Ain't No Makin' It (Large Print 16pt)
Ain't No Makin' It (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Jay MacLeod

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 9781458781536

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This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy; how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of Ain't No Makin' It Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the ''Brothers'' and the ''Hallway Hangers.'' Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved readers and challenged ethnic stereotypes. MacLeod's return eight years later, and the resulting 1995 revision, revealed little improvement in the lives of these men as they struggled in the labor market and crime-ridden underground economy. The third edition of this classic ethnography of social reproduction brings the story of inequality and social mobility into today's dialogue. Now fully updated with thirteen new interviews from the original Hallway Hangers and Brothers, as well as new theoretical analysis and comparison to the original conclusions, Ain't No Makin' It remains an admired and invaluable text.

Ghetto Girls Too (Large Print 16pt)
Ghetto Girls Too (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Anthony Whyte

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-09-27

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 1459603095

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The best of the street chronicles today, Ghetto Girls Too is a wonderfully hypnotic adventure that delves into the convoluted minds of criminals and the dark world of police corruption. Yet, there is something thrilling and surprisingly tender about this ongoing young-adult saga filled with mad flava. This latest installment of the popular, action-packed series follows Coco as her fortunes take a turn for the worse as she faces a looming threat while on the brink of fame. Simultaneously struggling with her own potential handicap and her mother's precarious sobriety, Coco calls on Deedee to help decode an enigmatic message from Miss Katie. Meanwhile, Deedee is in a quandary of her own, as she discovers that her uncle has been having a relationship with Josephine and sets her sights on reuniting him with his former fiance. The tension escalates as Eric Ascot continues to be pursued by the police, who are dead-set on framing him in a multiple murder plot, and the story speeds to its explosive and shocking end.

Goodbye 20th Century (Large Print 16pt)
Goodbye 20th Century (Large Print 16pt)

Author: David Browne

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 1458778878

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Rising from the drug-infested streets of '80s New York City, the incomparable Sonic Youth recorded some of the most important albums in alternative music history and influenced an entire generation of indie rockers. They helped spawn an alternative arts scene of underground films and comics, conceptual art, experimental music, even fashion. More than perhaps any band of their time, they brought art previously considered ''fringe'' into the mainstream - and irrevocably altered the cultural zeitgeist. Based on extensive research, exclusive band interviews, and unprecedented access to unreleased recordings and documents, Goodbye 20th Century is the definitive biography of the Velvet Underground of their generation.

Once in a Blue Moon (Large Print 16pt)
Once in a Blue Moon (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Eileen Goudge

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1459617142

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Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are sisters who have known hardship from an early age, when their mother was sent to prison and they were separated and sent into foster care. Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her little sister.When they are finally reunited, neither sister’s expectations are met. Kerrie Ann feels intimidated by the “classy,” more educated Lindsay, while Lindsay is dismayed by Kerrie Ann’s streetwise ways. They immediately clash as Lindsay becomes threatened by Kerrie Ann. Simultaneously, Kerrie Ann struggles with the prospect of losing both her home and her boyfriend and is thrown into even further turmoil when her daughter’s foster parents put in a petition to adopt her. As the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are drawn together despite their differences.

Streets of New York Volume III (Large Print 16pt)
Streets of New York Volume III (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Erick S Gray

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1459604075

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In the trilogy's previous entry, jealousy ignited long-simmering tensions between Promise, Squeeze, and Show, leading to an all-out gang war. Streets Of New York Volume 3 finds the neighborhood reeling from the pain of losing a son and brother to ...

Well (Large Print 16pt)
Well (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Lisa Kron

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1458781291

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The acclaimed writer/performer Lisa Kron's newest work is all about her Mom. It explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of her mother's extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself. In this solo show with other people in it, Kron asks the provocative question; Are we responsible for our own illness? But the answers she gets are much more complicated than she bargained for when the play spins dangerously out of control into riotously funny and unexpected territory.

Jay-Z (the Library of Hip-Hop Biographies) (Large Print 16pt)
Jay-Z (the Library of Hip-Hop Biographies) (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Bridget Heos

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1459621832

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Jay-Z is more than a successful hip-hop artist. He is a businessman. He's sold over 33 million albums, is part owner of the New Jersey Nets, and is a co-founder of the Roc-A-Fella Records. Growing up in the projects in Brooklyn, Jay-Z overcame family hardship and adversity to become one of the most successful hip-hop artists of all time....

The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review (Large Print 16pt)
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Danielle Ofri

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 1458780554

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Founded just six years ago, Bellevue Literary Review is already widely recognized as a rare forum for emerging and celebrated writers - Julia Alvarez, Raphael Campo, Rick Moody and Abraham Verghese among them - on issues of health and healing. Gat...

The Ghost Trap: A Novel (Large Print 16pt)
The Ghost Trap: A Novel (Large Print 16pt)

Author: K. Stephens

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1458783979

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Stephens gives the reader an unvarnished view of the subculture of lobster fishermen in small - town coastal Maine. - James Acheson' author of The Lobster Gangs of Maine Stephens has a wonderful clear eye for people' especially Maine people' and The Ghost Trap is populated with dozens from all walks of Maine life. - Bill Roorbach' author of Temple Stream A salty' tangy read. . . . Stephens plunges you into the back - breaking' heart - breaking life of one lobsterman. - Richard Grant' author of Another Green World Stephens nails harbor life down to the unwritten rules and defense of imaginary territory lines. . . . Peppered with dark humor and brutal honesty' The Ghost Trap gives it to you straight' the way life should be. - Ryan Post' fourth - generation lobsterman' creator of Mainebuggin.

13/5 (Large Print 16pt)
13/5 (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Nevada Barr

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1458774147

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In 1971, the state of Minnesota was rocked by the ''Butcher Boy'' incident, as coverage of a family brutally murdered by one of their own swept across newspapers and television screens nationwide. Now, in present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at yet another lonely crossroads in her life. No stranger to tragedy, Polly was a runaway at the age of fifteen, escaping a nightmarish Mississippi childhood. Lonely, that is, until she encounters architect Marshall Marchand. Polly is immediately smitten. She finds him attractive, charming, and intelligent. Marshall, a lifelong bachelor, spends most of his time with his brother Danny. When Polly's two young daughters from her previous marriage are likewise taken with Marshall, she marries him. However, as Polly begins to settle into her new life, she becomes uneasy about her husband's increasing dark moods, fearing that Danny may be influencing Marshall in ways she cannot understand. But what of the ominous prediction by a New Orleans tarot card reader, who proclaims that Polly will murder her husband? What, if any, is the Marchands' connection to the infamous ''Butcher Boy'' multiple homicide? And could Marshall and his eccentric brother.