Author: Randall Parrish
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
"The Case and the Girl" by Randall Parrish George Randall Parrish was an American lawyer, journalist, and writer, in particular, the author of dime novels. In this book, readers are introduced to West, an honorable man ready for adventure. Murder, suicide, suspense, true love, and the romance of action and adventure around every corner take readers on a thrilling ride through early-20th-century America.
The girl in the house with the cigarette pack
Author: Julio Zenon Flores Salgado
Publisher: Ramsés Ancira
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
I had not read a novel with such passion since I met Freedom Tonight, by Dominique la Pierre and Larry Collins. Like that one, “The Raleigh Girl”. original title of the work that we now present with the title The girl in the house with the cigarette pack is a story based on true events, but with a generous dose of magical realism. Julio Zenón Flores Salgado is, like García Márquez, a journalist who writes fiction. Its Macondo is called Tlapa, Acapulco and Chilpancingo, it is located in the cities and towns of the mountain of Guerrero, its protagonist is not candid like Eréndira; but in defense of her life she can become heartless, because she moves in a context of sad whores, who are also indigenous girls, victims of pedophilia because uses and customs have allowed them to engender girls to sell like cattle, after an incestuous debut . The story, exciting in itself, is dressed with magical characters and other tremendously realistic ones, such as the politicians of Guerrero who have become immensely rich with the business of keeping indigenous peoples perfectly poor.
Publisher: Ramsés Ancira
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
I had not read a novel with such passion since I met Freedom Tonight, by Dominique la Pierre and Larry Collins. Like that one, “The Raleigh Girl”. original title of the work that we now present with the title The girl in the house with the cigarette pack is a story based on true events, but with a generous dose of magical realism. Julio Zenón Flores Salgado is, like García Márquez, a journalist who writes fiction. Its Macondo is called Tlapa, Acapulco and Chilpancingo, it is located in the cities and towns of the mountain of Guerrero, its protagonist is not candid like Eréndira; but in defense of her life she can become heartless, because she moves in a context of sad whores, who are also indigenous girls, victims of pedophilia because uses and customs have allowed them to engender girls to sell like cattle, after an incestuous debut . The story, exciting in itself, is dressed with magical characters and other tremendously realistic ones, such as the politicians of Guerrero who have become immensely rich with the business of keeping indigenous peoples perfectly poor.
The Case and the Girl
Author: Randall Parrish
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
"The Case and the Girl" by Randall Parrish George Randall Parrish was an American lawyer, journalist, and writer, in particular, the author of dime novels. In this book, readers are introduced to West, an honorable man ready for adventure. Murder, suicide, suspense, true love, and the romance of action and adventure around every corner take readers on a thrilling ride through early-20th-century America.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
"The Case and the Girl" by Randall Parrish George Randall Parrish was an American lawyer, journalist, and writer, in particular, the author of dime novels. In this book, readers are introduced to West, an honorable man ready for adventure. Murder, suicide, suspense, true love, and the romance of action and adventure around every corner take readers on a thrilling ride through early-20th-century America.
The Girl I Wanted to Be
Author: Sarah Grace McCandless
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 074329324X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
As a lowly freshman named for "The King," Presley Moran walks high school corridors paved with the stuff of family legend. Her cousin Barry, a senior heartthrob and brainy varsity letterman, insists that looking good on paper is the key to success. But Presley's young aunt Betsi, a former homecoming queen, has her own ideas about good looks and how to use them. "Can you keep a secret?" Betsi asks Presley, who, at age fourteen, is eager for entrée into the adult world of beauty, attraction, and romance. But as Presley is about to discover, some secrets should never be revealed. Will the illicit thrill of being a trusted confidante, privy to the details of muddled entanglements and incompatible desires, be worth the consequences of guilt by association? Propelled by the crash of falling idols, The Girl I Wanted to Be is a timeless and true portrait of passion, loss, and hard-won wisdom.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 074329324X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
As a lowly freshman named for "The King," Presley Moran walks high school corridors paved with the stuff of family legend. Her cousin Barry, a senior heartthrob and brainy varsity letterman, insists that looking good on paper is the key to success. But Presley's young aunt Betsi, a former homecoming queen, has her own ideas about good looks and how to use them. "Can you keep a secret?" Betsi asks Presley, who, at age fourteen, is eager for entrée into the adult world of beauty, attraction, and romance. But as Presley is about to discover, some secrets should never be revealed. Will the illicit thrill of being a trusted confidante, privy to the details of muddled entanglements and incompatible desires, be worth the consequences of guilt by association? Propelled by the crash of falling idols, The Girl I Wanted to Be is a timeless and true portrait of passion, loss, and hard-won wisdom.
Cigarette Girl
Author: Ratih Kumala
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Savour the familiar scent of clove and tobacco … for this is the aroma of Indonesia’s history. Soeraja is dying. On his deathbed he calls for Jeng Yah, a woman who is not his wife. His three sons, Lebas, Karim and Tegar – heirs to Kretek Djagad Raja, Indonesia’s largest clove cigarette empire – are shocked, and their mother is consumed by jealousy. So begins the brothers’ search into the deepest recesses of Java for Jeng Yah, to fulfil their father’s dying wish and to learn the truth about the family business and its secrets. Cigarette Girl is more than just a love story and the soul-searching journey of three brothers. Set on the island of Java the story follows the evolution of a family’s kretek, or clove cigarette, business from its birth in the Dutch East Indies of the early 1940s, and it takes readers through three generations of Indonesian history, from the Dutch colonial era to the Japanese occupation, the struggle for independence and the bloody coup of 1965 in which half a million Indonesians were hunted down and killed. Rich in detail, with characters who struggle to right the wrongs of past generations, their relationships torn apart by the viciousness of revolution and politics, Cigarette Girl introduces readers to the history of Indonesia through clove cigarettes and unrequited love.
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Savour the familiar scent of clove and tobacco … for this is the aroma of Indonesia’s history. Soeraja is dying. On his deathbed he calls for Jeng Yah, a woman who is not his wife. His three sons, Lebas, Karim and Tegar – heirs to Kretek Djagad Raja, Indonesia’s largest clove cigarette empire – are shocked, and their mother is consumed by jealousy. So begins the brothers’ search into the deepest recesses of Java for Jeng Yah, to fulfil their father’s dying wish and to learn the truth about the family business and its secrets. Cigarette Girl is more than just a love story and the soul-searching journey of three brothers. Set on the island of Java the story follows the evolution of a family’s kretek, or clove cigarette, business from its birth in the Dutch East Indies of the early 1940s, and it takes readers through three generations of Indonesian history, from the Dutch colonial era to the Japanese occupation, the struggle for independence and the bloody coup of 1965 in which half a million Indonesians were hunted down and killed. Rich in detail, with characters who struggle to right the wrongs of past generations, their relationships torn apart by the viciousness of revolution and politics, Cigarette Girl introduces readers to the history of Indonesia through clove cigarettes and unrequited love.
Mothering Mother
Author: Carol D. O'Dell
Publisher: Kunati Books
ISBN: 160164003X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Compelling and heartrending, this personal memoir chronicles the author's decision not to put her mother, who has Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, in "one of those homes" and relays the far-reaching consequences this choice has on her entire family. Detailing the challenges of reversing roles and learning to mother one's own mother, this refreshing and entertaining autobiography will help those struggling with their own decisions on elder care in the home. It touches on the importance of relationships—such as how they impact our souls and beliefs about ourselves and the quality of life—and explores the larger questions of faith, hope, and ultimately death.
Publisher: Kunati Books
ISBN: 160164003X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Compelling and heartrending, this personal memoir chronicles the author's decision not to put her mother, who has Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, in "one of those homes" and relays the far-reaching consequences this choice has on her entire family. Detailing the challenges of reversing roles and learning to mother one's own mother, this refreshing and entertaining autobiography will help those struggling with their own decisions on elder care in the home. It touches on the importance of relationships—such as how they impact our souls and beliefs about ourselves and the quality of life—and explores the larger questions of faith, hope, and ultimately death.
Number 103
Author: Mohammad Reza Hosseini
Publisher: Form Art Group
ISBN: 1738359816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In A World In Favor Of The Cunning, A Young, Astute Art Student Navigates The Complexities Of Adulthood While Striving To Maintain His Integrity. Number 103 explores the life of a young man caught in the throes of societal expectations and his relentless pursuit of personal identity. A deeply concerned art student who finds himself doing anything but art; and now, financial reasons have forced him to work for his father's friend, driving a taxi to settle his debts. Yet again, even in this job, he is anything but a banal taxi driver. With a disdain for conventionality and bursts of defiance, he embarks on adventures that blur the lines between tragedy and comedy, as well as profundity and absurdity. From helping working children achieve their dreams to delivering unconventional vigilante justice against those who exploit the innocent, he wanders the streets to encounter the mundane, the philosophical, and sometimes, the dangerous, only to imbue each with his subtle humor and raw honesty. This is no mere depiction of a taxi driver’s routine but a vivid portrayal of urban life in Iran, seen through the eyes of an everyday hero who encounters other heroes—and occasionally, villains—along the way. Number 103 dives deep into the essence of what it means to be human, to err, and to seek redemption in the aftermath. It invites readers into a world where every word counts, where the struggle for self-expression and recognition poignantly unfolds in the warmth of genuine connections. The Ordinary Is Just A Facade For The Extraordinary.
Publisher: Form Art Group
ISBN: 1738359816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In A World In Favor Of The Cunning, A Young, Astute Art Student Navigates The Complexities Of Adulthood While Striving To Maintain His Integrity. Number 103 explores the life of a young man caught in the throes of societal expectations and his relentless pursuit of personal identity. A deeply concerned art student who finds himself doing anything but art; and now, financial reasons have forced him to work for his father's friend, driving a taxi to settle his debts. Yet again, even in this job, he is anything but a banal taxi driver. With a disdain for conventionality and bursts of defiance, he embarks on adventures that blur the lines between tragedy and comedy, as well as profundity and absurdity. From helping working children achieve their dreams to delivering unconventional vigilante justice against those who exploit the innocent, he wanders the streets to encounter the mundane, the philosophical, and sometimes, the dangerous, only to imbue each with his subtle humor and raw honesty. This is no mere depiction of a taxi driver’s routine but a vivid portrayal of urban life in Iran, seen through the eyes of an everyday hero who encounters other heroes—and occasionally, villains—along the way. Number 103 dives deep into the essence of what it means to be human, to err, and to seek redemption in the aftermath. It invites readers into a world where every word counts, where the struggle for self-expression and recognition poignantly unfolds in the warmth of genuine connections. The Ordinary Is Just A Facade For The Extraordinary.
The Apple House
Author: Gillian Campbell
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 1926972880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Anglophone Imogene Jackson grew up in an English suburb on the uneasy edge of a francophone world. At the age of nineteen she quit college to marry a shoemaker from the close-knit French village of Saint-Ange-du-Lac. For ten years she has lived with her husband, Thomas, above his family's historic shoe shop, immersed in village life. When Thomas dies in a car accident, she is shattered and her hard-won mastery of the French language deserts her. Isolated and grief-stricken, she retreats to her childhood home. There she discovers that a petty drug dealer she knows from the village has rented a ramshackle farmhouse, nicknamed the "Apple House," at the corner of her parents' street and befriended her easily influenced brother Petey. Her childhood obsession with the old house resurfaces and she finds herself confronting events from both her recent and more distant past as her two worlds collide. Set in 1970s Quebec and written with a gentle humour, The Apple House is an intimate portrait of life during a time of great change.
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 1926972880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Anglophone Imogene Jackson grew up in an English suburb on the uneasy edge of a francophone world. At the age of nineteen she quit college to marry a shoemaker from the close-knit French village of Saint-Ange-du-Lac. For ten years she has lived with her husband, Thomas, above his family's historic shoe shop, immersed in village life. When Thomas dies in a car accident, she is shattered and her hard-won mastery of the French language deserts her. Isolated and grief-stricken, she retreats to her childhood home. There she discovers that a petty drug dealer she knows from the village has rented a ramshackle farmhouse, nicknamed the "Apple House," at the corner of her parents' street and befriended her easily influenced brother Petey. Her childhood obsession with the old house resurfaces and she finds herself confronting events from both her recent and more distant past as her two worlds collide. Set in 1970s Quebec and written with a gentle humour, The Apple House is an intimate portrait of life during a time of great change.
Down Country Lanes, Behind Abandoned Houses
Author: Keith V. Bletzer
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN: 1681081040
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
Based on six years of extended ethnography in multiple agricultural areas of the Eastern United States, Down Country Lanes, Behind Abandoned Houses is a monograph which explores the lives of migrant and seasonal farm workers. The six-year study secured multi-setting field data in primary, secondary and casual sites, and audio-taped narrative life stories from men and women who harvest and perform the related tasks that help to make the many foods which we enjoy in abundance. The study presented in this book elaborates vignettes from field observations with a focus on workers who use drugs and alcohol, and is complemented by formal (narrative life stories) and informal interviews. The author explores diverse field data that reveal the hardships, exclusion and social adversities that migrant farm workers experience many times more often than any other social group with considerable susceptibility to drug / alcohol use. Down Country Lanes, Behind Abandoned Houses gives readers a perspective about farm workers’ social vulnerability across multiple agricultural areas, while comparing willful neglect and social non-existence experienced by farm workers to a gray zone of contemporary horrors in the way that these men and women have been viewed and treated over many decades. The monograph is an invaluable reference for the study of social problems, substance abuse, trans-national migratory experiences and field methods in sociology. The book also serves as a contemporary handbook on the anthropology of American agricultural labor.
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN: 1681081040
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
Based on six years of extended ethnography in multiple agricultural areas of the Eastern United States, Down Country Lanes, Behind Abandoned Houses is a monograph which explores the lives of migrant and seasonal farm workers. The six-year study secured multi-setting field data in primary, secondary and casual sites, and audio-taped narrative life stories from men and women who harvest and perform the related tasks that help to make the many foods which we enjoy in abundance. The study presented in this book elaborates vignettes from field observations with a focus on workers who use drugs and alcohol, and is complemented by formal (narrative life stories) and informal interviews. The author explores diverse field data that reveal the hardships, exclusion and social adversities that migrant farm workers experience many times more often than any other social group with considerable susceptibility to drug / alcohol use. Down Country Lanes, Behind Abandoned Houses gives readers a perspective about farm workers’ social vulnerability across multiple agricultural areas, while comparing willful neglect and social non-existence experienced by farm workers to a gray zone of contemporary horrors in the way that these men and women have been viewed and treated over many decades. The monograph is an invaluable reference for the study of social problems, substance abuse, trans-national migratory experiences and field methods in sociology. The book also serves as a contemporary handbook on the anthropology of American agricultural labor.
Life
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
Chloe
Author: Cleveland O. McLeish
Publisher: HCP Book Publishing
ISBN: 1484170482
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Chloe has a lot on her plate. Between avoiding her crotchety boss, balancing her new found faith, achieving her dream of being an author, and trying to fend off the affections of the persistent James Jones, she hardly has time to sleep, let alone solve the mystery of her “undead” father, Patrick. Strange things start happening to Chloe and things don't add up. The deeper Chloe delves for information, the less clear things become. With James close by, Chloe embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Eventually, Chloe finds immeasurable success as a screenwriter. Her writing changes the world and millions of people across the globe are touched by her gift. But on the way to fame, and forgetting about her eerie experiences, she also discovers a terrible truth that will take it all away.
Publisher: HCP Book Publishing
ISBN: 1484170482
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Chloe has a lot on her plate. Between avoiding her crotchety boss, balancing her new found faith, achieving her dream of being an author, and trying to fend off the affections of the persistent James Jones, she hardly has time to sleep, let alone solve the mystery of her “undead” father, Patrick. Strange things start happening to Chloe and things don't add up. The deeper Chloe delves for information, the less clear things become. With James close by, Chloe embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Eventually, Chloe finds immeasurable success as a screenwriter. Her writing changes the world and millions of people across the globe are touched by her gift. But on the way to fame, and forgetting about her eerie experiences, she also discovers a terrible truth that will take it all away.