Ghetto Tears of the Gods


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Ghetto Tears of the Gods is a classic novel that takes us on a journey through the impoverished slums of Little Rock, Arkansas, better known as the gangbanged capital of the South. The tale is about a young black gang leader who is released from the ADC after over a decade. Now his eyes are open to who he is. Dark temptation attempts to influence him to embrace his old gutta lifestyle. He commands a crew of young soldiers. His right-hand man was the notorious Fat Cat, whom he trusts with his life. But he will soon learn that with money and power comes jealousy and envy. While facing the adversities of the ghetto, he meets a beautiful woman named Charlotte, whom he thinks would change his life. The question is, Would it be for the better or for the worse? Charlotte is kidnapped, and Woo is left devastated and puzzled, trying to come up with the ransom money to save the woman of his dreams, a stranger who would turn his life into a living nightmare. So Woo and his goons jump into action, peace, and love.




The Gift of Tears


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The Holy Spirit is bringing the Church to a new place of prayer that we haven't seen in this generation. This kind of praying is prayer on the other side of words and is wrought in a people who have been delivered from their own strength, wisdom, and resource. this kind of praying is ugly, desperate, and vulnerable as God delivers us from our programs, personalities, and strategies, and gifts us the greatest gift He could give: The Gift of Tears. The Gift of Tears is God's work in a people who have come to the end of the themselves and find a new prayer born deep within them: tears.




Sweat, Blood, and Tears


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By the time he graduated college, Xan Hood appeared to have everything a young, privileged modern male needed for success and adulthood. But like so many others his age, he was afraid to take that next step. So he took a slight detour and headed west, surrounding himself wtih a class of men he had been raised to avoid. Follow Xan as he learns lessons that can only be taught by God's grace, hard work, and the presence of older men. Sweat, Blood, and Tears is a searingly honest coming-of-age story. It is a look at how God raises a man--a story for young men and those who love them.




Black Gods of the Asphalt


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J-Rod moves like a small tank on the court, his face mean, staring down his opponents. "I play just like my father," he says. "Before my father died, he was a problem on the court. I'm a problem." Playing basketball for him fuses past and present, conjuring his father's memory into a force that opponents can feel in each bone-snapping drive to the basket. On the street, every ballplayer has a story. Onaje X. O. Woodbine, a former streetball player who became an all-star Ivy Leaguer, brings the sights and sounds, hopes and dreams of street basketball to life. He shows that big games have a trickster figure and a master of black talk whose commentary interprets the game for audiences. The beats of hip-hop and reggae make up the soundtrack, and the ballplayers are half-men, half-heroes, defying the ghetto's limitations with their flights to the basket. Basketball is popular among young black American men but not because, as many claim, they are "pushed by poverty" or "pulled" by white institutions to play it. Black men choose to participate in basketball because of the transcendent experience of the game. Through interviews with and observations of urban basketball players, Onaje X. O. Woodbine composes a rare portrait of a passionate, committed, and resilient group of athletes who use the court to mine what urban life cannot corrupt. If people turn to religion to reimagine their place in the world, then black streetball players are indeed the hierophants of the asphalt.




Ghetto Born, God Raised


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Let me ask you a question, do you have a dream or goal? How badly do you want it? Do you want it as badly as you want to breathe? I bet alot of obstacles have come between you and your dream, forcing you to want to just give up. But, as the saying goes, a true champion gets up and continues to fight even if he knows he has no visible chance of winning. Are you a true champion? This is the story of Eric Sparks; a young man from the ghetto who dreams of going to the prestigious Harvard University; everything seems to be going perfect for him. But, when his foolproof work-school plan takes a turn for the worse in his final year of college, he is forced to turn to rethink his game plan. Eric has to go home to a broken home in a community society has given up all hope on. Eric starts to fall for Vanessa and as things get complicated with his girlfriend Karina. His grades start to take a nose dive and he continues to lose more control of what was once his perfect world. With the past and present keeping knocking Eric off balance A new twist around every corner Eric is left powerless and now must depend on a force greater than himself. Will Eric be able to believe in the concept that he preaches that he wants to succeed as bad as he wants to breathe? Will he see his dream a reality or .




Ghetto Revival


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When twelve-year-old Sherza, an exceptional student, walks out with his father in Saint Louis, Missouri, he sees a boy about his age who appears to be homeless. Sherza, a Christian, wants to help him, although his father is hesitant. He warns Sherza that the child could be involved in criminal activity, and does not want him involved with anyone with that background. Sherza persists in his desire to help the young boy and, going against his own better judgment, Sherza's father gives his son some money to share with the child. Sherza introduces himself to the thirteen-year-old boy named Cos, who is in fact homeless. Sherza and Cos immediately become friends, and Sherza learns about Cos' life, including his involvement in illegal activities, such as theft, robbery and drug dealing. Then Sherza and Cos are kidnapped, and Sherza is separated from his family. What can he do to save himself? Is there any way, with all of the gangster members around him, that he can escape poverty and crime, and possibly help spawn a Ghetto Revival?




God's Plenty


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A companion volume to Canadian Odyssey: A Reading of Hugh Hood's The New Age, God's Plenty surveys the short fiction of the writer dubbed Canada's Proust. Hugh Hood, an unparalleled stylist, was equally accomplished in short forms and long: this straight-talking assessment of Hood's stories is thorough, insightful, readable, and profound. With its story-by-story breakdown and rigorous engagement with Hood's technique, God's Plenty offers an excellent introduction not just to an undersung master, but to the art of short fiction full stop. W.J. Keith is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto.




How the Hood Was Healed


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The Oxford Handbook of Latino Studies


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At the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, the Latino minority, the biggest and fastest growing in the United States, is at a crossroads. Is assimilation taking place in comparable ways to previous immigrant groups? Are the links to the countries of origin being redefined in the age of contested globalism? The Oxford Handbook of Latino Studies reflects on these questions, offering a sweeping exploration of Latinas and Latinos' complex experiences in the United States. Twenty-four essays discuss various aspects of Latino life and history, from literature, popular culture, and music, to religion, philosophy, and language identity.




Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold


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A witch’s vow. A knight’s quest. A wolf hunting to kill. Once upon a time… Six years ago, Rosa lost her family to a wolf attack during the coldest winter in living memory. But now the wolf is back, as bloodthirsty as ever, and she vows vengeance. Work is hard to find in the dead of winter, and Sir Chase welcomes the chance to slay wolves if it means he’ll have a warm bed and food for the winter. He never counted on having to compete with a woman for his prize. When the wolf proves more than one hunter alone can handle, can the unlikely pair join forces to defeat the menace? Fans of the following authors will enjoy reading these steamy medieval fairytale romances: Lindsay Buroker Neil Gaiman Skye MacKinnon Kiera Cass Amanda Hocking Sarah J Maas Lidiya Foxglove Anne McCaffrey Tamsin Ley Holly Black Juliet Marillier Kylie Chan Leigh Bardugo Laura Thalassa Elise Kova Cassandra Clare George RR Martin Kathryn Le Veque Andrzej Sapkowski