Author: Carlos T. Mock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Papi Chulo" is the story of a country as seen through the eyes and lives of three strong women of several generations. Other themes of this writing are machismo versus homosexuality, male versus female, and the role of the various religions--Catholicism versus Santeria for example.
Papi Chulo
Author: Carlos T. Mock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Papi Chulo" is the story of a country as seen through the eyes and lives of three strong women of several generations. Other themes of this writing are machismo versus homosexuality, male versus female, and the role of the various religions--Catholicism versus Santeria for example.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Papi Chulo" is the story of a country as seen through the eyes and lives of three strong women of several generations. Other themes of this writing are machismo versus homosexuality, male versus female, and the role of the various religions--Catholicism versus Santeria for example.
Thug Matrimony
Author: Wahida Clark
Publisher: Dafina
ISBN: 1496732901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark has always had her finger on the pounding pulse of the streets. In this novel from her iconic Thug series on sisters trying to rise above, she delivers a true-to-life world where love can be just as dangerous as the men who ignite it... Angel, Jaz, Tasha, and Kyra are living proof that hope is more than a word. These girlfriends are pulling themselves out of the ghetto--and trying to bring their hearts up to higher ground with them. But sometimes the past ain't in no mood to let go... Angel has met the brother of her dreams--after living through a nightmare with Snake. Believing the pimp is dead, Angel has moved on. She's starting her own law practice and a new life with Kaylin, a drug dealer who's stepped outta the game and runs two promising businesses. Things are looking up--until an unwanted guest crashes their wedding and all the rage and bloodlust from the hood comes out. Now Angel's gonna need every prayer in heaven to make it to the altar alive...
Publisher: Dafina
ISBN: 1496732901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark has always had her finger on the pounding pulse of the streets. In this novel from her iconic Thug series on sisters trying to rise above, she delivers a true-to-life world where love can be just as dangerous as the men who ignite it... Angel, Jaz, Tasha, and Kyra are living proof that hope is more than a word. These girlfriends are pulling themselves out of the ghetto--and trying to bring their hearts up to higher ground with them. But sometimes the past ain't in no mood to let go... Angel has met the brother of her dreams--after living through a nightmare with Snake. Believing the pimp is dead, Angel has moved on. She's starting her own law practice and a new life with Kaylin, a drug dealer who's stepped outta the game and runs two promising businesses. Things are looking up--until an unwanted guest crashes their wedding and all the rage and bloodlust from the hood comes out. Now Angel's gonna need every prayer in heaven to make it to the altar alive...
Borrowings in Informal American English
Author: Małgorzata Kowalczyk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009346881
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
What do 'bimbo,' 'glitch,' 'savvy,' and 'shtick' all have in common? They are all expressions used in informal American English that have been taken from other languages. This pioneering book provides a comprehensive description of borrowings in informal American English, based on a large database of citations from thousands of contemporary sources, including the press, film, and TV. It presents the United States as a linguistic 'melting pot,' with words from a diverse range of languages now frequently appearing in the lexicon. It examines these borrowings from various perspectives, including discussions of terms, donors, types, changes, functions, and themes. It also features an alphabetical glossary of 1,200 representative expressions, defined and illustrated by 5,500 usage examples, providing an insightful and practical resource for readers. Combining scholarship with readability, this book is a fascinating storehouse of information for students and researchers in linguistics as well as anyone interested in lexical variation in contemporary English.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009346881
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
What do 'bimbo,' 'glitch,' 'savvy,' and 'shtick' all have in common? They are all expressions used in informal American English that have been taken from other languages. This pioneering book provides a comprehensive description of borrowings in informal American English, based on a large database of citations from thousands of contemporary sources, including the press, film, and TV. It presents the United States as a linguistic 'melting pot,' with words from a diverse range of languages now frequently appearing in the lexicon. It examines these borrowings from various perspectives, including discussions of terms, donors, types, changes, functions, and themes. It also features an alphabetical glossary of 1,200 representative expressions, defined and illustrated by 5,500 usage examples, providing an insightful and practical resource for readers. Combining scholarship with readability, this book is a fascinating storehouse of information for students and researchers in linguistics as well as anyone interested in lexical variation in contemporary English.
Friday Night Chicas
Author: Mary Castillo
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466887036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Whether they're flirting en espanol, gossiping over mojitos, or dancing with their latest papi chulos, the characters in Friday Night Chicas prove that there is nothing quite like a night out with your chicas. Set in New York City, Miami's South Beach, downtown Chicago, and L.A., these four flirty novellas explore dating, marriage, friendship, and sex, through the eyes of four different Latina women. Mary Castillo's Friday Night in L.A.: Isela isn't looking for a one-night stand; she's desperate for one last shot at saving her career. Her ticket is Hollywood's director du jour Tyler Banks, but one major mistake could cost her everything. Caridad Pineiro's Friday Night in South Beach: It's Tori's thirtieth birthday and all she wants is a nice quiet night with her family and friends. However, Tori's friends have other plans and during an overnight casino cruise, Tori finds herself taking the gamble of her life! Berta Platas's Friday Night in Chicago: The once-shy Cali has decided to attend her high school reunion. She slips into her slinkiest Donna Karan and puts on her highest Manolos. After all, she's out to seek revenge, Latina-style. . . Sofia Quintero's Friday Night in New York City: Gladys's friends throw her a bachelorette party at one of NYC's raunchiest male strip joints. They expected a party, but they didn't expect the not-so-blushing bride to disappear with one of the strippers!
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466887036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Whether they're flirting en espanol, gossiping over mojitos, or dancing with their latest papi chulos, the characters in Friday Night Chicas prove that there is nothing quite like a night out with your chicas. Set in New York City, Miami's South Beach, downtown Chicago, and L.A., these four flirty novellas explore dating, marriage, friendship, and sex, through the eyes of four different Latina women. Mary Castillo's Friday Night in L.A.: Isela isn't looking for a one-night stand; she's desperate for one last shot at saving her career. Her ticket is Hollywood's director du jour Tyler Banks, but one major mistake could cost her everything. Caridad Pineiro's Friday Night in South Beach: It's Tori's thirtieth birthday and all she wants is a nice quiet night with her family and friends. However, Tori's friends have other plans and during an overnight casino cruise, Tori finds herself taking the gamble of her life! Berta Platas's Friday Night in Chicago: The once-shy Cali has decided to attend her high school reunion. She slips into her slinkiest Donna Karan and puts on her highest Manolos. After all, she's out to seek revenge, Latina-style. . . Sofia Quintero's Friday Night in New York City: Gladys's friends throw her a bachelorette party at one of NYC's raunchiest male strip joints. They expected a party, but they didn't expect the not-so-blushing bride to disappear with one of the strippers!
Salsa Crossings
Author: Cindy García
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822378299
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In Los Angeles, night after night, the city's salsa clubs become social arenas where hierarchies of gender, race, and class, and of nationality, citizenship, and belonging are enacted on and off the dance floor. In an ethnography filled with dramatic narratives, Cindy García describes how local salseras/os gain social status by performing an exoticized L.A.–style salsa that distances them from club practices associated with Mexicanness. Many Latinos in Los Angeles try to avoid "dancing like a Mexican," attempting to rid their dancing of techniques that might suggest that they are migrants, poor, working-class, Mexican, or undocumented. In L.A. salsa clubs, social belonging and mobility depend on subtleties of technique and movement. With a well-timed dance-floor exit or the lift of a properly tweezed eyebrow, a dancer signals affiliation not only with a distinctive salsa style but also with a particular conceptualization of latinidad.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822378299
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In Los Angeles, night after night, the city's salsa clubs become social arenas where hierarchies of gender, race, and class, and of nationality, citizenship, and belonging are enacted on and off the dance floor. In an ethnography filled with dramatic narratives, Cindy García describes how local salseras/os gain social status by performing an exoticized L.A.–style salsa that distances them from club practices associated with Mexicanness. Many Latinos in Los Angeles try to avoid "dancing like a Mexican," attempting to rid their dancing of techniques that might suggest that they are migrants, poor, working-class, Mexican, or undocumented. In L.A. salsa clubs, social belonging and mobility depend on subtleties of technique and movement. With a well-timed dance-floor exit or the lift of a properly tweezed eyebrow, a dancer signals affiliation not only with a distinctive salsa style but also with a particular conceptualization of latinidad.
Reflections
Author: Aisha Dacosta
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615142753
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
"Reflections" captures within its pages prose that spans over a decade. The earliest poem 'When the cage bird sings" dates back to my high school years, somewhere around 1995-1996. The latest poem "I'm in love" was composed in March 2007. The poems authored during 2005-2007 have a distinct feel, an idiosyncratic rhythm. The composition of "Illicit" took place in 2006 while I was deployed at Baghdad, Iraq and solidified the evolution of Aisha DaCosta to ADDicted.Enjoy!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615142753
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
"Reflections" captures within its pages prose that spans over a decade. The earliest poem 'When the cage bird sings" dates back to my high school years, somewhere around 1995-1996. The latest poem "I'm in love" was composed in March 2007. The poems authored during 2005-2007 have a distinct feel, an idiosyncratic rhythm. The composition of "Illicit" took place in 2006 while I was deployed at Baghdad, Iraq and solidified the evolution of Aisha DaCosta to ADDicted.Enjoy!
Dealing in Dreams
Author: Lilliam Rivera
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148147216X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“A novel exploration of societal roles, gender, and equality.” —School Library Journal (starred review) The Outsiders meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this “daring and dramatic” (Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling) dystopian novel about sisterhood and the cruel choices people are forced to make in order to survive. At night, Las Mal Criadas own these streets. Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but Nala quickly grows weary of her questionable lifestyle. Her dream is to get off the streets and make a home in the exclusive Mega Towers, in which only a chosen few get to live. To make it to the Mega Towers, Nalah must prove her loyalty to the city’s benevolent founder and cross the border in a search of the mysterious gang the Ashé Riders. Led by a reluctant guide, Nalah battles crews and her own doubts but the closer she gets to her goal the more she loses sight of everything—and everyone—she cares about. Nalah must choose whether or not she’s willing to do the unspeakable to get what she wants. Can she discover that home is not where you live but whom you chose to protect before she loses the family she’s created for good?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148147216X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“A novel exploration of societal roles, gender, and equality.” —School Library Journal (starred review) The Outsiders meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this “daring and dramatic” (Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling) dystopian novel about sisterhood and the cruel choices people are forced to make in order to survive. At night, Las Mal Criadas own these streets. Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but Nala quickly grows weary of her questionable lifestyle. Her dream is to get off the streets and make a home in the exclusive Mega Towers, in which only a chosen few get to live. To make it to the Mega Towers, Nalah must prove her loyalty to the city’s benevolent founder and cross the border in a search of the mysterious gang the Ashé Riders. Led by a reluctant guide, Nalah battles crews and her own doubts but the closer she gets to her goal the more she loses sight of everything—and everyone—she cares about. Nalah must choose whether or not she’s willing to do the unspeakable to get what she wants. Can she discover that home is not where you live but whom you chose to protect before she loses the family she’s created for good?
Sabroso!
Author: Lisa Rosario
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434992179
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434992179
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
The Hotel Intrepid
Author: Leo Peterson
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Astrid Sinclair has always been the peacemaker who never rocked the boat, and after nearly thirty years of living a lie, she finds herself alone, trying to piece her life back together again. Ty Machesney is rich, bold, and adventurous. He sweeps Astrid off her feet when her old world finally comes crumbling down around her. It seems as if he and his friends are all cut from the same bolt of cloth, but they have secrets. Should Astrid trust Ty, or rely on her family and friends to pick up the pieces of her shattered life? With the city of Atlanta as the background where opulence and prestige are currency, human trafficking seems to be the unspoken article of trade. How will Astrid navigate her future where everyone seems to be in it for themselves and where decisions are made based on social mobility and politics?
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Astrid Sinclair has always been the peacemaker who never rocked the boat, and after nearly thirty years of living a lie, she finds herself alone, trying to piece her life back together again. Ty Machesney is rich, bold, and adventurous. He sweeps Astrid off her feet when her old world finally comes crumbling down around her. It seems as if he and his friends are all cut from the same bolt of cloth, but they have secrets. Should Astrid trust Ty, or rely on her family and friends to pick up the pieces of her shattered life? With the city of Atlanta as the background where opulence and prestige are currency, human trafficking seems to be the unspoken article of trade. How will Astrid navigate her future where everyone seems to be in it for themselves and where decisions are made based on social mobility and politics?