Nita Gonzalez takes readers on a terrifying tour of the streets of North Philadelphia, where the code of the streets rules supreme. Told in such vivid detail and with a gritty and compelling style, this story of mayhem in the City of Brotherly Love is soon to be a hood classic. Raised by a crack addict, Lil' Bert has a chip on his shoulder and murder in his heart. As the leader of Philly's most dangerous drug gang, he is determined to keep the city's...

"Epic Homesteading is the ultimate guide to starting a modern, high-tech homestead with advice on growing and preserving food, raising chickens and bees, utilizing solar power, harvesting rainwater, and so much more"--

The "Free The Mayor Campaign" was a success! But, how long can he remain a free man? Brick City's infamous kingpin known as the Mayor is shockingly released after serving twelve consecutive summers of the lifelong incarceration that he was originally sentenced to. He owes all thanks to his larger than life, ghetto fabulous attorney, Tony Austin. The twelve year layoff has the Mayor feeling as if the streets miss him and his prosperous hustle game.

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When a set-up goes wrong and Six finds herself sleeping with the enemy, who will she choose: the man she loves or the man she's supposed to hate?--P. [4] of cover.

"With wonder and a sense of humor, Kelly Brenner aims to help us rediscover our connection to the natural world that is just outside our front door--we just need to know where to look. Through explorations of a rich, varied urban landscape, Brenner reveals the complex micro-habitats and surprising nature that exists in the middle of a city. In her hometown of Seattle, which has plowed down hills, cut through the land to connect fresh- and saltwater,...

Growing up in difficult circumstances in the hood, Mikayla meets Jeremiah, who has also led a troubled life, and the pair discover that love can blossom anywhere.

Since the beginning of civilization humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. Wilson looks to the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis. We are at last acknowledging that human engineering is not enough to protect us from extremes of weather. Wilson takes us to places where efforts to rewild the city are under...

"Brielle Montgomery returns with more scandal, more secrets, and more deception. In The Appraisal 2, everyone is out for one thing: revenge. Over a year has passed, but the time spent in jail has done nothing to soften the hatred in Jayla's heart. After Jasmine's betrayal, it's only a matter of time before Jayla can give her a taste of her own medicine. The opportunity arises when Sheila Weston, the senator's wife, intervenes, offering Jayla an assignment...

Jamal "Prince" Perkins is on a mission to let the world see into his unstable, single-parent home and walk you down the life-threatening neighborhood streets he wants to control.

Chunichi's California Connection 3 is a pulse-pounding tale that finds Jewel with a bun in the oven and a federal case pending against her!
?Jewel climbed up the heap to become queen of the streets, diva of all divas. But now that she's expecting a baby, she's concerned about just one thing—giving her child a good life, away from the guns, the drugs and the lies. However, that also means a life away from the glitz and glam that Jewel still...