Urban Politics

In 1948, the Orioles, a Baltimore-based vocal group, recorded "It's Too Soon to Know". Combining the sound of Tin Pan Alley with gospel and blues sensibilities, the Orioles saw their first hit reach #13 on the pop charts, thus introducing the nation to vocal rhythm & blues and paving the way for the most successful groups of the 1950s. In the first scholarly treatment of this influential musical genre, Stuart Goosman chronicles the Orioles' story and that of myriad other black vocal groups in the postwar period.

On March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was brutally beaten and murdered in the street near her apartment, in full view of more than three dozen friends and neighbors - and no one did a thing to stop it. More than thirty-five years after its first publication, Thirty-Eight Witnesses, the true account of what transpired that night in Queens, New York, continues to disturb us. We would like to think that we would step in and do what we could to stop the carnage.

Childhood friends from Trinidad, Colin Warner and Carl King grew into men on opposite sides of prison bars after Colin was arrested for murder in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. With no evidence against him, Colin was wrongfully convicted and wrongfully imprisoned for more than two decades. But time and walls could not break the friends' bond. Carl's extraordinary resolve, sacrifice, and courage were Colin's last rays of hope in a harrowing struggle for freedom and justice.

The father that the brothers shared was as elusive a figure for George as he had been for Barack Obama; he died when George was six months old and George was raised by his mother and stepfather. But after his mother and stepfather separated, he drifted into gangs and petty crime. Arrested for robbery, restless, willful, and troubled, he lost himself in Nairobi's vast Mathare ghetto. After being framed for an armed robbery he did not commit and spending time in jail, he represented himself at trial and won the case.

Audial telepath Kylie Cain works for a black ops branch of the CIA (PSI - Psychic Sensory Intelligence unit). Now tasked with the biggest challenge of her life when a faction of rogue operatives who call themselves WON (World Order Now) kidnap 11-year-old Hope Mitchell, a powerful girl who may be the link to other worlds, Kylie feels immediately drawn to the girl's energy, and vows to save her.

Around the world, someone is stealing the cursed Judas Coins, the same 30 coins paid to betray Christ. Disturbed by these events, the Vatican hires our hero, antiquities thief, Trey Jordan. Trey's mission is simple: find the coins first. And to combat the dark power contained within the cursed coins, Trey will be entrusted with a powerful weapon of his own, a weapon hidden deep within the Vatican's secret vaults.

This novella, first published in 1907, is very unusual as far as vampire stories go. It is one of the first psychic vampire stories, where a vampire feeds off more than just blood. A young writer visits an older master to help him hone his craft but ends up succumbing to the powerful influence of the mysterious old man. We soon find that he has left a trail of ruined protégés in his wake. It is a chilling tale with an unusual twist.

In See No Evil, the thrilling adventure continues with Kylie Cain, a beautiful and deadly audial telepath who can hear conversations from miles away, who works for a black ops branch of the CIA. After rescuing Hope, Kylie flees from WON (World Order Now), a rogue operative faction. When things go south at PSI, Kylie and Hope run for their lives with PSI teammates Noah, who can read the past, and Ayden, who can see the immediate future.

Las relaciones humanas son complejas y, si no se basan en condiciones sólidas, el resultado es poco grato. Lograr mejores relaciones de pareja, requiere de conocimientos, habilidades, disposición, y ajustes, además de los ingredientes afectivos y de agrado mutuo. En cómo lograr mejores relaciones por medio de la Astrología, el oyente encontrará las orientaciones necesarias para aplicar los principios y técnicas astrológicas con el fin de enriquecer su vida personal y de pareja.

Was wurde uns nicht alles versprochen, als die staatlichen Monopole fielen: "Mehr Wettbewerb, bessere Qualität, günstigere Preise". Doch was ist passiert? Die Landkarte ist unter den großen Konzernen RWE, E.ON, EnBW und Vattenfall aufgeteilt. Strom, Gas und Wasser werden immer teurer, und die Politik tut nichts, um die Macht des Energie-Kartells zu unterbinden, im Gegenteil - in einer Branche, in der Politik und Wirtschaft aufs Beste miteinander harmonieren, gilt das Grundgesetz der geschlossenen Gesellschaft: verdienen und verdienen lassen. Fast noch schlimmer: Die Qualität unserer Versorgung bleibt auf der Strecke.

In Knucklehead we meet Marcus Hayes, a Black law student who struggles, sometimes unsuccessfully, with the impulse to confront everyday bad behavior with swift and antisocial action. The cause of this impulse is unknown to him. When Marcus unexpectedly becomes involved with the brilliant and kind Amalia Stewart, her love and acceptance pacify his demons. But when his demons return, he is no longer inclined to contain them.

Mark Falanga is a slick urban dweller, at the top of his game professionally, with a gorgeous corporate executive wife and a hip coterie in the coolest neighborhood in the city. But when baby makes three, Mark and his family enter the twilight zone called the suburbs, where public schools are good, many wives stay home, and children ride their tricycles in the driveway.

This study performed an analysis of the cumulative collision data for Autonomous Vehicles that are currently approved Deployment Permit Holders in California (Cruise LLC and Waymo, LLC). The analysis compared the publicly available safety data of relative conventionally driven vehicles in San Francisco, California and the United States (adjusted for underreporting of collision that do not involve fatality).

Der vorliegende Text setzt sich mit dem Thema Individualität in Groß- bzw. Kleinstädten und ländlichen Gegenden und damit mit den unterschiedlichen Wahrnehmungen dieses womöglich unterschiedlichen Menschenschlags auseinander. Keiner wundert sich in Berlin-Wedding über 14jährige, die ihre Babywagen durch die Gegend schieben, während in ländlichen Gegenden bereits ein unverheirateter 30jähriger Mann zum Gesprächsstoff der Nachbarn wird.

Georg Simmel (1858 - 1918), war Philosoph und Soziologe. Sein Essay über die "Großstädte und das Geistesleben" war bahnbrechend - weil es eingänglich schildert, wie die Großstadt auf das Individuum wirkt. Ein faszinierendes, zeitloses Werk.

In his blistering new audiobook, Bias in the Booth, sports reporter and commentator Dylan Gwinn takes you inside the sports media spin machine to reveal what they hope you won't notice: The sports media are no different from the news and entertainment media.

Callousness toward lack of civic sense, which you would have experienced, and insights on desired etiquettes are drawn in this publication on non-prescriptive tangents. Intriguing and inspiring, it throws light on propriety deficiencies widely considered trivial in urban India, through compelling stories and real life experiences.

When it comes to creating a great social media marketing plan, you need to make sure to try out a few different social media sites. While you may be used to Facebook marketing and Twitter marketing, nothing provides the number of conversions and sales you will get with Instagram marketing. This guidebook is going to spend some time talking about Instagram for beginners. Here we are going to talk about some of the basics that you will need in order to set up your very first business Instagram account and to start enticing the Instagram followers that you need.

Snitching is what the government has perpetuated as a means to solve crimes and allow criminals to escape sentences that they may very well deserve. This book is about how the street game has never been fair. This is the guide to how it goes down.

No wonder Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written". The Metamorphosis remains one of the best works of fiction in history. It is the story of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find himself being transformed to an insect-like creature. The story unfolds into one of the greatest short fiction stories ever written.