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Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today.Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has become a...

New York Times best-selling author and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar examines some of the leading political and cultural figures of the Harlem Renaissance - including Marcus Garvey,W.E.B. Du Bois, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Langston Hughes, and many more.

In the fourth book of the Jannah Jewels series, the listeners are taken along on their most challenging adventure yet, as Hidayah, Iman, Jaide, and Sara travel to magnificent Spain in hopes of finding the next missing artifact. In this book, the Jannah Jewels meet Abbas ibn Firnas, one of the first men to attempt glider flight and lives to tell the tale! Then, a mysterious girl with steel grey eyes travels back into time to help Jaffar!

Korey Taylor, a.k.a. "Killa Korey" and his ace, Hammer, were sentenced to serve two decades in federal prison, but after an unexpected change in the crack cocaine sentencing laws, Korey is released. Now he's on his way home to Charlotte, North Carolina. Like Hammer, Korey is a thug with a violent nature, nothing to joke around with in the cold streets. However, while serving his time, Korey took classes that he hoped would help him become someone other than a drug dealer. Armed with a new way of thinking and a deep desire to reconnect with his teenage daughter, Korey wants to wave goodbye to the game.

Living in the same neighborhood sometimes brings people together. Even when there was a time that you thought you had absolutely nothing in common with someone. Damiko was home, fresh off doing a 12-year stretch in the penitentiary. Things had changed drastically. Everybody from the old days were gone. The hood was now run by a bunch of faces that he did not recognize. He did run into two recognizable faces from the days of old though. Mack and Armani. They were not actually friends back in the day, but being the last of a dying breed bought the three together. The three were feeling the ...

Necessary Evil is a book based on the social ecology of New York’s drug trade during the early 90s. It documents how people from various ethnic back rounds function in the “urban melting pot”. Dealing with poverty many young men turn to selling narcotics as a means of survival. We often examine the perils of the inner city, with the many treacherous deeds, crimes and evil acts performed by some of our brothers and sisters. Not taking the time to realize that a lot of these evils are necessary to establish them as apex predators in a concrete jungle where the rules are eat or be eaten.

Latisha Douglas was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She was privileged enough to be born to a mother and father who gave her anything she wanted. Tisha was a spoiled brat. Raised in Beverly Hills and totally unaware of the real world. When tragedy strikes the family, Tisha is taken from the comforts of her Beverly Hills lifestyle and inserted into the mean streets of North Philly. The young and naive Latisha struggles with the harsh transition at first, but she soon adjust to the new lifestyle and finds her way..........or so she thought. Damn near everyone she runs across in her ...

After the fallout between Bird and Tre, The Commission looks as if it might be falling apart. The brotherhood has been broken beyond repair and it seems as though everyone is scrambling to chose sides. It's hard to trust anyone, but like always life goes on and so does business........ The heat is on for Tre and his team after the Tasker Street massacre. Everyone is looking for a place to hide out at except for Tre. He doesn't change up his lifestyle one bit even though he knows he's a wanted man. He and Diana continue to have their every night get high parties at their beach house. That is...

One heated argument after another, mostly about religion, him being Muslim and her being Christian eventually culminates in a surprising one-night stand... I'm diving into the deep end as I explore the complexities of forbidden love between Muslim and Christian communities—can I really uncover the truth behind these relationships?

Sex sells. Tawanna learned this early on in life and had been applying this knowledge to every aspect of her life ever since. Tawanna had no problem with using what she had in order to get what she wanted. Tawanna's daughter, who was only 15 years younger than her, was the complete opposite. Alie wanted nothing from anyone. She believed that hard work was the thing that got you to the top. Alie was an up-and-coming R&B singer whose career had risen earlier, but was now stuck at a standstill.

NOT GUILTY PART-2 A FIGHT TO THE END....AVAILABLE AT AMAZON TODAY!!! At only 14 years old Terrel Porter was quickly becoming a young famous hood legend. His fame came from being one of the best basketball players in the city. It was clear to anyone who had ever watched him play that he was going places. Most people said that place would be the NBA. Terrel wanted to be famous, but not for the reasons one would expect. He wanted to be famous in the hood for doing some gangster type ish....... Terrel got his wish when he teamed up with his buddy Gene. The two went on a robbing spree. After a ...

Alaina was running from a life of boredom. Vick was running from all of the gangsters in the city he owed money to. Sakeena was running from the police and courts. They were all running from different things, but they all had one thing in common. They needed to get the hell out of Philly! Alaina was stuck in a dead end job that was going nowhere. She was in a relationship that was going nowhere. She felt as if her whole life was going nowhere. She wanted more out of life, but she'd always been too scared to leave the comfort and security of Philly and go somewhere else to pursue her dreams ...

Terrel managed to survive the violence and craziness of the County Jail, but after blowing trial Terrel is headed Upstate. The County Jail was bad, but the penitentiary proves to be on a whole other level of bad. The plotting, scheming, and violence is multiplied by ten in the pen. Throw in the constant war between Philly and Pittsburgh inmates and you have a volatile environment that is ready to explode at any minute! As Terrel fights to survive on the inside, his support system on the outside seems to be crumbling. His best friend Gene is headed down a path that looks as if it will send ...

When love becomes a game everyone involved loses....... What started as a chance meeting as teenagers and grew into love, turned into something ugly when Jacob and Trina seemed to be competing to see which one could hurt the other more. Jake knew he was in love with Trina from the moment he met her. He was young and naive to the ways of the opposite sex, but Jake knew that he would have Trina for himself one day. At the present moment Jake was more concerned with living out his dreams of being the next Scarface. First he would get the money, then he would get the power, and then he would ...

Some people want money. Some want respect. Some want power. Most want it all, and to have it all you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Once you get it you have to do even more to keep it! Jay-r is a kingpin of the drug game in Philly. He's made more money in the streets than he will probably ever be able to spend in a lifetime. There's just one problem. He's addicted to the street life and has no plans to ever quit hustling, even though at this point he's just doing it out of habit because he doesn't need the money. This causes problems between him and Taneka, his kid's ...

***This is a complete book. No sequels no spinoffs*** Is the grass really always greener on the other side? Two couples are about to find out first hand. Fatimah has always been.....how can I say this lightly.....a free spirit. Her life had always been about getting hers any way that she could. Fatimah thought that people who did the whole relationship thing were some damn fools. Fatimah ran through life doing whatever, with whoever she wanted to do things with. She was happy living this way. Or so she thought. Fatimah found that the life she was living had become tiresome. When Fatima met ...

It seemed like Antonio Thompson was born to lose. At everything.........Tone had bad luck for as long as he could remember and that had not changed over the years. He was what most people considered a loser. Not just a person who had caught a few bad breaks in life, but a habitual loser. Even when things seemed to be going Tone's way, things always turned bad quickly. Early on in life Tone tried to live a life of crime but failed miserably. While doing time in prison he discovered his true passion in life......gambling. Tone always gambled and always lost, yet and still he convinced himself...

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Youth Eco Talks is a biweekly podcast that brings fresh insights and practical solutions for a sustainable world, guided by the voices of young changemakers and environmental experts. Hosted by Kareem, each episode dives deep into the challenges facing our planet—climate activism, sustainable living, eco-friendly innovations, and more. With a focus on real-world impact, this podcast offers accessible discussions, inspiring stories, and actionable tips to help listeners make meaningful changes. Perfect for young listeners, eco-enthusiasts, and anyone looking to make a positive difference, ...

A safe space for intimate conversations about navigating life victoriously. Here, women come together to share personal experiences and perspectives of triumph, resilient faith, and the restorative love of Christ at work in their lives today.