The definition of Cruddy Buddy is it an informal noun which means a good friend that you can do dirt with, a partner in crime... "What's this all about?" asked a frightened Omar. "I talk...you listen!" snapped Cash, "where is the Money and the Shit?" "I don't know what you mean?" said Omar. "FO, show Omar what we mean please." FO raised the barrel of his all black AR-15 and shot the first guard in his face, blowing bits of his skull and brain matter all over the floor and walls. Next he shot guard number two center mass, rupturing his diaphragm causing him to bleed internally and suffocate. The female crack fiend was next. He emptied the rest of the clip into her face and chest as he began to smile as Omar flinched. "Now, where is the Money and the Shit!" asked Cash. "In the basement!" yelled Omar, "please don't kill me please!"

Raised in the Barry Farm Housing Projects, one of the most notorious hoods in Washington DC, Elliot Lancaster or El as he was often called was taught at an early age about survival of the fittest. By any means necessary he was determined to conquer the shady streets of DC and seized the opportunity to do so once the news of the arrest of a well known drug kingpin spread throughout the city. El formulates a get rich quick scheme and dives headfirst into the cruddy open air drug trade and has one goal in mind to make a solid name for himself in the street game. The first installment of the 'Cruddy Buddy Trilogy' is a fast paced gritty urban tale that is loaded with street justices, love, loyalty, lies and betrayal as it takes you on a turbulent ride through the grimy streets of DC and leaves you wondering what will happen next.

The Baby-Sitters are invited to weddings on both coasts in this entry from the classic, hit series. When two weddings give three club members the opportunity to be bridesmaids, Claudia and Dawn excitedly fly out to California to participate in Dawn’s father’s nuptials, while an enthusiastic Stacey attends Mrs. Barrett in Stoneybrook. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers!

Like so many others, Florence, along with her two daughters Eboni and Ivory, felt trapped in the small, gated projects of Shady Oaks located in the worst part of D.C. It was a place where the grass didnt grow above the surface and most wouldnt rise above poverty. A place where teens gave birth and senseless murders occured so much that people grew up actually thinking it was the thing to do. As a result, they turned out to be just as shady and willing to try any drug if it promised to leave them higher than a tree. And the new drug on the streets for young people was called Money. Although there was nothing new about powder cocaine except for the name it now went by, the kids in the neighborhood made it seem like it was something no one else had ever done. In fact, they made it seem as if it was so new that the consequences of using it would turn out completely different. However, it wouldnt be to the person they would least expect to succumb to its harsh reality, causing their perspective to change. She was encouraged to try Money for the first time by her closest friend. However, she didnt know it would also be her last time. When she felt her eyes uncontrollably roll in the back of her head and her spirit start to rise above the level of ecstasy, it is then that she knew she had made a fatal mistake.

I dedicate this book to my beloved deity, Shri Hanuman Ji, and the greatest Mahadev. I also dedicate it to my late grandfather, Shri Hukam Singh, who has been a guiding force in my life. To my extraordinarily supportive family and the Saidaan Foundation family, especially my respected guardians, Sandeep Teotia and Hema Teotia, and my elder sister Surbhi Arora. I extend my gratitude to all my friends: Mohit Varshney, Saumya Mishra, Charchit Sharma, and Yash Sharma. To the honorable teachers of the legal fraternity, and to my beloved buddy, Mona Singh, who always guides me. To my brothers, Mr. Ashish Singh and Varun Verma, and to Miss Vidhya Tank. To all my near and dear ones who have supported me through highs and lows. A simple "thank you" will never suffice to describe my gratitude. I owe you all a great deal.

A beautiful hardcover edition of the collected stories of one of America's most revered and admired authors. BBC Culture’s Best Books of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, Best Short Fiction Collected here for the first time in one volume are forty stories by Lorrie Moore—originally published in the acclaimed collections Self-Help, Like Life, Birds of America, and Bark and including three additional stories excerpted from her novels. Moore is one of America’s most revered writers, and this career-spanning collection showcases her exceptional talent for leavening tragedy with humor, for blending sorrow with subversive wit. Her keenly observed stories are peopled by a variety of lost souls—husbands, wives, lovers, tourists, professors, students, even a ghost—who are often grappling with pain or disappointment: a divorced man obsessed with self-help books, a washed-up Hollywood actress living in a hotel, a woman with a terminal illness. But however lovelorn or dislocated the characters—from the wisecracking wedding guest in “Thank You for Having Me” to the self-deluded musicians in “Wings” to the complicated parent-child pairs in “How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)” and “The Kid’s Guide to Divorce”—their stories are always grounded in insight and compassion. Moore’s portraits of the parents of a seriously ill child in “People Like That Are the Only People Here” and of a woman haunted by guilt over the death of her friend’s baby in “Terrific Mother” achieve a notably unsentimental and yet quietly devastating power. Whether moving or darkly funny, all of these pieces channel the messiness of the human condition through Moore’s characteristically knowing, wry voice, and together they confirm her as a master of the short story.