Casual Rex

Author : Eric Garcia
Publisher : Villard
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375506666

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Casual Rex by Eric Garcia Pdf

In 1999, Eric Garcia made his mark with one of the most striking mystery debuts of the year, Anonymous Rex, hailed as a dino-mite detective yarn by People, inventive and imaginative by USA Today, and a fresh and antic comic thriller by The Seattle Times. Now, with Casual Rex, the sharpest dinosaur-detective in Los Angeles is back, funnier and grittier than ever, for the next tale in this acclaimed series. Vincent Rubio is a private eye, working the angles in Los Angeles with his partner, Ernie. They've got the usual problems bills, bum cases, woman troubles. But being dinosaurs is not a problem, as long as their latex disguises fit properly. Not all dinosaurs agree. Some have joined a mysterious back-to-basics movement led by a beautiful and beguiling Velociraptor to help dinosaurs find themselves, let their tails hang out, and roam about as they really are. When a member of this cult dies under suspicious circumstances, Vincent and Ernie must investigate, while simultaneously handling the case of the missing Mussolini the theft of a rare and priceless prosthetic penis treasured in the dinosaur community. With Casual Rex, Eric Garcia takes readers even more deeply into this warped underworld and succeeds in making it all believable. The result is a novel that is as hilarious and entertaining as it is original.

Author : Eric Garcia
Publisher : Villard
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307819451

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Anonymous Rex by Eric Garcia Pdf

"What would the world be like if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? As this very funny book shows, for one thing, L.A. would be even weirder than it is now." --Dave Barry Vincent Rubio, a Los Angeles private investigator, is down on his luck: He's out of work. His car's been repossessed. His partner has died under mysterious circumstances. And his tail just won't stay put. Vincent is a dinosaur--a Velociraptor, to be precise. It seems the dinosaurs faked their extinction 65 million years ago and still roam the earth, disguised in convincing latex costumes that help them blend perfectly into human society. A heightened sense of smell allows the dinos to detect one another--Vincent's got an odor like a tasty Cuban cigar. When Vincent is called to investigate a two-bit case of arson at a hip dino nightclub, he discovers something much more sinister, which lures him back to New York City--the scene of his partner's death and a dangerous nexus of dinosaur and human intermingling. Will Vincent solve the mystery of his partner's death? Will a gorgeous blond chanteuse discover his true identity, jeopardizing both their lives? Will Vincent be able to conquer his dangerous addiction to basil, or will he wind up in Herba-holics Anonymous? Will he find true love, or resort to crumpled issues of Stegolicious? Somewhere between Jurassic Park and L.A. Confidential lies Eric Garcia's Anonymous Rex, one of the smartest, wittiest, and most entertaining debuts this side of the Ice Age.

Author : Eric Garcia
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425183397

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Casual Rex by Eric Garcia Pdf

Praised by Dave Barry and T.C. Boyle, Anonymous Rex was called an “awesomely funny” debut with “all the elements of a cult classic.” (Entertainment Weekly) Now Eric Garcia roars again…

Author : Eric Garcia
Publisher : Ace
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441012752

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Anonymous Rex ; Casual Rex by Eric Garcia Pdf

The inventive, imaginative, and funny detective thriller series starring a dinosaur disguised as a human in modern-day Los Angeles is now a Sci Fi Channel television movie.

Author : Eric Garcia
Publisher : Villard
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781588364005

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Hot and Sweaty Rex by Eric Garcia Pdf

Vincent Rubio, the most hard-boiled reptile detective ever, is back on the case in the third installment of Eric Garcia’s cult mystery series about dinosaurs who are still alive and committing crimes in L.A. Rubio’s latest assignment: the dinosaur mafia. As fans of Anonymous Rex and Casual Rex already know, the dinosaurs faked their extinction and live among us, disguising themselves as humans in elaborately designed latex costumes. Anyone could be a dinosaur. Your podiatrist. The crotchety old man who lives next door. Julia Roberts, it is well known, is actually a Stegosaur. When the head of the Raptor mafia asks Vincent Rubio to perform a service, he has no choice but to head for Miami to investigate a team of Hadrosaurs who are muscling in on Raptor territory. It’s dangerous business. Make the wrong move and your tail gets chopped off. Eric Garcia’s third Rex novel is a wildly entertaining mystery and an instant classic of dinosaur mafia fiction—further proof that this gifted author really knows where the bones are buried.

Author : Joseph Chitty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1650 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Law
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000102311

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Chitty's Collection of Statutes by Joseph Chitty Pdf

Author : Rex Brown
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780306821387

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Official Truth, 101 Proof by Rex Brown Pdf

Few heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. Pantera was different. Instead of humoring the market, the band instead demanded that the audience come to them by releasing a series of fiercely uncompromising, platinum albums, including Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven -- two #1 albums that, like Metallica's And Justice for All, sold millions of copies despite minimal airplay. Rex Brown's memoir is the definitive account of life inside one of rock's biggest bands, which succeeded against all odds but ultimately ended in tragedy when iconic lead guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott was murdered mid-performance by a deranged fan. This is a lucid account of the previously untold story behind one of the most influential bands in heavy metal history, written by the man best qualified to tell the truth about those incredible and often difficult years of fame and excess.

Author : England
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1620 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026560562

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Chitty's Collection of Statutes, with Notes Thereon ... Second Edition, Containing All the Statutes of Practical Utility in the ... Administration of Justice in the Present Time. By W. N. Welsby ... and E. Beaven by England Pdf

Author : Jay L. MacDonald
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781638292890

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Crazy from the Heat by Jay L. MacDonald Pdf

What makes Dave Barry funny? Stephen King scary? Tami Hoag heartbreaking? All readily admit that where they live greatly influences what they write. Indeed, for both writers and readers, geography may well be destiny when it comes to fiction. Novelists often borrow from their surroundings, consciously or subconsciously, to create their imaginative worlds, just as we readers are drawn to those works that transport us to more exciting and inspiring locales, be it Hemingway’s Havana, Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County or McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove.

Author : W. E. Sinclair
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649132222

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Accept by W. E. Sinclair Pdf

Accept By: W. E. Sinclair What if you were just a normal person helping others and a gift was offered? Would you accept this gift or turn it down? If you didn’t realize the gift was given, would it be easier to accept? Accept is the story of that person, the one whom the gift was given without knowing it was even offered, and how it completely changed their life.

Author : Frederick T. Mobley
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480945319

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The Investigations by Frederick T. Mobley Pdf

The Investigations By: Frederick T. Mobley Rex Morgan and Anne Towers have a complicated case on their hands. When a girl goes missing, it’s up to this duo to discover what happened to her. Not everyone believes in Rex and Anne’s abilities, but with Rex’s quick wit, and Anne’s talent for disguises, the guilty parties don’t stand a chance. But with a cast of suspicious characters, this isn’t going to be the easiest case to solve.

Author : Fred Patten
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476637044

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Furry Tales by Fred Patten Pdf

Tales featuring anthropomorphic animals have been around as long as there have been storytellers to spin them, from Aesop's Fables to Reynard the Fox to Alice in Wonderland. The genre really took off following the explosion of furry fandom in the 21st century, with talking animals featuring in everything from science fiction to fantasy to LGBTQ coming-out stories. In his lifetime, Fred Patten (1940-2018)--one of the founders of furry fandom and a scholar of anthropomorphic animal literature--authored hundreds of book reviews that comprise a comprehensive critical survey of the genre. This selected compilation provides an overview from 1784 through the 2010s, covering such popular novels as Watership Down and Redwall, along with forgotten gems like The Stray Lamb and Where the Blue Begins, and science fiction works like Sundiver and Decision at Doona.

Author : Johnny Boateng
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459406049

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Hustle by Johnny Boateng Pdf

Fourteen-year-old Johnny Huttle -- nicknamed "Hustle" by his best friend, Rex -- comes from an inner-city neighbourhood, where the streets are tough and the street ball games are rougher. More than anything, Johnny wants to shine as the school's star basketball player. But the one thing standing in his way is his best friend, Rex, who outshines Johnny effortlessly at everything, on and off the court. This makes Johnny angry enough that his game and their friendship suffer. When Rex starts getting into trouble in the neighbourhood and is suspended from the team, Johnny has to put his jealously aside to help his friend -- and his basketball team at the championship.

Author : Sir Edward Hyde East
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433009487038

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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench by Sir Edward Hyde East Pdf

Author : Ralph E. Rodriguez
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823279258

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Latinx Literature Unbound by Ralph E. Rodriguez Pdf

Since the 1990s, there has been unparalleled growth in the literary output from an ever more diverse group of Latinx writers. Extant criticism, however, has yet to catch up with the diversity of writers we label Latinx and the range of themes about which they write. Little sustained scholarly attention has been paid, moreover, to the very category under which we group this literature. Latinx Literature Unbound, thus, begins with a fundamental question “What does it mean to label a work of literature or an entire corpus of literature Latinx?” From this question others emerge: What does Latinx allow or predispose us to see, and what does it preclude us from seeing? If the grouping—which brings together a heterogeneous collection of people under a seemingly homogeneous label—tells us something meaningful, is there a poetics we can develop that would facilitate our analysis of this literature? In answering these questions, Latinx Literature Unbound frees Latinx literature from taken-for-granted critical assumptions about identity and theme. It argues that there may be more salubrious taxonomies than Latinx for organizing and analyzing this literature. Privileging the act of reading as a temporal, meaning-making event, Ralph E. Rodriguez argues that genre may be a more durable category for analyzing this literature and suggests new ways we might proceed with future studies of the writing we have come to identify as Latinx.