Letters to a young brother : manifest your destiny / Hill Harper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harper, Hill, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young men--Conduct of life.

Young men.

African American young men--Conduct of life.

African American young men.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

xvi, 176 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, [2006]

Summary:

Straight talk and inspiring advice for America's youth are offered by the powerhouse public speaker and star of "CSI: NY." 8-page color insert.

Contents:

Young brotha: the newest perfect model

Qualities / from Nas and Curtis Martin

Friends as family

My friends at school / from Anthony Anderson

Being raised by a single parent

Staying in the game: the debt rule

Effort: working hard at working smart: mentors, careers

Quitting versus changing your mind

After graduation / from Jerry Bruckheimer

Tools of choice: educating and money-making: salary, cars

Finding your swagga: what women want, girl(s)

Sex matters

Girl complications / from Gabrielle Union

Mistakes: HIV-AIDS / from Phill Wilson

Dreaming big: superstardom / from Venus Williams

Living with passion: questions

MANifesting your destiny: smoking and drinking

Fear and the "doing-ness" of life: gossip

The power of belief: making money

Vision into being

Life / from Ray J, Barack Obama

Wealth and winning: mantras?

The wind at your back.

ISBN:

1592402003

OCLC:

63692612

Publisher Number:

9781592402007