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Some of the homecoming "heroes" have committed crimes against humanity...but now they wear medals, not handcuffs. Camouflaged by anarchy, these malicious acts appear to be safely buried...but the truth, itself, is ever-explosive. One wrong step - or the right one. The Code of Honor neglected afar, is known to haunt a criminal faction. Native soil means nothing....

As our children and teens race down the onramp to the Information Superhighway, many parents feel left behind in the dust. News stories about online sexual predators, child pornography, cyberbullies, hate groups, gaming addiction, and other dangers that lurk in the online world make us feel increasingly concerned about what our children are doing (and with whom) in cyberspace. Who are the Kids Behind the Screen provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers and gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly. 

When Debare Balogun, a Nigerian businessman, is approached by a mysterious agent in a nightclub in the baddest area in Lagos, the last thing he expects is to be blackmailed. MI6 has been watching over his shady business deals for years and has more than enough evidence to implicate him and put him away forever. But MI6 has an offer for the Nigerian: To win his freedom and clear his name, he must go to Russia as an asylum seeker and spy on an organized crime network connected to the KGB and Russian Parliament.  

Life doesn’t always turn out the way we imagine. Jason Smith discovered this at the young age of 16. Kidnapped and stolen across the border to Canada, Jason discovers the lows of human spirit while struggling with maintaining sanity. He clings to the hope of escape, but when Jason manages to escape his bonds and win freedom, he is confronted with the enormity of the harsh Canadian wilderness.

We live in a society that places a high degree of importance on physical appearance. TV, movies, magazines and billboards all display attractive people. We see many men and women running to plastic surgeons, having many different kinds of procedures done simply to enhance their appearance. Our society is obsessed with physical beauty and many women are caught up in that obsession.   

Have you noticed the seemingly endless abuses carried out by police on minorities of color? Are you someone who has suffered from police profiling? If you are, or you are simply a concerned citizen who is opposed to the tide of police brutality, police corruption, and violence inflicted on ordinary citizens, then This Must Stop Now: Mr. Officer is an audiobook you should hear. This audiobook was written in part to assist in highlighting the problems and to call others to action in a bid to halt the wave of brutality that we see on a daily basis.

The everyday African life of Aliou, in the small village in Gambia of his birth, is one of hardship and happiness. Despite his talent in soccer and his exceptional performance in school, this young, black, and gifted teenager seems destined to live out his days in the same sort of poverty that his family had experienced. Then, with the sudden death of his father, Aliou is faced with a hard decision. 

Fresh off her racial profiling mystery in Boston, Gabbie comes home to discover her parents have divorced and her little sister, Khadi's getting on everyone's nerves; becoming a young horror around the house. On top of the drama, a new guy, Maleek, Ummi's co-worker is trying to hit on her mother, quickly which adds to this urban nostalgia.

Allí y Ahora, un diario en español que narra la historia de un niño (Lil E) y su vida en Filadelfia. En los años 70 y 80, esta ciudad era interesante para un niño americano, y Lil E recuerda todo...Debido a que Lil E, no crecio mucho, siempre fue con quien todo el mundo quería bromear y meterse. Lleno de sonrisas, nostalgia y lágrimas de arrepentimiento. Allí y Ahora es un libro que te llevará a lo largo de un viaje lleno de historia y emoción.

Allí y Ahora, Volumen 2 sigue la historia de E, un adolescente americano, cuando comienza a encontrar su camino en Filadelfia a finales de los años ochenta, andando por las calles, descubriendo una atracción por las chicas y un amor duradero por el hip-hop y deejaying. A medida que la vida de E se acerca cada vez más a los códigos de las calles, sus padres se preguntan si será reclamado por las calles, como muchos antes que el, acabado y terminado antes de que alcance sus veintitantos años.