.

Written in 1976, this is the story of Larry Gains, the Coloured Heavyweight Champion of the World. It tells of his life in the rings of the world...riding the night trains of Canada...working the cattle boats...gambling in the casinos of the Riviera...Paris in the '20s, Cologne and the Charleston, Leicester and the long Indian Summer. It reveals the secrets of the champions...the twilight world of the Boston Tar Baby...the amorous ways of Harry Greb...how Battling Siki saw the light...the feuding with Jeff Dickson...and the chasing of Jack Sharkey.

A gang of roaming gunslingers down on their luck cross paths with a mysterious one-eyed preacher. When the priest offers them their long sought after "honest work", they will jump at the chance. But this strange encounter was no mere coincidence, something these outlaws will soon find out. Their destination? Hollow Canyon, a place thought to be more of legend than of fact. Inside the looming, towering stone walls, an ancient evil awaits. An evil that has set its sights on finally freeing itself from the confines of the wicked pass.

In the not-too-distant future, the world is engulfed by nuclear war. Giant piloted humanoid robots, called Mechs, engage in constant battle between UN forces and the Axis of Asia. Leo, a 29-year-old outlaw with a mysterious metal implant in the back of his head, was born into this war but doesn’t mind it - long as it continues to draw government attention away from his own criminal activities.

In 1862, Andrew “Andy” Jackson Smith, son of a white landowner and enslaved woman, es­caped to Union troops operating in Kentucky, made his way to the North, and volunteered for the 55th Massachusetts, one of the newly formed African American regiments. The regiment was deployed to South Carolina, and during a desperate assault on a Confederate battery, the color bearer was killed. Before the flag was lost, Smith quickly retrieved it and under heavy fire, held the colors steady while the decimated regiment withdrew.

This is an adventure tale that parodies your favorite sci-fi heroes from comic books and movies. If reading comics or hearing lyrics are some of your favorite pastimes, this book is for you because, like Slick Rick, it rhymes! Hailing from each continent, seven super-powered people are inadvertently brought together against evil. Young and inexperienced, will our superheroes be able to defeat their mysterious foes?

Family and loyalty are two words that live in the hearts of every Dupree man. Sometimes, words, bonds, and love are not enough to keep a family together. The men are forced to go up against forces designed to destroy them. Will they be able to withstand the tests of time, temptation, and betrayal? Or, will the Dupree family dissipate at the hands of a snake? One-click and dive into this thrilling, gut-wrenching, and pearl-clutching finale that is sure to keep you listening and wanting to know more.

The Langston Brothers are New York's best prime real estate. Niles and Noah are the handsome and sexy identical twins of a wealthy investor. They are poised to take over their father's lucrative financial firm. Life is good, and they have the world at their fingertips. What could go wrong? What the Langstons want, the Langstons get! But when one brother asks the unimaginable, the scandal opens the doors to a steamy love affair.

Summer and A’Zaya are far from strangers, but an untimely incident from their past ripped their once picture-perfect friendship completely apart. The world becomes much smaller than they think when one of them is about to become the wife of one of Atlanta’s most successful men. The Dupree men are amongst the most influential families in the city of Atlanta, but even for them, is life truly what it seems? In many cases, enemies hide in the shadows, but an enemy of a different sort can be hidden in plain sight.

Twenty-five years ago, a jealous ex-boyfriend murdered Mallory Steele's mother. With no close family to take in Mallory and her older sister, the girls became wards of the state and were soon ripped apart, sent to live with different foster families. Taken in by loving parents, Mallory went on to a successful career as an investigative reporter at an Atlanta newspaper.

The STEAM Chasers are back with another exciting adventure into the world of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. This time they are headed to Space Camp for an action packed journey into space exploration. While there, Shar, Terrence, Ebony, Akiya, Marcus, and Chase learn about the contributions Black Americans have made to space science, human space flight, astrophysics, astronomy, and aerospace engineering.

South Haven is the premier mixed-used community in metro Atlanta - a vibrant place where old-fashioned country living gets a modern update. There’s the town square where residents watch family movies on the lawn on warm summer nights. The corner market stocked with organic foods. The bakery with fresh coffee and Wi-Fi. The stately homes on shaded, gently winding streets. The water park where children splash, laugh, and run. There’s also something deadly lurking.