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Book Synopsis When Skateboards Will Be Free by : Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Download or read book When Skateboards Will Be Free written by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BONUS: This edition contains a When Skateboards Will Be Free discussion guide. “The revolution is not only inevitable, it is imminent. It is not only imminent, it is quite imminent. And when the time comes, my father will lead it.” With a profound gift for capturing the absurd in life, and a deadpan wisdom that comes from surviving a surreal childhood in the Socialist Workers Party, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh has crafted an unsentimental, funny, heartbreaking memoir. Saïd’s Iranian-born father and American Jewish mother had one thing in common: their unshakable conviction that the workers’ revolution was coming. Separated since their son was nine months old, they each pursued a dream of the perfect socialist society. Pinballing with his mother between makeshift Pittsburgh apartments, falling asleep at party meetings, longing for the luxuries he’s taught to despise, Said waits for the revolution that never, ever arrives. “Soon,” his mother assures him, while his long-absent father quixotically runs as a socialist candidate for president in an Iran about to fall under the ayatollahs. Then comes the hostage crisis. The uproar that follows is the first time Saïd hears the word “Iran” in school. There he is suddenly forced to confront the combustible stew of his identity: as an American, an Iranian, a Jew, a socialist... and a middle-school kid who loves football and video games. Poised perfectly between tragedy and farce, here is a story by a brilliant young writer struggling to break away from the powerful mythologies of his upbringing and create a life—and a voice—of his own. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’ s memoir is unforgettable.
Book Synopsis When Skateboards Will Be Free by : Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Download or read book When Skateboards Will Be Free written by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The revolution is not only inevitable, it is imminent. It is not only imminent, it is quite imminent. And when the time comes, my father will lead it.” With a profound gift for capturing the absurd in life, and a deadpan wisdom that comes from surviving a surreal childhood in the Socialist Workers Party, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh has crafted an unsentimental, funny, heartbreaking memoir. Saïd’s Iranian-born father and American Jewish mother had one thing in common: their unshakable conviction that the workers’ revolution was coming. Separated since their son was nine months old, they each pursued a dream of the perfect socialist society. Pinballing with his mother between makeshift Pittsburgh apartments, falling asleep at party meetings, longing for the luxuries he’s taught to despise, Said waits for the revolution that never, ever arrives. “Soon,” his mother assures him, while his long-absent father quixotically runs as a socialist candidate for president in an Iran about to fall under the ayatollahs. Then comes the hostage crisis. The uproar that follows is the first time Saïd hears the word “Iran” in school. There he is suddenly forced to confront the combustible stew of his identity: as an American, an Iranian, a Jew, a socialist... and a middle-school kid who loves football and video games. Poised perfectly between tragedy and farce, here is a story by a brilliant young writer struggling to break away from the powerful mythologies of his upbringing and create a life—and a voice—of his own. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s memoir is unforgettable.
Book Synopsis Brief Encounters with the Enemy by : Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Download or read book Brief Encounters with the Enemy written by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An unnamed American city feeling the effects of a war waged far away and suffering from bad weather is the backdrop for this startling work of fiction. The protagonists are aimless young men going from one blue collar job to the next, or in a few cases, aspiring to middle management. Their everyday struggles--with women, with the morning commute, with a series of cruel bosses--are somehow transformed into storytelling that is both universally resonant and wonderfully uncanny. That is the unsettling, funny, and ultimately heartfelt originality of Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's short fiction, to be at home in a world not quite our own but with many, many lessons to offer us"--
Book Synopsis Rhinos Who Skateboard by : Julie Mammano
Download or read book Rhinos Who Skateboard written by Julie Mammano and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They ripped up the slopes in Rhinos Who Snowboard and rode some tasty waves in Rhinos Who Surf and now these adorably extreme rhinos take to the streets for a day of skateboarding fun. They grind some curbs, nab cool railsides, and pop an ollie or two. Complete with a glossary of sidewalk slang, children and skate rats of all ages will delight at the newest rhino adventure.
Book Synopsis My First Skateboard by : Karl Watson
Download or read book My First Skateboard written by Karl Watson and published by . This book was released on 1976-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonas meets Jack is the sequel to the book My First Skateboard. It is a tale about how friends are made through the act of skateboarding.
Download or read book Skateboard Sonar written by Eric Stevens and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matty Lyon's skateboard tricks are even more impressive since he's blind.
Download or read book Skateboards written by Patricia Lakin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how craftsman Jake Eshelman makes one-of-a-kind skateboards by hand
Book Synopsis American Estrangement: Stories by : Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Download or read book American Estrangement: Stories written by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Editors' Choice pick One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Stories that capture our times by “a young author who has already established himself as a unique American voice” (Elle). Said Sayrafiezadeh has been hailed by Philip Gourevitch as "a masterful storyteller working from deep in the American grain." His new collection of stories—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the Best American Short Stories—is set in a contemporary America full of the kind of emotionally bruised characters familiar to readers of Denis Johnson and George Saunders. These are people contending with internal struggles—a son’s fractured relationship with his father, the death of a mother, the loss of a job, drug addiction—even as they are battered by larger, often invisible, economic, political, and racial forces of American society. Searing, intimate, often slyly funny, and always marked by a deep imaginative sympathy, American Estrangement is a testament to our addled times. It will cement Sayrafiezadeh’s reputation as one of the essential twenty-first-century American writers.
Book Synopsis Skateboard Sibby by : Clare O'Connor
Download or read book Skateboard Sibby written by Clare O'Connor and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Sibby Henry liked her old life. Now she's living in a new town with her nan and pops, and is mad at her dad for messing everything up. On her first day of school, she sees a dope skateboard park. But she can’t use it because her precious board is gone forever. To make things worse, Freddie, a super skater and a super jerk, dominates the park. Sibby tries to stay cool, but when Freddie gets in the face of Sibby’s friend Charlie Parker Drysdale, things get too hot for chill. Never one to back down, Sibby accepts when Freddie challenges her to a skateboarding competition. She won’t let anything stop her from proving herself.
Book Synopsis Concrete to Canvas by : Jo Waterhouse
Download or read book Concrete to Canvas written by Jo Waterhouse and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since a graphic was first hand-drawn onto a board, the culture of skateboarding has been creative and visual, with by-products such as videos, stickers, magazines, board graphics and clothing. In recent years more skateboarders than ever have turned to art as another outlet for their creativity and an increasing number of exhibitions focus on art produced by skateboarders. Concrete to Canvas brings together, for the first time, a wide variety of the finest work, whether on skate decks, canvas, computers, in sketchbooks or on the streets. Many of the artists selected for inclusion have used the street as their canvas, while also exhibiting in galleries internationally, often fusing spray paints and marker pens with oils and acrylics. Artists are featured alphabetically and the work is accompanied by brief commentaries and quotes its relationship with skateboarding.
Book Synopsis The Skateboard Art of Jim Phillips by : James L. Phillips
Download or read book The Skateboard Art of Jim Phillips written by James L. Phillips and published by Schiffer Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retrospective of California artist Jim Phillips' skakteboard art. Presents images of skateboard decks, logos, ad art, and layouts, photos and stickers to illustrate the history of skateboarding.
Download or read book Dude Logic written by Neal Unger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skateboarding philosopher Neal A. Unger shares his thoughts on being human, the meaning of life and whatever else he can think of. Grab your best tricks and go for a ride with The Dude! Featured on ABC's Off Their Rockers, Regis and Kelly, Trashin, Skateline, Ridiculousness and in Ty Evan's We Are Blood, Neal "The Dude" Unger is a team rider for the Next Up Foundation, Rhythm Skateshops, Old Skateboards, SABRE and Free Radical. His interviews and images can be found in multiple media formats such as radio, e-magazines, billboards, documentaries and two music videos, "Young and Unafraid" by Moth to Flame and "Pipe Dreams" by Willie J. Healey. Catch up with The Dude at www.nealaunger.com, @oldmanskate on Facebook, Neal Unger on Youtube or neal_a_unger on Instagram.
Book Synopsis A Secret History of the Ollie by : Craig B. Snyder
Download or read book A Secret History of the Ollie written by Craig B. Snyder and published by Pioneers of Skateboarding. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every culture has a creation myth, and skateboarding is no different. The Ollie forged a new identity for skateboarding after its invention in the 1970s, and it lies at the root of nearly every significant move in street skating today. This groundbreaking no-handed aerial has also affected the evolution of surfing and snowboarding, and has left a permanent impression upon popular culture and language. This, then, is the story of the Ollie, the history and technology that set the stage for its creation, the pioneers who made it happen, and the skaters who used it to start a revolution.
Book Synopsis The Handmade Skateboard by : Matt Berger
Download or read book The Handmade Skateboard written by Matt Berger and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a custom skateboard of any shape and size, from a high-performance street deck to the classic longboard, that will turn heads everywhere you go. When you make your own skateboard from scratch you have the opportunity to create something that is perfectly tailored to you: a deck that matches your height, your weight, your center of balance, your skill level and your intended use. More importantly, making your own skate deck allows you to design a perfect ride to fit your style and makes a statement about who you are. There's nothing wrong with choosing off-the-shelf and mass produced, but who doesn't prefer to stand out. Be different. Be one of a kind. That's what you get with a custom handmade skateboard. Whether you are an accomplished woodworker or an absolute beginner, The Handmade Skateboard guides you step-by-step through building five skateboard designs; from a simple Hack Board built in a few spare hours to a high-performance street deck pressed from seven layers of high-quality Maple veneers. A design guide covers everything you need to know about sizing and shaping your deck and choosing the right trucks and hardware. And helpful photos, illustrations and detailed written instructions throughout provide all the information and motivation you need to make your own skateboard from scratch.
Book Synopsis The Adventures of Little Jam: And The Electric Skateboard by : Jamison Phillips
Download or read book The Adventures of Little Jam: And The Electric Skateboard written by Jamison Phillips and published by Educational Empowerment Group LLC. This book was released on 2021-06-20 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jam loves adventure and learning new things. Jam and his dad loved shredding on their skateboards, but their desire for a new adventure was inspired while riding on the beltline. During the ride, Jam and his dad saw people riding electric skateboards. Unlike their regular boards, electric skateboards could ride so much faster. But were Jam and his dad up to the challenge of riding skateboards that could go thirty miles per hour? Take your reading experience to the next level by scanning the interactive QR Codes embedded throughout the book.
Book Synopsis Tracker-Forty Years of Skateboard History by : Larry Balma
Download or read book Tracker-Forty Years of Skateboard History written by Larry Balma and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-25 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Tracker book is so important because future generations will be able to learn about skateboarding history--who was involved with it, and how it all happened. It will blow their minds."--Christian HosoiBack in 1975, the Tracker Fultrack was the first truck in history made specifically for skateboarding by skateboarders to incorporate high quality, performance and strength. Trackers truly were (and still are) the Trucks You Can Trust. Four decades later, those four words continue to be the driving force of the brand. TRACKER - Forty Years of Skateboard History is a collection of photos and stories about Tracker and its rich history from the perspective of the people who worked there, as well as the professional riders and photographers who made Tracker a major icon in the skateboard world. This coffee table size book features a skateboarding historic timeline from the early1900's to the present. There are over 1492 color and black and white photos, drawings and scans illustrating the skateboarding story of Tracker Trucks in this 388 page, hardcover book.
Book Synopsis Skateboard Design Sketchbook One by : Justskatejournals
Download or read book Skateboard Design Sketchbook One written by Justskatejournals and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sketchbook is perfect for the creative, artistic skateboarder, any age, boy or girl. Total of 48 templates, including 12 for each of the four main board shapes: Cruiser, Popsicle, Old School, and Longboard. Each template has a facing page with space to name the designs, and make note of details and inspiration. Use pen, pencil, crayon, stickers, or any art medium. Book measures 8.5" wide by 11" high. 100 total interior pages are white paper with black print. Glossy cover.
