Atlanta raised, Ace and Bishop want to get back on top of the dope game and they want to get back immediately after doing thirteen months in jail… After finding a scheme to get back on top, Bishop decides to go his own separate way with his wife, Latoya, and son, Junior, by moving them to Los Angeles. Eighteen years later, Junior becomes a young nigga who follows his father’s same footsteps with big dreams of getting rich and living the life. When Bishop announces that they will be going back to Atlanta to visit family, Junior isn’t too happy about the news. Ace finally discovers that Brandy’s son, Ricky, is his biological child. He takes him under his wing immediately and teaches him what real hustling is all about. Coming face to face after so many years, Ace and Bishop hash things out and Ricky and Junior hit it off immediately. Ace and Bishop’s scheme finally catches up to them, leaving Ricky and Junior to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, Latoya finds she may not be over her old high school fling. Brandy tries to make Ricky see that he is a man now and he can go on with life just fine. Junior and Ricky find themselves in more drama as the money starts to pile up. The women they put their trust in, really aren’t who they think they are. Will Ace and Bishop’s past leave Ricky and Junior in turmoil? Million Dollar Dreams and Federal Nightmares is the ultimate non-stop page turning street novel, full of suspense, greed, envy, sex, money, desire, revenge, betrayal and unforgettable friendships that will risk it all for the dreams or for one another to find out.

Mario never wanted a life that was consumed by the streets. However, his love resided in a woman that wasn't only in the streets, but was the queen of them! At one point in time, both Shelly and Mario craved a life as normal as humanly possible. Mario even went so far as to get a regular job, working long and demanding hours. Shelly, being the complete opposite, was well connected and respected in the streets, and like a hustler she had the do anything-for-the-money attitude. When Mario got laid off from his job, Shelly's old ways reappeared followed by a slew of bad decisions that sends their family and the peace they've gain...into complete chaos. A sudden turn of events leaves Mercedes, their only child, left to fend for herself for a little while; but not on Shelly’s watch. While on a quest to find herself, Mercedes slowly starts to uncover the ugly truth about the event that drastically changed her life in which that leads her to conduct a full blown street investigation of her own. What do you do when your back is against the wall and all else fails and the lines between love and sacrifice blurs? Blood is shed and pain becomes pleasure.

Millions of poor children are failed by their families, the juvenile justice system, and by child welfare _reversed) farewell child. Prison is the only university guaranteed program for children in America. Our country has 2.3 million prisoners, which is the worlds largest inmate population. We have more prisoners than China, a nation that has four times as many people as the United States. Those who are incarcerated are disproportionately people of color who are products of a society that has neglected and marginalized them. More than 2,300 Maryland inmates were serving a life sentence in 2008. Nearly 77% of those inmates are African Americans, making Maryland the state with the largest share of black prisoners serving life sentences. Among the 269 prisoners in Maryland sentenced to life for crimes committed when they were juveniles, 226 are black. The only thing Mary about this land was bloody Mary, but dont get it confused with the alcoholic beverage, Maryland-Murdaland. This is my story, welcome to THE CAPITAL OF MARYLAND.

No More State Greens da Sequel is part 2 of the Autobiography Urban Novel NomoreStateGreens. The decisions and choices i've made lead me to being incarcerated. At some point in life i have to realize that the path i'm on is a road to destruction. After spending most of my 20's inside of Connecticut Department of Corrections, will i make better decisions or will i revert back to my old ways

Small City Big Paper By: A-Town Avery Haigler aka A-Town better known as Mr. 803 was born and raised in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Growing up in the poverty stricken part of the city led Avery to a life of crime at a very young age. With his first arrest coming at the age of 9 years old. Always wanting more and having street savvy with book smarts to match led to a career criminal in the making. In and out of juvenile detention, jail and prison from the age of 10 up until his final arrest at the age of 26 that landed him in federal prison with a 10 year sentence for drug conspiracy and money laundering. Avery went from petty criminal to one of the largest drug dealers in his city during his era. From basically having nothing to becoming a millionaire off the drug trade all while in a small city knows as Orangeburg. While incarcerated in the Federal Prison, Avery read numerous urban novels that depicted the drug scenes in major cities. He then realized that while he was from a small city, the drug scene in Orangeburg was on a major level like in bigger cities, which let him to writing this book. Letting readers know that even though Orangeburg is a small city, it’s some Big Paper (serious money) being made there. Since his release from federal prison in March of 2017, Avery has been working a regular 9 to 5 job and enjoying life spending time with his family and 7 beautiful kids. Also, he has a promotion company called ‘I Ain’t Press Entertainment’, in which he promotes parties, events and local artists. He is also investing into real estate with hopes of having 10 rental properties by his 40th birthday.

Million Dollar Dreams And Federal Nightmares 2 A Year After Orchestrating the Ultimate Money team in Atlanta with Ricky, Junior, and Bizzy that all came to a conclusion when Pedro Decided to have two well-known police Detectives Ambushed for their attempt to Bust them in Atlanta's biggest Drug Bust ever. However It only Left Ricky, Junior, and Bizzy Hotter than they were. In Spite of that Pedro Decided to Resurfaces with the opening of Dollars for Dreams - a club that sells everything from sex to Ex. In his attempt to conquer the Drug Industry, Pedro uses Money, Sex, and Blackmail to get in partnership with Police Lieutenant Perry Mason. Together they form a murderous, robbing Drug Task Force whose objective is to attack rival dealers on his command. With the cops and hustlers on the same side, who could stop them? Million Dollar Dreams And Federal Nightmares 2 Is A Wild, Non-Stop Page Turning street Novel that will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page, Filled with Money, Sex, Blackmailing, Murder, Jealousy, and Payback"

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate “In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.” The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama’s call for a different brand of politics—a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces—from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media—that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment. At the heart of this book is Barack Obama’s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats—from terrorism to pandemic—that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy—where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, Obama says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes—“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.”

The American Dream turned into a nightmare when the housing bubble burst, and people have been trying to figure out who to blame- Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? In American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Homeownership, Randal O'Toole explores the forces at play in the housing market and shows how we can rebuild the American dream of homeownership by eliminating federal, state, and local policies that distort the free market for housing.