Download or read book Kings of Malibu written by Paul Hartford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author who brought you the best-selling pop culture e-book, "Waiter to the Rich and Shameless" comes the semi-fictional novel, "Kings of Malibu." Follow the adventures of four righteous restaurant servers as they embark on a Robin Hood quest to avenge the sins of their despicable and avaricious guests. After folding his apron for the last time and returning to his musical roots, Paul Hartford once again finds himself sucked back into the soul-deadening work of food service. With his wife attending graduate school on the East coast, Pauli stays behind in Los Angeles to wrap up his cushy beachside server job in the tony enclave of Malibu. With this alibi, he is free to secretly implement a diabolical plan of revenge against some of the world's most notorious criminals. Join this trio of right stout men and a spirited lass who selflessly tip the scales of justice toward the forgotten and disenfranchised citizens of the world.
Download or read book King s Pleasure written by Adrianne Byrd and published by Kimani Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy King is stunned when former one-night stand Leigh Matthews hires his company to plan her bachelorette party and Jeremy, not believing that she is truly in love, has six weeks to convince her that he is the only one for her.
Download or read book The King and Queen of Malibu The True Story of the Battle for Paradise written by David K. Randall and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A true story of the battle for paradise…men and women fighting for a slice of earth like no other." —New York Times Book Review Frederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu’s transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere to a paradise seeded with movie stars, are at the heart of this story of American grit and determinism. He was a Harvard-trained confidant of presidents; she was a poor Midwestern farmer’s daughter raised to be suspicious of the seasons. Yet the bond between them would shape history. The newly married couple reached Los Angeles in 1887 when it was still a frontier, and within a few years Frederick, the only heir to an immense Boston fortune, became one of the wealthiest men in the state. After his sudden death in 1905, May spent the next thirty years fighting off some of the most powerful men in the country—as well as fissures within her own family—to preserve Malibu as her private kingdom. Her struggle, one of the longest over land in California history, would culminate in a landmark Supreme Court decision and lead to the creation of the Pacific Coast Highway. The King and Queen of Malibu traces the path of one family as the country around them swept off the last vestiges of the Civil War and moved into what we would recognize as the modern age. The story of Malibu ranges from the halls of Harvard to the Old West in New Mexico to the beginnings of San Francisco’s counter culture amid the Gilded Age, and culminates in the glamour of early Hollywood—all during the brief sliver of history in which the advent of railroads and the automobile traversed a beckoning American frontier and anything seemed possible.
Download or read book Icons of Women s Sport 2 volumes written by Kelly Boyer Sagert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams. Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history, challenged the status quo, influenced sport culture, and garnered wide public interest. Including stars from the past and present, ranging from Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King to Dara Torres and Venus and Serena Williams, the featured athletes are iconic not only because of their achievements in the sports arena, but also because of their contributions to society: advancing cultural diversity and gender equity, breaking class barriers, and transcending stereotypes. The book contains biographies of 36 women athletes—American and international—who excelled in competitive sports from the post-World War I era through the modern era in a dozen different sports. Icons of Women's Sport spotlights athletes across a wide range of women's sports, with appropriate attention given to the major sports. Readers will enjoy learning about stars from both amateur and professional sports arenas, including Olympic athletes, as well as female competitors who have reached the top of their game in newer arenas such as golf and snowboarding.
Download or read book California Court of Appeal 2nd Appellate District Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA Portrayals in American Film written by Erica Joan Dymond and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A valuable reference guide for film collections and LGBTQIA+ studies." — Library Journal, Starred Review The depictions of LGBTQIA+ characters in film have always varied immensely. However, the negative depictions often seem to outweigh the positive, perhaps because of the hurt they inspire or perhaps because they regrettably outnumber the positive films. The Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA+ Portrayals in American Film explores works from the past fifty years in order to not only discuss how LGBTQIA+ characters are portrayed in American film, but also how these portrayals affect viewers. Contributors to this valuable reference include film and media scholars, gender studies scholars, journalists, LGBTQIA+ advocates, and more, representing countries from around the world. This rich array of perspectives provide careful and critical examinations of more than 100 films, ranging from the ethical and compassionate to the deliberately cruel and destructive. Featuring films such as American Beauty, Batman v Superman, Fight Club, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Little Miss Sunshine, and Venom, this extensive volume informs and educates scholars and general readers alike, guiding them to see injustice more clearly and inspiring future generations to create art that is both inclusive and thoughtful.
Download or read book 100 People Who Changed 20th Century America 2 volumes written by Mary Cross and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent does a person's own success result in social transformation? This book offers 100 answers, providing thought-provoking examples of how American culture was shaped within a crucial time period by individuals whose lives and ideas were major agents of change. 100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America provides a two-volume encyclopedia of the individuals whose contributions to society made the 20th century what it was. Comprising contributions from 20 academics and experts in their field, the thought-provoking essays examine the men and women who have shaped the modern American cultural experience—change agents who defined their time period as a result of their talent, imagination, and enterprise. Organized chronologically by the subjects' birthdates, the essays are written to be accessible to the general reader yet provide in-depth information for scholars, ensuring that the work will appeal to many audiences.
Download or read book Game Set Match written by Susan Ware and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Billie Jean King's 1973 defeat of male player Bobby Riggs in tennis' Battle of the Sexes match helped, along with the passage of the Title IX anti-sex discrimination act, cause a revolution in women's sports.
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Download or read book Explorer s Guide Southern California Includes Extensive Coverage of Yosemite The Disneyland Resort written by Debbie K. Hardin and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Explorer's Guide focuses on the wide range of activities and vast culture of Southern California. Explore this vacation-lover’s wonderland of outdoor activities like golf, surfing, kayaking, and hiking and top-10 lists for destinations throughout the area. In addition to Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and the Inland Empire, coverage includes wild spaces like Joshua Tree, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia, and King’s Canyon. With extensive coverage of Disneyland and an exhaustive list of the best beaches.
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Download or read book Malibu Is Burning written by Mark Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day in August of a certain year, Malibu started to burn and go up in flames. The whole countryside was on fire. Houses, ranches, and livelihoods all burned to the ground. It was unreal. Malibu was burning. It was at this time that Mark saw people (clowns) online posting photos of their asses and naked bodies and lingerie shots holding up LA signs saying how sad they were that Malibu is burning. So sad. The next day Mark started writing sextpoems. Short, poetic tales describing his anguish for Malibu. The written equivalent of those photos. How it made him feel the same as those people. So sad. So horny. So so. The devastation just made everyone want to get naked, apparently. Ever since Mark has kept writing these sextpoems. People kept paying him to write more. He knows, ludicrous. Thousands and thousands of dollars to write more and more sextpoems. So really, this book is a bargain. Over 100 sextpoems. In chronological order. They're all there. Book two on the way. And yes. Mark knows. It's sad. He's sorry. Tut. So sad. So harny. So enjoy.
Download or read book Waikiki Dreams written by Patrick Moser and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships with Native Hawaiians. Surfing became a central part of what emerged instead: a beach culture of dressing, dancing, and acting like an Indigenous people whites idealized. Patrick Moser uses surfing to open a door on the cultural appropriation practiced by Depression-era Californians against a backdrop of settler colonialism and white nationalism. Recreating the imagined leisure and romance of life in Waikīkī attracted people buffeted by economic crisis and dislocation. California-manufactured objects like surfboards became a physical manifestation of a dream that, for all its charms, emerged from a white impulse to both remove and replace Indigenous peoples. Moser traces the rise of beach culture through the lives of trendsetters Tom Blake, John “Doc” Ball, Preston “Pete” Peterson, Mary Ann Hawkins, and Lorrin “Whitey” Harrison while also delving into California’s control over images of Native Hawaiians via movies, tourism, and the surfboard industry. Compelling and innovative, Waikīkī Dreams opens up the origins of a defining California subculture.
Download or read book Weavers Scribes and Kings written by Amanda H. Podany and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This sweeping history of the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Iran) takes readers on a journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquest of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their written words and the archaeological remains of the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of kingdoms, the book instead creates a tapestry of life stories through which readers come to know specific individuals from many walks of life, and to understand their places within the broad history of events and institutions in the ancient Near East. These life stories are preserved on ancient cuneiform tablets, which allow us to trace, for example, the career of a weaver as she advanced to became a supervisor of a workshop, listen to a king trying to persuade his generals to prepare for a siege, and feel the pain of a starving young couple who were driven to sell all four of their young children into slavery during a famine. What might seem at first glance to be a remote and inaccessible ancient culture proves to be a comprehensible world, one that bequeathed to us many of our institutions and beliefs, a truly fascinating place to visit"--
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Download or read book The Struggle written by Dennis M Stanfield and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to the strugglers; to their personal struggle and the struggles of anyone they carry. The struggle of single mothers and fathers, kids of separated parents, siblings raising siblings, first generation college kids, that guy on the corner, and the falsely accused. The struggle of dreamers, lovers, fighters, those with broken hearts, those with pain, and those discriminated against. Through your struggle be an inspiration and never give in. You're not struggling alone.
Download or read book Women s Sports written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
