[PDF] Dont Play For The Tie eBook

Author : Marita Golden
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307425606

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“Don’t play in the sun. You’re going to have to get a light-skinned husband for the sake of your children as it is.” In these words from her mother, novelist and memoirist Marita Golden learned as a girl that she was the wrong color. Her mother had absorbed “colorism” without thinking about it. But, as Golden shows in this provocative book, biases based on skin color persist–and so do their long-lasting repercussions. Golden recalls deciding against a distinguished black university because she didn’t want to worry about whether she was light enough to be homecoming queen. A male friend bitterly remembers that he was teased about his girlfriend because she was too dark for him. Even now, when she attends a party full of accomplished black men and their wives, Golden wonders why those wives are all nearly white. From Halle Berry to Michael Jackson, from Nigeria to Cuba, from what she sees in the mirror to what she notices about the Grammys, Golden exposes the many facets of "colorism" and their effect on American culture. Part memoir, part cultural history, and part analysis, Don't Play in the Sun also dramatizes one accomplished black woman's inner journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance and pride.

Author : Meshell Lamonica
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 2010-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1450093558

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He was a thousand years old and has given up on ever meeting his one true love. When his friend invited him to a barbecue, he ran into her! Head strong, fiery, and funny. Could she be the one to claim his heart after all these years? She was a widow trying to keep everyone safe from the world. Her husband had been dead three years and she had no plans to ever, ever fall in love again. Her sister changed that by calling her for dinner. Will love find them both again and make their lives special or will the strange man asking so many questions get his wish and kill them both because they are not of his world? Will he claim the fiery woman for his own and destroy the one she is meant to be with? Keep reading and find out!

Author : Frank Scoblete
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1633191826

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Dice control. The only way to beat the casinos at craps! Frank Scoblete reveals his secrets and takes you step-by-step through his dice control techniques: sets, stance, grip, throw, arc, backspin, landing, proper betting, and the 5-Count. Additionally, Frank exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly betrayals he experienced in 25 years playing with the world's greatest dice controllers. Join the legendary Captain, the father of dice control. Marvel at the greatest dice controller of all time, the woman known as "The Arm" in the roaring days of Atlantic City! Meet today's dice control stars: the Dominator, Jerry "Stickman," Chris "Sharpshooter" Pawlicki, Howard "Rock 'n' Roller," Bill "Ace-10" Burton, Bob "Mr. Finesse," John "Skinny," Nick@Night, Billy "the Kid," Daryl "No Field Five," Arman "Pit Boss," Mark "Dice Pilot," Randy "Randman," and Tim "Timmer." Learn about PARR, the first dice control class created by controversial author Jerry Patterson. Enter the famous Golden Touch dice control school. Meet the great dice control teams: the Captain's Crew, the Lee Brothers, the Five Horsemen, and the tag teams of Marilyn "the Goddess" and Charlie "Sandtrap;" Heavenly Kitten and Star Shine; Pat "Dr. Crapology" and Janis "Alligator Rose." Meet the crooks, the cheats, the scoundrels, and the screw-ups of the dice-control world. Join Frank on his adventures inside the exclusive world of elite dice controllers.

Author : Creed King
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781404173972

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Twenty years since his death, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant is still revered by college football fans everywhere. In this book are more than 200 quotes on winning in business and life, covering such topics as adversity, courage, determination, faith, goals, leadership, and success.

Author : Stephanie Van Orman
Publisher : Stephanie Van Orman
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1990217044

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When a particularly cute prank goes sideways, Shannon finds herself handcuffed to Fletch in an abandoned camp kitchen. He has every reason to be furious with her, and it's her job to diffuse him, not to fall suddenly in love with him. Likewise, Fletch shouldn't be interested in her or finding out what Shannon paints on walls when no one is looking.

Author : MIKE CHRISTIANSEN
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 1619116227

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From blues rhythm guitar to soloing, this book will help you learn in a step by stepmanner to play blues guitar styles similar to greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King, Eric Clapton and others. You will learn the different techniques used in playing blues guitar and how to combine these elements to create your own blues solos and rhythm parts. The book contains sections on the blues progression, comping, power chords, turn-arounds, blues fills, scales, double stops, common blues licks, use of the whammy bar, how to get a blues sound, and how to build ablues guitar solo. The text is written in notation and tablature. Downloadable audio and 110-minute video available online

Author : August Wilson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,70 MB
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0735216681

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From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. Troy Maxson is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s, a spirit that is changing the world Troy Maxson has learned to deal with the only way he can, a spirit that is making him a stranger, angry and afraid, in a world he never knew and to a wife and son he understands less and less. This is a modern classic, a book that deals with the impossibly difficult themes of race in America, set during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. Now an Academy Award-winning film directed by and starring Denzel Washington, along with Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Viola Davis.

Author : John Galsworthy
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 19,37 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1434405141

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906-1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. This volume assembles 25 of his plays: The Silver Box Joy Strife The Eldest Son Justice The Little Dream The Pigeon The Fugitive The Mob A Bit o' Love The Foundations The Skin Game A Family Man Loyalties Windows The Forest Old English The Show Escape The First and the Last The Little Man Hall-Marked Defeat The Sun Punch and Go