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The Coca Bums

Author : L.H. May
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504911822
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Coca Bums written by L.H. May and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Peru in 1985, the novel is narrated from the viewpoint of Jim Hiram, an American businessman, asked by Helen Seymour, a wealthy Philadelphian, to find her wayward brother, Peter. He had fled to Peru to avoid lawsuits filed by his father to have him declared incompetent because of cocaine addiction and incursion of high debts. Her last word from Pete was a postcard from Tingo Maria, a center of the cocaine trade and Maoist Sendero Luminoso rebel activity. When she turns on the charm, Jim reluctantly agrees to the search. A sister trading intimacy for her brother’s safety is a variation on that theme in Measure for Measure, though the treatment is not so dark since they’re mutually attracted and are modern in outlook, not Elizabethan. When her parents arrive with their own detective, and the father has a heart attack in the Andes, the plot complicates and their love is strongly tested before they come through it together.

Crumbs of a Bum's Cake

Author : Kenny Attaway
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504962826
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Crumbs of a Bum's Cake written by Kenny Attaway and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it beautiful like ... the residue of a bird’s hum? The last pound of the blind man drum. The rum of the scum, Is it the scent of a baker’s thumb? The beautiful of the slum? The gift of the innocence/ confusion in the solution. A something of nothing or the nothing of something. The surrendered of superficial / is the hug from a poem. The kisses of an “I miss you”. The leftover dew from a long exotic night...The last twisting on an erotic knot. Is it the cream that rose to the top/or the sugar rush from the last drop/The simmering of a rainbow’s nose/ snowflakes un-froze? Is it birds freed/ or insanity caged ... The teaspoon of humanity’s first and last flavor /Drowning of a thought/ or the life saver. Now... ask yourself this .... Crumbs of a bum’s cake/Washing your face in midnight’s rage/ waking up with the good in morning caged/Laying down and sharing your heart with if, possible and maybe... Erecting to the world aggression. Is crumbs from wanting the love /but Accepting the Mmmmm’s on the F’s between the liberations of breaths/ Crumbs of a bum cake ... where desires are lit or destiny blown out...Where the softest flowers grew into hard like rocks. To taste the crumb of a bum’s cake / where all senses radiate...Sparked by a revolution / and the most angelic earthquake partake... Accepting the lost in winning/winning to not lose/ still confused by when you win -you still lose.” In short, Crumbs of a Bum’s cake addresses the hardcore battle of drug addictions through six generations.

The Last Great Road Bum

Author : Héctor Tobar
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374720401
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Last Great Road Bum written by Héctor Tobar and published by MCD. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Los Angeles Times Top 10 California Books of 2020. One of Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Fiction Books from 2020. Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the Joyce Carol Oates prize. One of Exile in Bookville’s Favorite Books of 2020. In The Last Great Road Bum, Héctor Tobar turns the peripatetic true story of a naive son of Urbana, Illinois, who died fighting with guerrillas in El Salvador into the great American novel for our times. Joe Sanderson died in pursuit of a life worth writing about. He was, in his words, a “road bum,” an adventurer and a storyteller, belonging to no place, people, or set of ideas. He was born into a childhood of middle-class contentment in Urbana, Illinois and died fighting with guerillas in Central America. With these facts, acclaimed novelist and journalist Héctor Tobar set out to write what would become The Last Great Road Bum. A decade ago, Tobar came into possession of the personal writings of the late Joe Sanderson, which chart Sanderson’s freewheeling course across the known world, from Illinois to Jamaica, to Vietnam, to Nigeria, to El Salvador—a life determinedly an adventure, ending in unlikely, anonymous heroism. The Last Great Road Bum is the great American novel Joe Sanderson never could have written, but did truly live—a fascinating, timely hybrid of fiction and nonfiction that only a master of both like Héctor Tobar could pull off.

The Cocaine Kids

Author : Terry Williams
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306820862
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Cocaine Kids written by Terry Williams and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1990-01-22 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1982, sociologist Terry Williams has spent days, weeks, and months “hanging out” with a teenage cocaine ring in cocaine bars, after-hours clubs, on street corners, in crack houses and in their homes. The picture he creates in The Cocaine Kids is the story behind the headlines. The lives of these young dealers in the fast lane of the underground economy emerge in depth and color on the pages of this book.

Touched by the Sun

Author : Stuart B. McIver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561647772
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Touched by the Sun written by Stuart B. McIver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida has long been a mecca for those looking for a change of scenery, pace, or fortune. One way or another, all who enter Florida are "Touched by the Sun." Its powerful rays leave them with a sense of well-being, better health, or maybe just a sunburn. Come meet some of the glorious sun-drenched characters. In this third volume of the Florida Chronicles, a continuing series on the states history, author Stuart B. McIver tells his tales of Florida through the often tangled lives of people who could never be brushed aside as ordinary. These players in that great theatrical production called Florida include presidents, cowboys, gangsters, baseball players, writers, politicians, captains of industry, inventors, movie stars, and even a fire chief. See all of the books in this series

The Silver Llama

Author : L. H. May
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504958179
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Silver Llama written by L. H. May and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver Llama is the final novel of the Tihuantinsuyo Quartet, and though it stands alone like each of the previous three, it has many of the same characters and winds up plot threads from the previous three books. The title refers to a llama statuette that the narrator and his friend discovered near Ocros, Peru, in 1969 before it was stolen from them in the first novel, Riders on the Niño Storms. It reappears two decades later as an object of obsession like the Maltese Falcon, a central symbol and flywheel of the plot. A plot is nothing without interesting characters, and specifically, Proust is a model for the analyses of their sexual relations and jealousies. Combining Hammett and Proust may seem an odd recipe, but the characters don’t have inherited wealth like those of Proust, and though quite cultured, they live in a different world that sometimes requires them to get their hands dirty. The third novel, The Coca Bums, shows the dirt well and also plays on the gradations of morality the characters experience living in a developing nation, a continually readjusting slide rule of situational ethics. Most of the principal characters are Americans, so this novel says as much about America as it does about Peru, from a new and distant, hopefully engaging and entertaining point of view.

Bum Rush the Page

Author : Tony Medina
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307565645
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Bum Rush the Page written by Tony Medina and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry. “Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam–not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut up and swallow our silence. These poems are tough, honest, astute, perceptive, lyrical, blunt, sad, funny, heartbreaking, and true. They shout, they curse, they whisper, and sing. But most of all, they tell it like it is.” –Tony Medina, from the Introduction

Profitability, Mechanization and Economies of Scale

Author : Dudley Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429821336
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Profitability, Mechanization and Economies of Scale written by Dudley Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this book introduces a new concept of profitability, called the 'efficiency rate of profit', which is defined as the ratio between the unit net margin and the unit capital requirement and shows how the efficiency rate of profit may be used in the assessment of mechanization and economies of scale. The book also shows how the efficiency rate of profit relates to the financial opportunity cost of investment, thus resolving the long-standing controversy over 'interest as a cost'. Using real-world plant-level data, the book explains fully the process of mechanization, how increasing returns to scale works at the plant level through power rule relating plant or equipment cost to capacity and how and why it is more cost effective to combine mechanization with expanding the scale of production in one combined 'package' of efficiency improvement.

I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski

Author : Ben Peskoe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 163557126X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski written by Ben Peskoe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the twentieth anniversary of the Coen brothers' cult classic film, the ultimate fan's guide to The Big Lebowski, with a foreword by the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, and a new afterword by writer and film critic Daphne Merkin. When it was first released in 1998, The Big Lebowski flopped at the box office. Twenty years later, the movie has developed a massive, passionate, and cross-generational cult following of Lebowski fans (a.k.a. Achievers), who yearly coalesce around Lebowski Fest, the film-screening/party where bowling pins tumble, costumes abound, and White Russians are the official drink of choice--"kind of a 'Star Trek' convention, but without all the geeks"(Associated Press). Written by the Founding Dudes of Lebowski Fest--and with a foreword by El Duderino himself, Jeff Bridges--this new edition of I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski also features contemporary reflections on the movie by acclaimed writer and former New Yorker film critic Daphne Merkin. This is the fan book to tie every Achiever's room together, a treasure trove of trivia and commentary, illustrations, photos, interviews with every major cast member (plus the real-life inspirations for the Coen-created characters), highlights from the Fest, a handy Achiever translation guide, and tips on how to Dude-ify your life. I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski is a raucous and hilarious celebration of the greatest film ever made (condolences, Citizen Kane) and of the glorious revelry that continues in its two-decade wake.

The Bare Bum Gang and the Valley of Doom

Author : Anthony McGowan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407049925
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Bare Bum Gang and the Valley of Doom written by Anthony McGowan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ludo, Noah, Jamie, Phillip and Jennifer are THE BARE BUM GANG! They have an embarrassing name but a cool Gang Den, so things could be worse. Ludo leads the Bare Bum Gang on a raid through the Valley of Doom, deep in enemy territory. But as they are approaching their target, the BBG are ambushed by the Dockery gang. It looks like they are about to be annihilated (or pelted with mud really hard), but then they are rescued by a strange boy called Alfie. When they get back to their den, they find that their sweet stash has been plundered. The wrappers turn up in Ludo's binocular case. Added to the military fiasco in the Valley of Doom, the sweet theft is the final straw. Can Ludo keep his position as leader of the Bare Bum Gang? Or will he have to resort to desperate measures?

Bum Notes

Author : Michael G Zealey
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1447839889
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Bum Notes written by Michael G Zealey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bum Notes is a collection of eighteen original short stories to stimulate the imagination and gag reflex. High Concepts and low morals. Stories all based around a central theme of poorly made decisions. Written with a nod to Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Terry Southern and Kurt Vonnegut.

True Bums

Author : James Russell
Publisher : James Russell Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780916367268
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book True Bums written by James Russell and published by James Russell Publishing. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedy screenplay. Three rich men become railroad hoboes in search of utopia, until the wives find out and the great railroad chase begins. A romantic Christmas story. If you like trains, you (TM)ll love True Bums.

Code of Federal Regulations

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Code of Federal Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect as of July 1, ... with ancillaries.

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780304366361
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Research Issues

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Research Issues written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Art In The Age Of Mass Media

Author : John Walker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429720513
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Art In The Age Of Mass Media written by John Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world? These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between art and mass media, and the myriad interactions between h

Cocaine + Surfing

Author : Chas Smith
Publisher : Rare Bird Books
ISBN 13 : 9781644280331
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Cocaine + Surfing written by Chas Smith and published by Rare Bird Books. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell, a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction One of Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament's Top 10 of 2018 It's no surprise that surfers like to party. The 1960-70s image, bolstered by Tom Wolfe and Big Wednesday, was one of mild outlaws--tanned boys refusing to grow up, spending their days drinking beer and smoking joints on the beach in between mindless hours in the water. But in the 1980s, as surf brands morphed into multibillion-dollar companies, the derelict portrait began to harm business. The external surf image became Kelly Slater and Laird Hamilton, beacons of health, vitality, bravery, and clean-living. Internally, though, surfing had moved on from booze and weed to its heart's true home, its soul's twin flame: cocaine. The rise of cocaine in American popular culture as the choice of rich, white elites was matched, then quadrupled, within surf culture. The parties got wilder, the nights stretched longer, the stories became more ridiculously unbelievable. And there has been no stopping, no dip in passion. It is a forbidden love, and few, if any, outside the surf world know about this particular rhapsody. Drug use is kept very well-hidden, even from insiders, but evidence of its psychosis rears its head from time to time in the form of overdoses, bar fights, surf contests, murders, and cover-ups. Cocaine + Surfing draws back the curtain on a hopped-up, sometimes-sexy, sometimes-deadly relationship and uses cocaine as the vehicle to expose and explain the utterly absurd surf industry to outsiders.