Kam Williams

(Book review) Between Good and Ghetto: African-American Girls and Inner-City Violence

Thursday, 19 November 2009 16:20 Kam Williams

“The lives of the inner-city girls and young women profiled in this book are deeply influenced by violence of various kinds. It is not uncommon for adolescent, inner-city girls to witness or directly encounter gun violence associated with drug dealers’ disputes, threats of interpersonal violence, or sexual and dating violence. The everyday world that shapes their ideas and actions is not, however, likely to be familiar to many readers...

Book review: The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:07 Kam Williams

“One of the things I’ve heard a lot from young brothers and sisters during my recent travels is ‘I want a woman like Michelle’ or ‘Why can’t I meet a together brother like Barack?’ In truth, they might be that person every day. These young people are seeing the finished product, the result of years and years of work and struggle…

Book review: "The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It On and Off"

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 13:01 Kam Williams

“What we as women have gone by in the past—the nice girl plan—is NOT working in the office, at home, or in life! In romantic relationships, we suffer because we hand over our power for love and turn off our Bitch Switch. In our relationships with friends and family, we are taken advantage of. In the office, we have been passed over and walked on because we refuse to embrace our inner bitch. WELL, NO MORE!

Book review: Take Back Your Family:How to Raise Respectful and Loving Kids in a Dysfunctional World

Tuesday, 04 August 2009 13:48 Kam Williams

“If this book can serve any purpose in your life, hopefully it will be as a reminder that there’s truly nothing out there that you can’t take your family back from. Drugs aren’t that strong. Drinking isn’t that strong. The TV isn’t that strong. The video games aren’t that strong.

Book review: Renegade: The Making of a President

Friday, 31 July 2009 15:24 Kam Williams

“This is the making of a president, witnessed from a front-row seat, as it unfolded from its first day to its last. With the help of more than a dozen one-on-one interviews with the candidate and then president—as well as scores of sessions with his trusted aides, friends and family—this account is an attempt to translate the enigma of Barack Obama, to answer the questions of who he is and what ay behind his rise from freshman senator to forty-fourth president of the United States of America.”
- Excerpted from Chapter One, “Change” (pages 5-6)

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