Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Ray Pace ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 139
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He's the world's first black bear detective, and he's sure of himself. “I’m not trying to say anything bad about them, ”Bearstone said, “But if a couple of schlemiels like my cousins Winnie and Paddington can make it by screwing things up, think what a bear detective could do. ”“Bear detective?” I asked. “Sure,” he said. “What did you think, I was going to stand in the park selling balloons to three-year-olds? What kind of smarmy pap would that be?” I shrugged.“ See, that’s what’s wrong with people, especially when it comes to storybook characters,” he said. “They take all that Mother Goose and Brothers Grimm stuff and they treat it like it’s gospel like that’s the way it all went down. They won’t even do that for the New York Times. ”“And somehow, you know differently?” I asked .“Believe me, I’d look into that stuff and get the real info,” he said. “A lot of these so-called kids’ stories need an adult’s oversight.” He nonchalantly took a croissant out of a bag from the Hungry Bear Donut Factory and took a bite. He offered a croissant to me. It was a delicious buttery bribe.“ Bearstone Blackie, detective,” he said. “I represent the Bear With Us Detective Agency in El Bruno.”.
Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781539336549 Category : Languages : en Pages : 138
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He's the world's first black bear detective, and he's sure of himself. "I'm not trying to say anything bad about them," Bearstone said, "But if a couple of schlemiels like my cousins Winnie and Paddington can make it by screwing things up, think what a bear detective could do." "Bear detective?" I asked. "Sure," he said. "What did you think, I was going to stand in the park selling balloons to three-year-olds? What kind of smarmy pap would that be?" I shrugged. "See, that's what's wrong with people, especially when it comes to storybook characters," he said. "They take all that Mother Goose and Brothers Grimm stuff and they treat it like it's gospel like that's the way it all went down. They won't even do that for the New York Times." "And somehow, you know differently?" I asked. "Believe me, I'd look into that stuff and get the real info," he said. "A lot of these so-called kids' stories need an adult's oversight." He nonchalantly took a croissant out of a bag from the Hungry Bear Donut Factory and took a bite. He offered a croissant to me. It was a delicious buttery bribe. "Bearstone Blackie, detective," he said. "I represent the Bear With Us Detective Agency in El Bruno." .
Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Ray Pace ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn visited Hawaii on their way to China in early 1941. Did a prize Marlin and a hunt for Bighorn sheep on the Big Island lead to a literary classic and the Nobel Prize? One of Hawaii's leading writers, Ray Pace takes the reader on an unforgettable journey into the possibilities.
Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Ray Pace ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 347
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Did Christopher Columbus carve his name into the skull of a Taino sex slave? Did someone find emeralds on an out of the way Florida Key? Or was that a scam to sell the run-down Sea Change Motel at an inflated price? “Look at it," Jimmy Cox says. "We work for a rich egomaniac with a whacked-out sense of the real world. Why are we surprised when a simple real estate deal turns into thirteen people dead and another ten in jail? We arrive for a fishing trip, and we end up at a shark attack.”
Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781547108848 Category : Languages : en Pages : 132
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Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn visited Hawaii on their way to China in early 1941. Did a prize Marlin and a hunt for Bighorn sheep on the Big Island lead to a literary classic and the Nobel Prize? One of Hawaii's leading writers, Ray Pace takes the reader on an unforgettable journey into the possibilities.
Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Ray Pace ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 311
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The Babylon Deception: A simple business trip from Las Vegas to San Francisco gets complicated by fires, drug pushers, and neo-Nazis. Did we mention street gangs, plutonium, and gold bars? It's another heartwarming episode in the lives of our two favorite wise guys, Nick and Jimmy, who made it through with only a few scratches in Disappearing Act: A Las Vegas Love Story, Sort of..., the first book in the Wise Guys You'll Love If You Know What's Good For You series.
Author: Leicester Hemingway Publisher: Crossroad Press ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 346
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My Brother, Ernest Hemingway was the only biography Ernest knew about, and he was pleased with it―although he asked his brother to postpone publication while he was still alive. First published in 1962, Leicester’s biography provides a revealing and intimate portrait of one of the great writers of our century. Ernest Hemingway was a legend in his own time, whose life was as dramatic as any of the characters in his novels and short stories. He won both the Nobel and the Pulitzer prizes for literature, and the literary style he created has been imitated but never matched. Leicester was the archetypal kid brother, 16 years younger than the great man, whom he adored and in whose footsteps he followed, becoming a respected writer, sharing his brother’s love for high risk and adventure, and, when his health failed, choosing to end his own life as Ernest had done. In this poignant biography, Leicester has given us insight into his world-renowned brother’s life and career as no one else could. His reminiscences allow us to better understand what prompted so many of the familiar Hemingway responses, and the experiences from which he derived material for his novels and stories.
Author: Ray Pace Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781477644058 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 92
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Les Hemingway was a talented writer and adventurer who stood in the giant shadow cast by his brother, Ernest Hemingway. From the book: "There was a sense of both the magic and the tragic involved with the Hemingway name; it could open doors and it could also be a big pain. Here was my friend who had a career most writers would die for. He had written a best-selling book, had reported for major dailies, had free-lanced for a number of magazines and lived in a beautiful place in South Florida and it wasn't enough for the critics and maybe naggingly never enough for him because he wasn't Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway."
Author: Jada Tan Rufo Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing ISBN: 1457537052 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 367
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It’s not easy being an Asian American in China, where residents of big cities believe that Asians, including those born and raised in English-speaking countries, are not qualified to teach English. In a country of 1.3 billion people where studying English is as popular as having the latest electronic gadget, this can be a huge problem. Author Jada Tan Rufo, descended from a Chinese immigrant who took a Filipino name when he came to the United States, takes up the challenge to teach in the country of her ancestors. Her detailed memoir Banana Girl takes readers on a journey throughout China, describing the lows—such as working for a corrupt and inept boss— to the highs, the time she spends with her eager young students and the chance to travel inside the beautiful country. The vast nation incorporates 55 recognized minorities in addition to the Han majority, each with its own language and identity. During her free time, Jada explores China’s wonders, walking along the Great Wall, visiting the Olympic Stadium in Beijing and riding camels in Inner Mongolia. It is her work with her students, however, that will define Jada’s experience. Although she may be a cultural banana, falling into the Asian American way of thinking of herself as looking yellow on the outside and white on the inside, Jada leaves an indelible impression on the students and fellow teachers whose lives intersected with hers. In Banana Girl, she freely shares the frustration, joy and laughter experienced during her time in China.
Author: Nina Paley Publisher: ISBN: 9781453868744 Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial Languages : en Pages : 96
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Finally, a comic strip about spirituality, recovery, psychology, AND Intellectual Pooperty. This first official dead tree edition collects over 200 Mimi & Eunice cartoons from mimiandeunice.com. Printed here in full color, Misinformation Wants to be Free is sure to delight addicts, lawyers, a small minority of libertarians, and people who hate trees.Signed copies will be available soon at the QuestionCopyright.org store (http://questioncopyright.com/) but you can purchase an unsigned print-on-demand copy right now if you can't wait!
Author: Ray Pace
Author: Ray Pace
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