Author: JJ Semple
Publisher: LIfe Force Books
ISBN: 1732445354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
When 15-year-old Gus Mazur leaves his Oklahoma birthplace to live with his aunt and uncle in New York City, he narrowly escapes the blame for getting a girl "in trouble." In the Big Apple, a whole new life opens for Gus—from boarding school to university to Marine Corps duty in Paris to a career at the WBN television network. It's the dawn of civil rights struggles; WBN needs reporters with insider access to events off limits to their white counterparts, which enables Gus, as the network's only non-white producer, to be promoted executive producer by the age of 30. Yet, he chafes when he's forced to run civil rights and Vietnam stories that hide the truth from the American people. But the money is good and there aren’t that many opportunities for “someone like him.” It is also a time of liberation when women in all walks of life assert themselves. No more so than in television. It’s against this backdrop—civil rights, women’s liberation, and television that Gus’s encounters with three exceptional ladies lead to a greater self-awareness. • Joanna/Vicki: Gus’s first love whose dedication to her career as an economist dictates a relationship based on yearning and remembrance as they pass through each other’s lives in a sort of on-again, off-again sexual revitalization. • Miriam/Skipper: A dedicated third-grade teacher and exceptional athlete—Gus’s bi-sexual lover, who by exposure to Gus’s work, imagines herself an anchorwoman, a dream come true when she becomes one of the first women in television to shatter the glass ceiling. • Lil: A gentle Chinese-American who keeps Gus real in the face of the compromises he’s forced to make and the commercialism that pervades the television industry. After Gus is waylaid in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention, she’s instrumental in helping piece his life back together as Gus begins to appreciate her sacrifices. Simone de Beauvoir once called Stendhal and Joseph Conrad feminist writers. Add to that list Tolstoy (Anna Karenina), Henry James (Portrait of a Lady), and Theodore Dreiser (Carrie). Tales of the Tinkertoy carries on the tradition of these great minds.
Tales of the Tinkertoy
Author: JJ Semple
Publisher: LIfe Force Books
ISBN: 1732445354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
When 15-year-old Gus Mazur leaves his Oklahoma birthplace to live with his aunt and uncle in New York City, he narrowly escapes the blame for getting a girl "in trouble." In the Big Apple, a whole new life opens for Gus—from boarding school to university to Marine Corps duty in Paris to a career at the WBN television network. It's the dawn of civil rights struggles; WBN needs reporters with insider access to events off limits to their white counterparts, which enables Gus, as the network's only non-white producer, to be promoted executive producer by the age of 30. Yet, he chafes when he's forced to run civil rights and Vietnam stories that hide the truth from the American people. But the money is good and there aren’t that many opportunities for “someone like him.” It is also a time of liberation when women in all walks of life assert themselves. No more so than in television. It’s against this backdrop—civil rights, women’s liberation, and television that Gus’s encounters with three exceptional ladies lead to a greater self-awareness. • Joanna/Vicki: Gus’s first love whose dedication to her career as an economist dictates a relationship based on yearning and remembrance as they pass through each other’s lives in a sort of on-again, off-again sexual revitalization. • Miriam/Skipper: A dedicated third-grade teacher and exceptional athlete—Gus’s bi-sexual lover, who by exposure to Gus’s work, imagines herself an anchorwoman, a dream come true when she becomes one of the first women in television to shatter the glass ceiling. • Lil: A gentle Chinese-American who keeps Gus real in the face of the compromises he’s forced to make and the commercialism that pervades the television industry. After Gus is waylaid in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention, she’s instrumental in helping piece his life back together as Gus begins to appreciate her sacrifices. Simone de Beauvoir once called Stendhal and Joseph Conrad feminist writers. Add to that list Tolstoy (Anna Karenina), Henry James (Portrait of a Lady), and Theodore Dreiser (Carrie). Tales of the Tinkertoy carries on the tradition of these great minds.
Publisher: LIfe Force Books
ISBN: 1732445354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
When 15-year-old Gus Mazur leaves his Oklahoma birthplace to live with his aunt and uncle in New York City, he narrowly escapes the blame for getting a girl "in trouble." In the Big Apple, a whole new life opens for Gus—from boarding school to university to Marine Corps duty in Paris to a career at the WBN television network. It's the dawn of civil rights struggles; WBN needs reporters with insider access to events off limits to their white counterparts, which enables Gus, as the network's only non-white producer, to be promoted executive producer by the age of 30. Yet, he chafes when he's forced to run civil rights and Vietnam stories that hide the truth from the American people. But the money is good and there aren’t that many opportunities for “someone like him.” It is also a time of liberation when women in all walks of life assert themselves. No more so than in television. It’s against this backdrop—civil rights, women’s liberation, and television that Gus’s encounters with three exceptional ladies lead to a greater self-awareness. • Joanna/Vicki: Gus’s first love whose dedication to her career as an economist dictates a relationship based on yearning and remembrance as they pass through each other’s lives in a sort of on-again, off-again sexual revitalization. • Miriam/Skipper: A dedicated third-grade teacher and exceptional athlete—Gus’s bi-sexual lover, who by exposure to Gus’s work, imagines herself an anchorwoman, a dream come true when she becomes one of the first women in television to shatter the glass ceiling. • Lil: A gentle Chinese-American who keeps Gus real in the face of the compromises he’s forced to make and the commercialism that pervades the television industry. After Gus is waylaid in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention, she’s instrumental in helping piece his life back together as Gus begins to appreciate her sacrifices. Simone de Beauvoir once called Stendhal and Joseph Conrad feminist writers. Add to that list Tolstoy (Anna Karenina), Henry James (Portrait of a Lady), and Theodore Dreiser (Carrie). Tales of the Tinkertoy carries on the tradition of these great minds.
Agog! Terrific Tales
Author: Cat Sparks
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809556324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The latest volume in the Agog! anthology series, with stories by Australian contributors: Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Simon Brown, Adam Browne, Jack Dann, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Robert Hood, Sue Isle, Chris Lawson, Martin Livings, Kate Orman, Tracey Rolfe, Lucy Sussex, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren, Janeen Webb, Scott Westerfeld, and Sean Williams.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809556324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The latest volume in the Agog! anthology series, with stories by Australian contributors: Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Simon Brown, Adam Browne, Jack Dann, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Robert Hood, Sue Isle, Chris Lawson, Martin Livings, Kate Orman, Tracey Rolfe, Lucy Sussex, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren, Janeen Webb, Scott Westerfeld, and Sean Williams.
Unimagined Tales... Some From Twisted Minds
Author: PJ Ramírez
Publisher: Ibukku LLC
ISBN: 1685744435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Here you have a variety of stories, some of abhorrent mentality and mystery, some supernatural. All are short for a quick reading satisfaction. Some are spiced with erotic scenes, suggested or lived, when relevant to the styles and lives of the characters. Intrigue is part of some when cunning is the way to get selfish results. They all expose human nature in the good and the worst. Enjoy.
Publisher: Ibukku LLC
ISBN: 1685744435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Here you have a variety of stories, some of abhorrent mentality and mystery, some supernatural. All are short for a quick reading satisfaction. Some are spiced with erotic scenes, suggested or lived, when relevant to the styles and lives of the characters. Intrigue is part of some when cunning is the way to get selfish results. They all expose human nature in the good and the worst. Enjoy.
Five Toy Tales
Author: Various
Publisher: RH/Disney
ISBN: 0736428453
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A collection of five stories with all the toys and their adventures.
Publisher: RH/Disney
ISBN: 0736428453
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A collection of five stories with all the toys and their adventures.
Tinkertoy Building Manual
Author: Dylan Dawson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402750786
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Provides blueprints for constructing almost forty structures using Tinkertoys, including a ferris wheel, dinosaur, and swing set.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402750786
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Provides blueprints for constructing almost forty structures using Tinkertoys, including a ferris wheel, dinosaur, and swing set.
A Course in Public Economics
Author: John Leach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521535670
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This 2004 textbook explores how markets operate and governments' roles in addressing market failures.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521535670
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This 2004 textbook explores how markets operate and governments' roles in addressing market failures.
Ministry Protocol: Thrilling Tales of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
Author: Tee Morris
Publisher: Imagine That! Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
From the Creators of the award-winning steampunk Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a collection of new adventures from around the world. The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences investigates the bizarre and unusual, and protects the citizens of the Empire from forces of darkness. Every agent knows that thrusting themselves into danger is part of the job, and may demand of them the ultimate sacrifice. They call on their own inner strength, wits, intellect, and innovations of science and technology. But is it enough to face the unknown and the unexplainable? Travel to the farthest corners of Queen Victoria’s mighty empire and back again to the shores of Old Blighty, unlocking the mysteries of legend, lore, and shadowy societies. Welcome to a world of steam, secrets, machinations and madness.
Publisher: Imagine That! Studios
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
From the Creators of the award-winning steampunk Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a collection of new adventures from around the world. The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences investigates the bizarre and unusual, and protects the citizens of the Empire from forces of darkness. Every agent knows that thrusting themselves into danger is part of the job, and may demand of them the ultimate sacrifice. They call on their own inner strength, wits, intellect, and innovations of science and technology. But is it enough to face the unknown and the unexplainable? Travel to the farthest corners of Queen Victoria’s mighty empire and back again to the shores of Old Blighty, unlocking the mysteries of legend, lore, and shadowy societies. Welcome to a world of steam, secrets, machinations and madness.
Tales of the Grand Tour
Author: Ben Bova
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429910631
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
New tales of humanity's near-future exploration of the Solar System, from a science fiction master and award-winning author Ben Bova In novels like Mars and Moonbase, and Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, as well as Privateers, The Precipice, and The Rock Rats, Ben Bova has been telling the stories of the wars and rivalries, the outsize individuals, public crusades, and private passions that will drive us as we expand into the Solar System and make use of its vast resources. And throughout, Bova has shown our cosmic neighborhood as we know it to be, giving us a sense of Venus and Jupiter and the Asteroid Belt and Mars that's as up-to-date as the latest observations. For the last two decades have been a golden age of near-Earth astronomy and observation, and in his novels Bova has made dramatic use of our newest knowledge. But during that time Bova has also written short fiction about some of the same events and characters---Sam Gunn, Martin Humphries, Klaus Fuchs, Dan Randolph, the Asteroid Wars. Now, in Tales of the Grand Tour, those stories are collected in book form for the first time, creating a volume that is a landmark of modern SF. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429910631
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
New tales of humanity's near-future exploration of the Solar System, from a science fiction master and award-winning author Ben Bova In novels like Mars and Moonbase, and Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, as well as Privateers, The Precipice, and The Rock Rats, Ben Bova has been telling the stories of the wars and rivalries, the outsize individuals, public crusades, and private passions that will drive us as we expand into the Solar System and make use of its vast resources. And throughout, Bova has shown our cosmic neighborhood as we know it to be, giving us a sense of Venus and Jupiter and the Asteroid Belt and Mars that's as up-to-date as the latest observations. For the last two decades have been a golden age of near-Earth astronomy and observation, and in his novels Bova has made dramatic use of our newest knowledge. But during that time Bova has also written short fiction about some of the same events and characters---Sam Gunn, Martin Humphries, Klaus Fuchs, Dan Randolph, the Asteroid Wars. Now, in Tales of the Grand Tour, those stories are collected in book form for the first time, creating a volume that is a landmark of modern SF. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Built For Hanging On: A post-apocalyptic love story
Author: Steve Vernon
Publisher: Steve Vernon
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
It happened just yesterday or perhaps the day before. The bombs were dropped. No one knew why. Maybe a political study was taken into careful consideration. Perhaps a research grant had been involved. A new plan to invigorate the stock market. Whatever the reason, due diligence was undoubtedly done and all aspects were carefully considered. Certainly the motion was passed around the senate a time or two. After all, an election was coming. And then they went ahead and did it. Every vestige of civilization was blown away, save for a few stubborn traces barnacled along the grim fringes of existence. Like say, maybe the Maritimes...
Publisher: Steve Vernon
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
It happened just yesterday or perhaps the day before. The bombs were dropped. No one knew why. Maybe a political study was taken into careful consideration. Perhaps a research grant had been involved. A new plan to invigorate the stock market. Whatever the reason, due diligence was undoubtedly done and all aspects were carefully considered. Certainly the motion was passed around the senate a time or two. After all, an election was coming. And then they went ahead and did it. Every vestige of civilization was blown away, save for a few stubborn traces barnacled along the grim fringes of existence. Like say, maybe the Maritimes...
Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid
Author: Martin Caidin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 138769524X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Martin CaidinÕs Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid tells of the United States Air ForceÕs massive bombing raid into Nazi GermanyÕs industrial heartland on Thursday, October 14, 1943. On that fateful day two hundred and ninety one hulking B-17 Flying Fortresses - escorted by squadrons of nimble P-47 Thunderbolts Ð miraculously fought their way through swarms of Messerschmitt Me-109Õs, Focke-Wulf FW-190Õs, Heinkel He-113Õs and more on their way to cripple the enemyÕs vital ball-bearings plant at Schweinfurt.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 138769524X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Martin CaidinÕs Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid tells of the United States Air ForceÕs massive bombing raid into Nazi GermanyÕs industrial heartland on Thursday, October 14, 1943. On that fateful day two hundred and ninety one hulking B-17 Flying Fortresses - escorted by squadrons of nimble P-47 Thunderbolts Ð miraculously fought their way through swarms of Messerschmitt Me-109Õs, Focke-Wulf FW-190Õs, Heinkel He-113Õs and more on their way to cripple the enemyÕs vital ball-bearings plant at Schweinfurt.