Urban City

As Michael maneuvers through his working-class neighborhood delivering groceries, he enters the homes and lives of his customers. He’s confronted by the school yard and street corner violence of local thugs. With the 1967 Arab-Israeli War fresh in public memory, he passes for Greek or Italian and never summons the courage to explain, exactly, who he is or where his parents came from.

After being left for dead by her mother, dissed by her peers, held responsible for her siblings, and forgotten by society, Murdonna Carter finds herself in one hell of a predicament. With no money, food, or electricity, she learns quickly how to survive. In the ghetto, you either kill or be killed and grind or you starve! Tired of going to bed hungry, she realizes it's do or die. For the love of family, she puts her own life on the line and does the unthinkable. Will her gamble pay off, or will it open up a can of worms she won't be able to close?

In the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of the Street, ordinary citizens are turning up dead, their bodies drained of blood. What seems at first like a string of vampire attacks is soon revealed to be something even more frightening. But in the dayside world of the city's upper levels, no one notices what happens to a few dead street rats. Kathryn Kitaen, a magic affairs detective for the Metamor City Police Department, isn't supposed to be on this case or any other. Judged unfit for duty after a recent shooting, Kate is on indefinite leave.

America's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades - celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world. In Brooklyn: The Once and Future City, Thomas J. Campanella unearths long-lost threads of the urban past, telling the rich history of the rise, fall, and reinvention of one of the world’s most resurgent cities.

Magic City's future hangs on the roll of the dice, or the turn of a card. Will fortune favor Ruby Achera, or turn against her? All the threads of criminal activity in Magic City are weaving together to form a dangerous web. The anti-human movement and the Drow who leads it have found common cause with the troublemaker in the Council. The PDA is the wildcard. Will they help her or turn against her?

The Paranormal Defense Agency is after her. There's a mysterious figure whipping up anti-human sentiment in town. And, behind it all, an old nemesis plots and plans. Can Ruby Achera handle this triple-headed threat? The self-declared defender of Magic City has a lot on her plate. First it was just Gabriel "The Nightmare" Sloane, but now problems are coming from every direction. The PDA has put a false bounty out on the city's protectors, and now bounty hunters are in the mix. Do they know they're aiming at the wrong guy?

Having a baby wasn’t supposed to be possible, but now that Colette is pregnant, the happy couple isn’t sure what to do. While Rome is ready to be a father, Colette knows the road ahead will be rough for the child she carries. Being the Last Deadblood was supposed to ensure the violence against vampires would one day come to an end, but it seems that whether Colette draws breath or not, there are some who will always hate what they do not understand.

In the middle of Colette and Rome’s much-needed break from the problems of Mayfield, things take a dark turn. Though mating between humans and vampires isn’t supposed to be possible, Colette is about to learn that when it comes to Rome, even the oldest rules were made to be broken. When danger comes for them, crashing their fragile connection, Colette knows she must get to the bottom of who is behind these attacks, or she will never be able to rest again.

In today's fast-paced world, where concrete jungles dominate the landscape, the idea of growing your own food may seem like a distant dream. However, sustainable urban farming is changing the game and offering a solution to the challenges faced by city dwellers. In this subchapter, we will explore the importance of sustainable urban farming and its significance for gardeners, whether they are engaged in urban gardening, balcony gardening for apartment dwellers, container gardening for limited spaces, indoor gardening for urban homes and offices, or sustainable urban farming for self-sufficiency.

All Daniel Sharabi wanted was a family of his own. Born into a collectivist society of telepaths, he grew up believing that he and his lover Rebecca would form a new breeding cell, helping to raise the next generation of their people. But when Daniel reaches adulthood, he learns that his psychic talents are mediocre at best. He soon finds himself marginalized by the society he dedicated his life to.

My name is Mike Raven. I hunt nightmares. Demons murdered my parents when I was eight. Turns out my folks were paranormal investigators, and hell always settles its scores. Naturally I decided to join the family business. For two decades, I've studied the occult and traveled the world fighting monsters. But my biggest challenge lay ahead. From the moment Celeste stepped into my office, I knew she was in trouble. Her father had promised her soul to a powerful demon on the day she was born. Now, 21 years later, the forces of darkness were gathering to collect their long-awaited prize.

Sixteen-year-old Nostalgia Richardson has lived all her life in the rural township of Spivey’s Grove, South Carolina, but that has not stopped her from dreaming of running away to Harlem to become a showgirl at the world famous Cotton Club. One night, when she comes home from work, she finds her father in the company of Noah Holdtstaff, the most notorious bootlegger in town. Later, Nostalgia’s 14-year-old sister, Lily, divulges their father’s plans to marry her off to the 49-year-old Noah.

Southern Brooklyn, July 1996. Fire hydrants are open and spraying water on the sizzling blacktop. Punk kids have to make their own fun. Bobby Santovasco and his pal Zeke like to throw rocks at cars getting off the Belt Parkway. They think it's dumb and harmless until it's too late to think otherwise. Then there's Jack Cornacchia, a widower who lives with his high school age daughter Amelia and reads meters for Con Ed but also has a secret life as a vigilante, righting neighbourhood wrongs through acts of violence.

Harbor City is the fourth book in An Alec Winters Series and the conclusion to the story which began when 17-year-old Alec discovered a terrible family secret. After suffering a devastating personal loss, Alec must return to work. His sales job takes him to Melbourne, Florida.

In Port City, Alec's traveling sales job takes him to Mobile, Alabama, where he finds the same type of criminals he has found in New Orleans. He can't stand idly by while women and children are mistreated and sold as sex slaves; he has to do something. While he is away on business, something terrible happens at home, and when he gets back, he will tear the city apart to find and punish those who are responsible.

When the city she loves threatens to destroy itself in her absence, Colette knows she will have to return to the fight. Hiding in the woods seemed like the only option when threats of abduction could not be ignored any longer. But when the vampire mating bond begins to take unfortunate turns, Colette isn’t sure she will survive the changes. The only way to cure her is for Rome to come back and fix the bond he broke. But if he cannot forget his affection for Colette, their forbidden love just might be the thing that tears the city apart.

"Welcome to hell, ladies and gents, where the demons are monsters and so are the angels." In a city filled with angels and demons, the real monsters are harder to find. When Arija jumps through a portal, she finds herself in the most beautiful city she's ever seen. But looks can be deceiving. Has she found a paradise, or is it hell? Adal can't believe he let Arija go into the portal alone. When he goes in looking for her, he finds himself in a hellscape. With a demon around every corner, Adal must find his girlfriend before it's too late. But someone watches from the shadows.

Cities rather than individual pioneers have been the driving force in the settlement and economic development of the western half of North America. Throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, western urban centers served as starting points for conquest and settlement. As these frontier cities matured into metropolitan centers, they grew from imitators of eastern culture and outposts of eastern capital into independent sources of economic, cultural, and intellectual change.

Even in the confines of a city apartment, you now have the possibility to effectively manage your space and grow all kinds of tasty and flavorful crops. This is indeed your chance to regain control of the quality of the produce you eat - you are the one managing what goes on in your plants and inside your soil. Discover how to transform your apartment into a self-sufficient garden.

Renaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps - the guides who lead the souls of the recently departed through the Seven Gates of the Underworld - and done her best to avoid the notice of gods and mortals alike. But when a young boy named Ramses St. Cyr manages to escape his foretold death, Renai finds herself at the center of a deity-thick plot unfolding in New Orleans. Someone helped Ramses slip free of his destined end - someone willing to risk everything to steal a little slice of power for themselves. When she finds the schemer, there's gonna be hell to pay....