Author: Carlton Stowers
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0786735864
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Down Farm Road 308, an hour's drive south of Dallas, amidst sprawling fields of cotton lies a small community--Penelope, Texas (population 211). Here, where the only thriving businesses are the granary and the post office, unless you count the soft-drink machine in front of the fire station, two-time Edgar Award-winning writer Carlton Stowers discovered a special town that came together, not only to support their six-man highschool football team--the Penelope Wolverines--through thick and a lot of thin, but also, and more importantly, each other. Where Dreams Die Hard is a warm and revealing portrait of the American heartland--and of one small town's love affair with the team that unites it. "Through his unforgettable depiction of innocence, goodness, loyalty, and friendship...Carlton Stowers gives us a moving portrait of a community that, in the words of one of the Penelope faithful, is like 'stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting.'" (Billie Letts, author of Where the Heart Is) "High school football in Texas is both sport and religion, and Stowers brilliantly brings this to light in Where Dreams Die Hard." (Jim Dent, author of The Junction Boys)
Where Dreams Die Hard
Author: Carlton Stowers
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0786735864
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Down Farm Road 308, an hour's drive south of Dallas, amidst sprawling fields of cotton lies a small community--Penelope, Texas (population 211). Here, where the only thriving businesses are the granary and the post office, unless you count the soft-drink machine in front of the fire station, two-time Edgar Award-winning writer Carlton Stowers discovered a special town that came together, not only to support their six-man highschool football team--the Penelope Wolverines--through thick and a lot of thin, but also, and more importantly, each other. Where Dreams Die Hard is a warm and revealing portrait of the American heartland--and of one small town's love affair with the team that unites it. "Through his unforgettable depiction of innocence, goodness, loyalty, and friendship...Carlton Stowers gives us a moving portrait of a community that, in the words of one of the Penelope faithful, is like 'stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting.'" (Billie Letts, author of Where the Heart Is) "High school football in Texas is both sport and religion, and Stowers brilliantly brings this to light in Where Dreams Die Hard." (Jim Dent, author of The Junction Boys)
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0786735864
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Down Farm Road 308, an hour's drive south of Dallas, amidst sprawling fields of cotton lies a small community--Penelope, Texas (population 211). Here, where the only thriving businesses are the granary and the post office, unless you count the soft-drink machine in front of the fire station, two-time Edgar Award-winning writer Carlton Stowers discovered a special town that came together, not only to support their six-man highschool football team--the Penelope Wolverines--through thick and a lot of thin, but also, and more importantly, each other. Where Dreams Die Hard is a warm and revealing portrait of the American heartland--and of one small town's love affair with the team that unites it. "Through his unforgettable depiction of innocence, goodness, loyalty, and friendship...Carlton Stowers gives us a moving portrait of a community that, in the words of one of the Penelope faithful, is like 'stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting.'" (Billie Letts, author of Where the Heart Is) "High school football in Texas is both sport and religion, and Stowers brilliantly brings this to light in Where Dreams Die Hard." (Jim Dent, author of The Junction Boys)
Dreams Die Hard
Author: David Harris
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 9780312219628
Category : Civil rights workers
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 9780312219628
Category : Civil rights workers
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Old Habits Die Hard
Author: La Jill Hunt
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9781601620231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
At a prestigious nail salon, the toughest nail techs and make-up artists share their romantic adventures, including Yaya, a diva who believes she has found love with a blue collar man, and Taryn, whose new crush has a few dark secrets. Original.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9781601620231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
At a prestigious nail salon, the toughest nail techs and make-up artists share their romantic adventures, including Yaya, a diva who believes she has found love with a blue collar man, and Taryn, whose new crush has a few dark secrets. Original.
Grit and Glory
Author: Laura Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931721288
Category : School sports
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of forty black-and-white illustrated photographs document six-man football.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931721288
Category : School sports
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of forty black-and-white illustrated photographs document six-man football.
Gospel Medicine
Author: Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher: Cowley Publications
ISBN: 1561013315
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
In this new collection of sermons she summons with piercing clarity and wit the Old and New Testament stories that have the power to mend our spirits, strengthen our weaknesses, and restore us to wholeness.
Publisher: Cowley Publications
ISBN: 1561013315
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
In this new collection of sermons she summons with piercing clarity and wit the Old and New Testament stories that have the power to mend our spirits, strengthen our weaknesses, and restore us to wholeness.
Dreams Die First
Author: Harold Robbins
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452045518
Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In the late 1960s in California, a down-and-out young man receives control of an underground newspaper from his wealthy uncle and uses that outlet to become a media and entertainment mogul until a ruthless underworld syndicate vows to bring him down.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452045518
Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In the late 1960s in California, a down-and-out young man receives control of an underground newspaper from his wealthy uncle and uses that outlet to become a media and entertainment mogul until a ruthless underworld syndicate vows to bring him down.
The European Dream
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781585423453
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Rifkin delves deeply into the history of Europe--and eventually America--to show how Europeans have succeeded in slowly and steadily developing a more adaptive, sensible way of working and living.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781585423453
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Rifkin delves deeply into the history of Europe--and eventually America--to show how Europeans have succeeded in slowly and steadily developing a more adaptive, sensible way of working and living.
A Companion to Los Angeles
Author: William Deverell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118798058
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
This Companion contains 25 original essays by writers and scholars who present an expert assessment of the best and most important work to date on the complex history of Los Angeles. The first Companion providing a historical survey of Los Angeles, incorporating critical, multi-disciplinary themes and innovative scholarship Features essays from a range of disciplines, including history, political science, cultural studies, and geography Photo essays and ‘contemporary voice’ sections combine with traditional historiographic essays to provide a multi-dimensional view of this vibrant and diverse city Essays cover the key topics in the field within a thematic structure, including demography, social unrest, politics, popular culture, architecture, and urban studies
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118798058
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
This Companion contains 25 original essays by writers and scholars who present an expert assessment of the best and most important work to date on the complex history of Los Angeles. The first Companion providing a historical survey of Los Angeles, incorporating critical, multi-disciplinary themes and innovative scholarship Features essays from a range of disciplines, including history, political science, cultural studies, and geography Photo essays and ‘contemporary voice’ sections combine with traditional historiographic essays to provide a multi-dimensional view of this vibrant and diverse city Essays cover the key topics in the field within a thematic structure, including demography, social unrest, politics, popular culture, architecture, and urban studies
Dreams That Die
Author: John Wight
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780995210
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A young man arrives in Hollywood from Scotland looking to scale the heights as a screenwriter. He embarks on a series of adventures and misadventures as he encounters a succession of the weird, wonderful and downright wacky. To get by he works as an extra on sitcoms like Friends and Frasier, dramas such as ER and CSI, and some big budget movies. He then finds himself being selected to work as Ben Affleck’s double. In between times he attends celebrity parties, functions and works in some of Hollywood’s most exclusive bars and nightclubs. Our narrator joins the antiwar movement after 9/11 and commits himself with his new found comrades to halting Bush’s drive to war in Iraq. He throws himself into organising demos, meetings and campaigning to stop the war. Soon he’s leading a double life - by day working on a big budget movie as a double for one of Hollywood’s biggest stars; by night engrossed in radical politics.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780995210
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A young man arrives in Hollywood from Scotland looking to scale the heights as a screenwriter. He embarks on a series of adventures and misadventures as he encounters a succession of the weird, wonderful and downright wacky. To get by he works as an extra on sitcoms like Friends and Frasier, dramas such as ER and CSI, and some big budget movies. He then finds himself being selected to work as Ben Affleck’s double. In between times he attends celebrity parties, functions and works in some of Hollywood’s most exclusive bars and nightclubs. Our narrator joins the antiwar movement after 9/11 and commits himself with his new found comrades to halting Bush’s drive to war in Iraq. He throws himself into organising demos, meetings and campaigning to stop the war. Soon he’s leading a double life - by day working on a big budget movie as a double for one of Hollywood’s biggest stars; by night engrossed in radical politics.
Football
Author: Edward J. Rielly
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803226302
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
"...provides a detailed look at America's pastime through the lens of pop culture, [an] A-to-Z inventory of how certain aspects of the game affect and reflect broader society."--from publisher description.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803226302
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
"...provides a detailed look at America's pastime through the lens of pop culture, [an] A-to-Z inventory of how certain aspects of the game affect and reflect broader society."--from publisher description.