Author: Tony Dokoupil
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307739481
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A haunting and often hilarious memoir of growing up in 80s Miami as the son of Big Tony, a flawless model of the great American pot baron. To his fellow smugglers, Anthony Edward Dokoupil was the Old Man. He ran stateside operations for one of the largest marijuana rings of the twentieth century. In all they sold hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana, and Big Tony distributed at least fifty tons of it. To his son he was a rambling man who was also somehow a present father, a self-destructive addict who ruined everything but affection. Here Tony Dokoupil blends superb reportage with searing personal memories, presenting a probing chronicle of pot-smoking, drug-taking America from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Great Stoned Age.
The Last Pirate
Author: Tony Dokoupil
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307739481
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A haunting and often hilarious memoir of growing up in 80s Miami as the son of Big Tony, a flawless model of the great American pot baron. To his fellow smugglers, Anthony Edward Dokoupil was the Old Man. He ran stateside operations for one of the largest marijuana rings of the twentieth century. In all they sold hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana, and Big Tony distributed at least fifty tons of it. To his son he was a rambling man who was also somehow a present father, a self-destructive addict who ruined everything but affection. Here Tony Dokoupil blends superb reportage with searing personal memories, presenting a probing chronicle of pot-smoking, drug-taking America from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Great Stoned Age.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307739481
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A haunting and often hilarious memoir of growing up in 80s Miami as the son of Big Tony, a flawless model of the great American pot baron. To his fellow smugglers, Anthony Edward Dokoupil was the Old Man. He ran stateside operations for one of the largest marijuana rings of the twentieth century. In all they sold hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana, and Big Tony distributed at least fifty tons of it. To his son he was a rambling man who was also somehow a present father, a self-destructive addict who ruined everything but affection. Here Tony Dokoupil blends superb reportage with searing personal memories, presenting a probing chronicle of pot-smoking, drug-taking America from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Great Stoned Age.
I Love My Pirate Papa
Author: Laura Leuck
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054754054X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
From the crow's nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the most rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked in by the fiercest pirate of them all: his loving and tender dad.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054754054X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
From the crow's nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the most rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked in by the fiercest pirate of them all: his loving and tender dad.
My Dad Wears Pirate Shoes
Author: Gae Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781475172164
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
A young boy struggles to understand his father's cross-dressing habit and eventual transsexual transition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781475172164
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
A young boy struggles to understand his father's cross-dressing habit and eventual transsexual transition.
You Can Do Anything, Daddy!
Author: Michael Rex
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
If your dad is willing to save you from pirates, gorilla pirates, robot gorilla pirates and even robot gorilla pirates from Mars, you know he'll do anything for you. And if that makes your dad hungry and thirsty or if he gets cuts and bruises, you know just how to take care of him right back. An adventurous tale of the heroic lengths fathers and sons will go for each other that will elicit gasps, giggles and warm contented sighs.
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
If your dad is willing to save you from pirates, gorilla pirates, robot gorilla pirates and even robot gorilla pirates from Mars, you know he'll do anything for you. And if that makes your dad hungry and thirsty or if he gets cuts and bruises, you know just how to take care of him right back. An adventurous tale of the heroic lengths fathers and sons will go for each other that will elicit gasps, giggles and warm contented sighs.
Be Glad Your Dad...(Is Not an Octopus!)
Author: Matthew Logelin
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316392545
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Be glad your dad is not a dog, because he would lick your face to say hello! Most of the time, you're glad your dad is your dad, until he gets grouchy, bossy, or just totally gross. Then you wish you could swap him for something else. But be careful what you wish for, because it could be way worse.... In this silly what-if story, kids will roar with laughter at the misadventures of a monkey dad, an alligator dad, a whale dad, and even a unicorn dad! But nothing can replace the dads who love them more than anything in the whole wide world. Be sure to check out the fun facts about the animals in the story in the back of the book!
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316392545
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Be glad your dad is not a dog, because he would lick your face to say hello! Most of the time, you're glad your dad is your dad, until he gets grouchy, bossy, or just totally gross. Then you wish you could swap him for something else. But be careful what you wish for, because it could be way worse.... In this silly what-if story, kids will roar with laughter at the misadventures of a monkey dad, an alligator dad, a whale dad, and even a unicorn dad! But nothing can replace the dads who love them more than anything in the whole wide world. Be sure to check out the fun facts about the animals in the story in the back of the book!
My Dad Thinks He's Funny
Author: Katrina Germein
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763665223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A gift-appropriate story for kids features a long-suffering boy's eye-rolling observations of his father's bombastic and often corny sense of humor, which is comprised of groan-out-loud puns and wisecracking rejoinders.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763665223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A gift-appropriate story for kids features a long-suffering boy's eye-rolling observations of his father's bombastic and often corny sense of humor, which is comprised of groan-out-loud puns and wisecracking rejoinders.
Ian and the Pirates
Author: Kurt Frenier
Publisher: Editorial GlobalEbooks
ISBN: 8415263287
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
High on a clifftop on the coast of Colville stands a lighthouse. Leaning over and completely deserted. Ian, a seventeen-year-old runaway thinks he found in it the perfect hideaway. He could not have been more wrong! The lighthouse holds secrets that have been kept silent for a long time. Ian runs into a bunch of pirates who appear as ghosts at night. He's not allowed to leave Colville before he settles "the final battle" between the pirates and the King's vessels.
Publisher: Editorial GlobalEbooks
ISBN: 8415263287
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
High on a clifftop on the coast of Colville stands a lighthouse. Leaning over and completely deserted. Ian, a seventeen-year-old runaway thinks he found in it the perfect hideaway. He could not have been more wrong! The lighthouse holds secrets that have been kept silent for a long time. Ian runs into a bunch of pirates who appear as ghosts at night. He's not allowed to leave Colville before he settles "the final battle" between the pirates and the King's vessels.
Are You Turning Into Your Dad?
Author: Joseph Piercy
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177900
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This hilarious book is packed full of stories, advice, amusing quotes and more, designed to help men of all ages spot those unthinkable, yet inevitable signs that you are, in fact, turning into your dad.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177900
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This hilarious book is packed full of stories, advice, amusing quotes and more, designed to help men of all ages spot those unthinkable, yet inevitable signs that you are, in fact, turning into your dad.
The Pirate's Dragon
Author: Liz Flanagan
Publisher: UCLan Publishing
ISBN: 1916747280
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Serina and Raff live on separate islands, each believing the other’s people to be their sworn enemy. Forced together in dramatic circumstances, they become unlikely friends while caring for their young dragons. But when Serina’s home, family, and all the dragons of Arcosi are threatened, can Raff and Serina persuade their families to work together? It will take faith, forgiveness and courage to save the dragons!
Publisher: UCLan Publishing
ISBN: 1916747280
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Serina and Raff live on separate islands, each believing the other’s people to be their sworn enemy. Forced together in dramatic circumstances, they become unlikely friends while caring for their young dragons. But when Serina’s home, family, and all the dragons of Arcosi are threatened, can Raff and Serina persuade their families to work together? It will take faith, forgiveness and courage to save the dragons!
The Pirate's Sword
Author: H.L. Dennis
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 1444908421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Team Veritas have been searching for the truth. But sometimes the truth is hard to handle. No longer safe in England, the team from Station X must escape to the United States of America where they embark on an epic treasure hunt. It starts in New York City where they track down a precious ring once owned by a Knight of Neustria. From there, on to Washington DC to look for clues in the largest library in the world - and then a trek across the Blue Ridge Mountains in search for treasure hidden in a long forgotten cavern. The mystery of the coded Voynich Manuscript is getting closer ... but so is the sinister Black Chamber who is following their every step. And for one of the team, it could be their last ... Enter the world of the Secret Breakers at http://hldennis.com/ Teachers' resources and full reading guide available here: http://hldennis.com/docs/HDreadingguide.pdf 'This gripping thriller ... will have you on the edge of your seats.' TBK Magazine
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 1444908421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Team Veritas have been searching for the truth. But sometimes the truth is hard to handle. No longer safe in England, the team from Station X must escape to the United States of America where they embark on an epic treasure hunt. It starts in New York City where they track down a precious ring once owned by a Knight of Neustria. From there, on to Washington DC to look for clues in the largest library in the world - and then a trek across the Blue Ridge Mountains in search for treasure hidden in a long forgotten cavern. The mystery of the coded Voynich Manuscript is getting closer ... but so is the sinister Black Chamber who is following their every step. And for one of the team, it could be their last ... Enter the world of the Secret Breakers at http://hldennis.com/ Teachers' resources and full reading guide available here: http://hldennis.com/docs/HDreadingguide.pdf 'This gripping thriller ... will have you on the edge of your seats.' TBK Magazine