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Book Limbo

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  • Author : Alfred Lubrano
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2010-12-22
  • ISBN : 1118039726
  • Pages : 263 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Alfred Lubrano and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn between the world they were raised in and the life they aspire too, they hover between worlds, not quite accepted in either. Himself the son of a Brooklyn bricklayer, Lubrano informs his account with personal experience and interviews with other professionals living in limbo. For millions of Americans, these stories will serve as familiar reminders of the struggles of achieving the American Dream.

Book Lady Limbo

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  • Author : Consuelo Roland
  • Publisher : Jacana Media
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 1431405086
  • Pages : 446 pages

Download or read book Lady Limbo written by Consuelo Roland and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2012 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Friday evening Daniel de Luc, an elusive crime writer with a deep love of poetry, disappears from a Camps Bay apartment while cooking pasta. His wife Paola, desperately worried after days of hearing nothing, is contacted by an eccentric stranger who claims to have known her missing husband under a different name and warns her not to look for him. Paola soon learns that her husband was involved in the shadowy world of the international sex industry, where well-heeled women pay men to become the anonymous fathers of their children. As her neat, controlled existence is turned inside out, Paola struggles to keep a level head and find her own humanity while trying to outwit her enemies and stay alive. The result is a fast-paced thriller that shifts between Cape Town and Paris, blending realism with the fantastic and pitting love against the attraction of sexual adventure.

Book Limbo of the Lost

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  • Author : John Wallace Spencer
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Limbo of the Lost written by John Wallace Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Slake s Limbo

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  • Author : Felice Holman
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1986-05-31
  • ISBN : 0689710666
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Slake s Limbo written by Felice Holman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986-05-31 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Artemis Slake, at the age of thirteen, took his fear and misfortune and hid them underground. The thing is, he had to go with them".

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Bernard Wolfe
  • Publisher : Gateway
  • Release : 2016-12-15
  • ISBN : 1473212480
  • Pages : 534 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Bernard Wolfe and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of an atomic war, a new international movement of pacifism has arisen. Multitudes of young men have chosen to curb their aggressive instincts through voluntary amputation - disarmament in its most literal sense. Those who have undergone this procedure are highly esteemed in the new society. But they have a problem - their prosthetics require a rare metal to function, and international tensions are rising over which countries get the right to mine it . . .

Book Dancing in Limbo

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  • Author : Glenna Halvorson-Boyd
  • Publisher : Jossey-Bass
  • Release : 1995-10-17
  • ISBN : 9780787901035
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Dancing in Limbo written by Glenna Halvorson-Boyd and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1995-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life After Cancer I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It]will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelingsand stages of the coping process. It will help demystify thecomplex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain pathof cancer survivorship. --Elisabeth Targ, M.D., Geraldine Brush Cancer Research Institute,California Pacific Medical Center An intimate and inspiring account of the authors' real-lifeexperiences of surviving cancer. The authors provide astraightforward account of what life is like after the whirlwind ofdoctors' visits and radical treatments comes to an And.

Book Lives in Limbo

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  • Author : Roberto G. Gonzales
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 0520287266
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Lives in Limbo written by Roberto G. Gonzales and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over two million of the nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States since childhood. Due to a broken immigration system, they grow up to uncertain futures. In Lives in Limbo, Roberto G. Gonzales introduces us to two groups: the college-goers, like Ricardo, whose good grades and strong network of community support propelled him into higher education, only to land in a factory job a few years after graduation, and the early-exiters, like Gabriel, who failed to make meaningful connections in high school and started navigating dead-end jobs, immigration checkpoints, and a world narrowly circumscribed by legal limitations. This ethnography asks why highly educated undocumented youth ultimately share similar work and life outcomes with their less-educated peers, even as higher education is touted as the path to integration and success in America. Gonzales bookends his study with discussions of how the prospect of immigration reform, especially the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, could impact the lives of these young Americans"--Provided by publisher.

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Jerome McDonough
  • Publisher : I. E. Clark Publications
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN : 9780886802196
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Jerome McDonough and published by I. E. Clark Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Dan Watters
  • Publisher : Image Comics
  • Release : 2016-06-01
  • ISBN : 1632159910
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Dan Watters and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detective with no memory, no identity, and no manners. A femme fatale seeking escape from a powerful crime lord. A voodoo queen with a penchant for mixtapes and hi-tops. A goat-eating TV... A surreal neon-noir fusing hardboiled pulp with an 80's VHS visual aesthetic, dripping with neon and static. Collects LIMBO #1-6.

Book Writing in Limbo

Download or read book Writing in Limbo written by Simon Gikandi and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Simon Gikandi’s view, Caribbean literature and postcolonial literature more generally negotiate an uneasy relationship with the concepts of modernism and modernity—a relationship in which the Caribbean writer, unable to escape a history encoded by Europe, accepts the challenge of rewriting it. Drawing on contemporary deconstructionist theory, Gikandi looks at how such Caribbean writers as George Lamming, Samuel Selvon, Alejo Carpentier, C. L. R. James, Paule Marshall, Merle Hodge, Zee Edgell, and Michelle Cliff have attempted to confront European modernism.

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Dan Fox
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-04-30
  • ISBN : 9781910695807
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Dan Fox and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreverent and erudite essay on being stuck and its opposites, from the author of Pretentiousness: Why it Matters.

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Nora Quien
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-03-16
  • ISBN : 1735713309
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Nora Quien and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Limbo, Book I of The High Comedy, Nora Quien takes the reader on a trip through the afterlife where a man walks the tightrope between good and evil, a dance we all do, often for the entertainment of everyone else. Dan Twersky is a former TSA agent killed in an airport drug bust, who finds his fate in Hell, the first stop on his journey into the great beyond. At first, he must negotiate the stinky, over-populated Nine Circles of Hell, a fearsome place with a diverse cast of shady residents and loathsome characters from history. His biggest challenge is to keep the Devil happy, an almost impossible task. Forced to work on Your Majesty’s relentless war on goodness, Twersky must succeed at his evil assignments on Earth to avoid ending up in Hell Central, the location of the dreaded Fire Pit. His travels take him to the world’s hotspots and on an inner journey where he faces the demons of fear and loneliness. Twersky takes us on an exploration of Twenty-first Century Hell and the tenuous borders between reality and fantasy, and comedy and horror. Sometimes who can tell the difference?

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Sean Keith Henry
  • Publisher : Akashic Books
  • Release : 2004-04-01
  • ISBN : 9781888451559
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Sean Keith Henry and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharaoh Chisholm is an American from Trinidad who moves his family to a small city in Norway, and must cope with issues of race and isolation in a homogeneous culture.

Book Saints in Limbo

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  • Author : River Jordan
  • Publisher : WaterBrook
  • Release : 2009-05-05
  • ISBN : 0307457915
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Saints in Limbo written by River Jordan and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “River Jordan’s Saints in Limbo is a compelling story of the mysteries of existence and, specially, the mysteries of the human heart.” –Ron Rash, author of Serena and Chemistry and Other Stories “I lose myself in River’s writing–transported to a different time and place– and in this case, to one that makes the ordinary mystical and magical. I give it FIVE diamonds in the Pulpwood Queen’s TIARA!” –Kathy L. Patrick, founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life Ever since her husband Joe died, Velma True’s world has been limited to what she can see while clinging to one of the multicolored threads tied to the porch railing of her home outside Echo, Florida. When a mysterious stranger appears at her door on her birthday and presents Velma with a special gift, she is rattled by the object’s ability to take her into her memories–a place where Joe still lives, her son Rudy is still young, unaffected by the world’s hardness, and the beginning is closer than the end. As secrets old and new come to light, Velma wonders if it’s possible to be unmoored from the past’s deep roots and find a reason to hope again. Praise for River Jordan “[River Jordan’s] literary spice rack has everything you need to put together a good book.” –Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man “River Jordan writes so beautifully.” –Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Book Living in the Land of Limbo

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  • Author : Carol Levine
  • Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
  • Release : 2014-03-15
  • ISBN : 0826519717
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Living in the Land of Limbo written by Carol Levine and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in the Land of Limbo is the first anthology of short stories and poems about family caregivers. These men and women find themselves in "limbo," as they struggle to take care of a family member or friend in the uncertain world of chronic illness. The authors explore caregivers' experiences as they deal with family conflicts, the complexities of the health care system, and the impact of their choices on their lives and the lives of others. The book includes selections devoted to caregivers of aging parents; husbands and wives; ill children; and relatives, lovers, and friends. A final section is devoted to paid caregivers and their clients. Among the conditions that form the background of the selections are dementia, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, and pediatric cancer. Many of the authors are well-known poets and writers, but others have not been published in mainstream media. They represent a range of cultural backgrounds. Although their works approach caregiving in very different ways, the authors share a commitment to emotional truth, unvarnished by societal ideals of what caregivers should feel and do. These stories and poems paint profoundly moving and revealing portraits of family caregivers.

Book Limbo

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  • Author : Gracie Rebecca Grey
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2016-01-11
  • ISBN : 1514448017
  • Pages : 87 pages

Download or read book Limbo written by Gracie Rebecca Grey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Jean Stone is an ordinary teenager. She is rude and mean girl who likes to act out. She was not always like this. She became like this because she discovered that her family and friends kept the biggest secret from her, which mainly concerns her. One day Alice has a tragic accident. When she opens her eyes straight after the accident, she finds herself somewhere else. A dark and cold place also known as Limbo. Will Alice find a way to escape Limbo before it is too late? If she dies, what will be the consequences?

Book The Missing  Gator of Gumbo Limbo

Download or read book The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo written by Jean Craighead George and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1993-03-19 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanished? Liza Poole lives with her mother in one of the last balanced ecosystems in North America -- the Gumbo Limbo Hammock deep within the lush kingdom of the Florida Everglades. Some may think it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live in her small yellow tent amidst tropical birds and exotic plants. And at the center of this natural paradise lies Dajun, the majestic alligator who protects Gumbo Limbo's environment. Then, one day, a state official arrives with frightening orders. Dajun is scaring people nearby -- he must be killed! Liza takes action to save the invaluable 'gator, but suddenly, he is nowhere to be found. Now, she must find Dajun before it's too late, and her search will lead her into the heart of an exciting eco mystery!