Author: Joshua T. Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996054942
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A colorful story written and illustrated by this young 10 yr old author about a young boy who loves art and drawing, but also fantasizes on becoming a Superhero. He makes good on his dream by creating a crime fighting character along with a costume to defend against bullying in his school. He teams up with a young female student who gets inspired by his idea, and the dynamic duo both prepare themselves to take on the bullies at school. A great read for the young and imaginative.
Super Fight Guy
Author: Joshua T. Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996054942
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A colorful story written and illustrated by this young 10 yr old author about a young boy who loves art and drawing, but also fantasizes on becoming a Superhero. He makes good on his dream by creating a crime fighting character along with a costume to defend against bullying in his school. He teams up with a young female student who gets inspired by his idea, and the dynamic duo both prepare themselves to take on the bullies at school. A great read for the young and imaginative.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996054942
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A colorful story written and illustrated by this young 10 yr old author about a young boy who loves art and drawing, but also fantasizes on becoming a Superhero. He makes good on his dream by creating a crime fighting character along with a costume to defend against bullying in his school. He teams up with a young female student who gets inspired by his idea, and the dynamic duo both prepare themselves to take on the bullies at school. A great read for the young and imaginative.
Hiding in Plain Sight
Author: Michael Starr
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557836946
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Looks at the life of the popular television and film actor, while focusing on the secret gay life that he led while maintaining a heterosexual public persona in order to protect his career.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557836946
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Looks at the life of the popular television and film actor, while focusing on the secret gay life that he led while maintaining a heterosexual public persona in order to protect his career.
Queens of Jerusalem
Author: Katherine Pangonis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643139258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The untold story of a trailblazing dynasty of royal women who ruled the Middle East and how they persevered through instability and seize greater power. In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio - including Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but, if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants. Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer. Yet for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. In reality, women ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects. Sibylla's grandmother Queen Melisende was the first queen to seize real political agency in Jerusalem and rule in her own right. She outmanoeuvred both her husband and son to seize real power in her kingdom, and was a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the medieval Middle East. The lives of her Armenian mother, her three sisters, and their daughters and granddaughters were no less intriguing. Queens of Jerusalem is a stunning debut by a rising historian and a rich revisionist history of Medieval Palestine.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643139258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The untold story of a trailblazing dynasty of royal women who ruled the Middle East and how they persevered through instability and seize greater power. In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio - including Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but, if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants. Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer. Yet for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. In reality, women ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects. Sibylla's grandmother Queen Melisende was the first queen to seize real political agency in Jerusalem and rule in her own right. She outmanoeuvred both her husband and son to seize real power in her kingdom, and was a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the medieval Middle East. The lives of her Armenian mother, her three sisters, and their daughters and granddaughters were no less intriguing. Queens of Jerusalem is a stunning debut by a rising historian and a rich revisionist history of Medieval Palestine.
God's War
Author: Christopher Tyerman
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141904313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
'Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it' - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator 'Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism' - Tom Holland, Spectator Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad. But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war - and medieval society - in a new light.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141904313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
'Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it' - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator 'Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism' - Tom Holland, Spectator Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad. But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war - and medieval society - in a new light.
My Life: Cursed or Blessed?
Author: Karla Johnson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475979010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Graduated High School in 1971, three months pregnant. I left my mother's house with my Fiancé. The only thing I took with me were the clothes on my back, the things I read in books, the things my Grandmother taught me which mainly involved cooking and cleaning, the Bible quotes and old folks tales my Grandmother used to say over and over, the few things my mother taught me during her brief and few periods of time into my life, and also a very special gift from God, which was the ability to play any musical instrument I chose to play. I thought I was grown and knew everything. What I didn't know was although I was very smart, I was also very naive. I got married in 1972 and had another baby in 1974. I worked for a police department from 1977 to 1985. I was in the Army National Guard from 1979 to 1985. So many unbelievable things happened to me during that time, both good and bad. So many more bad things happened than good that I started to think my life was cursed for some reason. It started to happen so much that finally I did not want to live any longer.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475979010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Graduated High School in 1971, three months pregnant. I left my mother's house with my Fiancé. The only thing I took with me were the clothes on my back, the things I read in books, the things my Grandmother taught me which mainly involved cooking and cleaning, the Bible quotes and old folks tales my Grandmother used to say over and over, the few things my mother taught me during her brief and few periods of time into my life, and also a very special gift from God, which was the ability to play any musical instrument I chose to play. I thought I was grown and knew everything. What I didn't know was although I was very smart, I was also very naive. I got married in 1972 and had another baby in 1974. I worked for a police department from 1977 to 1985. I was in the Army National Guard from 1979 to 1985. So many unbelievable things happened to me during that time, both good and bad. So many more bad things happened than good that I started to think my life was cursed for some reason. It started to happen so much that finally I did not want to live any longer.
My Way
Author: Paul Anka
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250035201
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame with a slew of hits-from "Diana" to "Put Your Head on my Shoulder"-that earned him a place touring with the major stars of his era, including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. He wrote Holly's last hit, and just missed joining the rocker on his final, fatal plane flight. Anka also stepped in front of the camera in the teen beach-party movie era, scoring the movies and romancing their starlets, including Annette Funicello. When the British invasion made his fans swoon for a new style of music-and musician--Anka made sure he wasn't conquered. A rapier-canny businessman and image-builder who took his career into his own hands-just as he had from the very beginning, swiping his mother's car at fourteen to drive himself, underage, to his first gigs in Quebec-Anka toured the world until he could return home in triumph. A charter member of the Rat Pack, he wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show as well as his friend Frank Sinatra's anthem "My Way". By the 1970s, a multi-decade string of pop chart-toppers, including "Puppy Love" and "(You're) Having My Baby", cemented his status as an icon. My Way is bursting with rich, rollicking stories of the business and the people in Anka's life: Elizabeth Taylor, Dodi Fayed, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson, Adnan Khashoggi, Little Richard, Brooke Shields, Johnny Roselli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Brigitte Bardot, Barnum & Bailey Circus acrobats, and many more. Anka is forthcoming, funny and smart as a whip about the business he's been in for almost six decades. My Way moves from New York to Vegas, from the casino stage to backstages all over the world. It's the most entertaining autobiography of the year.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250035201
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame with a slew of hits-from "Diana" to "Put Your Head on my Shoulder"-that earned him a place touring with the major stars of his era, including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. He wrote Holly's last hit, and just missed joining the rocker on his final, fatal plane flight. Anka also stepped in front of the camera in the teen beach-party movie era, scoring the movies and romancing their starlets, including Annette Funicello. When the British invasion made his fans swoon for a new style of music-and musician--Anka made sure he wasn't conquered. A rapier-canny businessman and image-builder who took his career into his own hands-just as he had from the very beginning, swiping his mother's car at fourteen to drive himself, underage, to his first gigs in Quebec-Anka toured the world until he could return home in triumph. A charter member of the Rat Pack, he wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show as well as his friend Frank Sinatra's anthem "My Way". By the 1970s, a multi-decade string of pop chart-toppers, including "Puppy Love" and "(You're) Having My Baby", cemented his status as an icon. My Way is bursting with rich, rollicking stories of the business and the people in Anka's life: Elizabeth Taylor, Dodi Fayed, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson, Adnan Khashoggi, Little Richard, Brooke Shields, Johnny Roselli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Brigitte Bardot, Barnum & Bailey Circus acrobats, and many more. Anka is forthcoming, funny and smart as a whip about the business he's been in for almost six decades. My Way moves from New York to Vegas, from the casino stage to backstages all over the world. It's the most entertaining autobiography of the year.
The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite
Author: Quincy Long
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822216735
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
THE STORY: Three out-of-work loggers, fueled by alcohol, God and song, set forth from a northwoods bar one night on a misguided errand of mercy. Raymond, Merle and Junior have met a stranger in the bar even drunker and lonelier than they are, and,
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822216735
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
THE STORY: Three out-of-work loggers, fueled by alcohol, God and song, set forth from a northwoods bar one night on a misguided errand of mercy. Raymond, Merle and Junior have met a stranger in the bar even drunker and lonelier than they are, and,
Outing Magazine, the Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Paradox and Rebirth
Author: Ron Prasad
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 144019128X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
As part of what it is to be human, Cirrus Jacobs feels an intense need for all that is missing from his life. He has decided, as a last attempt at salvation, to begin a life-changing journey which he hopes will provide clarity and bring meaning to his life. As he walks the city streets among the homeless; his path forces Cirrus to see the beauty that is around him as he wrestles with the ghosts of his past, and reflects on his life to find the doorway to his redemption. On the other side of the country is a man who has achieved every success he has set out to accomplish. He journeys with his family towards Cirrus’ city, and through destiny, their lives unwillingly collide. The result is anything but predictable.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 144019128X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
As part of what it is to be human, Cirrus Jacobs feels an intense need for all that is missing from his life. He has decided, as a last attempt at salvation, to begin a life-changing journey which he hopes will provide clarity and bring meaning to his life. As he walks the city streets among the homeless; his path forces Cirrus to see the beauty that is around him as he wrestles with the ghosts of his past, and reflects on his life to find the doorway to his redemption. On the other side of the country is a man who has achieved every success he has set out to accomplish. He journeys with his family towards Cirrus’ city, and through destiny, their lives unwillingly collide. The result is anything but predictable.
Brown and Gay in LA
Author: Anthony Christian Ocampo
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479898139
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The stories of second-generation immigrant gay men coming of age in Los Angeles Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA could not have felt further removed from a world where queerness was accepted and celebrated. Instead, the men profiled here maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. For these men, the path to sexual freedom often involves chasing the dreams while resisting the expectations of their immigrant parents—and finding community in each other. Ocampo also details his own story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like for these young men to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479898139
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The stories of second-generation immigrant gay men coming of age in Los Angeles Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA could not have felt further removed from a world where queerness was accepted and celebrated. Instead, the men profiled here maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. For these men, the path to sexual freedom often involves chasing the dreams while resisting the expectations of their immigrant parents—and finding community in each other. Ocampo also details his own story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like for these young men to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American.