Download or read book Locos written by Felipe Alfau and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interconnected stones that form Felipe Alfau's novel Locos take place in a Madrid as exotic as the Baghdad of the 1001 Arabian Nights and feature unforgettable characters in revolt against their young 'author' "For them", he complains, "reality is what fiction is to real people; they simply love it and make for it against ray almost heroic opposition" Alfau's "comedy of gestures" -- a mercurial dreamscape of the eccentric, sometimes criminal, habitues of Toledo's Cafe of the Crazy -- was written in English and first published in 1936, favorably reviewed for The Nation by Mary McCarthy, as she recounts here in her Afterword, then long neglected.

Download or read book Harley Loco written by Rayya Elias and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Terrific . . . Rayya’s stories blew mine away.” —Elizabeth Gilbert “A classic, blood-stained love letter to bohemian NYC.” —Craig Marks “Much more than a recovery memoir, this big-hearted, funny book is a truthful American story.” —Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black When she was seven, Rayya Elias and her family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early. Elias moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. At the height of the punk movement, life on the Lower East Side was full of adventure, creative inspiration, and temptation. Eventually, Elias’s passionate affairs with lovers of both sexes went awry, her (more than) occasional drug use turned to addiction, and she found herself living on the streets—between her visits to jail. This debut memoir charts four decades of a life lived in the moment, a path from harrowing loss and darkness to a place of peace and redemption. Elias’s wit and lack of self-pity in the face of her extreme highs and lows make Harley Loco a powerful read that’s sure to appeal to fans of Patti Smith, Augusten Burroughs, and Eleanor Henderson.

Download or read book Crazy Loco written by David Rice and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of nine stories about Mexican American kids growing up in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas.

Download or read book Date Farmers written by Armando Lerma and published by Upper Playground. This book was released on 2007 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Date Farmers, Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma of Coachella Valley often collaborate in their art, collage, drawings, and words on discarded signs. Their art depicts Mexican American religious icons and their style resembles prison art - their lettering strong in a low rider tradition of bold sign painting.

Download or read book Poco Loco written by J. R. Krause and published by Two Lions. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Poco Loco. He's a very unusual ratón. He likes to invent wacky things. When Poco Loco's Waffle Iron-Weather Forecaster predicts mal tiempo, Poco Loco runs to tell his barnyard friends. But it's still sunny out, and the other animals don't believe him. Then a roar of wind whips through their picnic, and Poco Loco and his friends fly up, up, and away. But never fear! Poco Loco will use his wits (and one crazy invention) to save the day! A Spanish/English glossary is included.

Download or read book Crazy Loco Love written by Victor Villasenor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up on his parents’ ranch in North San Diego County, Victor Villaseñor’s teenage years were marked by a painful quest to find a place for himself in a world he did not fit into. Discriminated due to his Mexican heritage, Victor questions the tenets of his faith and the restrictions it places on his own spirituality and sexuality. Ultimately, his search for identity takes him to Mexico to learn of his family’s roots, where he soon discovers that his heritage doesn’t determine his intelligence or success. Through this often humorous and poignant tale, Victor deftly undermines the macho stereotype so often associated with Latinos, while exposing the tender vulnerability and naïveté of a young man grappling with the roles foisted on him by the church and society. Victor’s youthful misadventures elicit sympathy, laughter, and tears as he attempts to divine the mysteries of the opposite sex in this powerful, revealing memoir. “The clarity that comes from Villaseñor’s personal and cultural experience is not matched in any of Steinbeck’s major works” (Los Angeles Times).

Download or read book Lucas and His Loco Beans written by Ramona Moreno Winner and published by Brainstorm 3000. This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas's grandfather takes him to a spot near his ranch where the seeds grow that are known as Mexican jumping beans, in a story that also includes information on the beans and on the moth larva that cause them to jump.

Download or read book The British Steam Railway Locomotive 1825 1925 written by Ernest Leopold Ahrons and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early American Railroads written by Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English translation of the most comprehensive and detailed work on the development, construction, finance, and operation of early American railroads and canals.

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Download or read book Loco for Lizards written by James Cherry and published by Rising Moon (Nrl). This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lizards have seen dinosaurs come and go and our land mass split into continents. Not only do they have longevity but, in recent years, they have gained popularity. These cute crawlers have managed to wiggle their way into our lives from pets to pop culture. In this lizard-lovers book, Jim Cherry takes a tongue-in-cheek look at why people everywhere have gone crazy for this icon. Charming and complex, these reclusive reptiles have scurried their way into myths and legends worldwide. Loco for Lizards explores the popularity of lizards in film, music, art, and even ad campaigns. Budweiser's eloquently animated chameleons, Frank and Louie, have charmed viewers from coast to coast, and Godzilla has captured multiple generations of film watchers. Jim Cherry covers the spectrum with lizard trivia, lizardabillia, and natural history in this entertaining and informative look at why the world is Loco for Lizards.

Download or read book ESD written by Steven H. Voldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and in-depth review of analog circuitlayout, schematic architecture, device, power network and ESDdesign This book will provide a balanced overview of analog circuitdesign layout, analog circuit schematic development,architecture of chips, and ESD design. It will start atan introductory level and will bring the reader right up to thestate-of-the-art. Two critical design aspects for analog and powerintegrated circuits are combined. The first design aspect coversanalog circuit design techniques to achieve the desired circuitperformance. The second and main aspect presents the additionalchallenges associated with the design of adequate and effective ESDprotection elements and schemes. A comprehensive list of practicalapplication examples is used to demonstrate the successfulcombination of both techniques and any potential designtrade-offs. Chapter One looks at analog design discipline, including layoutand analog matching and analog layout design practices. Chapter Twodiscusses analog design with circuits, examining: singletransistor amplifiers; multi-transistor amplifiers; active loadsand more. The third chapter covers analog design layout (alsoMOSFET layout), before Chapters Four and Five discuss analog designsynthesis. The next chapters introduce the reader to analog-digitalmixed signal design synthesis, analog signal pin ESD networks, andanalog ESD power clamps. Chapter Nine, the last chapter, covers ESDdesign in analog applications. Clearly describes analog design fundamentals (circuitfundamentals) as well as outlining the various ESDimplications Covers a large breadth of subjects and technologies, such asCMOS, LDMOS, BCD, SOI, and thick body SOI Establishes an “ESD analog design” discipline thatdistinguishes itself from the alternative ESD digital designfocus Focuses on circuit and circuit design applications Assessible, with the artwork and tutorial style of the ESD bookseries PowerPoint slides are available for university facultymembers Even in the world of digital circuits, analog and power circuitsare two very important but under-addressed topics, especially fromthe ESD aspect. Dr. Voldman’s new book will serve as anessential and practical guide to the greater IC community. Withhigh practical and academic values this book is a“bible” for professionals, graduate students, deviceand circuit designers for investigating the physics of ESD and forproduct designs and testing.

Download or read book Con Pollo Loco written by Temo Fabiano and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was fed up with the laws and how the government political system was able to have a double standard. The laws didn't apply to the wealthy or the politicians. I had made the decision; it was time. I had been planning and plotting this for over a year. No more waiting. I could no longer just sit around and let things take their own course. My plan was a movement and that movement was called. "Con Pollo Loco": With Crazy Chicken. I choose it more just to be an ass.-It had no real meaning but it made me laugh. So that was what it was going to be. My plan was actually very simple. I was going to "assassinate" an unethical local political figure and make the country stand up and take notice of my movement. Oh, we weren't going to assassinate him the way you think; there would be no violence, no killings, only an assassination of their character, and well, maybe their job and the lifestyle they were enjoying at the expense of others. The politician would not be able to brush this under the rug. I was going to make sure that when the event took place, there would be no turning back. I had chosen my mark: Bruce Pearson, the Oakland county executive... his time was coming .I was going to make sure that when the event took place, there would be no turning back. He would have to either make changes or resign. I worked on the specifics of the plan for a year. I wanted to make sure there was no way Pearson could get out or get away with this again. Once the "assassination" was completed, I would post it to the web and wait to see how the citizens of America would take or embrace or maybe smash this movement.... I woke the following morning, slowly. I had been up late watching to see if anyone had viewed the youtube video we posted and sometime around 4am I went to bed. It was approximately 6 hours after the Assassination took place. As I was lying in the bed trying to wipe the sleep from my eyes, I hear a yell that shoots me up from my slumber. It is Jake, "Hey, man, get out here; this is crazy! We hit 80,000 and its going up faster than I can even say. It has gone viral. Your video has gone viral!" I rushed out into the room to look at the computer to see what Jake was screaming about and sure enough the video had gone viral. "Overnight sensation" some would say. I was excited. But then, as the counter kept rising, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach. I was not going to survive this. Oh, but, Bruce Pearson wasn't going to be able to survive this either. But holly crap it was happening. We all yelled and laughed and jumped up and down. We had posted the actual video onto youtube from a site on the other side of town and at a McDonald's. With a lap top that was old and outdated and then Tossed in a dumpster.Over the next several weeks, we all continued to go to our jobs and live life as usual. The only thing was that, silently across the country, "cell groups" were forming in mass putting out copy-cat reproductions. They were posting daily that they had joined the movement of "Con Pollo Loco" and they too were taking action "assassinating" people of influence for their lack of character.The internet was exploding with excitement about the "movement", so were the news Channels. Fearing some out of control extremist would hop on this bandwagon and do something horrible, the Government was now calling me Public Enemy Number One, and vowed to get me.Instead of being a dumb ass, I should have thought about it, but how could I have known. This was the moment that I realized I had to go. I had to run. I had to leave right then. We knew it had happened. We had talked about it and joked about it, but then, here it was: We had started one of the greatest movements for change in the history books. We shook hands, said goodbye and headed out. I turned and drove off into the early morning sun, not really knowing where I was going or what I was going to do....

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