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With the gradual shift from the 1970s disco scene, a new style of music known as hip hop paved way for underground music talent; creating local artists to pop up from all over the Brooklyn, The Bronx, Philly, and Jersey. Some refer to it as “The Golden Era” but rap music was just coming into its own in the early to mid-1980s. This audiobook The History of Hip Hop, Volume 2, takes you behind the scenes and gives you the little-known details of the 1980s era which would lay the roots for an artistic experience that has built the existence of many rap artists now.

Sigue el viaje de Philly boy E a través de las drogas, la familia, la duda en sí mismo y cualquier cosa menos una vida simple...Aquí está la última historia de un adolescente que se enfrenta con bolas con curva que el destino le lanza con una determinación y un carisma crudo, reclamando las calles de Filadelfia que lo han moldeado en el torbellino que es.

Allí y Ahora, Volumen 2 sigue la historia de E, un adolescente americano, cuando comienza a encontrar su camino en Filadelfia a finales de los años ochenta, andando por las calles, descubriendo una atracción por las chicas y un amor duradero por el hip-hop y deejaying. A medida que la vida de E se acerca cada vez más a los códigos de las calles, sus padres se preguntan si será reclamado por las calles, como muchos antes que el, acabado y terminado antes de que alcance sus veintitantos años.

Allí y Ahora, un diario en español que narra la historia de un niño (Lil E) y su vida en Filadelfia. En los años 70 y 80, esta ciudad era interesante para un niño americano, y Lil E recuerda todo...Debido a que Lil E, no crecio mucho, siempre fue con quien todo el mundo quería bromear y meterse. Lleno de sonrisas, nostalgia y lágrimas de arrepentimiento. Allí y Ahora es un libro que te llevará a lo largo de un viaje lleno de historia y emoción.

The New York Mafia has been around for decades, and the Giuliani’s have ruled their criminal empire with an iron first. But wait. There’s an upstart waiting in the wings, and the Lombardi’s are about to claw their way in, thanks to the decline of the city’s ruling family. The prize to be had in the upcoming battle is New York Harbor. The warriors? Francesco Giuliani, the bad-boy son and enforcer of the family, and Jessica Lombardi, her family’s lawyer who has learned the business from her father and brother.

Some of the homecoming "heroes" have committed crimes against humanity...but now they wear medals, not handcuffs. Camouflaged by anarchy, these malicious acts appear to be safely buried...but the truth, itself, is ever-explosive. One wrong step - or the right one. The Code of Honor neglected afar, is known to haunt a criminal faction. Native soil means nothing....

Life doesn’t always turn out the way we imagine. Jason Smith discovered this at the young age of 16. Kidnapped and stolen across the border to Canada, Jason discovers the lows of human spirit while struggling with maintaining sanity. He clings to the hope of escape, but when Jason manages to escape his bonds and win freedom, he is confronted with the enormity of the harsh Canadian wilderness.

When Debare Balogun, a Nigerian businessman, is approached by a mysterious agent in a nightclub in the baddest area in Lagos, the last thing he expects is to be blackmailed. MI6 has been watching over his shady business deals for years and has more than enough evidence to implicate him and put him away forever. But MI6 has an offer for the Nigerian: To win his freedom and clear his name, he must go to Russia as an asylum seeker and spy on an organized crime network connected to the KGB and Russian Parliament.  

The everyday African life of Aliou, in the small village in Gambia of his birth, is one of hardship and happiness. Despite his talent in soccer and his exceptional performance in school, this young, black, and gifted teenager seems destined to live out his days in the same sort of poverty that his family had experienced. Then, with the sudden death of his father, Aliou is faced with a hard decision. 

Falling in love on a slave ship in the mid-1800s, Miro and Osmanu are being forced to a land unknown for a fate unknown. As their love grows, so does the trial of staying together. Will they survive together or will fate deem them apart? Who's the Master is a novel that will put you right at the scene of survival for Africans in slavery, so read the book to find out if Miro and Osmanu's quest for love and freedom will end up in harmony or distress!

We live in a society that places a high degree of importance on physical appearance. TV, movies, magazines and billboards all display attractive people. We see many men and women running to plastic surgeons, having many different kinds of procedures done simply to enhance their appearance. Our society is obsessed with physical beauty and many women are caught up in that obsession.   

Have you noticed the seemingly endless abuses carried out by police on minorities of color? Are you someone who has suffered from police profiling? If you are, or you are simply a concerned citizen who is opposed to the tide of police brutality, police corruption, and violence inflicted on ordinary citizens, then This Must Stop Now: Mr. Officer is an audiobook you should hear. This audiobook was written in part to assist in highlighting the problems and to call others to action in a bid to halt the wave of brutality that we see on a daily basis.

Gabrielle, an "at-risk" young lady coming from a poor neighborhood in New York City, finished her college degree last semester. She was working for peanuts at the time when a better job came through, requiring her to move 200 miles away from home to Boston to work for a new startup. She didn't know that the history of bias and xenophobia in Boston may test the patience and perseverance of this young African American. But Gabrielle would be willing to risk it all for a better lifestyle.

What's that purpose-driven life? You have a mindset about it. Your spiritual direction is based on certain beliefs. Seeking wisdom, the words you use, and the ideas you construct are what makes who you are. However, many are only stumbling on happiness and have yet to enjoy its actual meaning. 

House is the first descendant of disco. While Black and Hispanic communities were jamming and party DJs spinning records, a new birth of rhythm gave way to music lovers from Chicago and New York in the form known as house music. Developed in Chicago's underground dance club culture in the early 1980s, today house music is worldwide and continues to dominate most club scenes and has expanded beyond its subculture beginning.

In this audiobook, you will hear the stories of business-minded people who once were miserable at work. You will find out what they went through and how they managed to start their own businesses from zero. Hopefully, by the end of this audiobook, you will feel inspired and you will start planning your resignation and your potential new business, a business that will make you happy!

As our children and teens race down the onramp to the Information Superhighway, many parents feel left behind in the dust. News stories about online sexual predators, child pornography, cyberbullies, hate groups, gaming addiction, and other dangers that lurk in the online world make us feel increasingly concerned about what our children are doing (and with whom) in cyberspace. Who are the Kids Behind the Screen provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers and gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly. 

A medida que los refugiados y los inmigrantes siguen fluyendo a través de las fronteras de los Estados Unidos, muchos de ellos buscando el sueño americano, el país comienza a crujir y gemir en las costuras y la pregunta se hace con más frecuencia, con una sospecha subyacente.

The year is 2017. Wars are few so far. Refugees are coming through countries' borders at enormous rates. Good jobs are hard to find. Violence is on the rise. Racism remains. America's immigration policies are constantly changing by the day. Bans, travel amendments, and visa revocations are just some of the procedures being applied from the top. It's time to take a deep breath and digest this question for a minute. "Is migrating to America really a good idea?"

The only hip hop book series that explains the culture fully in the fewest words! Whether you are a fan of hip hop or you are just curious about it, you will not have to look further after finding Eric Reese's The History of Hip Hop. This concise but in-depth audiobook explores all the distinguishing traits of what is not only a genre of music but a lifestyle. Reese traces the history of hip hop from its beginnings in the 1970s and reveals how it changed in the next decades until it became a worldwide phenomenon.