In Love With The King Of Harlem

Author : Jahquel J
Publisher : Urban Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645561620

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In Love with the King of Harlem by Jahquel J Pdf

Qua loves Wynner. Wynner loves Qua. Easy enough, right? But Wynner comes with two brothers who can't stand Qua with their baby sister. In spite of it all, Qua grabs Wynner's hand and marries her at the courthouse. Flash forward five years, and Qua has kept all his promises to Wynner, supporting her through constant illness. As a wife, she's supposed to nurture and cater to her husband, but she's always sick, and she feels like less than a wife. When Qua's childhood friend comes to the city, she's sure to shake things up between the couple. Will they take their vows to heart? Uzi is feared by everything with a beating heart in New York. He has no time for a steady woman, but when Remi, a smart-talking bartender at his favorite strip club catches his eye, he chases her like a lion does an antelope. Remi is so over men wasting her time that she doesn't want to play. Will Uzi eventually shoot an arrow in her heart? Remi's younger sister, Tweeti, was always overlooked as a child. Now, all the boys who played her for being plus-sized are the same men chasing her. Tweeti doesn't know what she wants to do with her life. One week she wants to save lives; then the next she wants to take them. When Jahquel rolls into her life, she's taken aback. Will he eventually capture her heart? In New York where you gotta go hard, these kings need to reign with an iron fist. Will they do it with or without queens?

Author : Jahquel Jahquel J.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983903000

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In Love with the King of Harlem 3 by Jahquel Jahquel J. Pdf

In Love With The King Of Harlem 3

Author : Jahquel Jahquel J.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983779458

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In Love with the King of Harlem 2 by Jahquel Jahquel J. Pdf

In Love With The King Of Harlem 2

Author : Jahquel Jahquel J.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1986739155

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In Love with the King of Harlem 5 by Jahquel Jahquel J. Pdf

Wynner is excited about becoming a mother for the second time. With Prize taking up all her time and love, she has no time for negativity. That is until Olay pops back into her marriage, but with a threat that could tear her family apart. Knowing that Olay's mouth has ability to tear apart the McKnight empire, Wynner is left with only one choice; death. Is Wynner tough enough to roll her sleeves up and handle the situation? Or will she flake and depend on her brothers to handle her problems once again? With Olay popping back up into her life, it causes her to feel a certain way about her husband. Will this cause the couple to go backwards? Or is their marriage strong enough to get through this?Jah is left with the news that he could have a daughter by the woman who put him in the wheelchair. Determined to ignore the situation, he continues to keep Tweeti in the dark to avoid her stressing his baby out. What happens when a situation forces him to stop ignoring Zuri? Will this secret put a strain on his and Tweeti's relationship? Or are they solid enough to go through anything? When it's all said and done, will Jah be a father to two? During Rehab, Jah meets a new friend Sky. At first it starts off friendly, then the lines get blurry. Does Jah jeopardize everything he and Tweeti has?Lira decides to throw out the secret she's been keeping for years and didn't expect to nearly be killed. When Uzi finds out that his precious Paris may not be his, he loses his mind. Determined to find out the truth, he gets his daughter tested. Do the results prove what Lira has been hiding this entire time, or is Paris truly a McKnight? If that's not enough, he has to deal with Remi running the streets, coming in early in the morning and trying to be the Bonnie to his Clyde. Trying to get her to understand that the streets isn't something to play with, it falls on deaf ears. When Remi gets herself wrapped into something that could potentially kill both her and Tweeti, will Uzi run to save her? Or is he behind the whole thing?In the finale, the gang is back to answer some questions that were left unresolved. Will everyone get their happy ending, or will only one woman be in love with the king of Harlem?

Author : Federico García Lorca
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0811216225

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The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca by Federico García Lorca Pdf

The landmark poetry of Federico García Lorca in a bilingual edition and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner W. S. Merwin.

Author : Djanet Sears
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1927922674

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Harlem Duet by Djanet Sears Pdf

Set in Harlem in the 1860s, 1928 and the 1990s, this prelude to Shakespeare's Othello tells the story of Othello's relationship with his first wife.

Author : Joseph H. Holland
Publisher : Lantern Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781590563236

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From Harlem with Love by Joseph H. Holland Pdf

As a diplomat's son, star athlete, and Harvard Law School graduate, in the early 1980s Joseph Holland had a world of opportunities awaiting him on Wall Street and in corporate America. Instead, Holland moved to the inner city, driven by a divine calling full of unfolding mystery and challenge. He found himself in Harlem during the nadir of its blight and endeavored to contribute to a neighborhood that was tough in every sense of the word. A Republican among Democrats, a privileged Southern scion among working-class Northerners, Holland earned his stripes as an entrepreneur/activist embracing a vision of personal and community transformation. A five-year sojourn became a three-decade commitment, as his Harlem-based career morphed from practicing law to empowering the homeless, to running small businesses, to writing plays, to serving in politics, to building housing--all aimed at revitalizing a beaten-down, dream-deferred cultural mecca haunted by poignant memories of its glory days in the early twentieth century.

Author : Mayme Hatcher Johnson,Karen E. Quinones Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : African American criminals
ISBN : NWU:35556039374988

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Harlem Godfather by Mayme Hatcher Johnson,Karen E. Quinones Miller Pdf

"The first and only full biography on legendary Harlem gangster, Bumpy Johnson who was depicted in the movies Cotton Club, Hoodlum, and American Gansgster. ... Bumpy was a man whose contradictions are still the root of many an argument in Harlem. But there is one thing on which both his supporters and detractors agree in his lifetime, Bumpy was the man in Harlem." --p. [4] of cover.

Author : James Baldwin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525566120

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If Beale Street Could Talk (Movie Tie-In) by James Baldwin Pdf

A stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime—"a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless" (The New York Times Book Review). "One of the best books Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all." —The Philadelphia Inquirer Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions—affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.

Author : Daniel R. Day
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525510536

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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn’t just about fashion. It’s about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud.”—Ava DuVernay, director of Selma, 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VANITY FAIR • DAPPER DAN NAMED ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time. Decade after decade, Dapper Dan discovered creative ways to flourish in a country designed to privilege certain Americans over others. He witnessed, profited from, and despised the rise of two drug epidemics. He invented stunningly bold credit card frauds that took him around the world. He paid neighborhood kids to jog with him in an effort to keep them out of the drug game. And when he turned his attention to fashion, he did so with the energy and curiosity with which he approaches all things: learning how to treat fur himself when no one would sell finished fur coats to a Black man; finding the best dressed hustler in the neighborhood and converting him into a customer; staying open twenty-four hours a day for nine years straight to meet demand; and, finally, emerging as a world-famous designer whose looks went on to define an era, dressing cultural icons including Eric B. and Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Mike Tyson, Alpo Martinez, LL Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Diddy, Naomi Campbell, and Jay-Z. By turns playful, poignant, thrilling, and inspiring, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than seventy years and set against the backdrop of an America where, as in the life of its narrator, the only constant is change. Praise for Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem “Dapper Dan is a true one of a kind, self-made, self-liberated, and the sharpest man you will ever see. He is couture himself.”—Marcus Samuelsson, New York Times bestselling author of Yes, Chef “What James Baldwin is to American literature, Dapper Dan is to American fashion. He is the ultimate success saga, an iconic fashion hero to multiple generations, fusing street with high sartorial elegance. He is pure American style.”—André Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor and author

Author : Eric LeRoy Wilson
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0871299852

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They Sing Christmas Up in Harlem by Eric LeRoy Wilson Pdf

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385545143

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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel is “fast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny ... about race, power and the history of Harlem all disguised as a thrill-ride crime novel" (San Francisco Chronicle). "Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time. Cash is tight, especially with all those installment-plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace, Ray doesn't ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who doesn't ask questions, either. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa—the "Waldorf of Harlem"—and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do. Now Ray has a new clientele, one made up of shady cops, vicious local gangsters, two-bit pornographers, and other assorted Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he begins to see who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

Author : Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467790451

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The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Pdf

In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch—a book itch. How to scratch it? He started a bookstore in Harlem and named it the National Memorial African Bookstore. And as far as Lewis Michaux Jr. could tell, his father's bookstore was one of a kind. People from all over came to visit the store, even famous people—Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, and Langston Hughes, to name a few. In his father's bookstore people bought and read books, and they also learned from each other. People swapped and traded ideas and talked about how things could change. They came together here all because of his father's book itch. Read the story of how Lewis Michaux Sr. and his bookstore fostered new ideas and helped people stand up for what they believed in.

Author : Jonathan Gill
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802195944

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Harlem by Jonathan Gill Pdf

“An exquisitely detailed account of the 400-year history of Harlem.” —Booklist, starred review Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem’s twentieth-century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson’s first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem’s years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, Gill traces the neighborhood’s story, marshaling a tremendous wealth of detail and a host of fascinating figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem’s mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth, and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. Extensively researched, impressively synthesized, eminently readable, and overflowing with captivating characters, Harlem is a “vibrant history” and an impressive achievement (Publishers Weekly). “Comprehensive and compassionate—an essential text of American history and culture.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “It’s bound to become a classic or I’ll eat my hat!” —Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

Author : Eleanora E. Tate
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316040464

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Celeste's Harlem Renaissance by Eleanora E. Tate Pdf

When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina for scary, big-city life. While Celeste experiences the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, she eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.