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Elevating the Game: The History and Aesthetics of Black Men in Basketball
The author of "The Michael Jackson Story" argues that black basketball players have reinvented the game. By researching the history of basketball George exposes African American icons who have revolutionized dribbling. He tells the stories of those black individuals who advanced the sport's techniqu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1993 -
The Accidental Hunter
The first assignment is unusual. The second will set D Hunter in urgent pursuit of a mysterious entity that is kidnapping Top Forty hitmakers. Always cloaked in the color black, security specialist D Hunter lives on the periphery of the monied Manhattan nightlife. But he's the man people come to w... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Thriller: The Musical Life of Michael Jackson
Thriller takes us back to a time in 1982 when Michael Jackson was king of the charts, breaking the color barrier on MTV, heralding the age of video, and becoming the ultimate representation of the crossover dreams of Motown’s Berry Gordy, who helped launch Jackson’s career with the Jackson 5. In th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
The Darkest Hearts (The D Hunter Mysteries #5)
A P.I.-turned-talent manger’s new client leads him into dangerous territory in this hard-boiled novel by the author of To Funk and Die in L.A.Former bodyguard D Hunter has moved to Los Angeles to become a talent manager, and business is good. He has signed a hot Atlanta rapper named Lil Daye and neg... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
To Funk and Die in LA (The D Hunter Mysteries #4)
In this hard-boiled mystery, a Brooklyn bodyguard-turned-P.I. investigates a case involving funk, R&B, and his grandfather’s murder.Ex-bodyguard D Hunter heads to the City of Angels on a very dark mission when his grandfather, businessman Daniel “Big Danny” Hunter, is shot dead in a drive-by. Why wo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Lost Treasures of R&B: A D Hunter Mystery (A D Hunter Mystery #1)
Professional bodyguard D Hunter takes a gig protecting rapper Asya Roc at an underground fight club in poverty-stricken Brownsville, Brooklyn. Unknown to D, the rapper has arranged to purchase illegal guns at the event. An acquaintance of D's from the streets (and from the novel The Plot Against H... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel (The D Hunter Mysteries #2)
"George is an ace at interlacing the real dramas of the world . . . the book's slim length and flyweight depth could make it an artifact of this particular zeitgeist in American history. Playas and haters and celebrity cameos fuel a novel that is wickedly entertaining while being frozen in time."--K... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Hippest Trip in America
"We wish you love, peace . . . and soul!"When it debuted in October 1971, Soul Train boldly went where no variety show had gone before, showcasing the cultural preferences of young African Americans and the fashions and sounds that defined their lives: R&B, funk, jazz, disco, and gospel music. The b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Hip Hop America
Now with a new introduction by the author, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media. .... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
City Kid
A candid, colorful memoir about a nerd from the Brooklyn projects who made it big Nelson George grew up in the Tilden housing project in the crime- and despair-ridden Brownsville section of Brooklyn during the 1960s and 70s. In this tough neighborhood, Nelson was the nerdy kid who, in between stic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
The Death of Rhythm and Blues
This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1988 -
Post-Soul Nation
One of the foremost chroniclers of the contemporary black experience offers an undeluded perspective on the 1980s. Here are crack, AIDS, and the Reagan rollback of the major advances of the civil rights movement. But Nelson George also shows how black performers, athletes, and activists made incre... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Post-Soul Nation
One of the foremost chroniclers of the contemporary black experience offers an undeluded perspective on the 1980s. Here are crack, AIDS, and the Reagan rollback of the major advances of the civil rights movement. But Nelson George also shows how black performers, athletes, and activists made increas... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
The Lost Treasures of R&B
A Library Journal Pick of the Month for August 2014!"This is a fine mystery and [protagonist] D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as Philip Marloew, Spenser, Dave Robicheaux, or Easy Rawlins. A definite yes to purchase for both mystery and African American collections."--Library Journal (Star... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Best Music Writing 2008
by Nelson George • Daphne CarrThe ninth entry in the acclaimed series celebrating the best writing on every style of music, from rock to hip-hop, R&B to jazz, pop to blues, and more. aa"... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The James Brown Reader
by Nelson George • Alan LeedsNelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working man in show business, James Brown embodied rhythm and blues, funk and soul, and ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Yes, Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade
An account of the origins of hip-hop music as presented by its founders and stars traces the work of such performers as DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and DMC.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020: A University of Illinois Press Anthology (Music in American Life)
by Nelson George • Sherrie Tucker • Claudrena N. Harold • Loren Kajikawa • Robin D. Kelley • Mark Tucker • Eileen M. Hayes • Wayne Everett Goins • Tammy L. Kernodle • Laurie Matheson • Cheryl L. Keyes • Gwendolyn D Pough • Bernice Johnson ReagonThis second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series published by the University of Illinois Press: Music in American Life, and African American Music in Global... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Breaking the Learning Barrier for Underachieving Students: Practical Teaching Strategies for Dramatic Results
This guide explains the special learning and discipline needs of dramatic or at-risk learners and outlines specific teaching strategies for helping dramatic learners succeed.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Anthology of American Literature, Volume II (Tenth Edition)
by David Bradley • George Mcmichael • James S. Leonard • Shelley Fisher Fishkin • Dana D. Nelson • Joseph CsicsilaAnthology of American Literature offers more of what students and instructors want for their American Literature courses. Anthology of American Literature is a complete American Literature resource. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible
Harness the powerful new SQL Server 2012Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is the most significant update to this product since 2005, and it may change how database administrators and developers perform many aspects of their jobs. If you're a database administrator or developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bib... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Graphs in Biomedical Image Analysis, Computational Anatomy and Imaging Genetics
by Tom Fletcher • M. Jorge Cardoso • Mert R. Sabuncu • Tal Arbel • Enzo Ferrante • Xavier Pennec • Adrian V. Dalca • Sarah Parisot • Sarang Joshi • Nematollah K. Batmanghelich • Aristeidis Sotiras • Mads Nielsen • Li Shen • Stanley Durrleman • Stefan SommerThis book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First International Workshop on Graphs in Biomedical Image Analysis, GRAIL 2017, the 6th International Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Computational Anatomy, MFCA 2017, and the Third International Workshop on Imaging Genetics, MICGe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Paratuberculosis: Organism, Disease, Control
by Ian Marsh • Richard Whittington • John P. Bannantine • Rory O'Brien • Ali Thompson • David C Alexander • Angelika Agdestein • Christina Ahlstrom • Herman W. Barkema • Raul Barletta • Douglas Begg • Marcel Behr • Evan P. Brenner • Tim Bull • Ofelia Chacon • Paul Coussens • Ross S. Davidson • Justin L. DeKuiper • Kumudika De Silva • Berit Djonne • Karsten Donat • Shannon Duffy • Natalia Elguezabal • Susanne Eisenberg • Naomi J. Fox • Joseba M. Garrido • Irene R. Grant • J Frank Griffin • Murray Hines • Michael R Hutchings • Jamie Imada • Ramón A. Juste • Edward Kabara • Annette H. Kampen • David F. Kelton • Jennifer N. Kiser • Elise A. Lamont • Kari R. Lybeck • Colin Mackintosh • Glenn Marion • Holly L Neibergs • Søren Saxmose Nielsen • Karren M. Plain • Auriol Purdie • Govardhan Rathnaiah • Iker A. Sevilla • Fernanda M. Shoyama • Lesley A. Smith • Srinand Sreevatsan • Judy Stabel • Jaryd R. Sullivan • Adel Talaat • Girum T. Tessema • Christine Turenne • Chia-Wei Wu • Denise K. ZinnielParatuberculosis, also referred to as Johne's disease, affects principally cattle, goats, sheep, buffalo, deer and other ruminants. It is common worldwide and responsible for significant economic losses in the ruminant livestock industries. A timely follow up to the first book on Paratuberculosis, t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020