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Vagabond Blues

Author : Emmanuel Burgin
Publisher : Hickey & McGee
ISBN 13 : 1005006636
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Vagabond Blues written by Emmanuel Burgin and published by Hickey & McGee. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vagabond Blues is an insiders’ peek at minor league football in the early 1980’s where Robbie Santos, a young man with big league aspirations, is thrust into a world with NFL castaways, Vietnam Vets, drunks and drug-users who are all trying with frantic efforts to rise above the decadence and be noticed. Over the course of one season playing with the defending Minor League Football Champion Sumpter City Cougars, Robbie is forced to make decisions that could compromise his ideals, his football career, and his future. “Beneath the riotous fun of this novel is an underlying sadness of desperation.” Ron mix, NFL Hall of Fame Offensive lineman with the San Diego Chargers. Member of the Sports Illustrated All-Century Team

Prodigal Blues

Author : Gary A. Braunbeck
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prodigal Blues written by Gary A. Braunbeck and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Gary A. Braunbeck comes Prodigal Blues, his first foray into non-supernatural horror. After he finds himself stranded at a truck stop in Missouri, Mark Sieber gets one of the biggest shocks of his life when he recognizes the face of a little girl on a Missing poster as belonging to the same little girl he saw only a few minutes before. Looking around for some sign of her, he comes back to his table in the restaurant to find the little sitting there, waiting for him. "I'm sorry, mister," is all she seems capable of saying. As the police and media begin to converge on the truck stop, Mark retreats back to his hotel room to call his wife and let her know what's going on, only to be taken hostage by the same people who released the little girl. But his abductors are little more than children themselves. Ranging in ages from 12 to 19, Mark's abductors are in the process of escaping from a sadistic pedophile known to them only as "Grendel" a man whose practices include torture and mutilation specifically, mutilation of the face. Mark's abductors have all been mutilated by Grendel who may be very close behind them and need someone with a "normal face" to help them carry out their plan for justice and returning home. For the next few days, Mark will come to understand not only the inhuman horror that these children have suffered, but how they eventually learned to fight back and how they discovered that Grendel and his practices are at the center of a very complex network catering to those who tastes run toward the molestation and mutilation of children. Prodigal Blues is perhaps Braunbeck's most suspenseful and emotionally powerful work to date; a story of suffering, depravity, redemption, and in the end the individual's compassion for his or her fellow human beings that can lead some people to finding reserves of courage and determination they never thought they possessed. Terrifying, suspenseful, sometimes surprisingly funny, and ultimately moving, Prodigal Blues is quintessential Braunbeck.

The Rogue

Author : Joe McGinniss
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 0307718921
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Rogue written by Joe McGinniss and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After three years of research, McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative chronicle of Sarah Palin as an individual, politician, and cultural phenomenon.

Charles Burnett

Author : Robert E. Kapsis
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604739509
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Charles Burnett written by Robert E. Kapsis and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of this country’s finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown. His films, most notably Killer of Sheep (1977) and To Sleep with Anger (1990), are considered classics, yet few filmgoers have seen them or heard of Burnett. The interviews in this volume explore this paradox and collectively shed light on the work of a rare film master whose stories bring to the screen the texture and poetry of life in the black community. The best qualities of Burnett’s films-rich characterizations, morally and emotionally complex narratives, and intricately observed tales of African American life-are precisely the things that make his films a tough sell in the mass marketplace. As many of the interviews reveal, Hollywood has been largely inept in responding to this marketing challenge. “It takes an extraordinary effort to keep going,” Burnett told Terrence Rafferty in 2001, “when everybody’s saying to you, ‘No one wants to see that kind of movie,’ or ‘There’s no black audience.’” All the interviews selected for this volume—spanning more than three decades of Burnett’s directorial career, including his recent work—examine, in various degrees, Burnett’s status as a true independent filmmaker and explore his motivation for making films that chronicle the black experience in America.

Alaska

Author : Traveler T Terpening
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781841622989
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Alaska written by Traveler T Terpening and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2010 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only guide to feature the destinations in Alaska accessible by rail, car and ferry written by an author who grew up in Alaska and continues to live there today.

The World We Make

Author : N. K. Jemisin
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316509914
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The World We Make written by N. K. Jemisin and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth. All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction. N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became and concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most important writers of her generation. The Great Cities Duology The City We Became The World We Make

Baked Alaska

Author : Sarah Eppenbach
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 0882409034
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Baked Alaska written by Sarah Eppenbach and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baked Alaska presents 72 recipes for favorite home-baked desserts enjoyed by people living in the North Country. Readers will discover a rich variety of recipes for muffins, cookies, steaming berry pies or cobblers, and much more. The book is highlighted with colorful illustrations and delightful Alaskan anecdotes.

Shaping Jazz

Author : Damon J. Phillips
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140084648X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Shaping Jazz written by Damon J. Phillips and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are over a million jazz recordings, but only a few hundred tunes have been recorded repeatedly. Why did a minority of songs become jazz standards? Why do some songs--and not others--get rerecorded by many musicians? Shaping Jazz answers this question and more, exploring the underappreciated yet crucial roles played by initial production and markets--in particular, organizations and geography--in the development of early twentieth-century jazz. Damon Phillips considers why places like New York played more important roles as engines of diffusion than as the sources of standards. He demonstrates why and when certain geographical references in tune and group titles were considered more desirable. He also explains why a place like Berlin, which produced jazz abundantly from the 1920s to early 1930s, is now on jazz's historical sidelines. Phillips shows the key influences of firms in the recording industry, including how record companies and their executives affected what music was recorded, and why major companies would rerelease recordings under artistic pseudonyms. He indicates how a recording's appeal was related to the narrative around its creation, and how the identities of its firm and musicians influenced the tune's long-run popularity. Applying fascinating ideas about market emergence to a music's commercialization, Shaping Jazz offers a unique look at the origins of a groundbreaking art form.

In Flight

Author : Jose Dalisay
Publisher : IPG
ISBN 13 : 1936182130
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book In Flight written by Jose Dalisay and published by IPG. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotional exploration of the Philippines, these novels illustrate the connection between a people and their beloved native land. The first novel, Killing Time in a Warm Place, is based in part on the author's own experiences as a student protester and his subsequent capture, imprisonment, and torture during the Marcos dictatorship. His subsequent assimilation to a new society as a speechwriter for the government is depicted, followed by his self-imposed exile to the United States and his eventual return to the islands upon the death of his father, where he is forced to confront past betrayals. The second tale, Soledad’s Sister, delves into the dark side of immigrant and outsourced labor that is endemic worldwide. Following the mysterious death of a young Filipina woman working as an au pair in Saudi Arabia, the narrative chronicles a local policeman’s search to claim her body, locate her next of kin, and give her a proper burial in her native soil. With deep insight into contemporary Philippine culture, this collection captures a nation attempting to reinvent itself in the eyes of the world.

Moon Alaska

Author : Don Pitcher
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 1612380638
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Moon Alaska written by Don Pitcher and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel writer and nature photographer Don Pitcher covers the best of Alaska, from fine dining in Anchorage to backpacking in Denali National Park. Pitcher also includes various travel strategies such as The Best of Alaska and Along the AlCan. Complete with details on where to view wildlife at the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge and the best spots to kayak in Prince William Sound, Moon Alaska gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Cabin 135

Author : Katie Eberhart
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602234213
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Cabin 135 written by Katie Eberhart and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young adult, Katie Eberhart moved to Cabin 135, a house on a knoll in remote Alaska. Over the next decade, growing up and growing into her home, she found herself thinking through her ever-changing ideas about aging and place, a lot of which were wrapped up closely in her experience of living in the house itself. Cabin 135 provided shelter and security, and it also offered lessons on economic disruptions and how ideas of normalcy change. In these pages, we share Eberhart’s experience of digging into the past—figuratively and, in her garden, at an archaeology site, and in a national park, literally. Every layer peeled back, we find, reveals another story, another way of thinking about nature and the past—our own and that of others. In greenhouse and garden, yard, forest, and more distant places—a beach in southeast Alaska, the Arctic coast, Swiss Alps, Iceland, and even Biosphere-2 in Arizona—Eberhart engages with the world around her, and, through it, reflects on her own experiences and journey through life. Offering a journey of wonder and curiosity, through the author’s mind, a house’s structure, and other places, Cabin 135 is a deft combination of memoir and nature writing, rich with thought and full of appreciation for—and profound concerns about—the world and our place in it.

Cruising World

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vagabond Blues

Author : Emmanuel Burgin
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Vagabond Blues written by Emmanuel Burgin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vagabond Blues is an insider's peek into minor league football in the early 1980's, an entire netherworld that most people never had the opportunity to see, let alone experience. Though the novel portrays the violent nature of the sport it is more than just a depiction of its brutality. Vagabond Blues is a cautionary tale of when manacles of morals are cast off in pursuit of a dream. "A smart, hard-hitting novel that will grab you and carry you into the hearts of the players and game." Ken Kuhlken, novelist "Beneath the riotous fun of this novel is an underlying sadness of desperation." Ron mix, NFL Hall of Fame Offensive lineman with the San Diego Chargers. Member of the Sports Illustrated All-Century Team

Untying the Moon

Author : Ellen Malphrus
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611176115
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Untying the Moon written by Ellen Malphrus and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman’s journey of self-discovery takes her across the coastal South and on to Alaska in this “beautifully written” novel (Foreword Reviews). A child of the South Carolina lowcountry, Bailey Martin is in perpetual motion. A marine biologist by training and an artist by nature, she is a woman of contradictions: a free-spirited adventurer who is at the same time deeply committed to her family and the environment. Restless and troubled, Bailey sets out in her ‘67 Skylark convertible, from Manhattan down the eastern seaboard, from coastal Carolina to the Alaskan wilderness and back again, all in search of the embrace of love and—finally—of home. Along the way, Bailey connects with some of the most important people and places in her life. She visits her fisherman father and falls in love with a troubled Vietnam veteran; she reflects on the beauty of nature, the devastations of oil spills and violent storms, and her own past. Set in the 1980s, Untying the Moon explores the redemptive powers of nature, creation, and storytelling itself. With prose that ebbs and flows from the lyrical and lush to the staccato and sparse, Untying the Moon is rich with classical allusions and regional folklore, the beauty of its settings, a diverse cast of characters, and all the mystery and magic of fate. Foreword by New York Times best-selling author Pat Conroy

Shady Lady

Author : Ann Aguirre
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101477687
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Shady Lady written by Ann Aguirre and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Ann Aguirre's Shady Lady. Whenever Corine Solomon touches an object, she immediately knows its history. But the future concerns her more when former ally Kel Ferguson wlaks through her door with a warning for her: the Montoya cartel is coming for her-but they don't just pack guns. They use warlocks, shamans and voodoo priests. And Corine has become enemy number one...

Cruising World

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Vagabonds, Tramps, and Hobos

Author : Owen Clayton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009348078
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Vagabonds, Tramps, and Hobos written by Owen Clayton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most enduring version of the hobo that has come down from the so-called 'Golden Age of Tramping' (1890s to 1940s) is an American cultural icon, signifying freedom from restraint and rebellion to the established order while reinforcing conservative messages about American exceptionalism, individualism, race, and gender. Vagabonds, Tramps, and Hobos shows that this 'pioneer hobo' image is a misrepresentation by looking at works created by transient artists and thinkers, including travel literature, fiction, memoir, early feminist writing, poetry, sociology, political journalism, satire, and music. This book explores the diversity of meanings that accrue around 'the hobo' and 'the tramp'. It is the first analysis to frame transiency within a nineteenth-century literary tradition of the vagabond, a figure who attempts to travel without money. This book provide new ways for scholars to think about the activity and representation of US transiency.