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The Carny Kid

Author : Kenneth Kahn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976111504
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Carny Kid written by Kenneth Kahn and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Projects to the Penthouse As the only Jewish family in the Ramona Gardens housing projects, Kenny tells the spellbinding story of being the oldest child of two small-time carnival thieves who make their living as traveling gypsies and then graduate to dealing heroin from their cockroach-infested apartment. It's an inside view of carnival life, of living in a cocaine-selling shooting gallery apartment and of surviving a gang-dominated existence in one of L.A.'s worst neighborhoods. It's also a story of the grit and determination of one small child, a child named Kenny Kahn, who saw education and hard work as the golden path and the only sure way to escape his tortured environment. Mr. Kahn has written his story in plain language in order to make it easily readable not only adults but by young people who feel trapped by their delinquent parents, and to offer hope for escaping to a better life.

The Only Kid on the Carnival

Author : Bill Jackson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059551748X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book The Only Kid on the Carnival written by Bill Jackson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During that wonderful golden age of local children's television, many talented people pooled their skills to enthrall and edify the impressionable, appreciative viewers. Yet with no disrespect intended toward any of the others, one person stood out in his ability to spin gold out of straw: Bill Jackson. Bill's legion of fans still cherish his amazing adventures with the memorable puppet characters that sprung from his fertile imagination on programs such as Cartoon Town, The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show, and Gigglesnort Hotel. These programs remain as fresh and entertaining today as they did when they were first broadcast, and belie their meager budgets and restrictive production schedules, thanks to Bill's artistic integrity and his coterie of hard-working crew members. Now, Bill steps out from behind his familiar TV persona to reveal a poignant personal journey filled with struggles, heartaches, and triumphs. The Only Kid on the Carnival chronicles the indomitable spirit of a young man who became one of television's most creative and gifted talents, and does so in a boldly engaging manner that touches the heart and the soul. As always, Bill Jackson does not disappoint his audience. Ted Okuda, "The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television"

Nightmare Alley

Author : William Lindsay Gresham
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590174283
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nightmare Alley written by William Lindsay Gresham and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award–winning director Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Toni Collette. Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision—going about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he’s going places. Onstage he plays the mentalist with a cute assistant (before long his harried wife), then he graduates to full-blown spiritualist, catering to the needs of the rich and gullible in their well-upholstered homes. It looks like the world is Stan’s for the taking. At least for now.

Carny Kill

Author : Robert Edmond Alter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781479429387
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book Carny Kill written by Robert Edmond Alter and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That's a knife in his chest, just like the kind my ex-wife used to use in her knife-throwing act. But that was a long time ago. Before she married the owner of this carny... And there's the owner now. He's the dead man. CARNY KILL. A mystery from the author of Swamp Sister and The Red Fathom.

Lollipop Murders

Author : Jim Malloy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1669812197
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Lollipop Murders written by Jim Malloy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenge is mine, sayeth the Lord. Marvin thought that was bullshit. Marvin was intelligent, quick-minded, courteous, considerate, and a smart dresser. The young lady he showed an interest in said, “Get away from me you ugly twerp.” It really pissed Marvin off. Sergeant Jack Delaney, a cop for sixteen years, headed a special task force tagged the Doom squad. Except for his cop ability, his life was typical. All screwed up. Marvin really pissed him off. Sgt. Delaney, nicknamed Micky, and his team are assigned an unusual murder series committed by a wimp named Marvin. Marvin, scorned, thinks all women are suckers because they fall for the jocks, guys that don’t appreciate them. He decides that since women are suckers, he would make them all Lollipops, every flavor.

The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea

Author : Barry Gifford
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 164421153X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea written by Barry Gifford and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A childhood in the 1950s and ‘60s among grifters, show girls, and mob enforcers who embraced the boy and made him who he is. “These stories make for one of the most important and moving American bildungsromans of all time.” —William Boyle, The Southwest Review Roy tells it the way he sees it, shuttled between Chicago to Key West and Tampa, Havana and Jackson MS, usually with his mother Kitty, often in the company of lip-sticked women and fast men. Roy is the muse of Gifford’s hardboiled style, a precocious child, watching the grown-ups try hard to save themselves, only to screw up again and again. He takes it all in, every waft of perfume and cigar smoke, every missed opportunity to do the right thing. And then there are the good things too. A fishing trip with Uncle Buck, a mother’s love, advice from Rudy, Roy’s father: “Roy means king. Be the king of your own country. Don’t depend on anyone to do your thinking for you.” The stories in The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea are together a love letter and a tribute to the childhood experiences that ground a life. In the Author’s note, Gifford writes, “I have often been asked if I were interested in writing my memoirs or an autobiography. Given that the Roy stories come as close as I care to come regarding certain circumstances, I remain comfortable with their verisimilitude. They all dwell within the boundary of fiction. As I have explained elsewhere, these are stories, I made them up. Roy ages from about five years old to late adolescence. After that, with the exception of a sighting in Veracruz, I have no idea what happened to him.” “The way Barry Gifford lets people talk articulates everything about their unfamiliar inner lives, and ours." —Boston Globe

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415259378
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Last Newspaper Boy in America

Author : Sue Corbett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101140259
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Last Newspaper Boy in America written by Sue Corbett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Heart + Big Brain = Funny, Feel Good Fiction! Wil?s sidearm throw can land a paper on your porch from twenty yards out. But he doesn?t know if he?ll be able to put his unusual talent to use because the big newspaper company has canceled delivery to Wil?s small town. Well, that was the paper?s first mistake. Underestimating Wil was the second. With physics, his clueless brother, and a neighbor girl on his side, Wil fights to save his route. Along the way he just might unravel a carnival mystery, expose a con artist, rescue his little town, and become a big hero. Sue Corbett?s hilarious dialogue, nonstop action, and one-of-a-kind family story herald a rising star of middle-grade fiction.

Three Screenplays

Author : E. L. Doctorow
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801872013
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Three Screenplays written by E. L. Doctorow and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published here for the first time, the scripts to "The Book of Daniel, Ragtime" and "Loon Lake" reveal a new aspect of Doctorow's remarkable talents and offer film students insight into the complex relationship between literature and motion pictures.

Naitaka

Author : Lee Murphy
Publisher : Defining Moments
ISBN 13 : 9780966770490
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Naitaka written by Lee Murphy and published by Defining Moments. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bringing Down the Mouse

Author : Ben Mezrich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442496320
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Bringing Down the Mouse written by Ben Mezrich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Lewis goes on a roller coaster ride of risk, math, and gaming in this middle grade novel that parallels the New York Times bestselling Bringing Down the House, which inspired the movie 21 with Kevin Spacey. Charlie Lewis is a nerd. All he’s ever been good at is math—and he’s really good at math. So good that he’s recruited by a group of kids determined to game the system at the biggest theme park in the world—and win the grand prize. Soon Charlie is caught up in the excitement and thrill of using his math skills for awesomeness…but what’s at stake may be more than he’s willing to risk. How far will Charlie go for a chance at the ultimate reward?

Shadow in Serenity

Author : Terri Blackstock
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310332346
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Shadow in Serenity written by Terri Blackstock and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carny Sullivan grew up in the zany world of a traveling carnival. Quaint and peaceful Serenity, Texas, has given her a home, a life, and a child. Logan Brisco is the smoothest, slickest, handsomest man Serenity, Texas has ever seen. But Carny Sullivan knows a con artist when she sees one—and she’s seen plenty, starting with her father. As far as Carny Sullivan can tell, she’s the only one in town who has his number. Because from his Italian shoes to his movie-actor smile, Logan has the rest of the town snowed. Carny is determined to reveal Brisco’s selfish intentions before his promise to the townspeople for a cut in a giant amusement park sucks Serenity dry. Yet, as much as she hates his winning ways, there is a man behind that suave smile, a man who may win her heart against her will.Shadow in Serenity is a modern-day Music Man, penned by a Christy Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.

No Experience Necessary

Author : Norman Van Aken
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1589799151
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book No Experience Necessary written by Norman Van Aken and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Aken’s joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs—including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with “no experience necessary.” Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra helpings of energy, creativity, and faith. After landing on the deceptively breezy shores of Key West, Van Aken faced hurricanes, economic downturns, and mercurial moneymen during the decades when a restaurant could open and close faster than you can type haute cuisine. From a graveyard shift grunt at an all-night barbeque joint to a James Beard–award finalist for best restaurant in America, Van Aken put his trusting heart, poetic soul, natural talent, and ever-expanding experience into every venture—and helped transform the American culinary landscape along the way. In the irreverent tradition of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential,and populated by a rogues’ gallery of colorful characters—including movie stars, legendary musicians, and culinary giants Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, and Charlie Trotter—No Experience Necessary offers a uniquely personal, highly-entertaining under-the-tablecloth view of the high-stakes world of American cuisine told with wit, insight, and great affection by a natural storyteller.

Empty Smiles

Author : Katherine Arden
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593109201
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Empty Smiles written by Katherine Arden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden thrills once again in the finale to the critically acclaimed, bone-chilling quartet that began with Small Spaces. Now in paperback. It’s been three months since Ollie made a daring deal with the smiling man to save those she loved, and then vanished without a trace. The smiling man promised Coco, Brian and Phil, that they’d have a chance to save her, but as time goes by, they begin to worry that the smiling man has lied to them and Ollie is gone forever. But then a terrified and rambling boy who went missing at a nearby traveling carnival appears with a message for the trio from the mysterious man who took him: Play if you dare. Game on! The smiling man has finally made his move. Now it’s Coco, Brian, and Phil’s turn to make theirs. And they know just where to start. The traveling carnival is coming to Evansburg. Meanwhile, Ollie is trapped in the world behind the mist, learning the horrifying secrets of the smiling man's carnival, and trying everything to help her friends find her. Brian, Coco and Phil will risk everything to rescue Ollie—but they all soon realize this game is much more dangerous than the ones before. This time the smiling man is playing for keeps.

The Spectacular

Author : Zoe Whittall
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1524799424
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Spectacular written by Zoe Whittall and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three generations of women strive for real freedom in this startling, provocative novel exploring sexuality, gender, and maternal ambivalence, from the acclaimed author of The Best Kind of People. “In the best books, characters feel like my friends, but with the mothers of The Spectacular, they came to feel like my family.”—Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby It’s 1997 and Missy is a cellist in an indie rock band on tour across America. At twenty-two years old, she gets on stage every night and plays the song about her absent mother that made the band famous. As the only girl in the band, she’s determined to party just as hard as everyone else, loving and leaving a guy in every town. But then she meets a tomboy drummer who is hard to forget, and a forgotten flap of cocaine strands her at the border. Fortysomething Carola is just surfacing from a sex scandal at the yoga center where she has been living when she sees her daughter, Missy, for the first time in ten years—on the cover of a music magazine. Ruth is eighty-three and planning her return to the Turkish seaside village where she spent her childhood. But when her granddaughter, Missy, winds up crashing at her house, she decides it’s time that the strong and stubborn women in her family find a way to understand one another again. In this sharply observed novel, Zoe Whittall captures three very different women who each struggle to build an authentic life. Definitions of family, romance, gender, and love will radically change as they seek out lives that are nothing less than spectacular.

Assisted Living

Author : E. M. Foner
Publisher : Foner Books
ISBN 13 : 1948691760
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Assisted Living written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, you can never have too much fresh fruit. Or can you? Flower, the sentient alien colony ship on loan to EarthCent has a problem. Operating at just five percent of her capacity, she needs to attract more humans and give them a reason to stay. Join Harry, Irene, Julie and Bill for the fun in this sequel to Independent Living that shows you’re never too old to teach an alien AI a new trick.

Five O'Clock Shadow

Author : Susan Slater
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615952500
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Five O'Clock Shadow written by Susan Slater and published by Poisoned Pen Press Inc. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author described by Kirkus as “lively, surprising” comes Five O’Clock Shadow with its puzzler of a plot tied to colorful New Mexico. As the great balloon bearing the image of a clock swoops across the River Grande, Pauly Caton watches her husband of four days fall from the sky. Who is the naked child who scrambles from the gondola when it strikes a sandbar and flees? Did she just imagine it? Why would he have been up with Randy and the pilot on the honeymoon ride she was too chicken to join? Who, in fact, was meant to die? And meant to die it was — her hastily snapped photos of the scene show a masked sharpshooter stationed high up in a tree. As Pauly tries to put her shattered life together, she discovers the lies. The first in the morgue. How else had Randy deceived her? Had he told her anything that was the truth? Were his partners in their get-rich company any more honest? Pauly knows she hadn’t signed any of the documents the lawyer presents to her. Maybe she’ll insist on becoming an active partner. Pauly’s flamboyant Grams, the much-married carnival queen, offers her only grandchild a place to recover, a retreat on Albuquerque’s west side that’s home to fifty odd folks complete with clowns, a handsome tattoo man — and the snakes. And then Pauly finds out she’s rich — money that she swears could not have been Randy’s. Where did he get it? Who was the son he apparently adopted? A trip to El Paso uncovers more mysterious acts and points her towards the truth. But will she live long enough to find it? Susan Slater reveals the same sharp offbeat plotting skills, the zest for language, and colorful scenes that marked her caper Flash Flood where “troubles buildlike thunderheads over New Mexico skies.” [Publishers Weekly]