The Tribes Of Palos Verdes

Author : Joy Nicholson
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466856066

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The Tribes of Palos Verdes by Joy Nicholson Pdf

Joy Nicholson's The Tribes of Palos Verdes is a Los Angeles Times bestseller and now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Garner, Maika Monroe, and Cody Fern. “Nicholson captures the California-coast culture. . . . Medina shows what it’s like to feel ‘six million years old’ way before your time."—Entertainment Weekly “Impressive . . . Captures what it is to be young, intelligent, and very alone.”—Us Weekly “Nicholson’s evocation of character, her ability to bring Medina fully to life, makes this work. She writes with snapshot immediacy. . . . A writer to keep in mind.”—David Ulin, Salon Medina Mason is a defiant, awkward fourteen-year-old living in the affluent beach community of Palos Verdes, California. The pressure is intense in their high-stakes world, and Medina’s family begins to break under the stress. Her parents’ marriage disintegrates and her beloved brother turns to drugs in order to cope. Medina turns to the ocean to escape it all. She surfs to survive, finding a bitter solace in the rough comfort of the waves. “An inspiring portrait of a young woman unswayed by other people’s pettiness” (Mademoiselle), this is the moving story of growing up “different,” of the love between siblings, and of one girl’s power to save herself

Author : Joy Nicholson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0140282912

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The Tribes of Palos Verdes. by Joy Nicholson Pdf

Author : Thomas Pynchon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101594674

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Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Pdf

Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon—Private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. Undeniably one of the most influential writers at work today, Pynchon has penned another unforgettable book.

Author : Lisa Teasley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781596919204

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Heat Signature by Lisa Teasley Pdf

Sam Brown sets out on a road trip from his home in a small California desert town to the cooler, greener climes of the Northwest. He tells himself he just needs a break, from his father, a dead-end relationship with a stripper, his job as a nurse, and his troubled best friend. But what he can't escape, no matter how many miles he travels, is the memory of his mother, July, who was brutally murdered sixteen years earlier and visits him regularly in his dreams. Sam's grief is sorely renewed when he learns July's murderer is soon to be released from prison. Overcome by strong feelings of panic and revenge, he turns to women. He reconnects with a former patient in Los Angeles. In Santa Barbara he meets a sage/philosopher who inspires him to put order in his life. In Oregon, he falls in love with an arborist whose woodsy home provides peace and refuge-at least for a while. Simultaneous with Sam's journey, his mother's story unfolds, coming to a climax when the details of July's grisly murder are revealed. Through a fast-paced, gripping narrative, Heat Signature explores the complexities of family and friendship, love and loss, race and sexuality. Visit www.lisateasley.com

Author : Joy Nicholson
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 0670876984

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The Tribes of Palos Verdes by Joy Nicholson Pdf

As her parents' marriage disintegrates and her beloved brother falls prey to the temptations of drugs and the lunacy of their mother, 14-year-old Medina Mason surfs to survive, finding a bitter solace in the rough comfort of the waves.

Author : Amy Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Wave
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062457462

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My Glory Was I Had Such Friends by Amy Silverstein Pdf

In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant. Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart—immediately. A shot at survival meant uprooting her life and moving across the country to California. When her friends heard of her plans, there was only one reaction: “I’m there.” Nine remarkable women—Joy, Jill, Leja, Jody, Lauren, Robin, Valerie, Ann, and Jane—put demanding jobs and pressing family obligations on hold to fly across the country and be by Amy’s side. Creating a calendar spreadsheet, the women—some of them strangers to one another—passed the baton of friendship, one to the next, and headed straight and strong into the battle to help save Amy’s life. Empowered by the kind of empathy that can only grow with age, these women, each knowing Amy from different stages of her life, banded together to provide her with something that medicine alone could not. Sleeping on a cot beside her bed, they rubbed her back and feet when the pain was unbearable, adorned her room with death-distracting decorations, and engaged in their “best talks ever.” They saw the true measure of their friend’s strength, and they each responded in kind. My Glory Was I Had Such Friends is a tribute to these women and the intense hours they spent together—hours of heightened emotion and self-awareness, where everything was laid bare. Candid and heartrending, this once-in-a-lifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of “showing up” for those we love.

Author : Joy Nicholson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312268637

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The Road to Esmeralda by Joy Nicholson Pdf

Seeking an escape from their lives in Los Angeles, lovers Nick and Sarah embark on what they hope will be a romantic adventure in the Mexican jungle but instead encounter a dangerous world of drugs, violence, and secret agendas.

Author : Brian Garfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0816131163

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The Paladin by Brian Garfield Pdf

Based on fact, this is the story of fifteen-year-old schoolboy "Christopher Creighton," who was personally recruited by Winston Churchill. "Christopher" was to be Churchill's personal secret agent, his paladin. Code named Christopher Robin, the boy performed many perilous missions - all with great imagination and courage - for the good of his country. "Christopher" was part of the decision to edvacuate Dunkirk; he was ordered to blow up a Dutch submarine; and finally he had to play the role of double agent to the Germans, in his most daring and dangerous mission. --Book jacket.

Author : S. W. Martin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0738589160

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Atascadero by S. W. Martin Pdf

Atascadero, California--located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on US Highway 101--is the brainchild of E.G. Lewis. Thought by some to have been a visionary, others considered Lewis a con artist. In spite of his reputation, he founded Atascadero and left in his wake a collection of unique architecture that was the first planned community in the state of California. He established roads, water mains, power grids, agricultural cooperatives, and a 20-mile road to the Pacific Ocean. Atascadero is also home to the nation's first enclosed shopping mall and magnificent art from the 1904 St. Louis World Exposition. Atascadero's creator also founded University City, Missouri, and Palos Verdes, California.

Author : Andrew Solomon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780743236720

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Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Pdf

The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families. 150,000 first printing.

Author : Judith Gerber
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 073855930X

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Farming in Torrance and the South Bay by Judith Gerber Pdf

Jared Sydney Torrance originally founded Torrance in 1912 as an industrial city. But the land and its surrounding South Bay region thrived through agricultural activities, beginning in 1784 on the Rancho San Pedro. Farming activities continued after Ben Weston became the first one to buy land from the Dominguez family's rancho in 1847. Farming remained an important part of city commerce in the transition to a thriving Los Angeles County suburb in the late 1950s. Throughout those early years, family farmers contributed to the city's economy by raising cattle, pigs, and turkeys, as well as sugar beets, alfalfa, beans, hay, oats, barley, and flowers, and operating dairy farms. Other South Bay cities also relied on agriculture for economic growth, including Carson, once home to a thriving cut-flower farm industry, and Gardena, the one-time berry capital of Southern California, as well as the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where dry farming was a successful industry.

Author : Mike Schaadt,Ed Mastro
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738559970

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San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach by Mike Schaadt,Ed Mastro Pdf

Named after the famous European explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro is a recreational complex established in 1927 and located at the foot of one of the worlds largest breakwaters protecting the Port of Los Angeles. A regional destination for beachgoers, the wave-swept Cabrillo attracts beachcombers to the tide pools in the adjacent rocky shores of the rugged Palos Verdes Peninsula. During spring and summer, onlookers watch the grunion mate and lay their eggs in the outer beachs wet sand. The protected beach has long been popular with young families who enjoy the calm harbor waters. A public boat launch allows easy access, and the breakwaters boulders have traditionally attracted fishermen and pelicans. Many of the million annual beach visitors enjoy exploring local marine life at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Los Angeless regional clearinghouse for ocean issues, which began in 1935 as the Cabrillo Marine Museum in the Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse.

Author : S. C. Gwynne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416597155

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Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne Pdf

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne’s exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.

Author : Matt Warshaw
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0156029537

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Zero Break by Matt Warshaw Pdf

An anthology of literary pieces and essays on surfing is complemented by classic and modern photographs and artwork and includes Mark Twain's nineteenth-century description in "Roughing It" and Susan Orlean's essay on girl surfers in Maui.

Author : Christopher Barzak
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553904147

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One For Sorrow by Christopher Barzak Pdf

NOW THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD Part thriller, part ghost tale, part love story, One for Sorrow is a novel as timeless as The Catcher in the Rye and as hauntingly lyrical as The Lovely Bones. Christopher Barzak’s stunning debut tells of a teenage boy’s coming-of-age that begins with a shocking murder and ends with a reason to hope. Adam McCormick had just turned fifteen when the body was found in the woods. It is the beginning of an autumn that will change his life forever. Jamie Marks was a boy a lot like Adam, a boy no one paid much attention to—a boy almost no one would truly miss. And for the first time, Adam feels he has a purpose. Now, more than ever, Jamie needs a friend. But the longer Adam holds on to Jamie’s ghost, the longer he keeps his friend tethered to a world where he no longer belongs . . . and the weaker Adam’s own ties to the living become. Now, to find his way back, Adam must learn for himself what it truly means to be alive. Praise for One for Sorrow “Christopher Barzak’s sympathy and humor, his awareness, his easeful vernacular storytelling, are extraordinary, and his mournful, unforgettable teenagers drive us deep into the land of the dead practically before we've even fastened our seatbelts.”—Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn “An amazing, original debut from an amazing, original writer. One for Sorrow may be the most haunting ghost story I’ve ever read.”—Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club “An uncommonly good book with brains, heart, and bravery to spare. Readers who don’t find themselves in sympathy with Barzak’s characters were never adolescents themselves.”—Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners “An honest and uncanny ride through the shadows between grief and acceptance. This is how real magic works.”—Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies and Extras