Author : Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2014-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385753837
Illustrations and rhyming text show that a crane can lift anything from a load of steel to a cow.
Author : Charles Willeford
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1471914348
'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard In this riveting novel of psychological suspense, Charles Willeford charts a duel trajectory of alcoholic desire and destruction that is at once poignant, terrifying and utterly authentic. Prowling the grimy streets of San Francisco, Helen is a beautiful, sensuous drunk - and a pathetically easy pick-up. Harry just wants to help, but before long they are both adrift in a sea of alcohol - until Harry conceives the ultimate crime.
Author : Charles Willeford
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1598535722
This underground classic of hard-boiled noir fiction follows two addiction-addled drifters as they struggle to make ends meet in the streets of 1950s California First published as an unheralded paperback original, Pick-Up is an authentic underground classic, an explosive bulletin from the urban underbelly of mid-1950s America. It was Charles Willeford’s second novel, after a rough and wandering earlier life that had taken him from Depression-era hobo camps and soup kitchens to wartime battlefields. The unblinking story of two lost and self-destructive drifters—a failed painter working as a counterman in a cheap diner and a woman in flight from domestic violence—trying to find a place for themselves in the back streets of San Francisco, Pick-Up is hardboiled writing at its nihilistic best: Willeford’s preferred title for the book was Until I Am Dead. Its bleak vision of life beyond the edge is haunted by rape, racism, alcoholism, suicide, and inescapable poverty, yet shot through with a tenderness and compassion sustained against all odds in a society offering few breaks to its outcasts and misfits. Pick-Up’s many twists and violent turns culminate in an ending that continues to surprise, confirming it as what critic Woody Haut has called “a razor-sharp narrative that rips open the genre.”
Author : Marc Aronson
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 12,36 MB
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0763671886
"Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories. . . . An anthology of stand-alone stories that invite — no, demand — a straight read-through." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) Nine of YA literature’s top writers, including Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, Adam Rapp, Joseph Bruchac, and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short stories, in which each one picks up where the previous one ends. Characters weave in and out of narratives, perspectives change, and emotions play out for a fluid and fast-paced ode to the game of street basketball. Crackling with humor, grit, and streetball philosophy, and featuring poems and photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr., this anthology is a slam dunk.
Author : Mari Schuh
Publisher : Pebble
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1977107710
Young readers will discover what litter is, how it can harm the environment, and what they can do to help clean up litter. Introduces readers to the problem of littering and how to keep it in its rightful place.
Author : Fiona Donovan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,78 MB
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 147976616X
John OBryan is American, in his twenties, single and living in North Central Massachusetts in the 1970s.He works under contract with the C.I.A. Fearing that he is making the wrong decision, he embarks on his next assignment working alone, and with strange unknown contacts. What should have been a simple quick in and out assignment, takes a bad turn placing him in dire circumstances. Believing that his actions on a previous assignment had gotten him in his current situation, his suspicions are confirmed when he is taken captive in the inhospitable unfriendly jungle region of ElSalvador. Convinced that he will not make it out alive, he is at the mercy of his captors, one of the many ruthless bands of drug cartel rebels. Constant physical and mental torture, leaves his body beaten and badly broken, convinced that he has been set up by the C.I.A. Experience the fear and terror, physical and psychological pain that he endures during his entire ordeal. During capture he flashes back to the previous assignment where he suffers a personal loss, he makes it his personal mission to vindicate his loss, much to the displeasure of the C.I.A. The story jumps back and forth between the two assignments, twisting and turning as the fast paced international game of cat and mouse bring him closer to the culprit. This book gives a glimpse into the revenge, retribution and betrayals of backdoor deals made by the C.I.A. Contains graphic detail and strong language.
Author : Dusty White
Publisher : Dusty White
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Interpersonal communication
ISBN : 1419644513
As of January 2014 I am taking this book off of the market forever. I stated when I wrote this that it was not for mass public distribution. This book was always to be limited to under 10,000 copies. Sales have been astounding (far more than I ever imagined) and it is time to let the existing copies wear out, and return this information back to the few people who actually do it well. I have unpublished all digital versions of this book and they will not return either. This book will not be sold again. Thank you to everyone who read--and used it--when you did. That was an interesting period in my life. But that was then, and this is not then.This book takes all of the guesswork out of meeting women. It is not about relationships or raising a family, and it is not another hokey book on how to have some mysterious "secret power" over women. This book teaches you how to get a date tonight-without having to spend any money. Anyone can do this. You will approach women any time, anywhere, instantly getting them interested in knowing you, without feeling nervous or having to resort to pick-up lines. You will know what to say first, what to say after that, how to grab her attention and focus it exclusively on you-and get her number or a date on-the-spot. The first section of this book analyzes every possible way you could approach women. The second section of this book reveals a secret, devious way to pick up almost every woman you meet without her even guessing that you are working your magic on her. Subsequent sections provide help and troubleshooting guides. We won't make you a "guru of getting girls." We will get you "dates." The biggest problem most men have in getting dates is knowing how to approach attractive girls they see every day of the week (at the office, gas station, standing in line anywhere). Too many men rely on nightclubs, bars, and personal ads to get dates, ignoring the women they see e-v-e-r-y d-a-y.
Author : Allison Temple
Publisher : Allison Temple Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1990719066
It could never work. Kyle’s grappling with grief after losing his partner. He’s a single dad suddenly back in the hometown he thought he’d left behind. Everyone from old friends to his daughter’s too-hot teacher seems to disapprove of him. It could never work. Adam’s life as a teacher is quiet and tidy. Messy, scattered Kyle doesn't fit into that. The best they can be is friends…as long as Adam ignores his inconvenient attraction to Kyle’s goofy charm. What if it did work? Falling in love is all about timing, and Adam and Kyle’s timing is the worst. But as the school year ends and their feelings grow, maybe the only time they have is right now. This is the second edition of Allison Temple’s debut romance. It has been rewritten and re-edited, though the plot and Kyle’s nervous babble remain the same.
Author : Robin Nagle
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1466836733
America's largest city generates garbage in torrents—11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers don't give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away. But who, exactly, is that someone? And why is he—or she—so unknown? In Picking Up, the anthropologist Robin Nagle introduces us to the men and women of New York City's Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of uniformed workers is the most important labor force on the streets. Seeking to understand every aspect of the Department's mission, Nagle accompanied crews on their routes, questioned supervisors and commissioners, and listened to story after story about blizzards, hazardous wastes, and the insults of everyday New Yorkers. But the more time she spent with the DSNY, the more Nagle realized that observing wasn't quite enough—so she joined the force herself. Driving the hulking trucks, she obtained an insider's perspective on the complex kinships, arcane rules, and obscure lingo unique to the realm of sanitation workers. Nagle chronicles New York City's four-hundred-year struggle with trash, and traces the city's waste-management efforts from a time when filth overwhelmed the streets to the far more rigorous practices of today, when the Big Apple is as clean as it's ever been. Throughout, Nagle reveals the many unexpected ways in which sanitation workers stand between our seemingly well-ordered lives and the sea of refuse that would otherwise overwhelm us. In the process, she changes the way we understand cities—and ourselves within them.
Author : Jim Ross
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 163774465X
Experience 50 years of wrestling history through the iconic voice of Jim Ross. For wrestling fans, Jim Ross’ voice is the soundtrack of an era. This book is your ringside ticket to wrestling’s most unforgettable moments—from the announcer who made them iconic. In the last 50 years, professional wrestling has risen up from a collection of regional territories to become a global phenomenon—and Jim Ross has been there for it all. From the grit and glory days of the 1970s with NWA, to the rise of WCW and the heyday of WWF and WWE, to signing on as on-air talent and senior advisor for wrestling’s newest chapter at AEW, Jim Ross has long had the best seat in the house. Now, in 50 definitive chapters, chronicling 50 iconic calls across 50 unforgettable years, Business Is About to Pick Up! takes you into the ring, and behind the scenes, as only Jim Ross can. Immerse yourself in sports entertainment’s most dramatic moments, biggest shocks, and history-making firsts—from watershed collisions like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin versus Bret “Hitman” Hart to industry-shaping milestones like the debut of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the rise of John Cena and Dave Bautista as Hollywood A-list stars, and the birth of All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Then debate which moments Jim Ross just had to include . . . and what else should’ve made his list. This book is a celebration of pro wrestling’s past, present, and future—narrated by the Voice of Wrestling himself, who was ringside to call it all.
