100%: The Story of a Patriot is a book of fictional responses to Sinclair's real-life social and economic concerns. It tells the story of Peter Gudge, a poor young man who becomes embroiled in industrial spying and sabotage. Said to be based upon a real case of a bombing in San Francisco, Peter's tale is compelling reading. The story of the White Terror, and how "big business" pulled off the stunt of landing the "reds" in jail. It is the inside story of a "secret agent," and deals with half a do...
The Cockroach Dance (Longman African Writers) (African Classics S.)
by Meja Mwangi
The story of one man's resistance to a system and society run by faceless ones. Dusman Gonzaga lives in a squalid tenement building overrun with cockroaches and inhabited by strange characters. His is a world of poverty, fights, bar women and visits to a doctor who doesn't understand him.
Anna J.'s riveting Hell's Diva series continues as Mecca Skyes returns to take her ultimate revenge on the only person she ever thought she could trust. . . Beautiful Mecca was only a kid when her parents were killed, and she was saved from the rough streets of Brooklyn when her aunt, Ruby, "the godmother of crime," took her in. Ruby rubbed out the goons that murdered Mecca's parents and everything seemed fine--until Ruby betrayed Mecca by sleeping with her man, setting in motion a series of e...
In the tradition of Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim comes A Pimp's Life, the story of the rise and fall of Mack Jones. He's at the top of his pimp game in Queens, New York, until he breaks one of the cardinal rules of Pimping 101 and falls in love with one of his girls. Destiny was once an innocent young girl tricked into selling her body, but now she's as tough as the most seasoned professionals on the street. Then a tragic turn of events causes her to open her heart once again. When Mack is...
For Mike Black and his organization, protecting their businesses from jealous rivals is nothing new. This time, however, things are getting personal.  Freeze, a longtime member of the organization is dead, and Nick is having a hard time dealing with it. Mike gives him a simple job to keep his mind occupied: deliver money to help out a grieving grandmother. But when Nick visits the woman and learns that her granddaughter’s death has been written off by law enforcement as a drug-related death,...
He Was a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (He Was a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, #1)
by Brina Nichole
