Download or read book Search History written by Eugene Lim and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Search History oscillates between a wild cyberdog chase and lunch-date monologues as Eugene Lim deconstructs grieving and storytelling with uncanny juxtapositions and subversive satire. Frank Exit is dead—or is he? While eavesdropping on two women discussing a dog-sitting gig over lunch, a bereft friend comes to a shocking realization: Frank has been reincarnated as a dog! This epiphany launches a series of adventures—interlaced with digressions about AI-generated fiction, virtual reality, Asian American identity in the arts, and lost parents—as an unlikely cast of accomplices and enemies pursues the mysterious canine. In elliptical, propulsive prose, Search History plumbs the depths of personal and collective consciousness, questioning what we consume, how we grieve, and the stories we tell ourselves.
Download or read book SkateKey written by Jennifer Ranu and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-two childhood stories told by men and women about roller-skating during different periods in American history.
Download or read book Jesse and the Magic Boots written by Janina Ward and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-07-29 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse finishes the school year and travels to his grandfathers ranch for what he thought was going to be his routine summer vacation. Jesse began to wonder what his grandfather meant when he said, If only you had been in my shoes passing through his grandpas bedroom he pauses to slip his feet into and old worn out pair of grandpas cowboy boots. Jesse becomes very dizzy and passes out on the bed only to awaken the following morning lying next to a juniper tree out on the range. The only thing he sees for miles is a horse, saddled and ready to be ridden. Jesses head still foggy, he mounts the horse and lets it lead the way. The countryside begins to look familiar and soon he finds himself at the old homesteadonly it had burned to the ground years before! Upon investigating Jesse finds his great-great grandmother and grandfather only they have also been dead for years. He soon realizes that he has gone back in time over seventy years and everyone thinks that he is his grandpa Fred. Jesse has no choice but to do his best to blend in until he can find a way back home. He learns many things including how to work and brand the cattle. Jesse goes along as the family takes a wagon trip to the town of Prescott. Jesse has many close encounters and interesting discoveries as the summer wears on, finally he sees visions in the night urging him to leave soon! Very adventurous reading for young adults as well as those young at heart. A stimulating trip into the old west complete with many historic photos to stimulate the imagination! A must read for anyone that has ever wondered what ranch life was like in our wonderful Arizona history.
Download or read book Mousecatraz written by Wesley Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Disney College Program is unlike any internship in the world. Journey into a world that is full of magic and see why Disney is one of the greatest organizations to work for. Filled with commentary from Disney College Program alumni and Disney cast members, "Mousecatraz: The Disney College Program" is a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the Disney interns as they participate in a Living, Learning, and Earning experience at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Welcome to Mousecatraz!
Download or read book Half Magic written by Edward Eager and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous adventures of a family after they found a magic coin. Grades 5-6.
Download or read book Roller Skates written by Ruth Sawyer and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1967 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890s.
Download or read book Harper s Young People written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plato and Potato Chips written by June Luvisi and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a different kind of life story. My husband and I married right after college, and when he was diagnosed with cancer, I eventually found it hard to know what to say or do to chase the clouds away. With mortality staring me in the face, I realized there were things I wanted to share about us and the family before it was too late. So I dived into writing about what stood out in memory. Things that defined us. Things that defined me. The ultimate result was "Plato and Potato Chips."
Download or read book Paul Daniels My Magic Life The Autobiography written by Paul Daniels and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rats on Roller Skates written by Fiona Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A whimsical children's book following the adventures of Rob Rat and his Ratbag Gang.
Download or read book Shen of the Sea written by Arthur Bowie Chrisman and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Awards.
Download or read book An Open Book written by Michael Dirda and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Open Book is the exuberant, wonderfully entertaining story of how comics and adventure novels, poetry and Proust can change your life. Hailed by readers and critics alike, An Open Book is, in the words of literary critic Morris Dickstein, "charming, memorable, and irresistible ... a glowing tribute to the world of books and the life of the mind." In its pages, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary journalist Michael Dirda re-creates, with captivating humor and poignancy, his boyhood in working-class Ohio and his later education at Oberlin College. Along the way he recalls his colorful family, friends, and teachers-and the great writers and fictional characters who fueled his imagination. Like Eudora Welty's One Writer's Beginnings before it, "this marvelous memoir" (Kirkus Reviews) conveys all the excitement of a lifelong passion for reading. Book jacket.
Download or read book The Sight of the Stars written by Belva Plain and published by Dell. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey through years of love, loss, sacrifice, and unimaginable betrayal. Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred and fifty dollars in his pocket, Adam Arnring says good-bye to his family and boards a train for the fabled West. The year is 1907. Adam is nineteen years old, a young man with stars in his eyes who has always dreamed of a future in the great open spaces of America. Now, far from his New Jersey home, he takes the first step toward attaining that dream, landing a job in a small department store in a booming Texas town. Here he meets a woman who excites him beyond all measure. The exquisite, untouchable Emma Rothirsch lives in a world whose doors are firmly closed to him. But Adam is a man willing to take great risks to get what he wants. One is Emma. The other is to build a lasting business enterprise that will live on through his children and grandchildren. But just when Adam’s dreams are within reach, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes from the trenches of World War I, setting in motion a series of events that echo down through the years. The owner of a prospering department store and the head of a growing family, Adam succumbs to a moment of weakness that culminates in an unforgivable act of betrayal. And now, as another generation prepares to take its rightful place in the family’s legendary empire, the tenuous threads of the Arnrings’ past begin to unravel, revealing a shattering secret that reaches back nearly a century. Across a teeming canvas of history, through world wars and the close of a century, The Sight of the Stars tells a deeply affecting story of family and forgiveness, guilt and redemption. Brimming with the emotional depth and moral complexity we have come to expect from this incomparable storyteller, The Sight of the Stars is about what happens when we dare to dream, and the moments that can change families forever.
Download or read book Running Sideways written by Pauline Davis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023 Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022 A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history. When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn’t with any thought of future Olympic glory. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family’s buckets every day to fetch fresh water—running sideways, sprinting barefoot from bullies, to get the buckets of water home without spilling. But when a seasoned track coach saw Pauline sprinting, he saw the heart of a champion. In Running Sideways, Pauline Davis shares her inspiring story. Born and raised in the ghetto, Pauline fought through poverty, inequality, racism, and political machinations from her own country to beat the odds and become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the first individual gold medalist in sprinting from the Caribbean, the first Black woman on the World Athletics council, and a central figure in the Russian anti-doping campaign. A casualty herself of the doping plague that hit track and field—she wouldn’t be awarded her individual gold medal until Marion Jones was infamously stripped of her medals for doping—Pauline dedicated her years on the World Athletics council to clean sport and fair play. Running Sideways is a book about determination, faith, focus, and an incredible will to succeed. It’s about a trailblazer in women’s sports, not just in The Bahamas, not just in track and field, but on the global stage.
Download or read book You ll Miss Me When I m Gone written by Rachel Lynn Solomon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Heartfelt, deeply moving.” —Buzzfeed “Dark and thought-provoking.” —Publishers Weekly “A stunning debut.” —VOYA A poignant, lyrical debut novel about twins who navigate first love, their Jewish identity, and shocking results from a genetic test that determines their fate—whether they inherited their mother’s Huntington’s disease. Eighteen-year-old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature. Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist—and to convince her music teacher he wants her the way she wants him. Overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins, the first step on her path toward med school and a career as a surgeon. But one thing could wreck their carefully planned futures: a genetic test for Huntington’s, a rare degenerative disease that slowly steals control of the body and mind. It’s turned their Israeli mother into a near stranger and fractured the sisters’ own bond in ways they’ll never admit. While Tovah finds comfort in their Jewish religion, Adina rebels against its rules. When the results come in, one twin tests negative for Huntington’s. The other tests positive. These opposite outcomes push them farther apart as they wrestle with guilt, betrayal, and the unexpected thrill of first love. How can they repair their relationship, and is it even worth saving? From debut author Rachel Lynn Solomon comes a luminous, heartbreaking tale of life, death, and the fragile bond between sisters.
Download or read book Participant Observer written by Robin Fox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Fox, one of the preeminent anthropologists of our time, takes us on an exuberant personal, intellectual and cultural journey through the 1930s to the 1970s. This is a personal, historical, intellectual journey, one that is at once intriguing, hilarious, and moving. Like Browning's Sordello (who recurs throughout the book), Fox is telling the story of "the development of a soul." Fox's method is to depend entirely on memory to select the people, events, and ideas that have driven him towards what was called at the time a "revolution in the social sciences." This revolution was the founding of the biosocial, or what came to be called the sociobiological, movement in the study of human behavior. It was a long road peppered with strange events, brain-bending ideas, odd adventures, dangers and sorrows, and a cast of lively, often eccentric characters.Fox describes himself as an observer of a series of endings: the last gasps of now extinct ways of life. He witnessed the last of the old steam and horse-powered northern wool towns of the industrial revolution and the pre-industrial Hardy countryside of southern England. He saw the ancient grammar schools before their destruction by doctrinaire socialism; the old LSE when it was still an international family, not just a big college; the brave but failed experiment that was Talcott Parsons' Social Relations Department. In the United States, he experienced the innocent but troubled America of the 1950s and the last gasp of traditional Indian life in New Mexico. He lived in genteel Jane Austen England in Devon and experienced peasant-crofter life in the Irish islands.Participant Observer is a report from the cultural and social battlefront, seen through the personal lens of a combatant. Fox has given us a kind of Cook's Tour through the ideas and intellectual movements of mid-century, when the world changed and the foundations of the twenty-first century were set. It is the history of an education by a narrator in love with learning.
Download or read book David Jason My Life written by David Jason and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours. It wasn't until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation's hearts: the beloved Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as TV's favourite detective Jack Frost, took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children's show Danger Mouse. But life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in Dad's Army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, David has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the way. David's is a touching, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment business. He's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yet. As Del Boy would say, it's all cushty.
