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Close to the Bone: A Novel
Jake LamarCopyright © 1998 by Jake Lamar All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval ...
African American Journalists: Autobiography as Memoir and ...
Calvin L. HallExcerpts from Bourgeois Blues: An American Memoir by Jake Lamar reprinted with the permission of Simon 8: Schuster, Inc. Copyright © 1991 by Jake Lamar. Excerpts from Bourgeois Blues: An American Memoir by Jake Lamar reprinted by ...
Bourgeois blues: an American memoir
Jake LamarA stunning memoir of a gifted young middle-class black man and his struggle to succeed in white America. Born in 1961, Jake Lamar was unable to escape a heritage of racism despite being well-educated and accomplished.
Black Enterprise
Full viewJake Lamar's slip of a book, Bourgeois Blues: An American Memoir, is a bit of a puzzle. The jacket copy boasts that Lamar "evokes the ironies of integration and the struggles of the black middle class to succeed in white America," and you fear ...
Rattlesnake Jake
Jerry BarkerHe stops searching for Jake Hiller.Jake is known as Snake Man until he escapes from Marshall Judson Cooper. Judson puts out a new poster identifying Jake as Rattlesnake Jake. That inspires the outlaw to try regular robbing again.
Ghosts of Saint-Michel
Jake Lamar" --The New York Times Book Review on If 6 Were 9 "Maybe he's feeling the shade of the great Chester Himes, because this novel has wit and sparkle, to say nothing of fabulous characters.
The Last Integrationist
Jake Lamarthere was Wendy Hoffman of POL, microphone in hand, camera crew in tow. How the hell had she weaseled her way into the protected area? Melvin and his security detail pushed their way through the police barricades. Wendy Hoffman, with ...
Rendezvous Eighteenth
Jake LamarEnjoying his life as a piano player in a small Paris cafe, African-American expatriate Ricky Jenks finds his life irrevocably changed when his cousin asks for help locating his runaway wife, a situation that is compromised by Ricky's ...
Lamar Hunt: A Life in Sports
Michael MacCambridgeRecounts the life and accomplishments of Lamar Hunt, who successfully launched the American Football League in 1966 and created the Super Bowl, and describes his participation in the popularization of other sports in the United States.
Jake Drake, Know-It-All
Andrew ClementsJake's desire to win the school science fair almost costs him his best friend.
The West Virginian
Sharon BrondosEven his child's life is in danger. Jake trusts no one but himself and he guards his secrets well. Until he meets Dawn Sutton, the reporter who's determined to scoop the story behind Jake Barr.
Jake's Thing
Kingsley AmisJake Richardson, an Oxford don nearing sixty with a lifetime's lechery behind him, is in pursuit of his lost libido and heads off to the consulting room of a miniature sex therapist.
Captain Jake
Shannon StewartJake loves to hunt for treasure, so when the famous pirate Captain Kidd asks him to be his cabin boy, he can't refuse.
A Kid Like Jake:
Daniel PearleThe story of a husband and wife struggling to do right by their son, A KID LIKE JAKE is a study of intimacy and parenthood and the fantasies that accompany both.
The American Bar
More editionsFirm consists of: Lamar Williamson, Adrian Williamson, William K. Ball. Lamar Williamson, born Monticello, Ark., Jan. 8, 1887; admitted to bar, 190S, Ark.; ed. pub. schs., Monticello, Arkansas College; grad. Daniel Baker College, B.S., 1905; ...
Jake Maddox: Behind the Plate
Jake MaddoxDanny is a skilled baseball catcher, but suddenly, he can no longer make easy throws. He has a case of the yips. Could his parents' divorce be behind his problems on the field?
Jake Maddox Girl: Drive to the Hoop
Jake MaddoxA girl on the JV basketball team was injured, and Mel has been asked to take her place.
The Hellfire Club
Jake TapperThe debut political thriller from Jake Tapper, CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the New York Times bestselling author of The Outpost-- 1950's D.C. intrigue about a secret society and a young Congressman in its grip Charlie Marder is ...
The Snail's Castle
Mark GordonDuring Jake's struggle with Percival, the lives of Jake, Rebecca, Percival and Percival's wife, Margaret, intertwine. The novel, with its unexpected twists, draws you into the inner lives of its many captivating characters.
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
Jake TapperIn THE OUTPOST, Jake Tapper gives us the powerful saga of COP Keating, from its establishment to eventual destruction, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of soldiers and their families, and to a place and war that has remained ...
Bala Chitto Simmons family: descendants of Richard and Ann ...
Hansford L. Simmons(2) Ruth Ritchie Ott married (l) Lloyd Bardwell.l Dtr-Linda Ann. Ruth Ritchie married (2) Alton Lamar Varnado, sr., son of Fred Freiler Varnado. They live at 5532 Adams St., Baton Rouge* 3 Chn— Kenneth Freiler, Alton Lamar, Jr., and Arthur ...
You Gotta Want It
Jake PaulIn this extremely positive, motivational, and often laugh-out-loud memoir, Jake Paul pauses long enough from his supercharged day-to-day as a nineteen year old social media heartthrob and costar on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark to ...
Down & Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency
Jake TapperAcclaimed journalist, Jake Tapper explains what actually happened, who got away with what and how both sides, Democrats and Republicans, plotted to steal the presidency in 2000.
Jake's Tower
Elizabeth LairdBut sometimes they do - in strange and surprising ways. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Jake's Tower by Elizabeth Laird is a powerful and moving novel that spotlights the issue of domestic abuse.
Jake Maddox: Hoop Hotshot
Jake MaddoxJoe thinks of himself as "The Flash", a hotshot basketball player who knows the coolest moves.
Jake Maddox Girl: Volleyball Dreams
Jake MaddoxRamona loves sand volleyball but has a hard team being a team player. When she learns that the court will be destroyed by a plastic company, she must learn the importance of being part of a team.
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