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Book Synopsis When Billy Went Bald by : Julie C. Morse
Download or read book When Billy Went Bald written by Julie C. Morse and published by Skyscraper Press (children's). This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy is five years old and bald because of side effects of his cancer treatment. Billy's teacher helps the other children understand that just because he is bald on the outside doesn't mean that he is any different on the inside.
Book Synopsis Billy Whiskers' Travels by : Frances Trego Montgomery
Download or read book Billy Whiskers' Travels written by Frances Trego Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Billy Whiskers' Travels by : F. G. Wheeler
Download or read book Billy Whiskers' Travels written by F. G. Wheeler and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lucky Billy written by John Vernon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A myth-busting novel about America’s most infamous and beloved outlaw, Billy the Kid, from a critically acclaimed historical novelist According to legend, Billy the Kid killed twenty-one men, one for every year of his short life; stole from wealthy cattle barons to give to the po∨ and wooed just about every senorita in the American Southwest. In Lucky Billy, John Vernon digs deeply into the historical record to find a truth more remarkable than the legend, and draws a fresh, nuanced portrait of this outlaw’s dramatic and violent life. Billy the Kid met his celebrated end at the hands of Pat Garrett, his one-time carousing partner turned sheriff, who tracked Billy down after the jail break that made him famous. In Vernon’s telling, the crucial event of Billy’s life was the Lincoln County War, a conflict between a ring of Irishmen in control of Lincoln, New Mexico, and a newcomer from England, John Tunstall, who wanted to break their grip on the town. Billy signed on with Tunstall. The conflict spun out of control with Tunstall’s murder, and in a series of revenge killings, an obscure hired gunman called Kid Antrim became Billy the Kid. Besides a full complement of gunfights, jail breaks, and bawdy behavior, Lucky Billy is a provocative picture of the West at a critical juncture between old and new. It is also a portrait of an American icon made human, caught in the middle, more lost than brave, more nadve than principled, more of an accidental survivor than simply the cold-blooded killer of American myth.
Book Synopsis Literature, Analytically Speaking by : Peter Swirski
Download or read book Literature, Analytically Speaking written by Peter Swirski and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a new approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. Scrutinizing narrative fiction through a lens provided by analytic philosophy, revered literary theorist Peter Swirski puts new life into literary theory while fashioning a set of practical guidelines for critics in the interpretive trenches. Dismissing critical inquirers who deny intention its key role in the study of literary reception, Swirski extends the defense of intentionality to art and to human behavior in general. In the process, Swirski takes stock of the recent work in evolutionary theory, arguing that the analysis of narrative truth may be grounded in the neo-Darwinian paradigm which forms the empirical backbone behind his analytic approach. Literature, Analytically Speaking provides a series of precepts designed to capture the ways in which we do interpret (and ought to interpret) works of literature. Reflecting a resounding shift from the poststructuralist paradigm, Swirski's lively and colorful presentation, backed up by a dazzling variety of examples and case studies, reconceptualizes the aesthetics of literature and literary studies.
Download or read book The Weight of Him written by Ethel Rohan and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deeply moving and memorable." —Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and Hunger "First-time novelist Rohan shows impressive acuity in portraying the many facets of Billy's and his family's grief." --Booklist At four hundred pounds, Billy Brennan can always count on food. From his earliest memories, he has loved food’s colors, textures and tastes. The way flavors go off in his mouth. How food keeps his mind still and his bad feelings quiet. Food has always made everything better, until the day Billy’s beloved son Michael takes his own life. Billy determines to make a difference in Michael’s memory and undertakes a public weight-loss campaign, to raise money for suicide prevention—his first step in an ambitious plan to save himself, and to save others. However, Billy’s dramatic crusade appalls his family, who want to simply try to go on. Despite his crushing detractors, Billy gains welcome allies: his community-at-large; a co-worker who lost his father to suicide; a filmmaker with his own dubious agenda; and a secret, miniature kingdom that Billy populates with the sub-quality dolls and soldiers he rescues from disposal at the local toy factory where he works. But it is only if Billy can confront the truth of his pain, suffering, and the brokenness around him, that he and others will be able to realize the full rescue and change they need. Set in rural, contemporary Ireland, Ethel Rohan's The Weight of Him is an unforgettable, big-hearted novel about loss and reliance that moves from tragedy to recrimination to what can be achieved when we take the stand of our lives.
Book Synopsis Slaughterhouse-Five by : Kurt Vonnegut
Download or read book Slaughterhouse-Five written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of the National Book Award finalist The Yellow Birds Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.” An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it. Authors as wide-ranging as Norman Mailer, John Irving, Michael Crichton, Tim O’Brien, Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Strout, David Sedaris, Jennifer Egan, and J. K. Rowling have all found inspiration in Vonnegut’s words. Jonathan Safran Foer has described Vonnegut as “the kind of writer who made people—young people especially—want to write.” George Saunders has declared Vonnegut to be “the great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us . . . a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.” More than fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut’s portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.
Download or read book The Big Question written by Chuck Barris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the revolutionary mind of television's legendary mad genius, a story of money, sex, greed, revenge, murder -- and reality TV The year is 2012, and as the Most Famous Television Producer in the World is walking down a wintry New York City block, he's accosted by a homeless-looking cripple who, like everyone else, insists he has the formula for the greatest TV show of all time. As it turns out, he does: Contestants will compete for one hundred million dollars. If they win, they're rich. If they lose, they face immediate on-camera execution. As the Producer begins scheming to steal the idea and revive his fading career, The Big Question introduces the extraordinary characters who will ultimately become the show's contestants -- a brilliantly rendered, Dickensian cast that includes the seventy-something Vera Bundle, with a taste for scotch and encyclopedias; Arthur Durch, a convicted sex offender-turned-relationship therapist; Retta Mae Wagons, a sixteen-year-old prostitute with an IQ of 170 and an ex-con-turned-Muslim fundamentalist boyfriend who doesn't appreciate her; Billy Constable, the Kentucky rube who gets off a bus in New York and promptly finds himself in trouble with the Mob; and Father Brady, the devout Catholic priest with a mortifying secret to hide at any cost. As the first episode is broadcast live in front of millions, the audience, the cast, and the crew behind the scenes do the unthinkable: they sit and watch, rapt and glassy-eyed, as the final contestant left on stage meets an unimaginable fate. To say The Big Question is a novel of greed and immorality would be putting it lightly. But to read this book without laughing out loud at every page would be impossible. This is more than just a funny book, though. With uncanny precision and razor-sharp wit, the inimitable Chuck Barris reveals the inconceivable lengths to which people will go for those priceless fifteen minutes, the fascination we have with the little black box in our homes -- and the horrifying deeds done in the name of entertainment.
Book Synopsis Harper's Monthly Magazine by : Henry Mills Alden
Download or read book Harper's Monthly Magazine written by Henry Mills Alden and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harper's New Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Book Synopsis The Spare Heir Handbook by : Bill Coles
Download or read book The Spare Heir Handbook written by Bill Coles and published by Legend Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top tips and handy hints from Prince Harry to every second siblingaround the world. An open letter to Princess Charlotte, this book will have you in stitches as the Prince useshis past 30 years of experience to give the new Royal Baby a head’s up on how to be the ideal Spare Heir.
Download or read book Billy's Story written by Judith Golightly and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Golightly relates her heart-wrenching personal experience of caring for a seriously ill child and dealing with his loss. In this sensitive, compassionate, and uplifting true story, she provides help and hope for others.
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters by : Leon Claire Metz
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters written by Leon Claire Metz and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standoffs, saloons, and sunsets spring to mind when one envisions the rough and tumble early days of the American frontier.
Download or read book Josh White written by Elijah Wald and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted and charismatic entertainer, Josh White (1914-1969) was one of the best-known folk-blues artists of his day. In the early 1960s, one survey ranked him as America's third most popular male folksinger, surpassed only by Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. He appeared on national television, performed at numerous college concerts and club dates, and released several dozen albums - all featuring his distinctive guitar style, supple voice and unique showmanship.
Book Synopsis You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by : Kevin O'Brien
Download or read book You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone written by Kevin O'Brien and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman worries her teenage nephew may be a monstrous killer in this thriller by New York Times–bestselling author of No One Needs to Know. No Forgiveness Andrea Boyle moved to Seattle to give her seventeen-year-old nephew, Spencer, a fresh start after the death of his parents. Andrea has found her own new beginning with Luke, a successful playwright and father of a teenage son, Damon. The boys appear to have little in common, but in truth they share a private torment . . . No Remorse When a tragedy befalls Damon, it’s just the beginning of a nightmare that unfolds. But the worst is yet to come once a dark secret from Spencer’s past is exposed. And when Luke is brutally attacked, both of their futures are at stake. No Second Chance Now it’s up to Andrea to prove Spencer’s innocence to the police—and to herself. Because for reasons she has revealed to no one, even Andrea can’t help questioning the truth—and fearing that she may be next to pay the ultimate price . . . Praise for You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone “You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone has a fast-moving plot that helps maintain its high level of suspense and surprise.” —Bookreporter
Book Synopsis The Owls of the O.S.S. by : Bill Womack
Download or read book The Owls of the O.S.S. written by Bill Womack and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-03-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young men are recruited into the O.S.S. at the beginning of World War II. Their job is to use their superior intellect to enhance the Allied War efforts. Follow their exploits, both adventurous and amorous, as they aid America's top spy, "Wild Bill" Donovan, and assist in achieving the American victory. The action is continuous, and the inside information about the war is quite revealing. Men read it and say it is an action adventure story. Women read it and say it is a love story. It carries you rapidly along through some of the most interesting events of the period.
Book Synopsis The Windmill of Bones Vol.3 by : Mark Osborne
Download or read book The Windmill of Bones Vol.3 written by Mark Osborne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Billy Fox receives a parcel one morning. He opens it, only to find some macabre gift sent to him from Ms. Cain. But something seems to tell him, this strange item could not be from the white witch, but someone else. Then, from that moment on, his life spirals into a waking nightmare, when a voodoo spirit known as the Janitou is conjured up to possess Billy's body and soul. Will this be the end of Billy Fox? And will Vaul the black witch, finally have her ultimate revenge?
