Age Aint Nothing But A Number

Author : Wilbert A. Brown Jr.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age Ain't Nothing but a Number written by Wilbert A. Brown Jr. and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number By: Wilbert A. Brown Jr. Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number is a story about two people, Brian and Nia, finding true love despite their age difference. Surrounded by a neighborhood being taken over by drugs and violence, they make a way for themselves and show their naysayers that love and goodness can prevail above all.

Author : Carleen Brice
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807028230
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age Ain't Nothing but a Number written by Carleen Brice and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a collection that celebrates, considers, contemplates, even criticizes'midlife' from a black woman's point of view. Age Ain't Nothing but a Number ranges over every aspect of black women's lives: personal growth, family and friendship, love and sexuality, health, beauty, illness, spirituality, creativity, financial independence, work, and scores of other topics. Midlife today isn't your grandmother's'change of life.' Today, black women call hot flashes 'power surges,' and menopause, the 'pause that refreshes.' These days, middle-aged women may be newlyweds or new mothers, as well as grandmothers or widows. They may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the 'return-to-the-nest syndrome' as adult children move back home. They may navigate the field of Internet dating, travel the world, teach homeless women, take up pottery, or study international business. This anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Nikki Giovanni, Susan L. Taylor, Alice Walker, and dozens of others, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number will make readers think, laugh, and cry and will be the perfect gift book for spring.

Author : Kathy Iandoli
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982156864
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah written by Kathy Iandoli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a definitive and “excellent homage to a star who left this planet too soon” (Questlove), the life, career, tragic death, and evolution of Aaliyah into a music legend are explored—now updated with new material featuring in-depth research and exclusive interviews. By twenty-two years old, Aaliyah had already accomplished a staggering amount: hit records, acclaimed acting roles, and fame that was just about to cross over into superstardom. Like her song, she was already “more than a woman” but her shocking death in a plane crash prevented her from fully growing into one. Now, two decades later, the full story of Aaliyah’s life and cultural impact is finally and lovingly revealed. Baby Girl features never-before-told stories, including studio anecdotes, personal tales, and eyewitness accounts on the events leading up to her untimely passing. Her enduring influence on today’s artists—such as Rihanna, Drake, Normani, and many more—is also celebrated, providing Aaliyah’s discography a cultural critique that is long overdue. “There’s no better way to pay your respect to R&B’s true angel than to lose yourself in the pages” (Kim Osorio, journalist and author of Straight from the Source) of this “dazzling biography” (Publishers Weekly) that is as unforgettable as its subject. This book was written without the participation of Aaliyah’s family/estate.

Author : Christopher John Farley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743455665
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aaliyah written by Christopher John Farley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-01-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the inspirational biography behind the exciting new Lifetime movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, starring Alexandra Shipp as the extraordinary singer Aaliyah. Aaliyah Dana Haughton was that music business rarity: a teen idol who transformed herself into a critically acclaimed hip-hop soul artist, a singer who successfully made the transition to actress, and a beautiful woman who never let the trappings of celebrity go to her head. Following her impressive debut at age fourteen with the album Age Ain’t Nothin’ but a Number, Aaliyah raised the bar with her hugely influential and bestselling follow-up, One in a Million. She then took her talents to Hollywood, starring in the action thriller Romeo Must Die and the highly anticipated horror film The Queen of the Damned. But soon after the release of her third album in the summer of 2001, Aaliyah’s life was cut short in a tragic plane crash. Here is the inspirational story of the star The Washington Post dubbed “Hip-Hop’s Lady Di”—a woman who, by the time of her death at age twenty-two, touched legions of fans around the world with her haunting voice and gentle spirit.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328661598
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Time to Spare written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation

Author : Kenneth Partridge
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271090537
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hell of a Hat written by Kenneth Partridge and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late ’90s, third-wave ska broke across the American alternative music scene like a tsunami. In sweaty clubs across the nation, kids danced themselves dehydrated to the peppy rhythms and punchy horns of bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish. As ska caught fire, a swing revival brought even more sharp-dressed, brass-packing bands to national attention. Hell of a Hat dives deep into this unique musical moment. Prior to invading the Billboard charts and MTV, ska thrived from Orange County, California, to NYC, where Moon Ska Records had eager rude girls and boys snapping up every release. On the swing tip, retro pioneers like Royal Crown Revue had fans doing the jump, jive, and wail long before The Brian Setzer Orchestra resurrected the Louis Prima joint. Drawing on interviews with heavyweights like the Bosstones, Sublime, Less Than Jake, and Cherry Poppin' Daddies—as well as underground heroes like Mustard Plug, The Slackers, Hepcat, and The New Morty Show—Kenneth Partridge argues that the relative economic prosperity and general optimism of the late ’90s created the perfect environment for fast, danceable music that—with some notable exceptions—tended to avoid political commentary. An homage to a time when plaids and skankin’ were king and doing the jitterbug in your best suit was so money, Hell of a Hat is an inside look at ’90s ska, swing, and the loud noises of an era when America was dreaming and didn’t even know it.

Author : August Wilson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593087585
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fences written by August Wilson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Aaliyah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age Ain't Nothing But a Number written by Aaliyah and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathy Iandoli
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982156856
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah written by Kathy Iandoli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By twenty-two years old, Aaliyah had already accomplished a staggering amount: hit records, acclaimed acting roles, and fame that was just about to cross over into superstardom. Like her song, she was already "more than a woman" but her shocking death in a plane crash prevented her from fully growing into one. Now, two decades later, the full story of Aaliyah's life and cultural impact is finally and lovingly revealed. Baby Girl features never-before-told stories, including studio anecdotes, personal tales, and eyewitness accounts on the events leading up to her untimely passing. Her enduring influence on today's artists--such as Rihanna, Drake, Normani, and many more--is also celebrated, providing Aaliyah's discography a cultural critique that is long overdue. "--Provided by publisher.

Author : D. L. Davis
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483617653
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Is from Heart to Heart written by D. L. Davis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delilah is a hard working divorced self employed Occupational Therapist. She has raised two wonderful twin daughters, who are both now in grad schoool. Delilahs contented with her life helping inner city kids with disabilities, whose parents cant afford long term therapy. But all that is about to change. When she meets a younger man in the neighborhood food mart and a near encounter with death in the parking lot, drove them together inadvertently. Life just gets a whole lot better.