Download or read book Do You Remember Tulum written by Alex Jeffers and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do You Remember Tulum? is a story about memory, about learning to love and be loved, set among the exotic Maya ruins of Tulum and Palenque in southern Mexico. A young man returns to Mexico, where landscape, art, and memory compel him to confront the events that shaped him a decade before. A dizzying travelogue, this short novel maps the geographies of guilt, regret, hope, desire, and the deep roots of love.

Download or read book You Will Meet a Stranger Far from Home written by Alex Jeffers and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Safe as Houses and The Abode of Bliss, ten wondrous tales of yesterday, today, and tomorrow--of our familiar world and others. An American teenager meets Adonis on a sailing cruise off the coast of Turkey. A merchant of the Silk Road encounters an odd dog--and a brother--from another world. An old lady on a distant planet attempts to help her great-grandson grow up in a world that will soon forget women ever existed. A Massachusetts boy refuses an offer to visit fairyland. Another American teenager on vacation encounters three fallen angels and is transformed. Alex Jeffers's first collection of fantastical stories is a treacherous box of delights.

Download or read book Speaking Out LGBTQ Youth Stand Up written by Steve Berman and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking Out features stories for and about LGBT and Q teens by fresh voices and noted authors in the field of young adult literature. These are inspiring stories of overcoming adversity (against intolerance and homophobia) and experiencing life after "coming out." Queer teens need tales of what might happen next in their lives, and editor Steve Berman showcases a diversity of events, challenges, and, especially, triumphs.

Download or read book Deprivation Or Benedetto Furioso written by Alex Jeffers and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleep deprivation does funny things to your head. Steeped in the romance of Renaissance Italian literature, Ben Lansing isn't coping well with the routines of his first post-college job, his daily commute from Providence, Rhode Island, to Boston, the inevitable insomnia and lack of sleep, or the peculiarly vivid dreams when he does manage to sleep. For Ben "wished to be a paladin. He wished to mount Ariosto's hippogriff and fly to the moon. He wished to sing a Baroque aria of stunning, shocking brilliance, bringing the audience to its feet roaring, 'Bravo! Bravissimo!' He wished to run mad for love." When Ben encounters a lost prince squatting in a derelict South Boston warehouse with his little sister and elder brother, exiles of an imaginary Italy, he resolves to rescue Dario and Dario's family-and himself. Stumbling from dream to real life and back again, Ben begins a fabulous quest. Amid visions of futures, pasts, strangely altered presents, he encounters mythic personages-raffish bike messenger/artist Neddy, dilettante translator Kenneth, his own mother and father. He falls in and out of love. He witnesses the flight of the hippogriff and the collapses of the New England economy and his parents' marriage. He discovers what he never knew he was looking for all along. In Deprivation, a novel as real as a fairy tale or romantic Renaissance epic, neither Ben nor the reader can ever feel certain of being awake or dreaming, walking the streets of Boston or the mazy paths of dreamland. Can you separate wish from fulfilment? Do you want to?

Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Steve Berman and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walt Whitman referred to a "Mad, naked, Summer Night!" In the pages of Boys of Summer, acclaimed editor Steve Berman's latest anthology, talented authors and fresh voices reveal the allure and excitement of the season for gay teens. June always promises romance. July entices with its raw heat, and August offers a languid fire that will burn out before autumn's approach. These are stories of young love and adventure, when the sky's ceiling is a bright blue marvel, when another boy's laughter at the beach can distract from dull summer jobs.

Download or read book Safe As Houses written by Alex Jeffers and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Allen Pasztory discovered he was likely to die before his time, he realized that what he could pass down to the people he loved was stories. Stories of and for his families--the family he was born to and the family he stumbled upon and fiercely embraced. This lyrical book of a man confronting challenges -- deafness and serious illness -- offers a quiet, warm story of two men struggling to build a famiy in a world which does not acknowledge their right to parenthood.

Download or read book The Next Mayan Calendar S lo Se written by Lauren Burrous and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Next Mayan Calendar "Sólo Se" is a fresh and innovative look at the evidence surrounding the famous and mysterious end of the Mayan Calendar, December 21, 2012. The Next Mayan Calendar "Sólo Se" is a historical fiction that is sure to inform and intrigue the audience. It is not about the end times, it's about new beginings, a new way to think and interpret the current evidence available. It is about being respectful to your fellow humans, and the planet we share. It is an ideology about kindness. It's about Sólo Se. To sweeten the deal, its readability and length are sure to convert even non-readers.

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Download or read book Cancun Riviera Maya written by and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook also contains: A wide selection of the best hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, for all tastes and budgets; Thorough descriptions of all the sights and beaches, star-rated so you can spot the must-sees at a glance; The full scoop on water sports, including scuba diving, snorkelling, sailing and fishing; A handy English-Spanish glossary.

Download or read book Gap Life written by John Coy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite acceptance from his father's college, Cray decides to take a gap year with Rayne, who helps him find a job at a home for developmentally disabled adults, and he learns more about himself and others than any university could teach him.

Download or read book Elvis and the Tropical Double Trouble written by Peggy Webb and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Callie Valentine Jones can't think of a better way to check out of her personal Heartbreak Hotel then to accept her cousin Lovie's timely invite to get away in Cozumel, where her brainy beau is digging up bones for research. But the moment Callie and her loyal good luck charm Elvis arrive, trouble greets them in the form of a skeleton too fresh to be ancient history and too dead to spell anything but homicide. Suspicious minds blame ghosts and gods, but Callie knows the guilty party is all too human--and for once, she's determined not to get involved. That determination flies right out the window when Lovie and Elvis go missing. It's now or never, if Callie wants to save her cousin and her canine from someone who's got murder always on his mind. "Prepare to laugh out loud." --Library Journal

Download or read book The Last Man written by Jože Mlinarič and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is trying to answer many questions that arise every day in the ordinary life of a human being. The main theme is world pandemics, which was a pretext for the depopulation of the planet. But the real story is far beyond that. The creation of the world we know and its inevitable end, which was sped up with the eternal temptation of the human, Being God (borrowed from Salvador Dali’s opera Être Dieu). Those who could not resist the temptation of being God took the fate of the world into their own hands and shaped it in their own image. ... We were born for them, we were educated for them, we lived for them, and we died for them. When they talked about freedom, they were actually talking about slavery. We were slaves, willing slaves, until we became useless eaters. They kept us alive as long as we were useful to them. When we became old jades, they let us out to graze on the poisonous grass. Those who resisted them were destroyed, declared insane, unfit, the worst enemies ...

Download or read book DK Mexico written by DK Travel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to explore jungle-clad Mesoamerican pyramids, swim in the crystal-clear waters of a cenote, or devour freshly made and flavorful street food. There are so many things to see and do in Mexico. Whatever your dream trip involves, this DK Eyewitness travel guide is the perfect companion. Our updated guide brings Mexico to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights, trusted travel advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations, which take you inside the country's buildings and neighbourhoods. You'll discover: -Our pick of Mexico's must-sees and top experiences -The best spots to eat, drink, shop and stay -Detailed maps and walks that make navigating the region easy -Easy-to-follow itineraries -Expert advice: get ready, get around and stay safe -Colour-coded chapters for each part of Mexico -A lightweight format, so you can take it with you wherever you go Want to explore one of Mexico's most popular spots? Try Top 10 Cancún and the Yucatán.

Download or read book Teoxi Mayan Prince written by Antonio Grimaldi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teoxi, now an old man--the fourth son of Uaxactun. the last absolute monarch of Tikal--sits on the banks of lake Peten-Itza and recalls the story of his life. Wishing to preserve a record of the events that led to the destruction of his homeland, his still-sharp eyes sweep the distant shore as he tries to put his memories in order.Born of an elderly father, Teoxi was looked after by priests, shielded from government matters, and--unlike his three older brothers--taught to be an intellectual rather than a warrior. But, because the future had unexpected events in store for him, his intellectual upbringing turned out to be of more use to him than his lack of military training.In his early manhood, an unforeseen event not only transfixed the nation but also steadily and permanently lured Teoxi away from his young life of amusements and intellectual pursuits, thrusting him headlong into a national crisis whose solution was crucial to the very survival of his country. After mere months into this growing turmoil, Teoxi's father realized that young Teoxi was the most qualified among his brothers to someday assume the Mayan throne.Now, Teoxi had to weave his way carefully through the squalid and dangerous world of the empire's leadership, struggle wearily yet confidently through entanglements of intrigue and treachery, move delicately between ancient myths and recent science, attempt to protect his family and country against internal and external threats, prepare for war with the powerful Aztecs, confront overwhelming and destructive acts of nature, and accept the undeniable fact that this young man of too few years had truly entered a living hell. To make matters worse, during his first timid steps from the solitude of the palace to a world of intrigue and danger, he fell at first sight for a girl below his class, and then moved inexorably toward a forbidden relationship that would preclude his ascension to the throne.This is the story of the young man Teoxi, committing the breadth of his will and fortitude to the needs of his people and, throughout it all, maintaining hope that his first love would someday share his days and nights. This is also the story of the old man Teoxi, sitting on the shores of the Peten-Itza seeing the things we cannot see and recounting for those in the world today, the world he knew so well.

Download or read book MTV Best of Mexico written by Sara Lieber and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the inside scoop on Mexico. From beach parties on Cozumel and nightclubs in nonstop Mexico City to diving with sharks in Baja, MTV Best of Mexico shows you where you want to be, with choices for every budget to help you travel the way you want to. Alternative accommodations. Stay everywhere from a mega resort in Puerto Vallarta to a treehouse-inspired hotel in Playa del Carmen to one of the country's many open-air palapas. Cheap eats. Fuel up with bar-friendly snacks like tacos and tamales, sample cheap seafood at beachside loncherias, or splurge on a restaurant serving traditional mole. Great clubs, bars & hangouts. Find out where to go to listen to live mariachi music, groove to salsa, and chill with locals in town plazas. Offbeat attractions, world-class arts & adrenaline adventures. From paintings by Kahlo and Rivera and ancient Mayan ruins to cenote diving and race car driving, you'll discover Mexico's finest gems.

Download or read book Bohemian Rhetoric written by Lucas D. Camaney and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My friend, a pseudo-intellectual like so many of us out here, once told me that culture, class and sophistication are concepts that are for everyone to grasp and not only meant for the rich people to enjoy. If any person should think that cultural likings, can’t give to him or her an international type of robust living, it is because that person has decided to stay introverted by choice, rather than circumstance. If humanity doesn’t destroy the ecospheres or plunges itself into a nuclear war, the end of our basic existence will become phenomenal with impersonal technology. As it is the children of today seldom climb a tree to look into the nest of an amazing bird and for that we can only imagine what will be of the children living one thousand years from now? I have written them a letter in hope that the life sustaining properties of our planet Earth are still there for them to use and get to also enjoy the sun being born out of the Caribbean Sea. We should consider ourselves bless for having nature be so nice, to you and I, till this day already gone by.

Download or read book To Whom It May Concern written by Vincent Di Blasi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nine stories in this volume are each unique unto themselves but they all straddle the line between what we know and what we do not know, the material world and the spiritual one, what we hope for and what we fear most. The emphasis is on hope and our search for what is most beautiful within our world and within ourselves. Sarafina is about a man who must choose between heaven and hell. You might think the choice is an easy one until you appreciate the consequences. In A String of Bad Hands, a writer plays poker with the devil to save the soul of a woman he met in the Yucatan in their distant youth. Before the game is over, he will risk everything he has in the hope of winning everything he wants. From the Mirror is the narrative of a man who crosses the country looking for the other person we see in the mirror, the one we could have become or perhaps will be in the future. In the title entry, To Whom It May Concern, the inhabitants of a small island community discover that their world is sinking beneath the sea just as communication with the outside world comes to a halt. They never lose hope. These stories are about human resilience and limitless curiosity.