Download or read book Bucky Told Me to Put the Stick in the Door written by Carl Francis Cusato and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the more innocent times of the 1950s, Bucky Told Me to Put the Stick in the Door is the lighthearted memoir of the author. This coming-of-age story is divided into forty easy-to-read episodes, revealing the zany life of a kid growing up in a first generation Italian American family that is filled with food, craziness, and lots of love. Follow his amusing exploits through the city streets, and how he copes with the nuns, priests, and the over bearing rules of a Catholic Church school of the time. Meet the street friends with nicknames that mirrored ethnic backgrounds, physical defects, or a bad behavior for which they were known: Little Dag, Big Buck Tooth, John Dirty Hands, Ignorant Louie, Fat Wilfred. and Beulah Blue Face. Journey with the author, "Big Coose," as he evolves from the street to military school, college, crazy jobs, exotic places, and finally penthouse office on Park Avenue, when an entrepreneurial gamble all but puts him back on the street. Bucky Told Me to Put the Stick in the Door offers a heartwarming look at one man's voyage from streetwise kid to successful businessman. It is bound to make you think a little, and smile a lot.
Download or read book The Dozens written by Elijah Wald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his groundbreaking explorations of the blues and American popular music in Escaping the Delta and How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll, Elijah Wald turns his attention to the tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoods long before rap: the viciously funny, outrageously inventive insult game called "the dozens."At its simplest, the dozens is a comic concatenation of "yo' mama" jokes. At its most complex, it is a form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Whether considered vernacular poetry, verbal dueling, a test of street cool, or just a mess of dirty insults, the dozens has been a basic building block of African-American culture. A game which could inspire raucous laughter or escalate to violence, it provided a wellspring of rhymes, attitude, and raw humor that has influenced pop musicians from Jelly Roll Morton to Ice Cube. Wald explores the depth of the dozens' roots, looking at mother-insulting and verbal combat from Greenland to the sources of the Niger, and shows its breadth of influence in the seminal writings of Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston; the comedy of Richard Pryor and George Carlin; the dark humor of the blues; the hip slang and competitive jamming of jazz; and most recently in the improvisatory battling of rap. A forbidden language beneath the surface of American popular culture, the dozens links children's clapping rhymes to low-down juke joints and the most modern street verse to the earliest African American folklore.In tracing the form and its variations over more than a century of African American culture and music, The Dozens sheds fascinating new light on schoolyard games and rural work songs, serious literature and nightclub comedy, and pop hits from ragtime to rap.
Download or read book Talking bout Your Mama written by Elijah Wald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game which could inspire raucous laughter or escalate to violence, the dozens provided a wellspring of rhymes, attitude, and raw humor that has influenced pop musicians from Jelly Roll Morton and Robert Johnson to Tupac Shakur and Jay Z. Wald explores the depth of the dozens' roots, looking at mother-insulting and verbal combat from Greenland to the sources of the Niger, and shows its breadth of influence in the writings of Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston; the comedy of Richard Pryor and George Carlin; the dark humor of the blues; the hip slang and competitive jamming of jazz; and most recently in the improvisatory battling of rap.
Download or read book Lifestones written by Carl Francis Cusato and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his wife and child were killed in a car accident, the life of Paul Solomon, a Nano-physicist has all but collapsed. Once a golden boy, he's now sidelined with unimportant research in a section of the lab nicknamed "The Side Show." There is an accident that almost destroys the lab during one of his experiments. As a result, his discovery creates an adventure that is astonishing, will make you laugh, and probably dream a little. ------------ Lifestones is written in a format which the author refers to as a "movel" - meaning that it is heavy in dialogue, written in the present tense, and easy to read. It is, in effect, a screenplay/novel hybrid for today's time sensitive generation.
Download or read book The Rock and the River written by Kekla Magoon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner In this “taut, eloquent first novel” (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago. The Time: 1968 The Place: Chicago For thirteen-year-old Sam, it’s not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no apparent reason. And then it happens: Sam finds something that changes everything forever. Sam has always had faith in his father, but when he finds literature about the Black Panthers under Stick’s bed, he’s not sure who to believe: his father or his best friend. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. Sam wants to believe that his father is right: You can effect change without using violence. But as time goes on, Sam grows weary of standing by and watching as his friends and family suffer at the hands of racism in their own community. Sam beings to explore the Panthers with Stick, but soon he’s involved in something far more serious—and more dangerous—than he could have ever predicted. Sam is faced with a difficult decision. Will he follow his father or his brother? His mind or his heart? The rock or the river?
Download or read book Sidelined written by Kara Bietz and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotional YA romance about small town secrets, high school football, and broken hearts. Julian Jackson has a short to-do list for his senior year at Crenshaw County High School in Meridien, Texas: football, football, and more football. He knows he's only got one chance to earn a college scholarship and make it out of his small town, and keeping his head down, his grades up, and his cleats on the field is that one chance. And then Elijah Vance walks back into his life, throwing all of his carefully-laid plans into a tailspin. Elijah and Julian used to be best friends, maybe even on their way to something more than just friends. But three years ago, Elijah broke into the school to steal money from the coach's office, and Julian was the one who turned him in. After that, Elijah and his family disappeared without a trace. And now he's back, sitting at Julian's grandmother's kitchen table. But time and distance haven't erased all of their feelings, and Elijah knows that he finally has a chance to prove to Julian that he's not the same person he was three years ago. But with secrets still growing between them and an uncertain future barreling towards them, it may be harder to lean on each other than they thought.
Download or read book Bucky Katt s Big Book of Fun written by Darby Conley and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darby Conley's previous two books, Blueprint for Disaster and The Get Fuzzy Experience were New York Times best-sellers! People read cartoons for different reasons. Some are taken by the visual element...Then there's the people who want it to be funny...Darby gets both." --Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert Get Fuzzy collections are flying off the shelves. And Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun, the second full-color treasury of the outrageous antics of Bucky, Satchel, and Rob, is sure to attract more readers of the strip voted Best Comic Strip of 2002 by the National Cartoonists Society. Behold the world of Get Fuzzy. Meet Bucky Katt, the Siamese smart-ass who coexists under protest with Satchel Pooch, the sweet-tempered shar-pei/Lab mix, and Rob Wilco, the human who keeps the refrigerator stocked. Each day in newspapers around the world readers visit the place where cats, dogs, and humans meet and learn a little bit more about each other-not necessarily by choice. By turns hilarious, poignant, and even human, Get Fuzzy is the smartest, funniest comic strip in newspapers today.
Download or read book Just Another Slice A Foster Care Story Based on True Events No Place For Me Series written by Dr. Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold and published by ZeeT Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every foster child deserves a voice. This is mine. In Just Another Slice, nine-year-old Sarah Bailey tries to survive in a family full of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse while at the same time trying to protect her younger brother Curtis. Sarah learns that asking for Just Another Slice of toast is not the only thing in her life she will be denied. Yet, in a world full of cruelty, she finds kindness and happiness in the most unsuspecting people, places, and things. Sarah and Curtis’s foster care story is based on actual events about Dr. Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold and her brother, Carl. In this book, Sarah and Curtis learn they are foster children. Join their journey of laughter, pain, hope, and resiliency. You will see, hear and feel what Sarah and Curtis does throughout this sad and inspiring story of not just surviving but thriving.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Jack Lime written by James Leck and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Lime, amateur private eye, solves mysteries for his high school classmates in exchange for future favors. He stops at nothing - except for an occasional bout of narcolepsy - to crack three seemingly standalone cases while dodging bullies, Principal Snit and tireless reporter KC Stone. In the tradition of 1950s noir but with a thoroughly modern hero, these stories - shot through with Lime’s acid wit - are best served with a root beer float.
Download or read book Burden written by David W. Olson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1984. Things are looking up for 30 year old David Boyer, an aspiring world class athlete. He is on the cusp of achieving his lifelong dream of becoming one of the best tennis players in the world, when his life is turned upside down by a serious accident. With his body damaged and his spirit crushed, he is forced to accept menial work with a large energy corporation where his father already works. Bucky Boyer is a brilliant scientist who has invented a revolutionary electrical device, years ahead of its time, that threatens to bankrupt the very company that now employs them. Meanwhile, dozens of retired employees have been dying in tragic accidents. Joe Miller, David's friend, coworker, and frustrated amateur detective, senses the suspicious nature of it all. David is reluctantly dragged into the conspiracy. With the help of another old friend from childhood and his amazing pet, the mystery is finally unraveled. David confronts his ultimate fear and, in so doing, gains a powerful life lesson and a deeper appreciation for this new life that has replaced the one he lost. This novel has everything: danger, suspense, tragedy, fishing, intrigue, funny stories, sad stories, science, complicated characters, romance, courageous animals, timeless words of wisdom, and humor. Two thumbs up(the author's).
Download or read book Prime Evil Cyberia Book 3 written by Chris Lynch and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award nominee Chris Lynch, the third action-and-humor-filled futuristic series about talking pets who are tired of being pets ... and the boy who must help them. Zane and his animal comrades have foiled Dr. Gristle's terrible plots twice--he can't talk to animals, and he can't get at the heart of what makes them wild. Zane can talk to them. He can understand them. He almost is one. Almost. Zane keeps getting in Dr. Gristle's way though - and he's being sent as far out of the way as Gristle can get him. In fact, he's being sent right into the middle of a new plot of the bad doctor's--and in his new, utterly foreign surroundings, he's entirely too human.
Download or read book The Mouse That Roared written by D. Wayne Murray and published by madbo publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Lyte defies her religious parents' wishes by entering a "lustful" beauty contest. After being thrown out of the only home she ever knew, she travels to New York City in hopes of starting a new life. Unaware and naive about what life is like in the heart of the city, Sandra finds herself caught in a whirlwind of drugs, abuse, power, and murder.
Download or read book The Lost Worlds of Buckstevenson written by Steven J. Jr. Butler and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you were god of a universe and didn't even know it? Bucky Butler is a young author who discovers a universe that is the home of every character that he had ever created from his books. These characters call him God in The Lost Worlds of Buckstevenson. Now Bucky must save every single world in his universe in a matter of days. He'll have the help of not only his good characters, but also the help of his friends and family from the real world. Read how Bucky has to stop the evil characters he created from taking over the Lost Worlds of Buckstevenson. If he fails to stop them, the universe will turn into nothing but darkness. In this series of adventures, Bucky realizes that he must become the hero he always wanted to be.
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Download or read book THE DEVIL S ADMIRAL written by Frederick Ferdinand Moore and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "THE DEVIL'S ADMIRAL" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpt: "Captain Riggs had a trunk full of old logbooks, and he said any of them would make a better story than the Kut Sang. The truth of it was, he didn't want me to write this story. There were things he didn't wish to see in type, perhaps because he feared to read about himself and what had happened in the old steamer in the China Sea…" Frederick Ferdinand Moore was an American author, sailor and war correspondent.
