Author: Gonzalo Riedel
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1554831105
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
A woman poisons her husband, who sputters and keels over but will not die. A man has his restaurant burned down, then retraces the steps, certain he has made a mistake. A tightrope walker slips off the cable and dangles over the crowd by her fingers. Despite their best efforts, people always screw up. Riedel writes about fools and low-lifes who cannot help but make mistakes. His stories are taut and perversely funny, often punctuated with moments of heartbreak, and his characters are classic scumbags who put their own interests before all others — to hell with everyone else.
Behaving This Way Is All I Have Left
Author: Gonzalo Riedel
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1554831105
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
A woman poisons her husband, who sputters and keels over but will not die. A man has his restaurant burned down, then retraces the steps, certain he has made a mistake. A tightrope walker slips off the cable and dangles over the crowd by her fingers. Despite their best efforts, people always screw up. Riedel writes about fools and low-lifes who cannot help but make mistakes. His stories are taut and perversely funny, often punctuated with moments of heartbreak, and his characters are classic scumbags who put their own interests before all others — to hell with everyone else.
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1554831105
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
A woman poisons her husband, who sputters and keels over but will not die. A man has his restaurant burned down, then retraces the steps, certain he has made a mistake. A tightrope walker slips off the cable and dangles over the crowd by her fingers. Despite their best efforts, people always screw up. Riedel writes about fools and low-lifes who cannot help but make mistakes. His stories are taut and perversely funny, often punctuated with moments of heartbreak, and his characters are classic scumbags who put their own interests before all others — to hell with everyone else.
No Further Messages
Author: Brett Savory
Publisher: ChiZine
ISBN: 1771481846
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This is not, and never has been, about you. Any of you. This is not, and never has been, about good and bad. This makes no sense to you, I know. I have taken all who are worthy. There will be no further messages. Twenty-one short stories by Brett Alexander Savory, featuring three tales original to this collection. Praise for No Further Messages "Savory deserves to make a great impression on both our highly mutable genre and the reading public." —Peter Straub "A stylish and intelligent writer. File under Original and Startling." —Ramsey Campbell "If you gave me 10 words to describe Brett Savory's writing style, I'd only need 5: Like A House On Fire." —Craig Davidson
Publisher: ChiZine
ISBN: 1771481846
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This is not, and never has been, about you. Any of you. This is not, and never has been, about good and bad. This makes no sense to you, I know. I have taken all who are worthy. There will be no further messages. Twenty-one short stories by Brett Alexander Savory, featuring three tales original to this collection. Praise for No Further Messages "Savory deserves to make a great impression on both our highly mutable genre and the reading public." —Peter Straub "A stylish and intelligent writer. File under Original and Startling." —Ramsey Campbell "If you gave me 10 words to describe Brett Savory's writing style, I'd only need 5: Like A House On Fire." —Craig Davidson
Straight Up, No Sippin'
Author: George Stowers
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435717295
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Since the summer of 2000, George Stowers has worked onboard some of the largest and newest cruise ships that ply the earth's waters. His time onboard these grand, floating resorts has afforded him the opportunity to visit world renowned ports in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Western coasts of the Unites States and Mexico as well as all of the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Stowers entered the cruising industry as a sales assistant in the onboard gift shops and then moved into the position of Internet Manager. For those who have always wondered what this unique lifestyle of cruise ship employment entails, his memoirs in "Straight Up, No Sippin'" provide insightful answers through witty narratives, keen observation of "vacation" behavior, and frank, self evaluation.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435717295
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Since the summer of 2000, George Stowers has worked onboard some of the largest and newest cruise ships that ply the earth's waters. His time onboard these grand, floating resorts has afforded him the opportunity to visit world renowned ports in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Western coasts of the Unites States and Mexico as well as all of the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Stowers entered the cruising industry as a sales assistant in the onboard gift shops and then moved into the position of Internet Manager. For those who have always wondered what this unique lifestyle of cruise ship employment entails, his memoirs in "Straight Up, No Sippin'" provide insightful answers through witty narratives, keen observation of "vacation" behavior, and frank, self evaluation.
Wait . . . What?!
Author: J-Wunder
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626811083
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
“A must-read book. His shocking tales and genius revelations reveal the absurdity of life and love and sex.”—Elizabeth Jayne Liu, Head Homette, Flourish in Progress J-Wunder has shocked, entertained, and advised millions of visitors on his blog, Ghetto Genius, since 2010. Wait . . . What?! collects the best and the most ridiculous stories, best-of lists, and advice columns, with never-before-seen insights into the wild life of J-Wunder and his partners in crime, Anonymous and The Ringer. Highlights include: The epic saga of hooking up with Cat Woman—the craziest cat lady on Match.Com The Hate List of Facebook (parts 1, 2, and 3): Everything we hate about the largest social network The Daily Grind: advice and stories to encourage you to work hard and play even harder Straight talking relationship advice, from the only guy willing to tell it like it is Blogging taught J-Wunder not to take life too seriously, and sharing his misfortunes not only makes people laugh, but helps them with their own problems. Like a train wreck you can’t look away from, Wait . . . What?!: Life Advice From a Ghetto Genius is filled with stories that are too hilarious and horrifying to be anything but true.
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626811083
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
“A must-read book. His shocking tales and genius revelations reveal the absurdity of life and love and sex.”—Elizabeth Jayne Liu, Head Homette, Flourish in Progress J-Wunder has shocked, entertained, and advised millions of visitors on his blog, Ghetto Genius, since 2010. Wait . . . What?! collects the best and the most ridiculous stories, best-of lists, and advice columns, with never-before-seen insights into the wild life of J-Wunder and his partners in crime, Anonymous and The Ringer. Highlights include: The epic saga of hooking up with Cat Woman—the craziest cat lady on Match.Com The Hate List of Facebook (parts 1, 2, and 3): Everything we hate about the largest social network The Daily Grind: advice and stories to encourage you to work hard and play even harder Straight talking relationship advice, from the only guy willing to tell it like it is Blogging taught J-Wunder not to take life too seriously, and sharing his misfortunes not only makes people laugh, but helps them with their own problems. Like a train wreck you can’t look away from, Wait . . . What?!: Life Advice From a Ghetto Genius is filled with stories that are too hilarious and horrifying to be anything but true.
Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals
Author: Jesse Armstrong
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399184201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing."
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399184201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing."
Humana Festival 2006
Author: Adrien-Alice Lawson Hansel
Publisher: Playscripts, Inc.
ISBN: 0970904614
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A collection of all ten scripts from the 2006 Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Publisher: Playscripts, Inc.
ISBN: 0970904614
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A collection of all ten scripts from the 2006 Humana Festival of New American Plays.
The Sister Souljah Collection #2
Author: Sister Souljah
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982194588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
In this special collection, rediscover two of the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s classic novels: A Deeper Love Inside and Life After Death. The author of The Coldest Winter Ever, the million-selling raw and powerful Brooklyn tale that shook the foundation of literature and coughed up the most loved, celebrated, and imitated character ever etched onto a page, offers readers that familiar feeling, gritty hardcore, perfectly woven storytelling in her two passionate follow-up novels, A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story and the recently released Life After Death. Real readers and true Winter fans gotta get all three reads to keep up with the first family of nonstop dope style, fashionable hustle. Unpredictable, shocking, creative, and unforgettable novels all written by Sister Souljah.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982194588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
In this special collection, rediscover two of the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s classic novels: A Deeper Love Inside and Life After Death. The author of The Coldest Winter Ever, the million-selling raw and powerful Brooklyn tale that shook the foundation of literature and coughed up the most loved, celebrated, and imitated character ever etched onto a page, offers readers that familiar feeling, gritty hardcore, perfectly woven storytelling in her two passionate follow-up novels, A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story and the recently released Life After Death. Real readers and true Winter fans gotta get all three reads to keep up with the first family of nonstop dope style, fashionable hustle. Unpredictable, shocking, creative, and unforgettable novels all written by Sister Souljah.
Fistful of Benjamins
Author: Kiki Swinson
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758280289
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Kiki Swinson's 'Special Delivery', sees U.S. Postal service employee Gabriella Vasquez and her boyfriend, Eduardo, set-up the ultimate hustle - a drug distribution scheme using Gabriela's mail route. Business is booming - until the Feds bust up the operation. Will they betray each other for the ultimate pay-out? In De'nesha Diamond's 'Gun Play', Julian Smith doesn't remember anything about his past after he woke up in a hospital with a sexy nurse, Malena, by his side. Yet Julian is haunted by dreams of another woman. With someone targeting him and Malena, who can he trust?
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758280289
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Kiki Swinson's 'Special Delivery', sees U.S. Postal service employee Gabriella Vasquez and her boyfriend, Eduardo, set-up the ultimate hustle - a drug distribution scheme using Gabriela's mail route. Business is booming - until the Feds bust up the operation. Will they betray each other for the ultimate pay-out? In De'nesha Diamond's 'Gun Play', Julian Smith doesn't remember anything about his past after he woke up in a hospital with a sexy nurse, Malena, by his side. Yet Julian is haunted by dreams of another woman. With someone targeting him and Malena, who can he trust?
The Changing Boundaries and Nature of the Modern Art World
Author: Richard Kalina
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135015475X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Concentrating on the shifting boundaries and definition of art, Richard Kalina offers a panoramic view of the contemporary art scene over the last 30 years. His focus is on the ongoing development of concepts, the transformation of art worlds and the social matrices in which they are created. Discussing painting in general and abstract painting in particular, his survey takes in photorealism, sculpture and art forms found outside of the modernist tradition. Kalina's group of artists includes Mel Bochner, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, Franz West, and Alma Thomas who, in their ongoing projects, explicitly or implicitly questioned the aesthetic assumptions of their times. Merging an examination of animating philosophies and context - political, social, and personal - with a sharply focused look at the works of art themselves, Kalina brings us closer to understanding the social matrices in which art is embedded and responds to bigger questions about the object nature of the work of art in today's world.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135015475X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Concentrating on the shifting boundaries and definition of art, Richard Kalina offers a panoramic view of the contemporary art scene over the last 30 years. His focus is on the ongoing development of concepts, the transformation of art worlds and the social matrices in which they are created. Discussing painting in general and abstract painting in particular, his survey takes in photorealism, sculpture and art forms found outside of the modernist tradition. Kalina's group of artists includes Mel Bochner, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, Franz West, and Alma Thomas who, in their ongoing projects, explicitly or implicitly questioned the aesthetic assumptions of their times. Merging an examination of animating philosophies and context - political, social, and personal - with a sharply focused look at the works of art themselves, Kalina brings us closer to understanding the social matrices in which art is embedded and responds to bigger questions about the object nature of the work of art in today's world.
Once a Marine
Author: Nick Popaditch
Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611210372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Silver Star–awarded marine chronicles his service in Iraq in this “transcendent memoir of military service and its personal consequences” (Ralph Peters, Lt. Col., ret., author of Looking For Trouble). In April, 2003, an AP photographer captured a striking image seen around the world of Gunny Sergeant Nick Popaditch smoking a victory cigar in his tank, the haunting statue of Saddam Hussein hovering in the background. Though immortalized in that moment as “The Cigar Marine,” Popaditch’s fighting was far from over. The following year, he fought heroically in the battle for Fallujah and suffered grievous head wounds that left him legally blind and partially deaf. But he faced the toughest fight of his life when he returned home: the battle to remain the man and Marine he was. At first, Nick fights to get back to where he was in Iraq-in the cupola of an M1A1 main battle tank, leading Marines in combat. As the seriousness and permanence of his disabilities become more evident, Nick fights to remain in the Corps in any capacity and help his brothers in arms. Then, following a medical retirement, he battles for rightful recognition and compensation for his disabilities. Throughout his harrowing ordeal, Nick fights to maintain his honor and loyalty, waging all these battles the same way—the Marine way—because anything less would be a betrayal of all he holds dear.
Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611210372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Silver Star–awarded marine chronicles his service in Iraq in this “transcendent memoir of military service and its personal consequences” (Ralph Peters, Lt. Col., ret., author of Looking For Trouble). In April, 2003, an AP photographer captured a striking image seen around the world of Gunny Sergeant Nick Popaditch smoking a victory cigar in his tank, the haunting statue of Saddam Hussein hovering in the background. Though immortalized in that moment as “The Cigar Marine,” Popaditch’s fighting was far from over. The following year, he fought heroically in the battle for Fallujah and suffered grievous head wounds that left him legally blind and partially deaf. But he faced the toughest fight of his life when he returned home: the battle to remain the man and Marine he was. At first, Nick fights to get back to where he was in Iraq-in the cupola of an M1A1 main battle tank, leading Marines in combat. As the seriousness and permanence of his disabilities become more evident, Nick fights to remain in the Corps in any capacity and help his brothers in arms. Then, following a medical retirement, he battles for rightful recognition and compensation for his disabilities. Throughout his harrowing ordeal, Nick fights to maintain his honor and loyalty, waging all these battles the same way—the Marine way—because anything less would be a betrayal of all he holds dear.