Download or read book Jamaica Joe written by Norman Eustace Cameron and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The basic idea is the sending of West Indians (jamaicans) to relieve Farm Labour Shortage in the U.S.A. in World War II."--on page 2.
Download or read book The Storyteller written by Harold Robbins and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published more than two decades ago, this bestselling novel features the sort of storytelling that Robbins is known and admired for: labyrinthine plots, outrageous characters, sizzling dialogue, and exotic locations.
Download or read book Flint Book 3 written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romeo and Juliet of the streets are still struggling to find their way back to each other after fate has cruelly separated them. In order to move up in rank on the streets of Flint, Michigan, Malek knows that he's going to have to deal with some jealous players in the game, but when he's forced to go up against players on his own team, the rules change. Halleigh, on the other hand, learns that everything isn't always how it seems. Those who she thought had a foot on her neck, keeping her held down and imprisoned in a life she didn't freely choose for herself, are, in fact, the same ones who might be able to help her escape. In Flint Book 3, will Halleigh and Malek end up on the same team? But more importantly, will it be the winning team?
Download or read book Caribecana First Drink Free written by Raymond Archer and published by Lulu. This book was released on 2013-08-02 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave is an accountant on Wall Street. After a mild heart attack at 53, he decides to leave his stressful and boring life in New Jersey and buys a bar (caseta) in Caribecana. He purchases a place on beautiful and exotic Calzo Beach where he has a series of adventures-some romantic, some humorous and some tragic. He encounters the colorful expats of Caribecana who are both ornery and compassionate. He struggles to find a balance between the lifestyles of Caribecanan people and his own background and beliefs. Raymond Archer (pseud.) is a world traveler who has written 15 books on a variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He has traveled extensively in the Caribbean area and written about it in previous works.
Download or read book The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 3622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. Containing over 60,000 entries, this concise new edition of the authoritative work details the slang and unconventional English of from around the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge’s own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning. New to this second edition: a new preface noting slang trends of the last eight years over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia, reflecting important developments in language and culture new terms from the language of social networking from a range of digital communities including texting, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and online forums many entries now revised to include new dating and new glosses, ensuring maximum accuracy of content. The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Download or read book Getting Away written by Amelia Short and published by Oxala Press. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes being in the wrong place at the wrong time can lead to an unexpected romantic adventure. Nancy Smart is in the wrong place at the wrong time when she becomes accidentally embroiled in a plan to kidnap the heir to a fortune and her ordinary life is turned upside down. Back in the gang’s tropical hideaway, the homemade rum starts to flow and friendships are formed. She even finds herself falling in love with the ruggedly attractive head honcho, Joe. Despite the palm trees, the glistening ocean and the warm sunset kisses, this is not a holiday and Nancy cannot stay much longer. However, the bungling gang’s incompetent plot seems doomed to failure. Sympathising with their plight and not wanting to see them go to prison, she agrees to collaborate with her captives as they hatch a new and improved plan. Soon, Nancy finds herself leading a wild goose chase across the streets of Europe, with the police in hot pursuit. With everybody’s freedom resting on her shoulders, does she have enough courage to succeed? And if she does, can she ever see Joe again without putting all their lives in danger? This pacy romantic adventure is the debut novel by author Amelia Short. Full of love, laughter and incompetent kidnappers. Think Bridget Jones meets Ruthless People!
Download or read book Flint Book 4 written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malek and Halleigh were once innocent high-school sweethearts, but their lives changed drastically when they were separated by tragic circumstances and sucked into life on the streets. Now Malek has risen to the top of the drug empire and is running things after Jamaica Joe's murder. His rival, Sweets, has left town, so Malek has things under control on both the South Side and the North Side. When Halleigh finally escapes from the clutches of Manolo, her pimp, she and Malek are reunited. For a while, things are running smoothly, and Halleigh and Malek are like well-respected hood royalty—until Halleigh grows bored with her life hidden safely away in the suburbs. She ventures into Flint and meets up with her old drug-using partner, convincing him to enter the new rehab facility—the same place that's cutting into Malek's business by helping his customers get sober. To make matters worse for Malek, Sweets has returned and wants to take over his side of town again. As he struggles to hold onto his reign at the top, will Malek be able to keep Halleigh out of the crossfire?
Download or read book Back to the Street written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Soul. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: header: The Newest Line-Up from Urban Books/KensingtonHernandez delivers the third novel in her powerful urban saga set in Flint, Michigan, where the good die young and the innocent don't stay that way for long.
Download or read book A Cold Logic written by Gerry Mackey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Katie returns from her harrowing Caribbean adventure, our enchanting South Beach police rookie is back on the beat in Miami. We follow her to a series of routine police calls which quickly become anything but routine. Katie is assigned to work with a grumpy, ill-tempered veteran officer who has no use for rookies, or anyone else for that matter. The action culminates with a public dedication ceremony for the latest edition to the U.S. Navy's fleet of nuclear submarines, during which Katie is detached from her regular duties and appointed to work 24/7 with the Secret Service agents guarding the promiscuous husband of the President of the United States. In addition to dealing with the lecherous First Husband, Katie and her federal agent partners are soon confronted by a group of Native American militants intent on blowing up a nuclear reactor. With car chases, hand-to-hand combat, shoot-outs, and an imminent nuclear disaster, the thrilling action never stops. You won't want to put this book down.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Download or read book Flint Book 1 written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Flint, Michigan, one of the roughest little cities in America, a place where the good die young, loyalty is a rarity, and everybody has a hustle. Malek Johnson's hustle is the basketball court and he's the best Flint's projects has ever produced. He's on his way to the University of Michigan, but not for long, because all the NBA scouts say he's destined for the pros after a year or two of seasoning. He finds love in the super fine girl everyone calls Halleigh, and he promises her that he will take her out of the hood. When Halleigh's virginity is traded in exchange for her mother's drug tab, their dream spirals out of control and they are quickly separated and sucked into the life that they have so desperately tried to avoid. With no place to go, their destinies take them down separate paths. Malek becomes affiliated with the North Side's biggest kingpin and Halleigh is manipulated into the streets by his South Side adversary. North versus South, love versus loyalty, and lies versus truth. What will they choose? Walk with Halleigh and Malek as they introduce you to a new struggle in a new city . . . a place called FLINT.
Download or read book Redemption Song written by Chris Salewicz and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With exclusive access to Strummer's friends, relatives, and fellow musicians, music journalist Chris Salewicz penetrates the soul of an rock 'n roll icon. The Clash was--and still is--one of the most important groups of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Indebted to rockabilly, reggae, Memphis soul, cowboy justice, and '60s protest, the overtly political band railed against war, racism, and a dead-end economy, and in the process imparted a conscience to punk. Their eponymous first record and London Calling still rank in Rolling Stone's top-ten best albums of all time, and in 2003 they were officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joe Strummer was the Clash's front man, a rock-and-roll hero seen by many as the personification of outlaw integrity and street cool. The political heart of the Clash, Strummer synthesized gritty toughness and poetic sensitivity in a manner that still resonates with listeners, and his untimely death in December 2002 shook the world, further solidifying his iconic status. Salewicz was a friend to Strummer for close to three decades and has covered the Clash's career and the entire punk movement from its inception. He uses his vantage point to write Redemption Song, the definitive biography of Strummer, charting his enormous worldwide success, his bleak years in the wilderness after the Clash's bitter breakup, and his triumphant return to stardom at the end of his life. Salewicz argues for Strummer's place in a long line of protest singers that includes Woody Guthrie, John Lennon, and Bob Marley, and examines by turns Strummer's and punk's ongoing cultural influence.
Download or read book The Last Great Road Bum written by Héctor Tobar and published by MCD. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Los Angeles Times Top 10 California Books of 2020. One of Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Fiction Books from 2020. Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the Joyce Carol Oates prize. One of Exile in Bookville’s Favorite Books of 2020. In The Last Great Road Bum, Héctor Tobar turns the peripatetic true story of a naive son of Urbana, Illinois, who died fighting with guerrillas in El Salvador into the great American novel for our times. Joe Sanderson died in pursuit of a life worth writing about. He was, in his words, a “road bum,” an adventurer and a storyteller, belonging to no place, people, or set of ideas. He was born into a childhood of middle-class contentment in Urbana, Illinois and died fighting with guerillas in Central America. With these facts, acclaimed novelist and journalist Héctor Tobar set out to write what would become The Last Great Road Bum. A decade ago, Tobar came into possession of the personal writings of the late Joe Sanderson, which chart Sanderson’s freewheeling course across the known world, from Illinois to Jamaica, to Vietnam, to Nigeria, to El Salvador—a life determinedly an adventure, ending in unlikely, anonymous heroism. The Last Great Road Bum is the great American novel Joe Sanderson never could have written, but did truly live—a fascinating, timely hybrid of fiction and nonfiction that only a master of both like Héctor Tobar could pull off.
Download or read book Resurrection written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Soul. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malek has risen to the top of the drug empire, and his rival Sweets has left town. Halleigh has escaped from her pimp and she and Malek are reunited.
Download or read book Working Girls written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Soul. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in this gritty, evocative urban saga is set in Flint, Michigan, where the good die young and the innocent don't stay that way for long.
Download or read book The Cryptopians written by Laura Shin and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. In their short history, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone through booms, busts, and internecine wars, recently reaching a market valuation of more than $2 trillion. The central promise of crypto endures—vast fortunes made from decentralized networks not controlled by any single entity and not yet regulated by many governments. The recent growth of crypto would have been all but impossible if not for a brilliant young man named Vitalik Buterin and his creation: Ethereum. In this book, Laura Shin takes readers inside the founding of this novel cryptocurrency network, which enabled users to launch their own new coins, thus creating a new crypto fever. She introduces readers to larger-than-life characters like Buterin, the Web3 wunderkind; his short-lived CEO, Charles Hoskinson; and Joe Lubin, a former Goldman Sachs VP who became one of crypto’s most well-known billionaires. Sparks fly as these outsized personalities fight for their piece of a seemingly limitless new business opportunity. This fascinating book shows the crypto market for what it really is: a deeply personal struggle to influence the coming revolution in money, culture, and power.
Download or read book Obsessed written by Devon Scott and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Michael and Kennedy, the envy of their tight circle of friends, begin receiving threatening phone calls and emails, they find their once rock-solid marriage slowly unraveling as an unknown enemy reveals an intimate secret. Original.
