This crazy Mama and her highly troublesome daughters are back and they’re making much noise. Karrine can’t keep her hands off Taffy’s main man, Honey, but falling for him will sting like an attack from a swarm of bees. Their relationship has plenty of ups and downs, but through it all, Mama will be the one who eventually saves them or tears them apart. Many of Mama’s lifelong secrets will be revealed, too, and when more people discover that she is the mastermind behind the empire Honey has successfully operated for years, plenty of heads will roll and more dead bodies will hit the streets. Mama becomes a real force to be reckoned with, but even she can be brought down. Someone close to her is plotting to do it, and unfortunately, seeking revenge may leave one of these bad divas clinging to life or living a life sentence in prison, where many believe they belong.

A snitch in the crew has dismantled the Cartel, and now disloyalty threatens to tear the family apart. Young Carter is in the fight for his life, as he faces drug kingpin charges because of the treachery of his best friend, Ace.--From publisher description.

With money and power comes great responsibility. This lesson is especially vital for Tony “Bow” Wilds. The only reason he hopped into the fast life in the first place was to feed his kid sister Casey, but with no more worries, he’s forced to stay after partnering with Maurice. It seems as though everyone around Bow can see that Maurice is not as trust worthy as he seems, and somehow Bow is blind to it until Nicki comes home. After her sacrifice of doing a bid for Bow, she’ll stop at nothing to make sure that Bow is untouchable and is able to stack his ends without any predators lurking around the corner. Including Maurice. That is until Ebonee slithers back into the picture and drops a two-year-old at their doorstep. Being the grown woman she is, Nicki takes the punches at they come yet she becomes weary of the fight and ponders leaving the drama all behind. Being with Bow isn’t as easy as it seemed it would be, because he changed during her time away and his money comes before all else. Even her. The time comes for the pair to make the ultimate decision. They must choose whether to stick with love, or to part for the sake of the money and the cocaine that only Bow can produce in the North. For him, would it be easy just to cut off the love of his life and continue what he was doing after she took the blame and accepted four years in prison? Will Nicki finally cave under pressure and walk away from Bow after all her hard work? Or will cold steel at her temple be the indefinite reason she submits?

Robyn and Aries are "The Murder Mamas," contract killers taking no prisoners in Los Angeles. It doesn't take them long to link up with Hollywood's biggest drug kingpin, who hires them to take out a snitch and a judge. But the plans backfire and they only complete half the job. Robyn gets caught and put on Death Row, and Aries goes on the run. She winds up in the Islands, where she takes up a new life as a mother and wife, and tries to forget who she once was. But unfinished business has a way of coming back to haunt you; and when it's the killing kind, there's a huge price to pay. Now Aries has to put it all on the line as she sets out to finish what the Murder Mamas started, leaving her family and her sanity and her soul behind. . ..

Here is the inspiring story behind the Veterans Day red poppy, a symbol that honors the service and sacrifices of our veterans. When American soldiers entered World War I, Moina Belle Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, knew she had to act. Some of the soldiers were her students and friends. Almost single-handedly, Moina worked to establish the red poppy as the symbol to honor and remember soldiers. And she devoted the rest of her life to making sure the symbol would last forever. Thanks to her hard work, that symbol remains strong today. Author Barbara Elizabeth Walsh and artist Layne Johnson worked with experts, primary documents, and Moina's great-nieces to better understand Moina's determination to honor the war veterans. A portion of the book's proceeds will support the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple®, which benefits children of the US Military.

What are the driving forces behind Smart Cities? What are the ramifications of increasing the minimum wage? What are the causes of aging infrastructure and how should they be addressed? These are just some of the provocative questions that are considered in the new edition of Urban Issues. For current coverage of urban politics, readers will appreciate the balanced and unbiased reporting of CQ Researcher. Urban Issues provides a window into how policy is created and implemented in America’s cities and is sure to spark classroom discussions. Each chapter examines the key players, stakes, background, and lessons for the future, while covering the range of facts, analyses, and opinions surrounding each issue.