Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

"Manhood, masculinity, what it means to grow up in a world where who you are and who you are expected to be exist in powerful, soul-deep struggle . . . Dwight Thompson's My Own Dear People tackles all these issues and more, in an...

When Alecia "Joy" Middleson meets Minke, a young hustler from Brooklyn, he quickly becomes her world. He feels the same way about her-she is the woman he'll connect with, she is his better-half. By the age of eighteen, Alecia is married and has two...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the Silvas Series from bestselling author Gillian Godden A brand new gripping and thrilling gangland story by Gillian Godden. Perfect for fans of Kerry Kaya, Kimberley Chambers and Martina Cole. With Alex Silva facing time behind bars, his family...

Our Hero has a philosophy, a way of life. The way of the eternal optimist. Part narcissistic delusion, part lovingly transcendent. He remains unflappable as he sails through a series of tragedies which would leave most humans in ruins. The death of his parents....

Bestseller Jacqui Rose returns with The Women - whether they are serving time or trying to get out, hell hath no fury like these women inmates of a notorious and hard-hitting prison. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane.Author: Jacqui RoseISBN-10: 1529076579ISBN-13:...

FBI Agent Tonya Green was sent to Philadelphia to investigate the drug overdosing of hard core users from heroin. Her office named the city Killadelphia because of the enormous amount of deaths from this deadly drug. During her quest for facts, evidence led to...

Graduating from high school was the start of a new life for Alecia, but it was far from the real world that she was about to endure. Meeting the King of New York wasn't the plan, but it was soon the main focus. The...

Ripped from the headlines stories detailing the horrendous nocturnal activities of sexual predators from St.Louis's infamous "Bossman" "McGhee" and New York's Nushawn Williams to the disturbing YouTube viral video rantings of the self proclaimed "Trashman". The threat of an HIV Positive Individual purposely infecting...

This book is a cross between the movies Rocky and 8 Mile: inspirational fiction with a hip-hop vibe. How far would you go to make your dream come true? Troy Jones is sixteen with the dream of becoming a rapper. He doesn't want fame;...

A collection of sixteen stories portraying the constricted and confused lives of the rootless twenty-somethings who inhabit them.Author: Rebecca RosenblumISBN-10: 1897231490ISBN-13: 9781897231494Publisher: BiblioasisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2008Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.60dReview Citation(s): Quill & Quire 09/01/2008 pg. 51Quill & Quire Books of...

Mara Blake has managed to kill her fiance's father but there is one problem, his maid Lupe may know what she's done. Julian has decided to defy his parent's wishes of leaving Mara alone. An unexpected showdown between Lauren, Tori, Misha and Arnold are...

The story takes place during the late 1980's into the 90's within various towns in Long Island, N.Y. and is based on the lives of Jermaine and Derrik who against their mothers wishes and struggles fall victim to a life of crime and self-destruction....

Charles Bukowksi, Hubert Selby Jr., and Denis Johnson are familiar names in the literature about the druggies, rockers, criminals, and whores who habituate the dark side of American fiction, but there are few women writers in the club. Enter Ann Wood, an award-winning journalist...

Life got off to a rough start for Corona Cocaine Cash, called Sweets by friends and family. She grows into a woman hell-bent on making it. After deciding that college life is not for her she struggles to make her way in the world...

Snatch and Demon are small-time hustlers with kingpin dreams. Snatch's dad was big-time before the Rico Act got him a life sentence, and now Snatch wants to follow in his pop's footsteps minus the prison sentence. With his partner, DEMON, ten toes down with...

Inspired by real events, this is a story about gangs, growing up in Scotland and the struggles young people face in choosing a future in Britain today.Author: Graeme ArmstrongISBN-10: 152901736XISBN-13: 9781529017366Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2021Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.00d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

"Cubism: A Poetic Trilogy" weaves an enchanting tapestry of three interconnected stories titled "Sex Machine," "Doors of Perception," and "The Flop House." Set in the bustling streets of San Francisco, each verse brings forth the trials and tribulations of young souls grappling with a...

Manny never asked to be different, to have a power that could bring the dead back to life. But when he resurrected his dead goldfish as a child, he knew he was cursed with an inexplicable power. Decades later, he's working in a Brisbane...

A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure, A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia.The novel is best known for its notion that a...

Roam the gloomy streets of Midtown in the shadow of Mantra Hand. Part mystery and part diary, The Marianas Trench by Ryan Madej is both an allegory and an obsession. Part 1 of the Midtown Tetralogy.Author: Ryan MadejISBN-10: 1777130409ISBN-13: 9781777130404Publisher: Orbis Tertius PressLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Author: Jorge a. Barriere-MendezISBN-10: 1642148660ISBN-13: 9781642148664Publisher: Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2018Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

Blazing with scandal, deception, temptation, and revenge, this third installment in the Twisted series blurs the lines of infidelity and tests the true meaning of love. Sabrina and Luke's marriage was shattered years ago after the devastating loss of their son. Now homeless and...

In a world much like our own there exist a man, his name is Hezior Finit Desimon. Hezior's story starts off in his death where he ascends into the beyond and is faced by a council of spiritual beings. He is commanded to tell...

When the term serial killer is used, names like Bundy, Ramirez and Jeffery come to mind. Xavier aka Killa has more bodies then all of them combined Travel with Killa on his murderous rampage down the east coast from New York to Georgia. Now...

Every Generation Is a First Generation Grinding poverty and brutal murder are the inheritance of a troubled young Sicilian-American who fights for survival on the mean streets of Los Angeles in this gritty, compelling multi-generational story. Sudden violence, against-all-odds teen love, a quirky cast...

It is seemingly a coincidence that master doll maker Ginny Standler inherits a co-op apartment fronting on the Chatham Square of Savannah, Georgia, from her Aunt Marie while simultaneously being offered an interim teaching position at Savannah's College of Art and Design. Both circumstances...

TAZ IS BACK!What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees. The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with...

The vampire Rix still searches for a safe place."Strength of a Vampire" picks up where "Being a Vampire" left off, with Rix once again in search of housing. His desperation for a safe haven leads him to a chaotic house filled with other vampires....

Author: Deshana L. WrightISBN-13: 9798330562756Publisher: Empire PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2024Pages: 162Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

Author: Corey RobinsonISBN-10: 196544816XISBN-13: 9781965448168Publisher: Lock Down PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2024Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d

Dive into the gritty and intense world of Nora Woods, a hot-headed teenager who once ruled the mean streets of Brooklyn with reckless abandon. But her life takes an unexpected turn when she rises from the ashes, transforming into a rising star within the...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket In a series of vivid snapshots, the lives of ordinary Dubliners unfold against the backdrop of early 20th-century Ireland. The stories explore themes of identity, longing, and paralysis, as characters grapple with missed opportunities, societal expectations, and personal...

Earl was a Don from the past, and he was not acustom to the ways of the up and coming and overly aggressive drug king pens, who were looking to take over the Philadelphia underworld.He was to old for all this, and so now...

David Kirk's dreams of baseball glory must be put on hold while he plots a murder.In the summer of 1976, Detroit Tiger rookie Mark "The Bird" Fidrych is captivating the nation by talking to the baseball and acting like a goofy kid. A few...

In the world of the Cartel, there are many pitfalls and family curses. In the city of Miami, the good die young and the bad live forever. The first family of Miami, the Diamonds, are back and more ruthless than ever. When the family...

New York. Winter. 1980. Behind the glitter of the disco era, the city streets run wild. In countless secret spaces, high stakes poker games fuel an underground economy flush with cocaine, champagne, and call girls. Winners are on top of the world. But no...

Loyalties collide with long-buried love, a man builds a nuclear bomb in his garage, and children walk up walls. The stories in What You Need beautifully recount the rawness of human experience. Andrew Forbes's characters struggle to escape the things that hold them in...

"An ambiguous tale that verges on dark comedy. . . . With skill and subtlety, the novel hints that a whole society might labor under an illusion of liberty."--The EconomistWhen her partner disappears, a young woman drifts towards Open Door, a small town in...

What Boys Like brings together a motley assemblage of urban misfits and outsiders, and explores their love/hate relationships with their city and one another. Jones's characters grapple with lust, love and loss with an unsentimental eye, while remaining open to the sharp-edged humour caused...

It's 1980s New York, and though the coke flows freely, money and glamour are the more powerful intoxicants. While fortunes are being made in SoHo galleries and on Wall Street, an underclass of transient drag queens and dandies, club kids and strippers, artists and...

A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and involves his two sets of parents (the mom and her second husband, a very thoughtful doctor; and the father who has become a major gay...

It's 1992 and three people's lives are about to collide against the flaming backdrop of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. Vietnam vet Harry Hudson is a journalist fleeing his past: the war, a failed marriage, and a fear-ridden childhood. Rootless, he stutters,...

Raven and Rogue were the best of friends. When you saw one, you saw the other. The two were damn near inseparable until one life-changing event had their worlds crashing down. Unbeknownst to the two, something dramatic happened in both of their lives causing...

India Maldonado has lived two seemingly opposite lives for years. A senior at Columbia University, her love for a drug dealer takes her down a dangerous path of trying to hold on to something that's out of her control. But her future no longer...

Kevin Johnson was an up and coming drug dealer whose lust for fast money, women, and the high life ended up costing him more than he could've ever imagined. As he rose to the top, he didn't give a fuck about anything or anyone....

Long Beach homicide detective Danny Beckett returns from a year-long medical leave badly scarred and in constant pain, yet determined to prove he still has what it takes to do the job. He gets his chance when a call comes in that shocks even...

Life is about choices. So when you make one, have no regrets about it. For me I made a choice early in life. And I've been walking in these jungles of untamed animals for a long time. Only the strong survive in these jungles....

Shatyra "Ty" Jackson is a mother of two, who sometimes feels as though she needs more excitement in her life. In the blink of an eye, she goes from stable health and living conditions, to homeless with a death sentence. When her back is...

The story is delivered in words-twisting, unique, innovative and continuous "rap storytelling style". An emotional and financial roller coaster life as the story goes back and forth in time. Leon Bongo's parents die of a meth drug overdose and he is left to look...