Urban City

Juicy is back at it again. This drama filled, action-packed tale will have you at the edge of your seat! Juicy found out greed and money were the root of all evil. And due to her greed and love of money, she lost her best friend. Now she has blood on her hands and is consumed with guilt. Meanwhile, the guilt is slowly killing her as she watches her best friend, March, slowly tear herself apart as she grieves over her twin sister’s death. Down for her man, Juicy will do whatever it takes to get her man from behind bars. Though her heart is still with Huff, she just can’t get rid of Jamar...

Novella Carpenter loves cities - the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can't shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea of backyard self-sufficiency, Carpenter decided that it might be possible to have it both ways.

A lot оf реорlе want tо hаvе their own gаrdеn, but dоn't think they hаvе thе necessary space so thе fосuѕ оf thiѕ book is оn urbаn gardening, аnd оn how tо mаximizе a gаrdеn in tiny spaces. Evеrу person on thiѕ planet deserves access tо frеѕh, lосаl, organic fооd ѕtrаight frоm the fаrm. Thе оnlу рrоblеm iѕ over 82% of реорlе livе in a сitу! Sо how do уоu start a farm in аn urbаn еnvirоnmеnt? Thаt'ѕ whу I wrоtе this book! To ѕhоw how уоu or аnуоnе with a littlе interest in gardening саn start a garden in ...

In Metropolis, the gleaming city of tomorrow, the dream of the great American city has been achieved. But all that is about to change, unless a neurotic, rule-following bureaucrat and an irreverent, freewheeling artificial intelligence can save the city from a mysterious terrorist plot that threatens its very existence.

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.

"Detroit Life After 15 Years" Amidst the chaos of a sudden emergency, a group of friends frantically navigate their way through a series of unexpected events. With urgent calls and last-minute arrangements, they come together to support each other in a time of crisis. As they wait for a cab, tensions rise and emotions run high, revealing the complexity of their relationships and the challenges they face. Their journey to the hospital becomes a test of patience and strength, as they confront the harsh realities of life and the need to come together in the face of adversity." Book 1 is ...

Something evil lurks inside Lily’s bedroom mirror. Beth just moved to a small town with her baby daughter, Lily. She figures a fresh start would do them both some good after losing her husband in a tragic accident. Their new home is a real charm, and their new neighbors are no different. Everything is looking up until Eva, Beth’s old next-door neighbor, warns her of strange, haunting noises from her house in the middle of the night. That’s when the horrors start in Beth’s new home. From a bleeding teddy bear to strange palm prints in Lily’s bedroom mirror. Beth ignores them all, ...

We're not in New York anymore! James is ready to face his biggest challenge: meeting his new father-in-law. James Wong has transitioned from New York programmer to supernatural cultivator, and now his life is about to take a wilder turn as he prepares to marry into the powerful Jade Moon Clan, strengthening his bond with Sarah and Lanlan. Joined by the mischievous fox spirit Mei Lin, James and his brides must navigate sect politics, bond with his new family, and prove he’s a worthy cultivator. But the Jade Moon Realm—and the universe at large—is facing unprecedented threats. Something...

Sweet Lyric.. A troubled child who was raised by her father. A father who found interest in his daughter, more than a father should. At the tender age of nine Lyric's youth and her innocence was snatched away from her. Ultimately forcing her to be too grown too fast. Her father got into some deep trouble with Zion. Also knowm famously as King Zion on the streets. Zion's name rung bells from state to state. He didn't just run a lucrative drug trade, he also ran a selling souls ring. Lyric's father had no way out or so he thought. Lyric was the key to his freedom. Trading his only child off ...

In the sequel to Black Cartel Kings, Elijah Carter is held captive by the Jamaican Cartel. It’s been over a year and he has been tortured physically and psychologically. Everyday he longs for death. Everyone back home in Chicago thinks Elijah is dead. Few know that he was given away by John Carter, his father to his enemy Ziggy Francis. Elijah was the bargaining chip for the death of Ziggy Jr. The debt was a son for a son to avoid what could have been a drug war that would span decades. Elijah somehow manages to escape his captors and he has only one thing on his mind—revenge. He wants ...

I can turn into a housecat. It’s a fun magic, except in a world filled with vampires and werewolves, it doesn’t exactly make me a powerhouse. Instead, the supernatural community has classified me as an outcast, which means one thing: picking on me is open season all day, every day. The local fae are the worst of all, and it’s during one of their regular “capture the cat-girl” sessions that I shift into my cat form and meet HIM for the first time.

The individuals who live within this extraordinary first novel are: Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's largest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by downtown's punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbor; and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to do with a shooting in Central Park.

One drunken night with my father's maid should have been the end of it. Now she's carrying my baby and putting my future as the new mob boss on the line. The day I bury my father and become the new Don is the day I learn I'll be a father. While unplanned, I must mark Macy as my own. To protect my unborn child, I demand a sham marriage. Instead of keeping them safe, it puts a target on both their backs. Proving she is a fighter and earning my respect, Mama scorches the earth to rescue our kidnapped baby. In the process, I fall for the feisty woman who will stop at nothing to save her family....

Legal scholar and architect Sara C. Bronin examines how zoning became such a prevailing force and reveals its impact. Outdated zoning codes have maintained racial segregation, prioritized cars over people, and enabled great ecological harm. But, as Bronin argues, once we recognize the power of zoning, we can harness it to create the communities we desire, and deserve. Drawing on her own experience leading the overhaul of Hartford's zoning code and exploring the efforts of activists and city planners across the country, Bronin shows how new codes are reshaping our cities.

Sit back and hold onto your seats as Mercedes continues to take you on a wild ride of your life as she continues to tell her drama filled story. At 15 years old, Mercedes as experienced so much and she can’t seem to get a break no matter what. Pregnant with twins by a married man, she has HIV and she learned some very deep and disturbing secrets that her family kept from her for so long . Her troubled soul has endured so much pain, she is clueless to if she is coming and going. Her mother and her relationship is so unpredictable and at times it seems a though it’s unrepairable yet she ...

In Saving America's Cities, Lizabeth Cohen follows the career of Edward J. Logue, whose shifting approach to the urban crisis tracked the changing balance between government-funded public programs and private interests that would culminate in the neoliberal rush to privatize efforts to solve entrenched social problems. A Yale-trained lawyer, rival of Robert Moses, and sometime critic of Jane Jacobs, Logue saw renewing cities as an extension of the liberal New Deal.

Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.

City of elegance and squalor. Of religious fervor and wanton lusts. And everywhere, on the walls of courtyards and churches, an incandescent fungus of mysterious and ominous origin. In Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers that a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading - and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he has made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he’s really from a place called Chicago.

The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known - and cautiously avoided - by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and Edward Burns, a 20-year veteran of the urban drug war, tell the chilling story of this desolate crossroad.

Jezebel, a sweet, innocent, southern belle, grows up in a home where only perfect exists. A pastor for a momma isn’t easy for her, yet alone, holding in the deepest secrets that she can’t dare expose. Her momma will do anything in her will for her daughter to be a “Saint” and for herself to uphold her perfect imagine. Jezebel is tired of the tortured and trapped soul. She can’t live a day longer with the hypocrite and conniving person she calls “momma”. At the age of seventeen, she is left on her own to fend for herself. As small-minded as she is, she doesn’t know what path ...