Author: Marie Elman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477176152
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Charlie is the son of a famous Canary couple. Charlies parents are professional singers and give concerts. No matter how he tries, poor Charlie just cant seem tomake himself into star material. His father, in desperation, asks a famous music professor for help. Soon the professor and his daughter arrive. After examining Charlie, the professor finds the way to solve his problem.
Charlie, the Canary Who Couldn't Sing
Author: Marie Elman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477176152
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Charlie is the son of a famous Canary couple. Charlies parents are professional singers and give concerts. No matter how he tries, poor Charlie just cant seem tomake himself into star material. His father, in desperation, asks a famous music professor for help. Soon the professor and his daughter arrive. After examining Charlie, the professor finds the way to solve his problem.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477176152
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Charlie is the son of a famous Canary couple. Charlies parents are professional singers and give concerts. No matter how he tries, poor Charlie just cant seem tomake himself into star material. His father, in desperation, asks a famous music professor for help. Soon the professor and his daughter arrive. After examining Charlie, the professor finds the way to solve his problem.
Opportunity House
Author: Michael V. Angrosino
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 1461647614
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Calling on a decade of participant observation at a residence for mentally retarded adults, anthropologist Michael V. Angrosino's riveting and de-mystifying account offers an insider's picture of the lives of the inhabitants of Opportunity House. Using the narrative device of a dozen fictional short stories told in the voices of various community members as well as that of the researcher, Angrosino weaves a life-histories approach to ethnography together with an innovative culture concept to tackle the complexities of representing marginalized subgroups. As opposed to traditional clinical or statistical studies, which have insufficiently conveyed the subjective and experiential perspectives of retarded people themselves, Angrosino presents an intimate and complex picture of a highly functioning community with its cast of entrepreneurs, bullies, victims, and do-gooders. This wonderfully readable and captivating account is therefore an important resource for those interested in mental illness and disability, as well as a model for those experimenting with forms of ethnographic writing.
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 1461647614
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Calling on a decade of participant observation at a residence for mentally retarded adults, anthropologist Michael V. Angrosino's riveting and de-mystifying account offers an insider's picture of the lives of the inhabitants of Opportunity House. Using the narrative device of a dozen fictional short stories told in the voices of various community members as well as that of the researcher, Angrosino weaves a life-histories approach to ethnography together with an innovative culture concept to tackle the complexities of representing marginalized subgroups. As opposed to traditional clinical or statistical studies, which have insufficiently conveyed the subjective and experiential perspectives of retarded people themselves, Angrosino presents an intimate and complex picture of a highly functioning community with its cast of entrepreneurs, bullies, victims, and do-gooders. This wonderfully readable and captivating account is therefore an important resource for those interested in mental illness and disability, as well as a model for those experimenting with forms of ethnographic writing.
The Insurrection
Author: Chris Babu
Publisher: Permuted Press
ISBN: 168261882X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Having survived the Initiation and expedition, one battle remains: the fight for the heart and soul of New America. Drayden and his friends, enlisting the help of Professor Worth, must find a way back to New America before the Guardians imperil their return. But for these teens, their problems are only beginning. The Bureau, which never expected them to survive the expedition, will do everything in their power to prevent New America’s darkest secrets from getting out. Drayden’s only hope is the insurrection led by ally Kim Craig. The David versus Goliath battle between good and evil, between truth and lies, will push Drayden to his breaking point and require bravery, self-acceptance, and above all, belief in himself. Backed by the will of the citizens, he’ll need to engineer an ingenious strategy to defeat the all-powerful authoritarians. The question is, will it be enough?
Publisher: Permuted Press
ISBN: 168261882X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Having survived the Initiation and expedition, one battle remains: the fight for the heart and soul of New America. Drayden and his friends, enlisting the help of Professor Worth, must find a way back to New America before the Guardians imperil their return. But for these teens, their problems are only beginning. The Bureau, which never expected them to survive the expedition, will do everything in their power to prevent New America’s darkest secrets from getting out. Drayden’s only hope is the insurrection led by ally Kim Craig. The David versus Goliath battle between good and evil, between truth and lies, will push Drayden to his breaking point and require bravery, self-acceptance, and above all, belief in himself. Backed by the will of the citizens, he’ll need to engineer an ingenious strategy to defeat the all-powerful authoritarians. The question is, will it be enough?
Uncle Charlie's Poems
Author: Charles Noel Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humorous poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humorous poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Start Shooting
Author: Charlie Newton
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385534701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
“The best way I can describe the Four Corners neighborhood of Chicago is find a length of rebar, scratch a big cross into the concrete, set your feet solid in the quadrant you like best, lean back, and start shooting.” Officer Bobby Vargas is hard-edged but idealistic, a Chicago cop who stands at the epicenter of a subterranean plot that will have horrific ramifications for both himself and the entire city. Twenty-five years earlier, a gruesome murder rocked the unforgiving streets of Four Corners. Now, suddenly, a dying Chicago paper is running a serial exposé on new evidence in that old case, threatening to implicate Bobby and his older brother, Ruben—a decorated, high-ranking detective and cop- prince of the streets. The smear campaign stirs up decades-old bad blood, leading the Vargas brothers down an increasingly twisted and terrifying path, where the sins of the past threaten to destroy what remains of the truth. As readers and critics discovered in his first novel, Calumet City, Charlie Newton’s Chicago is a landscape as brutal and poignant as any in modern crime fiction—a multi-faceted, shockingly violent labyrinth of gangland politics, political backstabbing, corporate malfeasance, and, possibly, hope. Start Shooting is a riveting read.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385534701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
“The best way I can describe the Four Corners neighborhood of Chicago is find a length of rebar, scratch a big cross into the concrete, set your feet solid in the quadrant you like best, lean back, and start shooting.” Officer Bobby Vargas is hard-edged but idealistic, a Chicago cop who stands at the epicenter of a subterranean plot that will have horrific ramifications for both himself and the entire city. Twenty-five years earlier, a gruesome murder rocked the unforgiving streets of Four Corners. Now, suddenly, a dying Chicago paper is running a serial exposé on new evidence in that old case, threatening to implicate Bobby and his older brother, Ruben—a decorated, high-ranking detective and cop- prince of the streets. The smear campaign stirs up decades-old bad blood, leading the Vargas brothers down an increasingly twisted and terrifying path, where the sins of the past threaten to destroy what remains of the truth. As readers and critics discovered in his first novel, Calumet City, Charlie Newton’s Chicago is a landscape as brutal and poignant as any in modern crime fiction—a multi-faceted, shockingly violent labyrinth of gangland politics, political backstabbing, corporate malfeasance, and, possibly, hope. Start Shooting is a riveting read.
The Dairymen's League News
Dead Birds Don't Sing
Author: Niall Illingworth
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN: 1839752742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Free after serving 41 years in the state penitentiary, Chaska discovers something about his past that draws him back to Spruce Mountain, the spiritual home of his ancestors. A notorious Indian massacre and a tragic mining accident lead Chaska to the wealthy Lawrence brothers who hide dark secrets. Set against a backdrop of prejudice and racial discrimination, Chaska sets out to find the truth and right the injustices of the past.
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN: 1839752742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Free after serving 41 years in the state penitentiary, Chaska discovers something about his past that draws him back to Spruce Mountain, the spiritual home of his ancestors. A notorious Indian massacre and a tragic mining accident lead Chaska to the wealthy Lawrence brothers who hide dark secrets. Set against a backdrop of prejudice and racial discrimination, Chaska sets out to find the truth and right the injustices of the past.
The Mafia Encyclopedia
Author: Carl Sifakis
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816069891
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
More than 500 alphabetical entries provide information on the people, places and events associated with the Mafia.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816069891
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
More than 500 alphabetical entries provide information on the people, places and events associated with the Mafia.
The Shamrock
The Last Witness
Author:
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1456086898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
"Rick Morgan is a former Naval Officer with a secret past who has ""retired"" for the third time. All that is about to change when his daughter is commissioned to write a five-part serial adventure about the Federal Witness Protection Program. Although it is a fictional work, she includes information from an Anonymous Source pointing to a group within the US Marshals who makes witnesses disappear...for good! Now, someone is after her. They don't want her to finish the next part. Her father contacts a former Navy SEAL to help him find out who is out to get his daughter."
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1456086898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
"Rick Morgan is a former Naval Officer with a secret past who has ""retired"" for the third time. All that is about to change when his daughter is commissioned to write a five-part serial adventure about the Federal Witness Protection Program. Although it is a fictional work, she includes information from an Anonymous Source pointing to a group within the US Marshals who makes witnesses disappear...for good! Now, someone is after her. They don't want her to finish the next part. Her father contacts a former Navy SEAL to help him find out who is out to get his daughter."