El Asesinato De Butterfly Joe

Author : Rhidian Brook
Publisher : Picador
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1509816445

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The Killing of Butterfly Joe by Rhidian Brook Pdf

I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.' Twenty-four year-old Welshman Llew Jones is in jail. All he wanted was to see America and write about it. Then he met the extraordinary Butterfly Joe and his freakish family and got caught up in an adventure that got way, way out of control. Now his friend's gone and Llew has to give his side of the story . . . Part neo-gothic thriller, part existential road trip, part morality tale, The Killing of Butterfly Joe is a thrilling, funny and epic story of experience, desire, friendship and family. It's about leaving the life of introspection behind to participate in the Great American Dream: the one that takes you from 'rags to riches via pitches'. It's about the end of innocence and the dawn of consequence; the forces of revenge pitted against the powers of forgiveness; and, ultimately, the search for freedom and self-definition.

Author : Karen Kilgariff,Georgia Hardstark
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250178961

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Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff,Georgia Hardstark Pdf

The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being ‘nice’ or ‘helpful.’ They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness. “In many respects, Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered distills the My Favorite Murder podcast into its most essential elements: Georgia and Karen. They lay themselves bare on the page, in all of their neuroses, triumphs, failures, and struggles. From eating disorders to substance abuse and kleptomania to the wonders of therapy, Kilgariff and Hardstark recount their lives with honesty, humor, and compassion, offering their best unqualified life-advice along the way.” —Entertainment Weekly “Like the podcast, the book offers funny, feminist advice for survival—both in the sense of not getting killed and just, like, getting a job and working through your personal shit so you can pay your bills and have friends.” —Rolling Stone At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : L. Podalsky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230120112

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The Politics of Affect and Emotion in Contemporary Latin American Cinema by L. Podalsky Pdf

This book explores the role of emotion and affect in recent Latin American cinema (1990s-2000s) in the context of larger public debates about past traumas and current anxieties. To address this topic, it examines some of the most significant trends in contemporary Latin American filmmaking.

Author : Robert E. Burns
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820343013

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I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! by Robert E. Burns Pdf

I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! is the amazing true story of one man's search for meaning, fall from grace, and eventual victory over injustice. In 1921, Robert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia's barbaric penal system when he fell in with a gang of petty thieves. Sentenced to six to ten years' hard labor for his part in a robbery that netted less than $6.00, Burns was shackled to a county chain gang. After four months of backbreaking work, he made a daring escape, dodging shotgun blasts, racing through swamps, and eluding bloodhounds on his way north. For seven years Burns lived as a free man. He married and became a prosperous Chicago businessman and publisher. When he fell in love with another woman, however, his jealous wife turned him in to the police, who arrested him as a fugitive from justice. Although he was promised lenient treatment and a quick pardon, he was back on a chain gang within a month. Undaunted, Burns did the impossible and escaped a second time, this time to New Jersey. He was still a hunted man living in hiding when this book was first published in 1932. The book and its movie version, nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1933, shocked the world by exposing Georgia's brutal treatment of prisoners. I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! is a daring and heartbreaking book, an odyssey of misfortune, love, betrayal, adventure, and, above all, the unshakable courage and inner strength of the fugitive himself.

Author : Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781569768617

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The Sixteenth Round by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Pdf

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was riding a wave of success. The survivor of a difficult youth, he rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Written from prison and first published in 1974, The Sixteenth Round chronicles Hurricane's journey from the ring to solitary confinement. The book was his cry for help to the public, an attempt to set the record straight and force a new trial. Bob Dylan wrote his classic anthem "Hurricane" about his struggle, and Muhammad Ali and thousands of others took up his cause. The power of Carter's voice, as well as his ironic humor, makes this an eloquent, soul-stirring account of a remarkable life.

Author : Walter Bruyninckx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Jazz
ISBN : UCSD:31822015201593

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Progressive Jazz by Walter Bruyninckx Pdf

Author : James Ellroy
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446504461

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The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy Pdf

The highly acclaimed novel based on America's most infamous unsolved murder case. Dive into 1940s Los Angeles as two cops spiral out of control in their hunt for The Black Dahlia's killer in this powerful thriller that is "brutal and at the same time believable" (New York Times). On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia -- and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia -- driven by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life, past the extremes of their own psyches -- into a region of total madness.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UOM:39015016319181

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International Index to Film Periodicals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Maternal and infant welfare
ISBN : IND:30000035453475

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Single Parents and Their Children by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Thomas Kurian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0816041970

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Timetables of World Literature by George Thomas Kurian Pdf

Which authors were contemporaries of Charles Dickens? Which books, plays, and poems were published during World War II? Who won the Pulitzer Prize in the year you were born? Timetables of World Literature is a chronicle of literature from ancient times through the 20th century. It answers the question "Who wrote what when?" and allows readers to place authors and their works in the context of their times. A chronology of the best in global writing, this valuable resource lists more than 12,000 titles and 9,800 authors, includes all genres of literature from more than 58 countries, and covers 41 languages. It is divided into seven sections, spanning the Classical Age (to 100 CE), the Middle Ages (100–1500 CE), and the 16th through the 20th centuries. Comprehensive in scope, Timetables of World Literature provides students, researchers, and browsers with basic facts and a worldwide perspective on literature through time. Four extensive indexes by author, title, language/nationality, and genre make research quick and easy. Features include: Birth and death dates as well as nationalities of authors and other literary figures Winners of major literary prizes and awards, such as the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prizes, for each year Brief discussions of literary developments in each period or century, and the relationship of literature to the social and political climate Timelines of key historical events in each century.

Author : Truman Everts
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781528792950

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Thirty-Seven Days of Peril by Truman Everts Pdf

Widely believed to be the first national park in the world, Yellowstone is an American national park situated in the western United States spanning parts of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. World famous for its wildlife and geothermal features, it contains a large range of biomes and is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion. First published in 1871, “Thirty-Seven Days of Peril” is an account of Truman Everts' visit to Yellowstone before it became a popular tourist and hiking destination. Within it, he recounts how he sustained an injury and was forced to spend thirty-seven days completely alone in the unforgiving wilderness. A compelling account of human ingenuity and determination in the face of dire circumstances not to be missed by those with an interest in Yellowstone park and its history. Contents include: “Yellowstone National Park”, “Trees in Yellowstone Forest, A Poem By Florence Riley Radcliffe”, and “Thirty-Seven Days of Peril”. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic account now in a brand new edition complete with an introductory article from “Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 28” (1911).

Author : Anne S. Dowd,Susan Milbrath
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457193750

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Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica by Anne S. Dowd,Susan Milbrath Pdf

Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica is an interdisciplinary tour de force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing extraordinary examples of how Precolumbian peoples merged ideas about the cosmos with those concerning calendar and astronomy, the volume showcases the value of detailed examinations of astronomical data for understanding ancient cultures. The volume is divided into three sections: investigations into Mesoamerican horizon-based astronomy, the cosmological principles expressed in Mesoamerican religious imagery and rituals related to astronomy, and the aspects of Mesoamerican calendars related to archaeoastronomy. It also provides cutting-edge research on diverse topics such as records of calendar and horizon-based astronomical observation (like the Dresden and Borgia codices), iconography of burial assemblages, architectural alignment studies, urban planning, and counting or measuring devices. Contributors—who are among the most respected in their fields— explore new dimensions in Mesoamerican timekeeping and skywatching in the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacano, Zapotec, and Aztec cultures. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of anthropology, archaeology, art history, and astronomy.

Author : Rhidian Brook
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0241972140

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The Testimony of Taliesin Jones by Rhidian Brook Pdf

Taliesin Jones is a boy on the brink of adulthood, faced for the first time with life's biggest questions. Taliesin's life is falling apart: his mother has run off with her hairdresser, his father's temper is out of control and his brother has been ominously mute for weeks.

Author : David Rambo
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Advice columnists
ISBN : 0822221632

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The Lady with All the Answers by David Rambo Pdf

THE STORY: Dear Ann Landers...For decades, renowned advice columnist Ann Landers answered countless letters from lovelorn teens, confused couples and a multitude of others in need of advice. No topic was off-limits, including nude housekeeping, sex

Author : Sue Wallman
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781407166780

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Lying About Last Summer by Sue Wallman Pdf

Skye is looking for an escape. Her sister died in a tragic accident and her parents think a camp for grieving teens might help her. But when she arrives, Skye starts receiving text messages from someone pretending to be her dead sister. Skye knows it's time to confront the past. But what if the danger is right in front of her?