Defending Champ

Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984836935
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
In this follow up to Triple Threat, New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica takes us to the soccer field in another empowering story--now in paperback! Fresh off her football victory as QB, twelve-year-old Alex Carlisle is on cloud nine. But with football season over, Alex is ready to get back on the field on the spring for soccer. But after tryouts, with Alex back on her old team, she and her teammates find out that athletic funding has been cut in Orrville, and girls soccer is one of the first teams to go. Now, Alex knows playing soccer is about more than just healthy competition—it’s about fighting for their right to play. Why should the girls team be first to get cut? So the soccer girls hatch a plan. The girls team versus the boys team; if the girls can raise enough money, they will fund their own season. But Alex soon realizes that her plan to save the girls team has consequences. Will Alex be able to figure out a way so that everyone gets the chance to play? Or will the girls be the ones left out?

Millionaire Wives Club

Author: Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker
Publisher: Dafina Books
ISBN: 0758283733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478

Book Description
Married to a pro-football star who isn't in love with her anymore, Evan is fighting hard to hold on to her husband. Since her husband's suspension, Milan is watching her wealth disappear, but her feelings for Evan's husband are on the rise... Divorced from a former boxing champion, Jaise is raising her son alone and running a business. But her heart is running on empty... Editor of the top black women's magazine, Chaunci is now engaged to the powerful man who helped finance her when she was a struggling single mum. But when a past love reappears, will she risk everything to try again?

Juggernaut

Author: Adam Baker
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250017661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
"A high-voltage shock to the system. It's smart, witty, crammed with action and disturbingly plausible. Highly recommended." –Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Assassin's Code A brilliant, gripping portrait of survival in the face of complete annihilation. THEY SEARCHED FOR GOLD. THEY FOUND DEATH. Iraq 2005. Seven mercenaries hear an enticing rumor: somewhere, abandoned in the swirling desert sands, lies an abandoned Republican Guard convoy containing millions of pounds of Saddam's gold. They form an unlikely crew of battle-scarred privateers, killers and thieves, veterans of a dozen war zones, each of them anxious to make one last score before their luck runs out. After liberating the sole surviving Guard member from US capture, the team makes their way to the ancient ruins where the convoy was last seen. Although all seems eerily quiet and deserted when they arrive, they soon find themselves caught in a desperate battle for their lives, confronted by greed, betrayal, and an army that won't stay dead. An unputdownable military thriller that SFFworld.com called "Three Kings meets The Walking Dead," Juggernaut is a heart-pounding, fast-paced read that doesn't let up until the last page.

What's His Is Mine

Author: Daaimah S. Poole
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758262744
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Essence(r) bestselling author Daaimah S. Poole delivers an outrageously sexy tale of three women out to marry rich. And they don't just want half--they want it all . . . Life as a pro athlete's baby mama isn't bringing in the big money Adrienne Sheppard expected. Now she's determined to get wifed. . . Young Zakiya Lee will do anything to escape living with her troubled sister. . . Tanisha Butler needs to redeem her one mistake--and reclaim her man. . . And sports reporter Cherise Long has a "no athletes" romance rule. But as different as these women are, they can't resist the same temptation: to win the ultimate gold ring. . . Soon Zakiya is pregnant by the NBA's hottest new draft pick--but the pressures of 24/7 fame are driving her to the brink. The superstar Tanisha left behind is playing the field. And the NFL pro Cherise gave her heart to is trapped into marrying his greedy baby mama: Adrienne. . .and Adrienne will do whatever it takes to keep him. Now all four women will find that the price of wealth is higher than they expected. . . Praise for Somebody Else's Man "A definite must read." --Candice Dow Praise for A Rich Man's Baby "Colorful. . .if you love scandal, this is the book for you!" --Anna J "Everything that glitters damn sure ain't gold in Daaimah's new delivery of drama!" --Mias

Arafat, a Political Biography

Author: Alan Hart
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253327116
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 556

Book Description

Cold Steel Rain

Author: Kenneth Abel
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628158158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 437

Book Description
Nothing stays dead in New Orleans. Not for long, anyway… No one knows this better than ex-district attorney Danny Chaisson—the dead show up in his bathroom mirror every morning, staring right back at him with hollow eyes. Chaisson is the legman for Jimmy Boudrieux, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, for whom dirty dealing is more than just a way of life. So when Danny makes his regular pick-up of a briefcase full of handguns at a downtown Vietnamese restaurant, leaves the room for a moment, and returns to find a bloodbath, he knows the next bullet has his name on it. And nobody—least of all Boudrieux or the crooked cops who control the NOPD—is going to lift a finger to help him. From the bestselling author of Bait: “A scorcher . . . clever, tough and terrific enough to make you comb publishers’ lists for his next.”—Time Out

Sacred Tears

Author: Roderic Grigson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491816600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
1982 and Sami is far from home, trapped in war-torn Beirut, a city under siege by the Israelis. All he wants is to go home to his family in Sri Lanka but in order to stay alive he must learn to kill. David, a captain in the Sri Lankan army, is sent to the steamy jungles in the north of the country as punishment for an indiscretion and is thrown into the brutal insurrection by militant separatist Tamil Tigers. As civil war erupts in Sri Lanka and tears this once peaceful nation apart, Davids love, the beautiful Priyani makes a difficult choice and the paths of these two men cross on opposing sides of the struggle. They must plumb the depths of their courage and question their beliefs about right and wrong. Sacred Tears, the first in a trilogy, is a powerful and evocative depiction of Sri Lankas great beauty and recent tumultuous history. It will take you inside the story of this ancient nation and into the heart of a gripping human struggle.

Resisting the Sheik's Commands

Author: Elizabeth Lennox
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox
ISBN: 1944078924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
Can she resist the man…or is he the solution? Softhearted Ilara is shocked when Sheik Jabril of Piara, her country’s worst enemy, walks into her office. What was even more shocking was when he tells her that her country, her precious Ditra, is in danger. In order to prove him wrong, she travels with him to Ditra, only to discover that things are worse than either of them knew. With the dangerous but alluring Sheik Jabril at her side, Ilara tries to figure out a way to stop her destructive uncle. Unfortunately, the only option is so outrageous, she rejects it immediately. But…it really is the only way! Be seduced by this story of passion and hope, despair and excitement!

Curriculum for Black Parents

Author: Yejide Muhammad
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1639376453
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
About the Book Curriculum for Black Parents is an instructional curriculum for teachers and childhood education professionals who facilitate parenting groups on how best to raise, nurture, support, and care for their children. Unlike most parenting curricula, Curriculum for Black Parents acknowledges how racism and racial injustice affect Black parents and Black children, highlighting the fears and struggles that are particular to Black families. About the Author Yejide Muhammad was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and grew up in Boston. She attended the University of Massachusetts, and graduated earning a master’s degree in education in the field of Counseling Psychology. She holds two licenses as a professional counselor, LADC1 and LCDP. Muhammad started her own private practice providing non-traditional counseling that includes a cultural and spiritual approach, specifically aiding African American communities and families. Muhammad is a mother of three adult sons.

Make Me Hot

Author: Marissa Monteilh
Publisher: Dafina Books
ISBN: 9780758211217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Morgan Bayley has always had a distinctive look. As a girl she was painfully thin, gawky and insecure enough to be seduced by the first boy who showed her attention. This one encounter left her a teenage mother. But now, at 39, she has a fulfilling career, a nice home and a successful daughter, but she still struggles with her self-esteem. When Morgan's best friend enters her in a TV makeover show, Morgan refuses to participate, but when she discovers her boyfriend has been logging on to beautifulgirls.com, she changes her mind and the transformation begins...