A Man After Her Heart


Book Description

In this book of poetry in which I have created represent my love and appreciation for black women and this is just how I feel as a writer and as a black man and as a human being and I hope that my love poems about black women truly reflect what love black women would want from black men and what it could possibly be to all black women worldwide I honor and adore you.




Melanie the Melanin Queen


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Melanie is done with being called ugly, darky, and tar baby. And she's done allowing those words to hurt her feelings. Being a black girl is tough as it is, but when you're teased by your classmates because of the shade of your brown skin, it makes it a lot tougher. After following an Instagram model who seemed confident about her dark brown skin, the 14 year old freshmen decides that she's going to re-define her own beauty. The melanin queen movement is born and Melanie is inspiring girls across the Paradise Academy campus to confidently embrace their shade of beautiful brown skin, too.




Black Queens Are Born in December: Black Queens Born in December Blank Lined Notebook


Book Description

Are you a Black Queen with melanin poppin? Are you a man married to an Ebony Goddess? This cool African American girl wearing her crown blank lined note book will make a great gift for Black history Month or Kwanzaa. Can be used for poetry, note taking, writing lists and song writing 120 Pages High Quality Paper 6




Melusi's Everyday Zulu


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Duduza. Bopha. Imbiza. Phapha. Asixoliseni. Amapopeye . . . What is the power of a single word? Six days a week, advertising creative Melusi Tshabalala posts a Zulu word on his Everyday Zulu Facebook page and tells a story about it. His off-beat sense of humour, razor-sharp social observations and frank political commentary not only teaches his followers isiZulu but also offer insight into the world Melusi inhabits as a 21st century Zulu man. Over the past few months he has built up a big and a loyal following that include radio host Jenny Crwys-Williams and Afrikaans author Marita van der Vyfer. He pokes fun at our differences and makes us laugh at ourselves and each other. Melusi asks critical questions of everyone, from Aunty Helen, Dudu-Zille to Silili (Cyril Ramaphosa) and even Woolworths (why are their aircons always set on 'jou moer'?) His fans love him for his honesty and commitment to pointing out subtle and overt forms of prejudice and racism. Melusi's Everyday Zulu holds up a mirror that shows South African society in all its flaws and its sheer humanity. Most importantly, he shows the power of words and that there's um'zulu in all of us!




Turned Out By a Certified Boss


Book Description

Sage is the ideal girl—young and intelligent with many goals and ambitions. Graduating high school two years early, she follows her heart and ambitions to DC to attend college while staying close to her first love. Two years in, she’s heartbroken when her boyfriend does everything but give her a faithful and honest love. Refusing to let his infidelities break her, she vows never to let another get close enough to break her heart. It’s a perfect plan that has her feeling strong, independent, and on top of her game, until she comes face to face with a temptation she can’t resist. Her mind tells her to run the other way, but her heart has her hooked on a vibe she can’t let go. Will she risk it all for another shot at love? Theophilus London, better known as Op, is determined to change the course of his life. Recently returning to school to finish a degree in business, he vows to stay as far away from the family business as possible because he wants so much more than the street life. When a family situation takes an unexpected turn for the worse, Op sees the opportunity to use book smarts to run his family’s street empire like no other. Turns out that school is kicking Op’s butt, and just when he’s ready to throw his hands up and go with plan B, a fine, tempting reinforcement falls right into his lap, making him want to major in the mastery of all things Sage. When their pasts refuse to let them go, they find themselves fighting for the freedom to explore their new love, fighting to shake the very people that broke their hearts in the first place. One wrong step traps Op in a lose-lose position that leaves Sage questioning everything she thought she knew about him. Meanwhile, Sage falls into a setup that she never saw coming until it was too late. Can two broken hearts mend each other? Will Op and Sage be able to put the pieces of one another back together without fumbling them? Will the complete truth resolve all their problems or make an unusual situation even worse? These questions and more will be answered in the first part of the Turned out by a Certified Boss trilogy.




Black Queens Are Born in November: Black Queens Born in November Blank Lined Notebook


Book Description

Are you a Black Queen with melanin poppin? Are you a man married to an Ebony Goddess? This cool African American girl wearing her crown blank lined note book will make a great gift for Black history Month or Kwanzaa. Can be used for poetry, note taking, writing lists and song writing 120 Pages High Quality Paper 6




Transcripts to Her: Love Notes to my Future Wife


Book Description

This book incorporates modern day love letters/lost journal entries that display my love for a beautiful, eccentric black woman, that has no idea that I am in love with her. I am manifesting the woman of my dreams and detailing every powerful trait that she possess with each word that is being written.




This Game We Play 2


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Tori falls hard for Vonte and dreams up an outrageous scheme to keep him from Alex. After all her best friend does owe her that much right? Knowing Alex is to blame for most of her failed relationships Tori can no longer hide her anger and sorrow. Tired of living in Alex's shadow Tori's true colors soon show and whether it paints a pretty picture or not is the last of her concerns. Even with disturbing news about Nick, Alex still can't seem to move forward with her life. Is it because of guilt or pain? She still feels responsible for Nick's accident and the thought that there is two sides to every story constantly circles her mind. Alex finds herself comparing love as her heart is reaching for both Nick and Vonte while also trying to keep her family bonded. Vonte is ready to act on his feelings for Alex, but first he has to piece his self together. Furious about his sister's pregnancy he feels his state of mind is no good for Alex and finds himself back to what was last familiar. Brandon feels his last mistake may have cost him everything. Between Darcy and Letti it's clear he can't keep one without losing the other. Without anyone to turn to he battles with his pride, wondering if he's really ready to take on the new responsibilities he's made for himself. Follow as these four friends find out the hard way that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.




The Queens' English


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A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community’s contributions to the English language—an intersectional, inclusive, playfully illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms and fabulous phrases created by and for queer culture. Do you know where “yaaaas queen!” comes from? Do you know the difference between a bear and a wolf? Do you know what all the letters in LGBTQIA+ stand for? The Queens’ English is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that define and celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture. This modern dictionary provides an in-depth look at queer language, from terms influenced by celebrated lesbian poet Sappho and from New York’s underground queer ball culture in the 1980s to today's celebration of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The glossary of terms is supported by full-color illustrations and photography throughout, as well as real-life usage examples for those who don't quite know how to use “kiki,” “polysexual,” or “transmasculine” in a sentence. A series of educational lessons highlight key people and events that shaped queer language; readers will learn the linguistic importance of pronouns, gender identity, Stonewall, the Harlem Renaissance, and more. For every queen in your life—the men, women, gender non-conforming femmes, butches, daddies, and zaddies—The Queens’ English is at once an education and a celebration of queer history, identity, and the limitless imagination of the LGBTQIA+ community.




My Melanin


Book Description

The purpose of this book is to encourage young women of color to embrace their natural features by promoting self-love. This book will teach young women of color how to love themselves, while society doesn't, by way of acknowledging their features, melanin skin tones and hair textures. This book will encourage young women of color to look in the mirror and say, I love me! This book will give women of all ages an acronym to follow by which is Modest, Empowered, Level-headed, Ambitious, Notable, Inspired, and Natural.