Download or read book said the shotgun to the head written by Saul Williams and published by MTV Books. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest Americans Have not been born yet They are waiting quietly For their past to die please give blood Here is the account of a man so ravished by a kiss that it distorts his highest and lowest frequencies of understanding into an Incongruent mean of babble and brilliance...

Download or read book Atolls of the Sun written by Frederick O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shotgun Lovesongs written by Nickolas Butler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Impressively original." —The New York Times "Sparkles in every way. A love letter to the open lonely American heartland...A must-read." —People "The kind of book that restores your faith in humanity." —Toronto Star Welcome to Little Wing. It's a place like hundreds of others, nothing special, really. But for four friends—all born and raised in this small Wisconsin town—it is home. And now they are men, coming into their own or struggling to do so. One of them never left, still working the family farm that has been tilled for generations. But others felt the need to move on, with varying degrees of success. One trades commodities, another took to the rodeo circuit, and one of them even hit it big as a rock star. And then there's Beth, a woman who has meant something special in each of their lives. Now all four are brought together for a wedding. Little Wing seems even smaller than before. While lifelong bonds are still strong, there are stresses—among the friends, between husbands and wives. There will be heartbreak, but there will also be hope, healing, even heroism as these memorable people learn the true meaning of adult friendship and love. Seldom has the American heartland been so richly and accurately portrayed. Though the town may have changed, the one thing that hasn't is the beauty of the Wisconsin farmland, the lure of which, in Nickolas Butler's hands, emerges as a vibrant character in the story. Shotgun Lovesongs is that rare work of fiction that evokes a specific time and place yet movingly describes the universal human condition. It is, in short, a truly remarkable book—a novel that once read will never be forgotten.

Download or read book Every Sun That Rises written by Thad Sitton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What I done and what I been accused of covers everything, you put ’em both together.” Wyatt Moore of Caddo Lake exaggerates, but perhaps not very much. During his long life at Caddo Lake, Moore was at various times a boat operator, commercial fisherman, boat builder, farmer, fishing and hunting camp operator, guide, commercial hunter, trapper, raftsman, moonshiner, oil field worker, water well driller, and mechanical jack-of-all-trades. Still, he always found time for his lifelong study of the natural and human history of Caddo Lake. Here, in words as fresh and forceful as the day they were uttered, is his tale. Moore, who was given the gift of a unique story to tell and great power to tell it, was the historical interpreter of his strange homeland of Caddo Lake. Twenty-three miles long, some forty thousand acres at high water, stretching across two Texas counties and one Louisiana parish, Caddo Lake’s fresh waters merge into a labyrinthine swamp punctuated by inlets, holes, and geological oddities like Goat Island, Whistleberry Slough, Whangdoodle Pass, and the Devil’s Elbow. Here among these lost reminders of steamboats and old bateau men is Moore’s world. Born in 1901 at Karnack, Texas, Moore grew up in a time when kids wore button shoes and in a place where pigs and chickens roamed the backyard. He drank his first whiskey at age eight, gigged fish, trapped, and hunted for pearls as a boy, and grew up to an easy assurance on the lake that comes only to those long accustomed to its ways. A walking library of the history of Caddo Lake, Moore delved into almost every nook and corner of it, and wherever he went, whatever he did, he sought to learn more about his subect. Sought out by writers and journalists—among them James Michener and Bill Moyers—because of his laconic wit and remarkable command of the region’s story, Moore became known as a resource as precious as the lake itself. Moore’s story is eloquently introduced by Thad Sitton in an opening essay that chronicles the history of Caddo Lake. Striking photographs of Moore at home and at work on the lake beautifully amplify his life story, and an exuberant word-and-picture essay of Moore expertly building the traditional boat of the region, a bateau, reinforces the vivid image we have of this remarkable man.

Download or read book Mr Sun Falls in Love written by K. L. Poore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Hard Boiled Detective story hiding inside a classic mystery with a sprinkling of L.A. quirk sprinkled in for good measure" - J.M. Moore

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Download or read book In the Sun s House written by Kurt Caswell and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year he spent teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, Kurt Caswell found himself shunned as persona non grata. His cultural missteps, status as an interloper, and white skin earned him no respect in the classroom or the community—those on the reservation assumed he would come and go like so many teachers had before. But as Caswell attempts to bridge the gap between himself and those who surround him, he finds his calling as a teacher and develops a love for the rich landscape of New Mexico, and manages a hard-won truce between his failings and successes.

Download or read book Black Sun written by Clifford Beck and published by Clifford Beck. This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, a powerful solar storm struck the planet, burning out power grids, causing batteries to surge and bringing civilization to an abrupt end. Amid the chaos, Ryan meets Abigail at the back of an alley. Trust is established quickly and together, they begin their journey to safety, sharing the bond of lovers. But their lives become threatened by violence as people forfeit their humanity for an existence as animals. After being befallen by one potential disaster after another, they meet Emma, who, out of necessity, has become something of a survivalist. In the middle of a vast woods, Ryan and Abigail are taken in and with their help, the routine of daily life becomes easier. But some time later, while out hunting it is they who become the hunted. Losing both Emma and Ryan, Abigail now pregnant, is now on her own as she wanders through the woods seeking help. Now near nightfall, as if delivered by divine hands, help arrives in an unusual form. And after fearing for her life, she comes to trust her redeemers and as promised, they take her to a place she can finally call home.

Download or read book In the Lands of the Sun written by Wilhelm (Prince of Sweden) and published by London : E. Nash. This book was released on 1915 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Black Sun Killer Moon written by Michael Milardo and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic in scope and inspired by actual people and events in what was Indian Territory — present-day Oklahoma — Black Sun, Killer Moon tells the extraordinary story of escaped slave Silence Reeves. Hoping to find his way north to freedom after killing his master, Silence is scooped up by a tornado and slammed down in Indian Territory, where no white man’s law exists, only savages, Silence believes, who will eat his liver. What Silence discovers, however, begins his transformation from forced ignorance to, “A civilized man. A dignified man. An educated man.” But also a gunman as he begins the hunt for his adoptive father’s killer amid the explosion of post-Civil War crime in Indian Territory. To end the lawlessness, a “hanging judge” is summoned and U.S. Deputy Marshals are appointed. Rangers with the shooting and tracking skills necessary to bring in the worst humanity has to offer – dead or alive. Men with skills like those of Silence Reeves and the astute, ever-insightful Creek leader, Hawk Eyes. But also men like the one who murdered Silence’s adoptive father. A clash between Silence and that man becomes inevitable. A mere question of time and place. With a resolution that will leave readers breathless.

Download or read book Shotgun Seamstress written by Osa Atoe and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cut & paste celebration of Black punk and outsider identity, this is the only complete collection of the fanzine Shotgun Seamstress, a legendary DIY project that centered the scope of Blackness outside of mainstream corporate consumerist identity In 2006, Osa Atoe was inspired to create an expression out of the experience of being the only Black kid at the punk show—and Shotgun Seamstress was born. Like a great mixtape where radical politics are never sidelined for an easier ride, Shotgun Seamstress was a fanzine by and for Black punks that expressed, represented, and documented the fullest range of being, and collectively and individually explored “all of our possibilities instead of allowing the dominant culture to tell us what it means to be Black.” Laid out by hand, and photocopied and distributed in small batches, each issue featured essays, interviews, historical portraits of important artists and scenes, reviews, and more, all paying tribute to musicians and artists that typify free Black expression and interrupt notions of Black culture as a monolith. Featuring figures such as Vaginal Cream Davis, the seminal Black punk band Death, Poly Styrene, Bay Area rocker Brontez Purnell, British post-punker Rachel Aggs, New York photographer Alvin Baltrop, Detroit garage rocker Mick Collins and so many others, in the pages of this book rock’n’roll is reclaimed as Black music and a wide spectrum of gender and sexuality is represented. Collecting and anthologizing the layouts as they were originally photocopied by hand, this collection comprises all eight issues created between 2006 and 2015.

Download or read book Masters Of The Sun written by Michael Kingswood and published by SSN Storytelling. This book was released on 2011-09-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world ended ten years ago, but life goes on. For Jack Simmons, that means a life spent hunting and trapping with his friend and mentor, and trying not to think about what he lost all those years ago. Of course, even after the end of the world politics rolls along. And when the trade caravan brings word to Jack’s town of a new force rising in the west, a force rumored to have magical powers, Jack finds himself thrust on a journey with a man he does not trust in a quest to discover the truth behind the rumors. What he finds there will change him forever, and usher in a new era for mankind. Assuming it does not kill or enslave them all first.

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Download or read book Naked Sun written by Robin Balogh Cox (author) and published by Knowhere Media. This book was released on 2021-02-13 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the unforgiving landscape of the desert Southwest two stories of greed unfold.Two sets of friends on different adventures, separated by time, face the ruthless nature of those who have turned their backs on God.The first are single women leaving for a weekend getaway at a modern day resort. The second are hired guns tasked with protecting the stage coach and its wealth of cargo as it races against threat of robbery.In the shadow of Sombrero Peak near Tucson, Arizona, in a land laced with hidden silver mines and the spirits of souls who sought fortune and lost, those who hunger for material wealth turn to violence.The second book in the Old West Suspense series finds Bev Conners living and working in her new home of Alpine, Texas and in dire need of a vacation.When one of her oldest friends invites her on a wild weekend she can't resist the temptation. And when her girl getaway at an Arizona spa and resort takes a horrible turn Bev must fight to survive.Old friends gone and new friends rediscovered, Bev finds some hope, but the physical and emotional struggle she faces is enough to break her spirit-almost.

Download or read book Riding Shotgun written by Nate Bennett and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of Chief Operating Officer is clearly important. In fact, it's arguable that the number two position is the toughest job in a company. COOs play a critical part in executing the strategies developed by top management. And, in many cases, they are being groomed—or test-driven—as the firm's CEO-elect. Riding Shotgun provides unique insight into this little-understood role. The authors develop a framework that illustrates who the COO is, why a company should create this position, and what the challenges associated with this job entail. Drawing heavily on first-person accounts from top executives, the authors offer a set of strategies to inform individuals who aspire to serve as COO. With a new preface and conclusion, and even more interviews from some of the most established and important companies in today's economy, this book is a one-of-a-kind resource for the C-suite and the boardroom.

Download or read book Sleeping Dragon Rising Sun written by Craig Cartmell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China, the greatest empire the world had ever known, is weak and divided after a series of humiliating defeats in the Opium Wars, and the divine Empress' court harbours many who deeply resent the westerners who inflicted and now take advantage of these losses. Japan, on the other hand, has embraced the West with open arms. After centuries of isolation the Japanese now march forwards and accept technologies that, a few decades before, would have been regarded as witchcraft. Possessed of the East's most modern army, Japan now looks avariciously towards its neighbours. The next decade will decide whether the ancient empires of the East survive or are washed away, and every one of the Great Powers wants their slice.

Download or read book The Triumph of the Sun written by Wilbur Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They've come from out of the shifting sands and down from ancient mountains. Mounted on horse and camel, carrying gleaming swords and plundered rifles, the sons of Allah are led by a holy warrior imbued with jihad,driving his army of thousands to wipe out the last Englishmen from the isolated Nile city... Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. In Khartoum, the fates of a legendary British general, a brilliant, mercenary trader, a beautiful woman and a courageous soldier will become one. They know that time is running out and rescue is improbable. So they prepare for one last stand--and the beginning of an epic journey of survival... From a passionate rivalry for a woman to an unforgettable face-off between warriors, Wilbur Smith's The Triumph of the Sun is adventure fiction writ large--alive with the sounds of throngs, the terror of battle, and the mystical fire of human courage in the darkest moments of all.