Download or read book Mysterious Skin written by Santiago Fouz-Hernández and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borrowing its title from Gregg Araki's 2005 film, in which the camera's contemplation of the male body encourages us to feel that body, and covering a broad span of subjects and films, "Mysterious Skin" offers a wider, more representative picture of the depiction of the male body in contemporary world cinemas than has hitherto been attempted. An international array of major experts explore the treatment of masculinity and the male body in the cinemas of Africa, Australia, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, North America, Spain, Taiwan and Vietnam, as well as Hollywood.Their common concern is to reveal how the representation of the male body is used in films to convey a country's anxieties about its national identity and history, as well as how it engages with questions of racial, sexual or gender politics. They discuss key actors, directors and films of these countries, from Ewan MacGregor in Peter Greenaway's "The Pillow Book", through the films of Wong Kar Wai, to Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee in "Crocodile Dundee". In so doing, "Mysterious Skin" also provides a strong overview of important cinema produced around the world in the last twenty years.

Download or read book Skin Walker Academy written by M Hodgkiss and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2024-05-12 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SAFE DREAMS!!!!!!!!!! Laying on her bed, Morgan said “good night love you” as her mum and dad blew her a kiss and turned off her light, “love you too darling” they both replied. Mrs McGee smiling wearily added softly “SAFE DREAMS” as she closed Morgan’s bedroom door. Now don’t get me wrong, for most parents that would be the end to a lovely day however..... After they closed, locked, and bolted Morgan’s bedroom door, not in 1, not two, but 3 places. Mrs McGee sighed, kissing Mr McGee gently on the cheek and walked down stairs, leaving Mr McGee sat, where he sat every night since her last “NIGHT TERROR” which ended in her only friend she ever had never talking to her again. In fact no child ever spoke to her. Not that Morgan could blame them, she just stayed home and prayed for a quiet, event less night's sleep. That is, till the night of her 13th birthday when everything changed and she knew they were not Night Terrors at all.

Download or read book Skin in the Game written by Jackie Barbosa and published by Entangled: Brazen. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angela Peterson was always the quiet, shy kid growing up in Harper Falls, crushing on the high school quarterback and honing her football strategy skills. Now grown up and coaching the high school team, she's shocked when that same sexy quarterback returns to Harper Falls, asks her back to his hotel room...and then tries to steal her job. Injured NFL quarterback Cade Reynolds is in Harper Falls to take over as interim head coach, and he never thought the tall, blond bombshell he propositioned would offer up any resistance. Not to a repeat of the amazingly wild night they shared and certainly not to his coaching position. But the Harper Falls High Eagles are Angie's team, and even the hometown hero won't take that away from her, no matter how hot he is. As the two engage in a battle of wits and wills, this is one game neither is prepared to lose.

Download or read book Don t Take Me to Your Leader written by Scotland Miles and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Three Cowboys written by Julie Miller and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, the McCabe brothers are coming home to Texas… Virgil by USA TODAY bestselling author Julie Miller Detective Virgil "Bull" McCabe hadn't been back on the J-Bar-J Ranch in more than a decade. What he finds is his family in turmoil and his childhood friend, Tracy Cobb, all grown up…and more beautiful than ever. Morgan by Dana Marton It took a lot to bring ex-soldier Morgan McCabe home. But when his brothers sent out a call for help, that was all the incentive he needed. Once there, though, it's his former flame, Dakota Dayton, and her toddler son who might just convince him to stay. Wyatt by Paula Graves Sheriff Wyatt McCabe has faced a lot of criminals, but none as ruthless as the one holding his sister hostage. Now, forced to work with Elena Vargas, Wyatt has to ensure his family's safety without giving in to his burning attraction to the gorgeous agent.

Download or read book Prep School Cowboys written by Melissa Bingmann and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranch schools in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Wyoming in the 1920s and 1930s portrayed that the West embodied the moral attributes believed to be lacking in urban America. Advocates of character education saw the courage and self-reliance of the Old West as the qualities necessary to preserve the nation through the next generation. Bingmann uses ranch schools, designed to counteract the problems of inherited wealth, as a lens through which to examine citizenship, class, gender, and region during this era while illustrating that these schools, in transmitting such values to American youth, created a network of elite private schools that gave pampered boys from the urban centers of the Atlantic Seaboard and Great Lakes region the opportunity to grow into gentlemen cowboys ready to take the reins of power in family businesses and government.

Download or read book Skin written by Robert VanderMolen and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection in over a decade from a master of his craft, Skin reflects earnestly on the miraculous moments found in the daily experiences of human life. Time and time again, Robert VanderMolen’s poems illuminate the cycles of human interaction alongside the slow-moving patterns of nature: “bark just separating / after nine thousand summers.” A speaker asks, “Is everything too old or too new?” and the resounding answer throughout Skin is that it’s a bit of both. Colorless birds, “a deep sweep of wind,” and arrowheads found in a dying red oak all point to fragmented moments that make up what it means to stitch one’s life together. “Attentiveness is my best friend,” a speaker remarks off-handedly, but this affair with observation is earnest and real. Skin rewards the reader through a tacit understanding that everything in life is part of something larger that we can’t see: the endless “thoughts that slide / into notice” where “in the chill of privacy / one seeks promise.”

Download or read book Cowboys Gamblers and Hustlers written by Bryon Wolford and published by Cardoza Publishing. This book was released on with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inside looks at the early glory days of hold'em, playing in smoky backrooms with legends such as Titanic Thompson and Doyle Brunson. Get a look at vintage Las Vegas when Cowboy's friend, Benny Binion ruled Glitter Gulch and ride along with the road gamblers as they faded the white line from Dallas to Shreveport to Houston in the 1960s in search of games. Read fascinating yarns about life on the rough and tumble, and colorful adventures as a road gambler; feel the fear and frustration of being hijacked, getting arrested for playing poker, and having to outwit card sharps and scam artists. Wolford survived it all to win a gold bracelet at the World Series playing with poker greats Amarillo Slim Preston, Johnny Moss and 1978 World Champion, Bobby Baldwin. Wolford also won 30 rodeo belt buckles. Baldwin says, Cowboy is probably the best gambling story teller in the world.

Download or read book A Venom Beneath the Skin written by Marcos Villatoro and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latina detective Romilia Chac, n is back again--and another serial killer is on her heels. She has gone from policewoman to FBI agent, but the move just might have put her into more danger.

Download or read book Kerosene Cowboys written by Randy Arrington and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though one fourth of total flight time must be flown at night, for most Tactical Naval Aviators when the sun goes down its time to shed their speed slacks, splash on a little cologne and head for the O'Club bar. Undoubtedly, there would be a bevy of beauties adorning the barstools this Friday evening at the Jack Black Memorial Officer's Club. After all, it was the day before a huge Drill Weekend for the air station with Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Air Guard units all scheduled to be in town for their last drill of 1991. Indeed, the Jackson's ($20 bills) would be flying across the bar tonight.

Download or read book Brown Skin White Minds written by E. J. R. David and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filipino Americans have a long and rich history with and within the United States, and they are currently the second largest Asian group in the country. However, very little is known about how their historical and contemporary relationship with America may shape their psychological experiences. The most insidious psychological consequence of their historical and contemporary experiences is colonial mentality or internalized oppression. Some common manifestations of this phenomenon are described below: • Skin-whitening products are used often by Filipinos in the Philippines to make their skins lighter. Skin whitening clinics and businesses are popular in the Philippines as well. The "beautiful" people such as actors and other celebrities endorse these skin-whitening procedures. Children are told to stay away from the sun so they do not get "too dark." Many Filipinos also regard anything "imported" to be more special than anything "local" or made in the Philippines. • In the United States, many Filipino Americans make fun of "fresh-off-the-boats" (FOBs) or those who speak English with Filipino accents. Many Filipino Americans try to dilute their "Filipino-ness" by saying that they are mixed with some other races. Also, many Filipino Americans regard Filipinos in the Philippines, and pretty much everything about the Philippines, to be of "lower class" and those of the "third world." The historical and contemporary reasons for why Filipino -/ Americans display these attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors - often referred to as colonial mentality - are explored in Brown Skin, White Minds. This book is a peer-reviewed publication that integrates knowledge from multiple scholarly and scientific disciplines to identify the past and current catalysts for such self-denigrating attitudes and behaviors. It takes the reader from indigenous Tao culture, Spanish and American colonialism, colonial mentality or internalized oppression along with its implications on Kapwa, identity, and mental health, to decolonization in the clinical, community, and research settings. This book is intended for the entire community - teachers, researchers, students, and service providers interested in or who are working with Filipinos and Filipino Americans, or those who are interested in the psychological consequences of colonialism and oppression. This book may serve as a tool for remembering the past and as a tool for awakening to address the present.

Download or read book Cowboys of the Flint Hills The Complete Series Books 1 5 written by Tessa Layne and published by Shady Layne Media. This book was released on 2020-02-02 with total page 1345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You won't want to miss this fast-paced, sexy ride." - NYT Bestseller, Cora Seton The complete Cowboys of the Flint Hills series bundled for your pleasure! Each novel ends with a guaranteed happily ever after. From fake engagements, to secret crushes, second chances and enemies to lovers - you'll fall in love with the sexy alpha males of the Flint Hills and the strong, sassy women that bring them to their knees. Including: Heart of a Cowboy Heart of a Rebel Heart of a Wrangler Heart of a Daredevil Heart of a Bachelor Cowboy, Family Feud, Opposites Attract, Family Secrets, Workplace, Enemies to Lovers, Second Chance, Star Crossed Lovers Friends to Lovers, PTSD, Military Veteran, Firefighter, Rodeo Cowboy, Fake Engagement, Doctor, Secret Baby, Doctor-Patient, Politics

Download or read book American Skin written by Ken Bruen and published by Justin, Charles & Co.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruen's most composed and visceral vision of Irish noir yet. A mythic tale of two cultures, and a dark homage to the American dream of freedom, individuality, and scarifying violence.

Download or read book The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek Series Starter Collection Books 1 3 Sweet Clean Cowboy Romance Box Set written by Jean Oram and published by Oram Productions. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come fall in love with the sweet cowboy series readers are calling heartwarming and real. None of the Wylder brothers have time for love. Too bad Cupid disagrees. Get swept away with the Wylder brothers in the first three books in The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek, Texas series as women--their complete opposites--steal their unwilling hearts. Be a part of the family as you laugh, smile and cry your way through these small town romances. Heartwarming and fun, you’ll be up all night reading with this binge-worthy series. The Cowboy's Stolen Heart (An opposites attract romance) One fashion model looking to change her life. One unapologetic cowboy who thinks she’s nothing more than a princess. Can these two opposites see eye to eye long enough to admit they’re in love? The Cowboy's Secret Wish (A football coach and librarian romance) Cowboy and football coach Myles Wylder knows he’s not the type of man librarian Karen Hartley is looking for. But maybe he can convince her they have more in common than she realizes…as long as she doesn’t discover his secret. The Cowboy's Second Chance (A second chance interracial sweet romance--BWWM romance) When Ryan’s fiery new neighbor Carly takes aim at him with her shotgun during a late-night misunderstanding she sparks his interest. But he may have to look out for more than his life—he may have to look out for his heart! Get ready to fall in love with the Wylder brothers as sparks fly and true love pounces on them in these feel-good cowboy romances. Grab your favorite reading spot and this romance box set collection to start your feel-good binge-reading session today!

Download or read book Black Cowboys Of Texas written by Sara R. Massey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers twenty-four essays about African American men and women who worked in the Texas cattle industry from the slave days of the mid-19th century through the early 20th century.

Download or read book The American West Cowboys written by Grayson Wyatt and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forged in dime novels, Wild West shows, and Hollywood films, the image of the American cowboy is largely a myth. But behind it were real men whose hard work and hard play, stoic toughness, and code of honor helped tame the American West. The epic cattle drives that were so much a part of the cowboys' heyday lasted only an astonishingly brief two decades. But the cowboy is still a basic part of the American character. Here, from historian Grayson Wyatt, is their surprising and little-told story.

Download or read book Curves Cowboys and Paranormal Love Steamy BBW Paranormal Romance Bundle written by Leslie Diver and published by Leslie Diver. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: