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West Yorkshire, UK (BlackNews.com 4/3/06) - Audrey shares recipes and methods of cooking taught to her by her mother, who was born and raised on the Island of Jamaica, but migrated to Britain in the Windrush of the 1950's and 60's. Mrs Dodd's Basic Jamaican Cooking: A Rudimentary Guide to Jamaican Cuisine is a step-by-step introduction to the Jamaican way of cooking and uses a unique illustrated guide to choosing ingredients, which allows the user to identify obscure foods before buying. Audrey Dodd wrote this book to help the many cooking enthusiasts and exotic travellers with an interest in Jamaican and tropical foods to take their first steps into preparing delicious renditions of authentic Island meals. Mrs Dodd's Basic Jamaican Cooking: A Rudimentary Guide to Jamaican Cuisine is available for purchase at Amazon.com and www.lulu.com and can also be ordered from high street bookstores. "Independent publishing is the future for writers like me," said Audrey Dodd. "In as much as I can be in control of the whole process, and still provide information to users at a competitive price." Link to Publication: www.lulu.com/apdodd |
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Houston, TX (BlackNews.com 4/3/06) - From the banks of Houston's Buffalo Bayou to the blue waters of Hawaii to the flashy, sexy world of Hollywood, Anita Bunkley's, SILENT WAGER (Dafina Books, May 2006), tells the story of one woman's fight to save a family legacy and recapture the trust of her estranged daughter. SILENT WAGER is the story of Camille and Max Granville, an African American couple with roots deeply embedded in Houston's black community. In the summer of 2001, they are hard-hit by Tropical Storm Allison, which nearly wipes out their historic home and restaurant, Vendora. Caught without insurance to cushion the blow, the Granvilles see their savings dwindle, their marriage begin to crumble, and the respect of their daughter, Jaiden, slip away with the receding flood waters. Desperate to hold onto his livelihood and his family, Max takes a huge risk: He sells controlling interest in Vendora to a slick Los Angeles businessman, whose beautiful movie-star girlfriend, Lara Stanton, turns out to be a dangerous, unwitting accomplice. The bet looks good on the surface, but it soon takes a disastrous turn when Max is killed, leaving Camille to uncover the truth about a wager conducted in silence -- initiating a cascading series of events that threatens Camille, Jaiden, Lara and the future of Vendora. |
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Sexy -- Risky -- Compelling to the end -- SILENT WAGER, captures the passion, danger, and emotional turmoil of the aftermath of those perilous days of the summer of 2001.
Anita Bunkley -- a Houston resident, has written women's fiction and non-fiction since 1989. She is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and an NAACP Image Award nominee. Her previous publications include eight novels, two novellas, and one work of non-fiction. Her third novella, YOU ONLY GET BETTER, co-authored with Connie Briscoe and Lalita Files will be released by Mira in July 2006. More information about Anita Bunkley can be found on the Internet at www.anitabunkley.com
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Bala Cynwyd, PA (BlackNews.com 3/17/06) - From prison to the pulpit, this con artist-turned church preacher, went from standing in a police lineup to standing alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson. A new book details a life of crime and redemption, as a former drug addict now helps troubled youth and young prisoners avert a wasted life and turn things around as he finally did.
Over a 22-year period, stemming from age 20 until his early 40's, Rev. Burton Barr, Jr. was a lost soul. Arrested over 30 times - and wanted by the police in over a half-dozen jurisdictions -- Barr had done everything possible to mess his life up. It's not the life you would expect from someone who was ordained a preacher at a young age.
Rev. Barr's life may have been lived in a fog but he recounts the ugly details of his crime spree in a new, moving autobiography, The Hoodlum Preacher.
"It seemed that I was wanted all over the eastern part of Missouri," says Rev. Barr. "There were warrants for me in St. Louis, St. Ann, Bridgeton, Maryland Heights, Richmond Heights, and several other municipalities." He'd committed crimes in Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, and other cities as well.
"I was not a family man," he confesses. "I was a dope fiend, a con man, a liar, and a thief. I used anyone that came in contact with me. Every turn that I made was the wrong turn, and every road that I took was the wrong road."
Rev. Barr reveals a long litany of wrongs, misdeeds, crimes, and reprehensible actions. A sampling of his troubled lifestyle included:
* Gun-carrying drug dealer
* Stole from employers
* Passed bad checks
* Alcoholic and drug addict
* Started a race riot
* Cheating husband and wife-beater
* Kicked out of the Marines
* Ripped off family members
* Stole from the church
* Scammed people while in a cult
Everyone was after Rev. Barr, including the drug dealers he'd stolen from, the cops, and family members whom he'd ripped off to support a drug habit that peaked in the mid-1980's at up to $500 a day. His out-of-control life saw his career struggle, his marriage fail, his freedom taken, and his life jeopardized.
"By the age of 20 I was shooting heroin, smoking weed, getting drunk and stealing to support myself, turning away from the church that would eventually offer me an opportunity for redemption," says Rev. Barr.
Maybe he was just following in his father's footsteps, a man who also was an alcoholic-turned-preacher. Maybe he was just a product of his times, growing up a young Black urban man in the 1960's, where the country raged out of control over civil rights, the Vietnam War, and a cultural revolution. His neighborhood friends fared no better - getting shot, overdosing, or ending up in prison.
But Rev. Barr managed to finally turn the tide. He got clean and sober, stopped his life of crime, and invested his time and heart into serving his church once again. It was a long time coming, but he finally straightened his life out. Since 1994 he's been preaching and making a positive impact on the lives of others. In fact, just a few years ago he rekindled a romance with a woman he hadn't seen in 35 years and they wed on Valentine's Day, again proving it's never too late for good things to happen in one's life.
Rev. Barr provides insight on lessons learned, including:
* You don't have to let where you are dictate who you are.
* No one is beyond redemption. It's never too late to turn your life around.
* No matter what you have done, or what you have become, God loves you.
"Our children need all of the help that they can get," says Rev. Barr. "We need to not only recruit people from our churches, but from the business community as well. We have to let people know that our children are our future, and a troubled child is not necessarily a bad child. He is sometimes just misguided. Children, like everyone else, want to be accepted. They want to feel like they are part of something. We have to make them part of something that is positive or they become part of a gang."
Rev. Bar now speaks at prisons, churches, and schools, helping to change lives and make a difference. He began by saving his own life, and now he helps others.
"As the reader digests the humor and sadness, reverence and awe that is skillfully and dynamically ensconced within these pages one might tend to forget that this is not a novel or a writing of fiction that is before us. It is a real life story, with real situations and with an authentic and practical message for people of every walk of life. Your life will be profoundly impacted by his. It has been both my privilege and my pleasure to serve as his pastor, prayer partner and friend." --Rev. Ronald L. Bobo, Sr., D. Min, West Side Missionary Baptist Church/St. Louis, Missouri
"The Hoodlum Preacher helped get me through some discouraging times while being imprisoned. The book confirmed the fact that I can accomplish anything, as long as I have faith." -- Project Pat, Hip-Hop Artist
"Riveting and inspiring, this book offers a brave model from which all sinners, great and small and most of us in the middle, can gain confidence in themselves as they deepen their faith in God. -- Dr. Eugene C. Kennedy, Author
Publication Data: The Hoodlum Preacher by Rev. Burton Barr, Jr.; Kobalt Books; April 25th; Trade Paperback; $14.95; ISBN: 0-9769117-1-X; 200 Pages
George C. Fraser
National (BlackNews.com 3/17/06) - Your success is all about the exposure...and time is running out! The coordinators of the African American Pavilion at BookExpo America are seeking serious businesses that wish to gain a foothold in the book publishing industry May 19th - 21st, 2006 at the Washington, DC Convention Center.
Organizers of the African American Pavilion at BookExpo America are finalizing plans for the event. Featured speakers at the Pavilion receptions are George C. Fraser, Chairman and CEO, FraserNet, Inc.; Pat Schroeder, President and CEO, The Association of American Publishers; W. Paul Coates, Publisher, Black Classic Press. Other notable speakers, presenters, and performers at the pavilion events will include: Relentless Aaron, national bestselling author; Irene Smalls, award winning children's book author; Troy Johnson, CEO, of AALBC.com; Heather Covington, CEO, Disilgold.com, Author of Literary Divas: The Top 100 Women in Literature; Dante Lee, CEO, Diversity City Media, Inc., Author of How to Think Big, When You're Small; John V. Elmore, Esq., Author of Fighting For Your Life: The African American Criminal Justice Survival Guide and Dr. Jamie Walker, Author of 101 Way's Black Women Can Learn To Love Themselves.
BookExpo America, one of the largest book trade exhibits in the world, provides independent African American book publishers, self publishers, authors, Black Interest Imprints at major publishing houses, distributors, literary agents, publicists, librarians and bookstore owners exposure to more than eighty thousand book buyers and booksellers from across the globe.
Exhibitors don't miss out!! The Deadline for listing your business in the BEA Show Directory is March 27th and a possible feature write-up in Publishers Weekly Show Daily with your company listed is March 24, 2006. The African American Pavilion exhibitor space is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis...this opportunity won't last for long. Prices range from $1105 for Small Press (48 sq. ft) up to $2900 for a 10' X 10' booth (this is a 30% Discount). For exhibiting information email Jason Krulewitz at jkrulewitz@reedexpo.com or call 203-840-5937. Any questions, thoughts or suggestions, email amberbk@aol.com
Now in its third year, the African American Pavilion at BEA is the largest national marketplace for thousands of African American publishing industry professionals. According to Wade Hudson, President of Just Us Books, "The African American Pavilion is a growing presence at BEA". "There will be great opportunities to learn, share, educate, sell and network; and it's making black book history a vital, visible part of the 105-year history of BookExpo America/American Booksellers Association."
Since the pavilion's inception in 2004, many licensing, distribution, and sales success stories have emerged from the roster of African American Pavilion exhibitors. For instance, Relentless Aaron, Owner of Relentless Content, in a recent New York Times interview, was credited with getting his four-book deal with St. Martin's Press to his discovery as a publisher/author/exhibitor at last year's African American Pavilion at BookExpo America. While exhibiting in the Pavilion last year, Tony Rose met Japanese Publisher Hiroshi Sano of Transworld Japan, Inc. and made a multi-book Japanese language publishing deal.
In addition to the many business opportunities, the pavilion festivities will include music, food and refreshments. Karibu Books will sponsor a welcoming reception, featuring authors, poets, and speakers such as Simba Sana, CEO and Brother Yao, COO, Karibu Books.
The African American Pavilion reception and awards program will celebrate the achievements of African American publishing professionals: Independent African American Publisher of the Year; Self Publisher of the Year; Christian Book Publisher of the Year; Bookstore of the Year; and Distributor of the Year. Two industry professionals will be honored with the first annual Glenn Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award and Toni Parker Author of the Year Award.
This may be your time to escalate your publishing business to a new level of success and showcase your products to the thousands of bookbuyers visiting the many exhibits featuring books and gifts by, for and about African Americans.
The list of exhibitors expands each year and is growing rapidly for 2006. Don't miss out...time is getting short!! Among the many notable exhibitors in 2004 and 2005, the pavilion hosted: Afrikan World Book Distributors; Amber Communications Group, Inc.; BlackBoard Bestsellers; Black Issues Book Review; FYOS Entertainment; Genesis Press; Hilton Publishing; Just Us Books; Mirror-Gibbs Publications; Q-Boro Books; Relentless Content; Strebor Books International; Third World Press; and Walk Worthy Press.
This year, the 4,000 square feet of exhibit space will showcase African American books, authors, products and publishers, including: Africa World Press/Red Sea Press (Booth TBA); African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com) (Booth 4647); Afrikan World Book Distributors (Booth TBA); Amber Communications Group Inc. (Booth 5050); Blacast Entertainment/Urbanbooksonline.com (Booth 4947); The Beckham Publications Group Inc. (Booth 4948); Black Issues Book Review (Booth 5151); Brown Erotic Publishing (Booth 4750); C&B Books Distribution (BoothTBA); Just Us Books, Inc. (Booth 5149); K Harris Publishing, Inc. (Booth 4748); Kaden Publishing (Booth 4945); Kinship Press (Booth 4651); Lefall and Company (Booth 5045); Maria Falconer (Booth 4747); Nile Publishing (Booth 4648); Nunes Productions (Booth 4650); People Skills International (Booth 4646); Power Play Media (Booth 4846); Ruby Burke (Booth 4649); Silver Maple Publications (Booth 4652); T.F. Young (Booth 4746); Triple Crown Publications (Booth TBA); Writing for the Lord Ministries (Booth 4749). More exhibitors TBA.
The African American Pavilion was founded in 2004 by Niani Colom, Associate Publisher, Genesis Press; Adrienne Ingrum, Associate Publisher, Black Issues Book Review, and Tony Rose, Publisher/CEO, Amber Communications Group, Inc.
For further information on the African American Pavilion and Book Expo America please visit: www.bookexpoamerica.com or www.bibookreview.com Black Issues Book Review (March-April 2006 issue)
For exhibiting information please contact Jason Krulewitz at jkrulewitz@reedexpo.com
Any questions thoughts or suggestions, please email us at amberbk@aol.com
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Antioch, IL (BlackNews.com 2/28/06) - Do you know a man who is repeatedly late for work but surprised when he loses his job? Do you know a woman who thinks a man is giving her love taps when he hits her? Do you know people who are happier when others are sad or people who find peace to be a bore? Do you know someone addicted to 'reality' television programs?
These are examples of The New A.D.D. - Addiction to Drama and Dysfunction, which is more widespread than Attention Deficit Disorder, according to author Alethea Pascascio. She explores the syndrome in her new novel, "Bag Lady" (Queen Publications, April 20, 2006), which chronicles the tumultuous life of Faith Donnovan. Faith is a woman at the mercy of her past, which is the hallmark of The New A.D.D.
Haunted by the dysfunction of her childhood, Faith finds that her compulsive behavior lands her in a series of bad relationships. Eventually, she realizes that all of her relationships had one thing in common - HER. Faith's story, "Bag Lady" demonstrates our psychological addiction to the dysfunctions of our past. This addiction causes us to recreate over and over what is familiar, no matter how painful.
"I knew I was on to something," Pascascio said today, "when a friend of mine said her marriage was boring because her husband was actually a good man - no affairs, no abuse or neglect. So, she's considering having an affair to give her some excitement. After asking her a few questions, it became clear that she saw nothing in her childhood home but drama. Clearly, something is wrong, and I had to put a name to it."
"Bag Lady" begins with Faith's childhood, allowing the reader to understand the progression of her life. But there's a twist! The novel also investigates the healing process that can relieve all of us from the ravages of The New A.D.D.
"Bag Lady" will be released on April 20, 2006 and can be ordered from Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere.
For more information, visit www.queenpublications.com
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Columbia, SC (BlackNews.com 2/28/06) - Benedict College instructor Julian L.D. Shabazz has just published what is believed to be the first book ever to focus on the athletic history at a single historically black college. Roar of the Tigers! presents an illustrated history of athletics at the small college in Columbia from 1907 - 2005. With over 400 photographs and illustrations, it covers athletes, records, statistics, and great moments in Benedict sports ranging from the obvious (basketball, football, baseball, etc.) to the obscure (boxing).
Shabazz, a faculty member who teaches in the college's Health, Physical Education & Recreation department, commented, "This project is long overdue and should make a welcome addition not only to the history of black college sports, but also to South Carolina as well." The book was completed as part of Shabazz's doctoral studies at Union Institute and University located in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of five previous books and a renowned public speaker.
The book retails for $20 and is available at bookstores worldwide, Amazon.com, and directly from the publisher at www.JulianShabazz.com.
428 pages including illustrations
ISBN: 1-893680-08-8
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Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) (2/8/06) - Patricia Wilson-Smith, the author of DUPED BY LOVE, the hilariously funny novel about dating in Atlanta, is set to embark on a multi-city tour to promote the book some have called "one of the funniest ever written on the subject of dating", just in time for Valentine's day.
DUPED BY LOVE (www.dupedbylove.com) chronicles the shaky love life of Shelby Stewart, a single mother and divorcee, who lives and works in the 'city too busy to hate'. The story follows her as she tries every dating trick in the book to find love, with richly comic results.
According to a recent study done by the research firm Sperling's BestPlaces, Atlanta is the seventh worst city in the nation for dating. At a time when even the rich and successful are being duped (Jennifer Anniston, Terry McMillan), that distinction is pretty bad news for the scores of single available women in the city that frequent night spots, sign up for dating services, and scour the Internet looking to find love. DUPED BY LOVE pokes fun at the antics of the thirty-something heroine as she tries with varied success to find her "Mr. He'll-Do-In-A-Pinch".
Ms. Wilson-Smith got the idea for the book after a particularly bad experience with a man she met online. Though she admits that writing DUPED BY LOVE was a liberating experience, she says that actually being duped was anything but, and offers practical advice for singles looking for love: "Date Responsibly".
The tour begins this week in Atlanta, the city that both the book's main character and Wilson-Smith call home. Scheduled appearances on local radio, television, and a variety of print interviews, including features in Rolling Out Magazine, The Single Spot Magazine, and The Piedmont Review kick off the national promotion of the popular book.
DUPED BY LOVE is available at bookstores nationwide, and online at www.amazon.com, and www.dupedbylove.com. 1534 Press, a subsidiary of The ADA Entertainment Group, is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jamaica, NY (BlackNews.com) (2/2/06)- Reflections of an Urban High School Principal was released nationally by author and publisher Bernard Gassaway.
Bernard's true story is a perfect reason why parents and educators should never give up on children. As a child, he was headed straight toward the cemetery.
He comments, "I began to rebel when I was eleven or twelve years old. I was confused. Eventually I got together with other confused youths and we took to the streets. I found myself more out of school than in. The pull of the street life was powerful."
In Reflections of an Urban High School Principal, Bernard reflects on some of his childhood experiences growing up in the streets of Brooklyn, New York. He also describes how he survived the New York City public school system as a student, only to return as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. It is astonishing to read Bernards revelation that things have not changed in the New York City education system from the time he entered as a kindergarten student some forty years ago.
Reflections of an Urban High School Principal is a must read for educators, students, parents, and any one involved in youth development.
This riveting work is available for $12.95 at:
Justzbooks.com
E-bay.com
Amazon.com
Bernardgassaway.com
Brownstone Books
409 Lewis Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Visit www.bernardgassaway.com for the latest information on how to obtain your copy.
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Wildomar, CA (BlackNews.com) - (1/11/06) If someone served you a plate of pus, mercury and aborted fetal tissue with a side of antifreeze and formaldehyde would you eat it? Then why do you inject these contaminants into your body in the form of a flu shot? Maybe its because someone has given you FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) of the flu, making you feel that you need a flu shot to stay healthy? In this day of hard sell advertising, the marketing professionals are educating the masses on health care! Advertisers sell at all costs, even if they have to purchase your mind. Don't fall for the hype. Ignorance of the facts equals death to your body. The real key to fighting the flu doesn't lie inside of a vaccine, but inside of you. Your answer to optimum health is in the strength of your immune system. If you or your health care practitioner strongly feel that you need a flu shot, then by all means get one. Just make your decision based on accurate information and not on television and radio commercials. Along with several flu strains, your vaccine contains several chemicals that are added to preserve it, purify it, or promote its effectiveness. They include aluminum, chick embryos, monkey kidney cell cultures, aborted fetal tissue, man-made viruses, and mercury. And remember how this big scary bird flu was going to kill everybody unless you ran out and got a shot of Tamiflu? Well, that lie didn't work and now they are marketing Tamiflu as a cure all for all kinds of influenza. They aren't going to mention that Tamiflu has already killed more people than the so-called Avian (Bird) flu. Don't let advertisers con you! Get smart, get educated and heal yourself as nature intended |
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Bookcover - MediSin: The Causes & Solutions to Disease, Malnutrition, and the Medical Sins that are Killing the World by Dr. Scott Whitaker
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