Author: Jerry Wayne Williamson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807845035
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for Ma and Pa Kettle to outright fear of the mountain men in Deliverance. In Hillbillyland, J. W. Williamson investigates why hillbilly images are so pervasive in our culture and what purposes they serve. He has mined more than 800 movies, from early nickelodeon one-reelers to contemporary films such as Thelma and Louise and Raising Arizona, for representations of hillbillies in their recurring roles as symbolic 'cultural others.' Williamson's hillbillies live not only in the hills of the South but anywhere on the rough edge of society. And they are not just men; women can be hillbillies, too. According to Williamson, mainstream America responds to hillbillies because they embody our fears and hopes and a romantic vision of the past. They are clowns, children, free spirits, or wild people through whom we live vicariously while being reassured about our own standing in society.
Cute Devil
Author: Hiro Madarame
Publisher: Blu
ISBN: 9781427818034
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Akiyoshi Tohru is the picture of an ideal student. Not only does he have perfect attendance and top grades, but he's the student council president of his all-boys school. But the school "princess," Naruse Futa, takes a shining to Akiyoshi and a princess ALWAYS gets what he wants. Will Akiyoshi be able to escape Naruse's sadistic clutches?
Publisher: Blu
ISBN: 9781427818034
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Akiyoshi Tohru is the picture of an ideal student. Not only does he have perfect attendance and top grades, but he's the student council president of his all-boys school. But the school "princess," Naruse Futa, takes a shining to Akiyoshi and a princess ALWAYS gets what he wants. Will Akiyoshi be able to escape Naruse's sadistic clutches?
Cute Devil Cartoon Evil Kawaii
Author: Cute Bigfoot Monsters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781687235077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"This is great as a journal or notebook perfect for you to write your own thoughts, get a little creative with poetry or just writing down lists or ideas. It is a 150 pages blank college ruled journal ready for you to fill with your own writing and get a little creative every now and then. - 150 pages of high quality paper (50 sheets) - It can be used as a journal, notebook or just a composition book - 6" x 9" Paperback notebook, soft matte cover - Perfect for gel pen, ink or pencils - Great size to carry everywhere in your bag, for work, high school, college... - It will make a great gift for any special occasion: Christmas, Secret Santa, Birthday..."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781687235077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"This is great as a journal or notebook perfect for you to write your own thoughts, get a little creative with poetry or just writing down lists or ideas. It is a 150 pages blank college ruled journal ready for you to fill with your own writing and get a little creative every now and then. - 150 pages of high quality paper (50 sheets) - It can be used as a journal, notebook or just a composition book - 6" x 9" Paperback notebook, soft matte cover - Perfect for gel pen, ink or pencils - Great size to carry everywhere in your bag, for work, high school, college... - It will make a great gift for any special occasion: Christmas, Secret Santa, Birthday..."
Pretty Little Devils
Author: Nancy Holder
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110121774X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils, but she’s stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group’s famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous. Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110121774X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils, but she’s stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group’s famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous. Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.
The Devil's Storybook
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1429955260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The Devil's Storybook is a 1974 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1975 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books. An ALA Notable Book Chosen by School Library Journal as one of the Best of the Best Books
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1429955260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The Devil's Storybook is a 1974 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1975 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books. An ALA Notable Book Chosen by School Library Journal as one of the Best of the Best Books
Hillbillyland
Author: Jerry Wayne Williamson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807845035
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for Ma and Pa Kettle to outright fear of the mountain men in Deliverance. In Hillbillyland, J. W. Williamson investigates why hillbilly images are so pervasive in our culture and what purposes they serve. He has mined more than 800 movies, from early nickelodeon one-reelers to contemporary films such as Thelma and Louise and Raising Arizona, for representations of hillbillies in their recurring roles as symbolic 'cultural others.' Williamson's hillbillies live not only in the hills of the South but anywhere on the rough edge of society. And they are not just men; women can be hillbillies, too. According to Williamson, mainstream America responds to hillbillies because they embody our fears and hopes and a romantic vision of the past. They are clowns, children, free spirits, or wild people through whom we live vicariously while being reassured about our own standing in society.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807845035
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for Ma and Pa Kettle to outright fear of the mountain men in Deliverance. In Hillbillyland, J. W. Williamson investigates why hillbilly images are so pervasive in our culture and what purposes they serve. He has mined more than 800 movies, from early nickelodeon one-reelers to contemporary films such as Thelma and Louise and Raising Arizona, for representations of hillbillies in their recurring roles as symbolic 'cultural others.' Williamson's hillbillies live not only in the hills of the South but anywhere on the rough edge of society. And they are not just men; women can be hillbillies, too. According to Williamson, mainstream America responds to hillbillies because they embody our fears and hopes and a romantic vision of the past. They are clowns, children, free spirits, or wild people through whom we live vicariously while being reassured about our own standing in society.
A Devil Inside
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822217527
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE STORY: Mrs. Slater has waited fourteen long years to tell her son, Gene, the truth. And when he wakes up on his twenty-first birthday, she greets him with the customary banners and good wishes, and then gets to the point. Your father was murde
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822217527
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE STORY: Mrs. Slater has waited fourteen long years to tell her son, Gene, the truth. And when he wakes up on his twenty-first birthday, she greets him with the customary banners and good wishes, and then gets to the point. Your father was murde
Single but Not Satisfied
Author: Funmi Quadri-Jimoh
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973635283
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This book was written for mature Christians looking to be married. It shares biblical insights into God’s plan and intentions for marriage and how to receive his provision. It also highlights the key prayer strategies, the lies of the enemy, those you should not date and how to get rid of blockers.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973635283
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This book was written for mature Christians looking to be married. It shares biblical insights into God’s plan and intentions for marriage and how to receive his provision. It also highlights the key prayer strategies, the lies of the enemy, those you should not date and how to get rid of blockers.
Halloween's Threads
Author: Patrice Storm
Publisher: Patrice Storm
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Best Friends Tiffiany and Maya make a bet, and things unfold on Halloween at different points in their lives.
Publisher: Patrice Storm
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Best Friends Tiffiany and Maya make a bet, and things unfold on Halloween at different points in their lives.
Corsair
Author: Chris Bunch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440553416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Swashbuckling captain Gareth Radnor has taken command of the Steadfast. But the young captain intends more than seeking his fortune. He wants vengeance against the Linyati slavers who murdered his family. Crewed by a motley band of adventurers, his carrack plunges through the salty waves, striking at the Linyati wherever it can. And then he discovers something more compelling even than revenge: The Linyati aren’t human . . .
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440553416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Swashbuckling captain Gareth Radnor has taken command of the Steadfast. But the young captain intends more than seeking his fortune. He wants vengeance against the Linyati slavers who murdered his family. Crewed by a motley band of adventurers, his carrack plunges through the salty waves, striking at the Linyati wherever it can. And then he discovers something more compelling even than revenge: The Linyati aren’t human . . .
Blood in the Fields
Author: Julia Reynolds
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613749724
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece, East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in America. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state, and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Prize-winning journalist and Nieman Fellow Julia Reynolds tells the gang's story from the inside out, following young men and women as they search for a new kind of family, quests that usually lead to murder and betrayal. Blood in the Fields also documents the history of Operation Black Widow, the FBI's questionable decade-long effort to dismantle the Nuestra Familia, along with its compromised informants and the turf wars it created with local law enforcement agencies. Written as narrative nonfiction, journalist Reynolds used her unprecedented access to gang members, both in and out of prison, as well as undercover wire taps, depositions, and court documents to weave a gripping, comprehensive history of this brutal criminal organization and the lives it destroyed. Julia Reynolds coproduced and wrote the PBS documentary Nuestra Familia, Our Family, and reported on the northern California gang for more than a decade. She currently works as a staff writer at the Monterey County Herald, and has reported for National Public Radio, the Discovery Channel, The Nation, Mother Jones, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613749724
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece, East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in America. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state, and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Prize-winning journalist and Nieman Fellow Julia Reynolds tells the gang's story from the inside out, following young men and women as they search for a new kind of family, quests that usually lead to murder and betrayal. Blood in the Fields also documents the history of Operation Black Widow, the FBI's questionable decade-long effort to dismantle the Nuestra Familia, along with its compromised informants and the turf wars it created with local law enforcement agencies. Written as narrative nonfiction, journalist Reynolds used her unprecedented access to gang members, both in and out of prison, as well as undercover wire taps, depositions, and court documents to weave a gripping, comprehensive history of this brutal criminal organization and the lives it destroyed. Julia Reynolds coproduced and wrote the PBS documentary Nuestra Familia, Our Family, and reported on the northern California gang for more than a decade. She currently works as a staff writer at the Monterey County Herald, and has reported for National Public Radio, the Discovery Channel, The Nation, Mother Jones, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more.