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December 2005 Vol. 7 No. 12 | Submit stories, articles, letters, essays, poetry here!
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BOOK RELEASED: BLACK WW II VETERAN RECOUNTS POIGNANT TALES
OF LIFE IN A SEGREGATED ARMY AND SURVIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY
Garland, TX (BlackNews.com) (11/15/05)- Teen Graffiti magazine has made holiday gift giving for the teenager on your list a little easier. From now until December 31, 2005, a special introductory rate for a yearly subscription to Teen Graffiti magazine is only $9.97, a 34% savings off the regular subscription price. Or take advantage of Teen Graffiti's Buy One, Get One Free! Offer*.
Headquartered in north Texas, Teen Graffiti magazine is one of the longest running magazines for the teen market. The bi-monthly magazine offers advice, school and job tips, feature stories on celebrities and musicians, fashion trends, and a host of other information relevant to teens. The magazine is distributed nationally and internationally and is aimed at the 12 to 19 year old market.
With a mission to be the outlet that gives teens a forum and a voice for communicating openly in a safe, candid and non-threatening environment, Teen Graffiti accomplishes this by publishing poems, articles and columns written by and for teens. "This speaks to the magazines dedication of providing teenagers with opportunities for creative expression. I can personally attest that todays youth face difficult decisions that can make or break their future," said Sharon Jones-Scaife, publisher of Teen Graffiti magazine. "That's why it is vitally important to produce a magazine that addresses the teen world from all angles from a teen viewpoint."
Teen Graffiti magazine is a sure parent-pleaser as well. It crosses all racial, ethnic and gender lines and offers positive, substantive information. Jones-Scaife says, "As adults, we are desperate for alternatives to youth publications that don't offer much beyond makeup, beauty tips, celebrity gossip and exploitive and titillating hype. Teen Graffiti fills the void by uplifting and educating our youth." Since its beginnings in 2000, its design has been to: promote educational enhancement, to promote higher education, increase literacy, provide writing/reading and creative expression opportunities, enhance pre-employment skills, instill leadership development skills, encourage career ambitions, and encourage responsible decision making, problem solving, and reasoning that will instill personal attitudes and qualities.
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TEEN GRAFFITI, your ultimate guide to teen empowerment, is the premier forum and voice for safe communication for all teens. Since 2000, Teen Graffiti has provided essential information and advice to teens. The publication provides its readers with information and advice on education, pre-employment, literacy, problem solving and responsible decision making. As the definitive source of information for and about teens, TEEN GRAFFITI is the authority for character building and creative expression. The magazine is published by Teens Reaching Teens, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) (11/15/05) - Black Pearl Books continues its great publishing tradition with four hot urban titles that have the streets talking! All four books (Shakedown by Nubian James, Dyme Hit List by Curtis Alcutt, Twisted by Holland Jones & Hustlin' Backwards by Mike Sanders) are movie-like in their fast-paced gritty-style.
All four books are available at Borders, Waldenbooks and Fine African-American bookstores!
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Paris Hightower, is a sexy young thang who falls in love with the man of her dreams, Tyree Dickerson, the son of very wealthy Real Estate tycoons. But there's a problem. Tyree's mother (Mrs. Dickerson) thinks that her son is too good for Paris and is dead-set on destroying the relationship at all costs.
After Mrs. Dickerson reveals a long-kept secret to Paris about her mother (Ebony Hightower), a woman that abandoned Paris and her brother more than fifteen years ago when she was forced to flee and hide from police amidst Attempted-Murder charges for shooting Paris father --- Paris is left in an impossible situation.
Even though the police have long given-up on the search for Ebony Hightower (Paris mother), the bitter Mrs. Dickerson threatens to find her and turn her in to authorities as blackmail for Paris to end the relationship with her son.
Paris knows that Mrs. Dickerson means business - she has the time, interest and money to hunt down her mother. Left with the choices of pursuing her own happiness or protecting the freedom of her mother, a woman she barely knows, Paris is confused as to the right thing to do.
As the situation escalates to fireworks of private investigators, deception, financial sabotage and kidnapping, even Paris life becomes in danger.
Just when Paris feels that all hope is lost, she's shocked when she receives unexpected help from an unlikely source.
Be careful who you mess with, cause Payback is a mother! Shakedown combines high-drama and mega-suspense with the heart-felt struggle of the price some are willing to pay for love!
Rio Romero Clark, is an Oakland-bred brotha determined to remain a Playa-For-Life!
Taught by the best of Macks (his Uncle Lee, Father and Grandfather), Rio feels no woman can resist him. And he knows that his game is definitely tight, considering that hes as a third-generation Playa.
It is Rio's United-Nations-like appreciation for all types and races of women, from the Ghetto-Fab to the Professional, that leads him to the biggest challenge of his Mack-hood, Carmen Massey.
Carmen, a luscious southern-Dyme, at first sight, appears to be just another target on Rios Dyme Hit List! Possessing a body thats bangin' enough to make most brothas beg, mixed with southern-charm that can cause even the best playa to hesitate, Carmens got Rio in jeopardy of getting his Playa-Card revoked.
Burdened with the weight of potentially not living-up to the family Mack-legacy, Rio must choose between continuing to love his lifestyle or loving Carmen.
Unexpectedly tragedy strikes in Rios life and a dark secret in Carmen's past ignites a fire that threatens to burn-up their relationship, permanently.
Dyme Hit List is On-Fire with Sensuality! This story is pleasingly-filled with lotsa lip-folding scenes! Curtis Alcutt is a bright new star in fiction!
Nadine, a sultry, ghetto-fine conniving gold-digger, will do whatever it takes to make sure that she is financially set for life -- even at the cost of breaking-up a family.
When Wayne, Nadine's man since high-school, is sentenced to two years in prison for a crime he did not commit, he's betrayed by the two people he trusted the most - his woman (Nadine) and his cousin (Bobo).
Asia, a curvaceous diva and designer-clothing boutique owner with a wilder-side sexual-preference becomes an unlikely confidant to her best-friend Nadine's man (Wayne) during his incarceration.
Meanwhile Bobo, one of VA's most notorious and most successful Street-Entreprenuers, manages to hustle his way into staring down a possible life sentence.
Now that the roles are reversed, its Bobo who's now facing some serious prision time, as Nadine tries to do whatever it takes to keep her hands on the secret stash of cash hidden in a suitcase that Bobo left behind.
Money, greed and sex always have as a way of gettin things Twisted!
Daaaaayummmmmm! Holland Jones brings it! A hood-licious story that combines deceit, murder, freaky sex and mysterious-twists! You gotta get this one!
Capone, and his life-long road dawgz, June and Vonzell are out for just one thing. To get rich!....By any means necessary!
As these three partners in crime rise up the ranks from Project-Kids to Street-Dons, their sworn code of Death Before Dishonor gets tested by the Feds.
Though Capone's simple pursuit of forward progression as a Hustler gains him an enviable lifestyle of Fame, Fortune and all the women his libido can handle It also comes with a price.
No matter the location - Miami, Charlotte, Connecticut or Puerto Rico - There's simply no rest for the wicked!
WARNING: HUSTLIN BACKWARDS is not the typical street-novel. A Unique Plot, Complex Characters mixed with a Mega-dose of Sensuality makes this story enjoyable by all sorts of readers! A true Hustler himself, Mike Sanders knows the game, inside and out!
Fast-Paced and Action-Packed! Hustlin Backwards HAS IT ALL -- Sex, Money, Manipulation and Murder! Mike Sanders is one of the most talented and prolific urban authors of this era!
NEW BOOK TARGETS
BLACK MEN FOR SUCCESS
Author - Angela
Boone
CONTROVERSIAL BOOK GIVES FUNKY TWIST ON BLACK CULTURE! - Can you spell candid with a capital C, followed by a shuddering A on the brink of ecstasy? Well, that's what "My Head is Bloody, But Unbowed" epitomizes, candor of the rarest nature
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