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Goodbye Homeboy

Author : Steve Mariotti
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1948836300
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Goodbye Homeboy written by Steve Mariotti and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One sunny afternoon in 1982, a young businessman experienced a terrifying mugging in New York City that shook him to his core. Tortured by nightmares about the teens who roughed him up, Steve Mariotti sought counseling. When his therapist suggested that he face his fears, Mariotti closed his small import-export business and became a teacher at the city's most notorious public school--Boys and Girls High in Bed-Stuy. Although his nightmares promptly ceased, Mariotti's out-of-control students rapidly drove him to despair. One day, Mariotti stepped out of the classroom so his students wouldn't see him cry. In a desperate move to save his job, he took off his watch and marched back in with an impromptu sales pitch for it. To his astonishment, his students were riveted. He was able to successfully lead a math lesson for the first time. Mariotti realized his students felt trapped in soul-crushing poverty. They saw zero connection between school and improving their lives. Whenever Mariotti connected their lessons to entrepreneurship, though, even his most disruptive students got excited about learning. School administrators disapproved of Mariotti discussing money in the classroom, however. He was repeatedly fired before receiving one last-ditch assignment: an offsite program for special-ed students expelled from the public schools for violent crimes. The success Mariotti had with these forgotten children—including coverage in the Daily News, The New York Times, and World News Tonight—inspired him to found the nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship to bring entrepreneurship education to low-income youth. By turns tragic and hilarious, Goodbye Homeboy shares Mariotti's flaws and missteps as he connects deeply with his troubled students, and woos the most influential people in the world into helping them—saving himself in the process. Today, Mariotti is widely recognized as the world's leading advocate for entrepreneurship education. More than one million young people from Chicago to China have graduated from NFTE programs, and NFTE counts Sean Combs, Chelsea Clinton, Diana Davis Spencer, and many more business, entertainment, and community leaders among its staunchest supporters. As Goodbye Homeboy powerfully illustrates, a spark of hope really can empower us to overcome life's greatest hardships.

A Goodbye to My Little Troubles

Author : Vusi Moloi
Publisher : Safra Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1934805025
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book A Goodbye to My Little Troubles written by Vusi Moloi and published by Safra Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business

Author : Steve Mariotti
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 0812933060
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business written by Steve Mariotti and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, explains how to start and run a business, and offers tips on costs, investment, market research, and negotiation.

Hood Legends

Author : Michael Jourdain
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662424868
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Hood Legends written by Michael Jourdain and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you are about to read is the first part of a multipart story about my life, parts of my life that involve gangbanging and not just any kind of gangbanging but gangbanging of the deepest type. Gangbanging on the notorious streets of South-Central Los Angeles. Moreover my life evolved from gangbanging to a leading role in America’s drug culture. While these things are true about my life, I want to make one thing very clear: nothing that you are about to read is meant to glorify either gangbanging or drug culture; in fact, it is my sincere hope that the telling of my life story will steer the youth and others away from both paths as they literally lead to dead ends. So if you are reading this, know that if I had it to do all over again, I wish that I had been dealt the kind of cards in life that would have prepared me for an Ivy League college like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. rather than state and federal prison.

Find Your Happy at Work

Author : Beverly E. Jones
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 163265749X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Find Your Happy at Work written by Beverly E. Jones and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you hate your job and want change, the starting point is with you! Get unstuck, move past boredom, and discover how to flourish at work. This book is for anyone stuck in a rut, burned out, or just plain tired. Has your career plateaued? Do you sometimes dread starting work? Are you bogged down by frustration, tedium, loneliness, or uncertainty? There’s hope. Find Your Happy at Work, the latest book by acclaimed executive coach Beverly Jones, gives you a road map to quickly create more joy and meaning in your work, even if you don’t love your job. Yes, aspects of your career are beyond your control. But Jones says you have more power than you realize. Throughout 50 fast-paced chapters, Find Your Happy at Work offers practical strategies to help you feel more enthusiastic and gratified on the job, whether from in the office or from home. These include: A simple model for creating career engagement that will improve your performance at work and help you develop deeper relationships with others. Techniques for addressing workplace challenges like difficult colleagues, boring tasks, daunting projects, and gloomy environments. Strategies for strengthening your network, building expertise, and laying other groundwork for a resilient career. This book will provide encouragement, inspiration, and useful advice for those who want to be happy in their work, and throughout their lives.

Home Boy: #6

Author : Gary Fabbri
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1098234235
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Home Boy: #6 written by Gary Fabbri and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As team captain, Kai is always in control on the field. He's like the glue that keeps the team together, and the team relies on him to be a solid, talented player. But at home, as hard as he tries, Kai can't keep his parents together. Their fighting intensifies so much that Kai's frustrations spill over into school and soccer. Will he be able to provide what the team needs without the home support that he used to take for granted? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Claw is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Say Goodbye to Hollywood

Author : Anthony ‘A-Class’ Quinones
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490707255
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Say Goodbye to Hollywood written by Anthony ‘A-Class’ Quinones and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Woodz Diaz has dreams of Hollywood, but his dreams will be more like nightmares as he struggles to overcome adversities living in the slums of New York City. With just his single mom, disconnected siblings, and no positive father figure, Anthony takes matters into his own hands and turns to the streets of Spanish Harlem for guidance and shelter. Just when the troubled teen seems to be getting his turbulent life in order, his dreams of Hollywood are shattered for good, and he is forced to say good-bye to Hollywood.

Jesus of Cottondale

Author : Jerry Leverett
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 074143332X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Jesus of Cottondale written by Jerry Leverett and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A schizophrenic woman claims Immaculate Conception. Seventeen years later, her abused son Jesus, is prone to panic attacks, bullied in school, and afraid of the dark.

The Language of the Blues

Author : Debra Devi
Publisher : True Nature Books
ISBN 13 : 9781624071850
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Blues written by Debra Devi and published by True Nature Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive dictionary of blues lyrics invites listeners to interpret what they hear in blues songs and blues culture, including excerpts from original interviews with Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, and many others.

The Hollywood Kid

Author : Oscar Martinez
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786634929
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book The Hollywood Kid written by Oscar Martinez and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of the life and death of a Salvadoran gangster As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar’s small town in El Salvador was torn apart by guerrillas and US- backed death squads. Still a preteen, he joined a different kind of death squad—the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha—a clique of the Mara Salvatruchas, better known as MS-13. This international criminal organization began on the streets of Los Angeles in the 1980s, as Salvadoran children, whose families had fled their country’s civil war, banded together to defend themselves from LA gangs. Denied refugee status, the Salvadorans found themselves pushed into the shadows and besieged by violence, and MS-13 itself mutated into a gang. When large-scale US deportations began, violence was exported from the United States to El Salvador, helping make it one of the world’s deadliest countries and in turn propelling new waves of refugees northward. The Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martinez and his anthropologist brother Juan José Martínez got to know the Hollywood Kid when he informed on MS-13. In his hideaway shack, he recounted a life of killing—a death toll of more than fifty rival gang members—until his own murder ended the story. Vivid and violent, The Hollywood Kid brings a brutal world to life, illustrating the geopolitical forces propelling a country toward ever more vicious extremes.

VoiceXML

Author : Mark A. Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471449369
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book VoiceXML written by Mark A. Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete, hands-on guide to building Internet voice applications VoiceXML is rapidly becoming the de facto language standard for handling the transition from visual Web browsing to synthesized text-to-speech information access. This book provides Web designers, database managers, and systems designers with all the tools and templates they need to accomplish this transition in the least amount of time and at the lowest possible cost. Mark Miller walks readers step-by-step through ten real world applications-from statement of the problem through code examination, error checking, and deployment-to clearly demonstrate how to use currently available tools, techniques, and strategies for building Internet voice applications. Accompanying each applications project is a telephone number that allows readers to listen to, and interact with, an actual working example of the application. Responding to the ongoing needs of IT professionals for current and reliable information on the latest technologies, Wiley Computer Publishing introduces the Gearhead Press titles. These books, written by accomplished trainers in their respective fields, focus on real-world examples and case studies to give readers the best information on leading topics. The Gearhead Press titles are characterized by two imprints: In the Trenches and Point to Point-both series include fast-paced books written by fellow IT professionals who have been there and done that. In the Trenches books introduce technologies, guide readers to proficiency, and serve as practical, hands-on references after the initial tasks are accomplished. The Point to Point titles invite readers to join an IT team at a model company and implement technologies in real-world environments-demonstrating actual problems and solutions. Companion Web site features code samples, working demos, links to most current specs, and updates.

La Raza

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book La Raza written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN 13 : 1621073556
Total Pages : 6052 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version) written by William Shakespeare and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 6052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare is the most critically acclaimed playright of all time. So why is he so hard to understand? This massive anthology of Shakespeare's comedies will give you a new appreciation of William Shakespeare by putting each of his comedy works in plain and simple English. Included in this anthology: All’s Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor Pericles, Prince of Tyre The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona Two Noble Kinsmen The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Nights Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Winter Tale The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

The Merry Wives of Windsor in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)

Author :
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN 13 : 1621072967
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Merry Wives of Windsor in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version) written by and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've probably heard of Sir John Falstaff--but you don't really quite know him until you see him comedically in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor." He's a real comedian...that is if you can understand what he's talking about!If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of The Merry Wives of Windsor.The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text.We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

The Rise of a Street General

Author : Michael "Turtoe" Stewart
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662425317
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of a Street General written by Michael "Turtoe" Stewart and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rise of a Street General provides a unique and fascinating look into a gang member's journey to rise to the top. Starting with his initiation into the gang in 1975, this story chronicles his wars with rival gangs and his years spent in the LA County Jail. It gives a look into the organized Crip movement within the California prison system during the 1980s. It witnesses the rise and fall of two Crip superpower organizations that dominated the system for a short period. The Rise of a Street General brings you to the present-day state of affairs within the Black/African gang culture and the effects of gang psychosis and self-imposed cretinism. It separates myths from reality and facts from propaganda and dispels misconception and stigmas. For the first time ever, here's a book written by a gang member from a military and political perspective. This book also provides a psychological look into a gang member's thought process as he pursues his gang career and his exit strategy from the gang, as well as his concept for peace and reducing gang violence. This is an extraordinary and remarkable book. No other gang member this far has written a book so vividly, insightfully, and informatively, sure to leave a lasting impression on its readers. This book is destined to be a classic. The Rise of a Street General is a must-read book.

Ringolevio

Author : Emmett Grogan
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590172868
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ringolevio written by Emmett Grogan and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ringolevio is a classic American story of self-invention by one of the more mysterious and alluring figures to emerge in the 1960s. Emmett Grogan grew up on New York City’s mean streets, getting hooked on heroin before he was in his teens, kicking the habit and winning a scholarship to a swanky Manhattan private school, pursuing a highly profitable sideline as a Park Avenue burglar, then skipping town to enjoy the dolce vita in Italy. It’s a hard-boiled, sometimes hard-to-believe, wildly entertaining tale that takes a totally unexpected turn when Grogan washes up in sixties San Francisco and becomes a leader of the anarchist group known as the Diggers. The Diggers, devoted to street theater, direct action, and distributing free food, were in the thick of the legendary Summer of Love, and soon Grogan is struggling with the naive narcissism of the hippies, the marketing of revolution as a brand, dogmatic radicals, and false prophets like tripster Timothy Leary. Above all, however, he struggles with himself. Ringolevio is an enigmatic portrait of a man and his times to set beside Hunter S. Thompson’s stories of fear and loathing, Norman Mailer’s The Armies of the Night, or the recent Chronicles of Bob Dylan, who dedicated his 1978 album Street Legal to the memory of Emmett Grogan.

Transforming Homeboy

Author : Charlie Soul
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 147975675X
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Homeboy written by Charlie Soul and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home boy is a unique mammal which exists on the continent of Africa. He never gave much thought about his existence only that he exist from a falling Star that created him. He did not read or write and was considered ignorant. After being subjected by others thought to be more intelligent and good looking. he relocates to America to obtain that thing call education. He learns about God and spiritual matters concerning his existence. Here he knows that he is a Man not Mankey as others proclaims he is. He writes I am A Man!