Paco S Tales

Author : Larry Heinemann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307539625

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Paco's Story by Larry Heinemann Pdf

Paco Sullivan is the only man in Alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Viet Cong attack on Fire Base Harriette in Vietnam. Everyone else is annihilated. When a medic finally rescues Paco almost two days later, he is waiting to die, flies and maggots covering his burnt, shattered body. He winds up back in the US with his legs full of pins, daily rations of Librium and Valium, and no sense of what to do next. One evening, on the tail of a rainstorm, he limps off the bus and into the small town of Boone, determined to find a real job and a real bed–but no matter how hard he works, nothing muffles the anguish in his mind and body. Brilliantly and vividly written, Paco’s Story–winner of a National Book Award–plunges you into the violence and casual cruelty of the Vietnam War, and the ghostly aftermath that often dealt the harshest blows.

Author : James A. Broussard
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1469735520

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Paco's Tales by James A. Broussard Pdf

Paco is a good kid in the BIG THICKET series of short stories. He is patterned after Laura Ingles in Little House on the Prairie, a TV show that lasted 9 years. Paco shows good morals and has an optimistic behavior; he has deep strong feelings and shows he cares by making himself useful. Being raised from age 9 to 19 In Beaumont Texas where these stories are set and doing my homework about Texas has given me relative experience. I wrote from love of this area.

Author : Tracey Kyle
Publisher : little bee books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1499805446

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A Paintbrush for Paco by Tracey Kyle Pdf

Meet a little boy named Paco who loves to draw but can't seem to concentrate during school in this picture book that's sprinkled with Spanish words! Paco gazed out at the late-morning sun. He wondered why recess had not yet begun. He wanted to go to el campo and play, and act like a matador shouting "¡Olé!" Paco loves daydreaming and drawing, but he struggles to concentrate during class. When his profesor takes him to the art room, Paco is amazed by the colorful paints: pink, rosado; purple, morado; fiery orange, anaranjado; and more! Could art be just what Paco needs? Complete with an author's note and glossary of Spanish words, this story is a great introduction to Spanish with a strong message about the power of art!

Author : Anne E. Martin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781467026499

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The Tale of Abby, a Jerusalem Cricket by Anne E. Martin Pdf

When a strange visitor shows up in the back yard of a young lady, much interaction takes place between the local animal pets and other creatures in the yard. A lesson is learned about true beauty in the setting even though it takes time.

Author : Regina Rheda
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780292774483

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First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix by Regina Rheda Pdf

Regina Rheda is a contemporary award-winning Brazilian writer whose original voice and style have won her many admirers. First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix presents some of her finest and most representative work to an English-speaking readership. Stories from the Copan Building consists of eight tales set in a famous residential building in São Paulo. The stories, like the apartment complex, are a microcosm of modern-day urban Brazil. They are witty, consistently caustic, and never predictable. Also in this volume is the poignant and often hilarious novel First World Third Class. It depicts young middle-class professionals and artists who, as opportunities in Brazil diminished, opted to leave their country, even if it meant taking menial jobs abroad. At the center of the narrative is Rita, a thirty-year-old aspiring filmmaker who migrates to England, and then Italy. She looks for work and love in all the wrong places, moving from city to city and from bed to bed. The last three stories in this collection also happen to be among the author's most recent. "The Enchanted Princess" is an ironic title for a postfeminist tale of a South American woman being wooed to marry an old-world gentleman who promises to take care of her every need. "The Sanctuary" concerns the living conditions of immigrant workers and farm animals. Equally piquant in nature, "The Front" deals with ecology, labor environments, and gender politics.

Author : Dr. Noé Cárdenas Rojo
Publisher : Palibrio
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781463387853

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Los Cuentos Del Doc/The Doc's Tales by Dr. Noé Cárdenas Rojo Pdf

In "The Doc's Tales", you will find ten interesting stories that, with a little help from your imagination, will make you live incredible adventures in different parts of the world: from mountains, oceans, caves, forests, cities, small towns, even the characters' homes. You will fight dragons, know Indian tribes in the old west, live the thrill of contact with beings from other planets, the mystery of magic, the great pirate battles and their quest for the lost treasure, foolproof friendship and you will see the first human beings trying to survive among the huge mammoths. Besides having fun reading, you will learn some advice that you are sure to find useful for the rest of your life and you will practice reading a second language in a simple and fun way, comparing those words you don't know with the story in your own language to better understand their meaning. Well then: jump in! A whole new world of adventures await to be discovered in these pages.

Author : Roxanne Willems Snopek
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926936222

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Inspiring Animal Tales by Roxanne Willems Snopek Pdf

Dogs, horses and other animals have long shown courage, trust and loyalty to the people in their lives, but they also inspire selfless love in return. This touching collection of true stories shows how people and animals come together to overcome life's challenges and find hope for the future. National Service Dogs give autistic children the gift of love and security, and dedicated animal lovers devote their lives to rescuing and healing abused or abandoned big cats, donkeys and parrots. The relationships portrayed in these stories are truly heartwarming.

Author : Richard A. Barrett
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781450073530

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Tales from a Spanish Village by Richard A. Barrett Pdf

These Tales from a Spanish Village are accounts of some remarkable personalities and certain incidents that occurred in a small Spanish village in 1967-68. Richard Barrett was working in the community as a cultural anthropologist, gathering materials for a doctoral dissertation. This is the story of his adjustment to the community, of the generous people he met there, and some of the surprising events that took place. It was the period of the Franco dictatorship, of donkeys, mules and peasant carts in the countryside – an era that has now been entirely swept away. Reflecting on the experience he writes, "It was wonderful and the more distant I get from it, the more remarkable it now seems."

Author : Peter Parley (pseud. [i.e. Samuel Griswold Goodrich.])
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Animals
ISBN : NLS:V000654513

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Tales about Animals by Peter Parley (pseud. [i.e. Samuel Griswold Goodrich.]) Pdf

Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Animals
ISBN : OSU:32435050764737

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Tales about Animals by Samuel Griswold Goodrich Pdf

Author : Peter Parley (pseud.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590757005

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Tales about animals by Peter Parley (pseud.) Pdf

Author : W. Jack Savage
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462848010

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The Petorik Thesis and Tales of the Global West by W. Jack Savage Pdf

From an Embassy in Europe to an Industrial Park in Suburban Los Angeles, The Petorik Thesis and Tales of The Global West resembles a ledger where the checks and balances agree to disagree. In this, his second short story collection, W. Jack Savage chronicles a beautiful womans quirky obsessions that leave a trail of regretful lovers, a writers disappointment at never being as important as what he writes and a unseen witness to a murder comes forward to do the right thing. But the witness and the right thing are subjective, as even Einstein observed, 'there is no darkness, only the absence of light.' By that reasoning a storyteller knows to never underestimate the power of the story or the desire of those in power to believe it for their own purposes. The door it opens swings both ways The Petorik Thesis and Tales of the Global West is another of Savages exercises in unexpected redemption and forgotten kindnesses. Where a taker of life is as likely to celebrate those who live it as anyone else, and people Burt Harrison knows are getting murdered while eating yellow food. In coming forward, Burt becomes a person of interest.

Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026171122

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Tales about Animals. Tenth Edition, Greatly Enlarged, Etc by Samuel Griswold Goodrich Pdf

Author : Tobey C. Herzog
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134902620

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Vietnam War Stories by Tobey C. Herzog Pdf

Dealing with ten key narratives, including novels and personal accounts, Herzog locates them in the tradition of war literature as well as recent cinema, and charts the transformations of the American nation in its experience of modern war.

Author : T K Wallace
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480883123

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Earth Tales by T K Wallace Pdf

Within his second collection of writings, vivid storyteller T K Wallace shares a fascinating glimpse into his imagination and life experiences as he cleverly intertwines fiction with reality in a variety of settings. Wallace’s latest volume begins with a tale about Scoty, a task oriented hitchhiker on his way to San Francisco. But when he arrives, he gets more than he bargained for as the city shows its multicolored under side. Next, Wallace leads us on a journey sharing insight into aliens and the lives of characters facing a variety of escapades while experiencing beach time on Coney Island. Then a quick journey down south for the pilot episode of ‘Crocker’s’. Next, a trip to New York City during the holidays to sell Christmas Trees.Then, a trip back in time for a taste of teenage pyromania. And finally then to Savannah during the early seventies as a head shop attempts to survive before its time. Five more stories are included. Free Lance Writer is a writer’s daydream of selling directly to the general public. Fred the Cop is the story of maturity and psilocybin. I Was in a Coma Once covers a personal struggle between life and death. A Baseball Story is about an autographed ball with a history. And, Just an Idea explores one possibility of saving a New York City landmark, the Apollo Theater. Earth Tales is a collection of entertaining writings that help lead others through times and places that prove that a life well lived is a life full of adventure.