Author: Terrence Scott
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499026285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
The time is from the 1950s through the twenty-first century. It is about the life of a dreamer, one who fantasizes continuously about being someone important. The story of his life and times that express concern, compassion, even love for some he comes in contact with; there are a few he despises. For those he did, though, it was as strong as a lightning bolt. There is love, death, destruction, mayhem, and disaster all rolled up like a tasty burrito. This novel will leave you wanting more. Marlon Jackson is a person who just happens to be there when the world tries to end each and every day. There is some truth in his way of life and his love for the most natural things of life. The very creation of his imagination is a story to be told another day.
Road to Neon Whiskers
Author: Terrence Scott
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499026285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
The time is from the 1950s through the twenty-first century. It is about the life of a dreamer, one who fantasizes continuously about being someone important. The story of his life and times that express concern, compassion, even love for some he comes in contact with; there are a few he despises. For those he did, though, it was as strong as a lightning bolt. There is love, death, destruction, mayhem, and disaster all rolled up like a tasty burrito. This novel will leave you wanting more. Marlon Jackson is a person who just happens to be there when the world tries to end each and every day. There is some truth in his way of life and his love for the most natural things of life. The very creation of his imagination is a story to be told another day.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499026285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
The time is from the 1950s through the twenty-first century. It is about the life of a dreamer, one who fantasizes continuously about being someone important. The story of his life and times that express concern, compassion, even love for some he comes in contact with; there are a few he despises. For those he did, though, it was as strong as a lightning bolt. There is love, death, destruction, mayhem, and disaster all rolled up like a tasty burrito. This novel will leave you wanting more. Marlon Jackson is a person who just happens to be there when the world tries to end each and every day. There is some truth in his way of life and his love for the most natural things of life. The very creation of his imagination is a story to be told another day.
Whiskers and Warrants
Author: Nicolette Pierce
Publisher: Nicolette Pierce
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Wanted: Paranormal Tracker Late nights, low pay, dangerous assignments, and a cranky boss (werewolf, actually). Apply in person. If wolf is in bad mood, run. As an untrained witch arriving in the town of Forgotten Falls, I must fight to become a paranormal tracker. Getting the irritable police chief to hire me is a challenge I’m willing to take in order to leave my old life behind. But in a wolf dominated profession, I must prove I can do the job. Stumbling upon a dead body, I leave the case in the police’s hands, knowing my subpar witch skills are better off tracking than sleuthing. But as I settle into my new town, clues emerge. The killer is on a mission and more people will die. After I receive a threatening message, I know I must act before it’s too late. To make matters worse, the only room available to rent comes with an occupant. Thinking Niles is just an obstinate talking cat, I find I’m wrong. Niles has secrets of his own. In the hidden town of Forgotten Falls, where witches and paranormal creatures live, anything is possible. If you like humorous mystery adventures with mischievous creatures, wonky magic, giant donuts, treacherous traps, and awkward piggyback rides, you’ll love Whiskers and Warrants.
Publisher: Nicolette Pierce
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Wanted: Paranormal Tracker Late nights, low pay, dangerous assignments, and a cranky boss (werewolf, actually). Apply in person. If wolf is in bad mood, run. As an untrained witch arriving in the town of Forgotten Falls, I must fight to become a paranormal tracker. Getting the irritable police chief to hire me is a challenge I’m willing to take in order to leave my old life behind. But in a wolf dominated profession, I must prove I can do the job. Stumbling upon a dead body, I leave the case in the police’s hands, knowing my subpar witch skills are better off tracking than sleuthing. But as I settle into my new town, clues emerge. The killer is on a mission and more people will die. After I receive a threatening message, I know I must act before it’s too late. To make matters worse, the only room available to rent comes with an occupant. Thinking Niles is just an obstinate talking cat, I find I’m wrong. Niles has secrets of his own. In the hidden town of Forgotten Falls, where witches and paranormal creatures live, anything is possible. If you like humorous mystery adventures with mischievous creatures, wonky magic, giant donuts, treacherous traps, and awkward piggyback rides, you’ll love Whiskers and Warrants.
Route 66 St. Louis Style
Author: Joseph R. Sonderman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439679304
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
For Route 66 to become the most famous highway in history, it had to pass through the "Gateway to the West." St. Louis is the largest city between Chicago and Los Angeles, and "St. Louee" comes first on the list of those that Nat King Cole and many other artists sang out on "(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66." The highway took a maze of different routes, including crossing the greatest of rivers on a bridge with a bend right in the middle. The roadside was lined with flashing neon, classic diners and gas stations where attendants provided speedy service. Also, there were classic amusement parks, drive-in theaters, a man selling frozen custard from a building adorned with wooden icicles, and a motel with a racy but beloved reputation. Joe Sonderman is a St. Louis area radio personality and traffic reporter who has been writing books on Route 66 for 15 years. Since that first work, he has been collecting Route 66 postcards and photographs, some never published before, along with new research on the paths Route 66 took through the area to come up with an entirely new look at Route 66 St. Louis Style .
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439679304
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
For Route 66 to become the most famous highway in history, it had to pass through the "Gateway to the West." St. Louis is the largest city between Chicago and Los Angeles, and "St. Louee" comes first on the list of those that Nat King Cole and many other artists sang out on "(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66." The highway took a maze of different routes, including crossing the greatest of rivers on a bridge with a bend right in the middle. The roadside was lined with flashing neon, classic diners and gas stations where attendants provided speedy service. Also, there were classic amusement parks, drive-in theaters, a man selling frozen custard from a building adorned with wooden icicles, and a motel with a racy but beloved reputation. Joe Sonderman is a St. Louis area radio personality and traffic reporter who has been writing books on Route 66 for 15 years. Since that first work, he has been collecting Route 66 postcards and photographs, some never published before, along with new research on the paths Route 66 took through the area to come up with an entirely new look at Route 66 St. Louis Style .
Neon and The Unicorn Hunters
Author: Sibéal Pounder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526661829
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Dive back into the UNIverse with Neon for another goo-tastic adventure from Sibéal Pounder, the bestselling author of the Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids series Now a fully-fledged unicorn (no, not the horse kind, the ultra-powerful human-looking kind), Neon Gallup is LOVING her secret double life in the extraordinary UNIverse, creating goo-powered magic and going on adventures with her unicorn friends. Little does she know that she has been spotted opening a portal by none other than the neighbourhood unicorn hunter, Priscilla. Now that she's seen Neon's portal opener, Priscilla is determined to steal it and destroy unicorns once and for all. With the unicorn hunters closing in on all sides, will Neon discover the sinister plot in time to save the day once again?
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526661829
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Dive back into the UNIverse with Neon for another goo-tastic adventure from Sibéal Pounder, the bestselling author of the Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids series Now a fully-fledged unicorn (no, not the horse kind, the ultra-powerful human-looking kind), Neon Gallup is LOVING her secret double life in the extraordinary UNIverse, creating goo-powered magic and going on adventures with her unicorn friends. Little does she know that she has been spotted opening a portal by none other than the neighbourhood unicorn hunter, Priscilla. Now that she's seen Neon's portal opener, Priscilla is determined to steal it and destroy unicorns once and for all. With the unicorn hunters closing in on all sides, will Neon discover the sinister plot in time to save the day once again?
Painting the City Red
Author: Yomi Braester
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822392755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Painting the City Red illuminates the dynamic relationship between the visual media, particularly film and theater, and the planning and development of cities in China and Taiwan, from the emergence of the People’s Republic in 1949 to the staging of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Yomi Braester argues that the transformation of Chinese cities in recent decades is a result not only of China’s abandonment of Maoist economic planning in favor of capitalist globalization but also of a shift in visual practices. Rather than simply reflect urban culture, movies and stage dramas have facilitated the development of new perceptions of space and time, representing the future city variously as an ideal socialist city, a metropolis integrated into the global economy, and a site for preserving cultural heritage. Drawing on extensive archival research, interviews with leading filmmakers and urban planners, and close readings of scripts and images, Braester describes how films and stage plays have promoted and opposed official urban plans and policies as they have addressed issues such as demolition-and-relocation plans, the preservation of vernacular architecture, and the global real estate market. He shows how the cinematic rewriting of historical narratives has accompanied the spatial reorganization of specific urban sites, including Nanjing Road in Shanghai; veterans’ villages in Taipei; and Tiananmen Square, centuries-old courtyards, and postmodern architectural landmarks in Beijing. In Painting the City Red, Braester reveals the role that film and theater have played in mediating state power, cultural norms, and the struggle for civil society in Chinese cities.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822392755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Painting the City Red illuminates the dynamic relationship between the visual media, particularly film and theater, and the planning and development of cities in China and Taiwan, from the emergence of the People’s Republic in 1949 to the staging of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Yomi Braester argues that the transformation of Chinese cities in recent decades is a result not only of China’s abandonment of Maoist economic planning in favor of capitalist globalization but also of a shift in visual practices. Rather than simply reflect urban culture, movies and stage dramas have facilitated the development of new perceptions of space and time, representing the future city variously as an ideal socialist city, a metropolis integrated into the global economy, and a site for preserving cultural heritage. Drawing on extensive archival research, interviews with leading filmmakers and urban planners, and close readings of scripts and images, Braester describes how films and stage plays have promoted and opposed official urban plans and policies as they have addressed issues such as demolition-and-relocation plans, the preservation of vernacular architecture, and the global real estate market. He shows how the cinematic rewriting of historical narratives has accompanied the spatial reorganization of specific urban sites, including Nanjing Road in Shanghai; veterans’ villages in Taipei; and Tiananmen Square, centuries-old courtyards, and postmodern architectural landmarks in Beijing. In Painting the City Red, Braester reveals the role that film and theater have played in mediating state power, cultural norms, and the struggle for civil society in Chinese cities.
A Ride In The Neon Sun
Author: Josie Dew
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 140551969X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
It's not easy landing unprepared in a country like Japan. The eccentricities of the calendar, the indecipherable postal system, not to mention the alien alphabet, language and culture, have all to be confronted before the disorientated traveller can feel at ease. Trying to ride a bicycle through the streets of one of the most congested cities in the world would seem to compound your problems. For Josie Dew, however, with over 200,000 miles already clocked up in the saddle few things could be more challenging - or for the reader of A RIDE IN THE NEON SUN, more wonderfully entertaining. From Kawasaki to Kagoshima, Odawara to Okinawa, Josie discovered a nation rich in dazzling contrasts. The neon and concrete were there in greater abundance than even she had imagined, but so too were bottomless baths, love burgers, long-tailed cocks, musical toilet rolls, oriental Elvises, cardboard police and a sense of fun belying the population's rigourous work ethic. Far from being the reserved race that she had heard about, the Japanese welcomed her into their homes with bountiful smiles and bows - and skin-scorching baths.
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 140551969X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
It's not easy landing unprepared in a country like Japan. The eccentricities of the calendar, the indecipherable postal system, not to mention the alien alphabet, language and culture, have all to be confronted before the disorientated traveller can feel at ease. Trying to ride a bicycle through the streets of one of the most congested cities in the world would seem to compound your problems. For Josie Dew, however, with over 200,000 miles already clocked up in the saddle few things could be more challenging - or for the reader of A RIDE IN THE NEON SUN, more wonderfully entertaining. From Kawasaki to Kagoshima, Odawara to Okinawa, Josie discovered a nation rich in dazzling contrasts. The neon and concrete were there in greater abundance than even she had imagined, but so too were bottomless baths, love burgers, long-tailed cocks, musical toilet rolls, oriental Elvises, cardboard police and a sense of fun belying the population's rigourous work ethic. Far from being the reserved race that she had heard about, the Japanese welcomed her into their homes with bountiful smiles and bows - and skin-scorching baths.
Beneath the Neon Egg
Author: Thomas E. Kennedy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620401428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Beneath the Neon Egg is a novel of jazz, violence, sex, death, love, and the underbelly of life, set in the low light of a Copenhagen winter. It is the story of Patrick Bluett, a forty-three-year-old Irish-American in Denmark, divorced and navigating his relationship with his college-age children, searching for life in a new country. It is also the story of his neighbor, a man in a similar circumstance who becomes his friend-and becomes entangled with a Russian prostitute. The novel borrows its four-part structure from John Coltrane's majestic jazz symphony A Love Supreme, which Patrick Bluett listens to as he gazes out the window at the frozen streets of his adopted city, unaware of events in the apartment across the hall, and unaware of the consequences his friend will meet-or will, perhaps, escape. The final novel of Thomas E. Kennedy's acclaimed Copenhagen Quartet-four independent novels about the seasons and souls of Copenhagen-Beneath the Neon Egg cements Kennedy's reputation as a literary revelation.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620401428
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Beneath the Neon Egg is a novel of jazz, violence, sex, death, love, and the underbelly of life, set in the low light of a Copenhagen winter. It is the story of Patrick Bluett, a forty-three-year-old Irish-American in Denmark, divorced and navigating his relationship with his college-age children, searching for life in a new country. It is also the story of his neighbor, a man in a similar circumstance who becomes his friend-and becomes entangled with a Russian prostitute. The novel borrows its four-part structure from John Coltrane's majestic jazz symphony A Love Supreme, which Patrick Bluett listens to as he gazes out the window at the frozen streets of his adopted city, unaware of events in the apartment across the hall, and unaware of the consequences his friend will meet-or will, perhaps, escape. The final novel of Thomas E. Kennedy's acclaimed Copenhagen Quartet-four independent novels about the seasons and souls of Copenhagen-Beneath the Neon Egg cements Kennedy's reputation as a literary revelation.
London Like a Local
Author: Florence Derrick
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744083648
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Keen to explore a different side of London? Like a Local is the book for you. This isn't your ordinary travel guide. You won't find the London Eye or Buckingham Palace in these pages, because that's not where Londoners hang out. Instead, you'll meet the locals at hidden record shops, cosy pubs and indie galleries - and that's where this book takes you. Turn the pages to discover: - The small businesses and community strongholds that add character to this vibrant city, recommended by true locals. - 6 themed walking tours dedicated to specific experiences such as street art and brewing history. - A beautiful gift book for anyone seeking to explore London. - Helpful 'what3word' addresses, so you can pinpoint all the listed sights. - A thoughtfully updated second edition, including new sights to discover. Compiled by three proud Londoners and revised and updated for 2023, this stylish travel guide is packed with London's best experiences and secret spots, handily categorized to suit your mood and needs. Whether you're a restless Londoner on the hunt for a new hangout, or a visitor keen to discover a side you won't find in traditional guidebooks, London Like A Local will give you all the inspiration you need. About Like A Local: These giftable and collectible guides from DK Eyewitness are compiled exclusively by locals. Whether they're born-and-bred or moved to study and never looked back, our experts shine a light on what it means to be a local: pride for their city, community spirit and local expertise. Like a Local will inspire readers to celebrate the secret as well as the iconic - just like the locals who call the city home. Looking for another guide to London? Explore further with our DK Eyewitness or Top 10 guides to London.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744083648
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Keen to explore a different side of London? Like a Local is the book for you. This isn't your ordinary travel guide. You won't find the London Eye or Buckingham Palace in these pages, because that's not where Londoners hang out. Instead, you'll meet the locals at hidden record shops, cosy pubs and indie galleries - and that's where this book takes you. Turn the pages to discover: - The small businesses and community strongholds that add character to this vibrant city, recommended by true locals. - 6 themed walking tours dedicated to specific experiences such as street art and brewing history. - A beautiful gift book for anyone seeking to explore London. - Helpful 'what3word' addresses, so you can pinpoint all the listed sights. - A thoughtfully updated second edition, including new sights to discover. Compiled by three proud Londoners and revised and updated for 2023, this stylish travel guide is packed with London's best experiences and secret spots, handily categorized to suit your mood and needs. Whether you're a restless Londoner on the hunt for a new hangout, or a visitor keen to discover a side you won't find in traditional guidebooks, London Like A Local will give you all the inspiration you need. About Like A Local: These giftable and collectible guides from DK Eyewitness are compiled exclusively by locals. Whether they're born-and-bred or moved to study and never looked back, our experts shine a light on what it means to be a local: pride for their city, community spirit and local expertise. Like a Local will inspire readers to celebrate the secret as well as the iconic - just like the locals who call the city home. Looking for another guide to London? Explore further with our DK Eyewitness or Top 10 guides to London.
Neon's Secret Universe
Author: Sibéal Pounder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526651521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Unicorns are NOT horse creatures with horns. In fact, they are the most powerful magical beings on the planet and they look just like you and me. They live in a secret realm known as the Universe, and the horse with a horn thing was just something a unicorn called Greg made up to distract the humans – and it really worked! But a young human girl called Neon Gallup is about to find the last remaining Universe portal opener (an old, battered green lipstick) and step into a zany world where magic is made with goo and the possibilities are endless! Unfortunately, if there was one person you wouldn't want keeping the greatest magical secret of all time, it would be Neon Gallup ...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526651521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Unicorns are NOT horse creatures with horns. In fact, they are the most powerful magical beings on the planet and they look just like you and me. They live in a secret realm known as the Universe, and the horse with a horn thing was just something a unicorn called Greg made up to distract the humans – and it really worked! But a young human girl called Neon Gallup is about to find the last remaining Universe portal opener (an old, battered green lipstick) and step into a zany world where magic is made with goo and the possibilities are endless! Unfortunately, if there was one person you wouldn't want keeping the greatest magical secret of all time, it would be Neon Gallup ...
Cat in a Neon Nightmare
Author: Carole Nelson Douglas
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765306807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Midnight Louie mystery.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765306807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A Midnight Louie mystery.