A Salty Piece Of Land

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759512924

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A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines, in a shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever. From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Humorous stories
ISBN : 0156026988

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Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

The singer/songwriter displays his gift for creating witty, laid-back Southern stories in a collection of bizarre tales and thoughtful essays.

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316032315

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Swine Not? by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Bestselling writer Jimmy Buffett weaves an irresistible tale filled with colorful characters, wry humor, and the pursuit of a very clever pig. When Southern belle Ellie McBride moves her twins from Vertigo, to New York City, they wouldn't dream of leaving behind the family pig Rumpy. But the posh hotel where Ellie has found work (and living space) has "No Pets" writ large on its portal. So hiding Rumpy from the hotel staff -- -especially the ultra-carnivorous hotel chef, who would like nothing better than to transform their pet into pork roast -- -becomes imperative.

Author : Jimmy Buffett,Savannah Jane Buffett
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152015019

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Trouble Dolls by Jimmy Buffett,Savannah Jane Buffett Pdf

When Lizzy Rhinehart's father is lost in the Florida Everglades, she calls on the help of her golden retriever, tiny Guatemalan "trouble dolls," and a magic blue macaw to save him before a ferocious storm begins. "A welcome blend of myth and reality, set in modern times but connected by folklore to the world of animals and magic."--Publishers Weekly

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Harvest Books
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0156026996

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Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Trevor Kane, the hemorrhoid-ointment heiress, South Seas psychic Desdemona, tabloid journalist Rudy Breno, and renegade seaplane pilot search for the whereabouts of presumed-dead-but-often-sighted rock star Joe Merchant. By the author of Tales from Margaritaville. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780316090520

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace Pdf

These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.

Author : Cormac McCarthy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307267450

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The Road by Cormac McCarthy Pdf

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The Passenger A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Author : James Boyce
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921825392

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Van Diemen’s Land by James Boyce Pdf

Winner of the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize Winner of the 2008 Colin Roderick Award Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this book, James Boyce shows how the convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. This is their story, the story of Van Diemen’s Land. Shortlisted in the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards, the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards and the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards ‘A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people.’ —Tim Flannery ‘The most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore. In re-imagining Australia's past, it invents a new future.’ —Richard Flanagan ‘Like the best history, Van Diemen's Land is not an artfully constructed narrative with the (inevitably inadequate) evidence banished to endnotes, but a dialogue between historian and reader as they explore the fragile sources, and the silences, together.’ —Inga Clendinnen ‘The publication of Van Diemen's Land signals an entirely fresh approach to Australian history-writing ... This is a brilliant publication.’ —Alan Atkinson ‘A fresh and sparkling account.’ —Henry Reynolds James Boyce is the multiple award-winning author of Born Bad, 1835 and Van Diemen’s Land. He has a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he is an honorary research associate of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Author : Herman Wouk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Americans
ISBN : 144477932X

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Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk Pdf

It's everyone's dream: to leave behind the rat-race of the working world and start life all over again amidst the cool breezes, sun-drenched colours, and rum-laced drinks of a tropical paradise. This is the story of Norman Paperman, a New York City press agent who, facing the onset of middle age, runs away to a Caribbean island to reinvent himself as a hotel keeper. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk, who himself lived on an island in the sun for seven years, draws on his own experiences to tell a story at once brilliantly comic and deeply moving about a man's search for happiness, and for himself.

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Sheet Music Anthology
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Music
ISBN : 073907881X

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Jimmy Buffett by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

For voice and piano. Includes chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.

Author : Elizabeth Encarnacion,John Encarnacion
Publisher : Cider Mill Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Country music
ISBN : 1933662964

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The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook by Elizabeth Encarnacion,John Encarnacion Pdf

This comprehensive handbook offers essential Parrothead information, from details about Jimmy Buffett's music to background on the band to stories behind some of his famous songs. Readers can learn how to dress for the show, make the perfect margarita, and much more.

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 1470610647

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Jimmy Buffett: Songs from St. Somewhere by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Now more than 30 albums in, Jimmy Buffett's Songs from St. Somewhere returns to the familiar theme of his music---island life. This guitar TAB folio contains transcriptions from all the songs on this chart-topping new album. Titles: Somethin' 'Bout a Boat * Einstein Was a Surfer * Earl's Dead---Cadillac for Sale * Too Drunk to Karaoke * Serpentine * Useless but Important Information * I Want to Go Back to Cartagena * Soulfully * Rue de la Guitare * I'm No Russian * Tides * The Rocket That Grandpa Rode * I Wave Bye Bye * Colour of the Sun * Oldest Surfer on the Beach.

Author : Robert Wilder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995-04-01
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : 1877838098

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Wind from the Carolinas by Robert Wilder Pdf

Author : Erin McKenna,Scott L. Pratt
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812696929

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Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy by Erin McKenna,Scott L. Pratt Pdf

Jimmy Buffett and his music have touched the lives of millions of people around the world, spanning generations and genres. But is Buffett's music just a good time, or is there a deeper level to it? Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy shows the philosophical side of this self-proclaimed non-philosopher's work. The articles in this book provide an accessible approach to thinking about Buffett's music philosophically and to thinking about philosophy from the perspective of Jimmy Buffett's music. Along the way, questions are raised about figures in the philosophical tradition from ancient to contemporary — Epicurus, Diogenes, Heidegger, Josiah Royce, William James, John Dewey, and Judith Butler. In addition, questions about a wide range of traditional philosophical issues, including aesthetic theory, identity, knowledge, culture, and being, are explored.

Author : James C. Clark
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467149792

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Florida Literary Luminaries: Writing in Paradise by James C. Clark Pdf

Sit down for a spell with the bevy of famed writers who've found inspiration in the Florida sun. From the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca to James Patterson, writers have found inspiration in the Florida sunshine. Ernest Hemingway met his future wife at Sloppy Joe's in Key West. John Kennedy recovered from back surgery in Palm Beach while working on his Pulitzer Prize winning book. James Weldon Johnson wrote what became The Negro National Anthem at the Stanton School in Jacksonville. And Edna St. Vincent Millay watched in shock as her manuscript went up in flames in Sanibel. Florida historian James Clark tells the stories of scores of writers including Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, John D. MacDonald, and Stephen King. Hunter Thompson driving through the streets of Key West using a bullhorn to warn the citizens, Tennessee Williams partying with Truman Capote, Ring Lardner planning a get together with Al Capone--it's all here.