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Author: Tom Lichtenberg Publisher: Tom Lichtenberg ISBN: Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 71
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Beauregaard Sweet became invisible, but his troubles began when he suddenly reappeared. Now everybody wants something from him. Manny the mechanic wants his wife. Sharad LeMaster wants his secret. Emma Biggs wants another shot at the TV news, the Four Tribes want to send him back to wherever it was he'd gone, and all he wants to do is eat donuts and watch reality TV.
Author: Tom Lichtenberg Publisher: Tom Lichtenberg ISBN: Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 71
Book Description
Beauregaard Sweet became invisible, but his troubles began when he suddenly reappeared. Now everybody wants something from him. Manny the mechanic wants his wife. Sharad LeMaster wants his secret. Emma Biggs wants another shot at the TV news, the Four Tribes want to send him back to wherever it was he'd gone, and all he wants to do is eat donuts and watch reality TV.
Author: Charles Fleming Publisher: Santa Monica Press ISBN: 1595809414 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 241
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Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and chronicles the geographical, architectural, and historical aspects of the city’s staircases, as well as of the neighborhoods in which the steps are located. From strolling through the classic La Loma neighborhood in Pasadena to walking the Sunset Junction Loop in Silver Lake, to taking the Beachwood Canyon hike through “Hollywoodland” to enjoying the magnificent ocean views from the Castellammare district in Pacific Palisades, Secret Stairs takes you on a tour of the staircases all across the City of Angels. The circular walks, rated for duration and difficulty, deliver tales of historic homes and their fascinating inhabitants, bits of unusual local trivia, and stories of the neighborhoods surrounding the stairs. That’s where William Faulkner was living when he wrote the screenplay for To Have and Have Not; that house was designed by Neutra; over there is a Schindler; that’s where Woody Guthrie lived, where Anais Nin died, and where Thelma Todd was murdered . . . Despite the fact that one of these staircases starred in an Oscar-winning short film—Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box, from 1932—these civic treasures have been virtually unknown to most of the city’s residents and visitors. Now, Secret Stairs puts these hidden stairways back on the map, while introducing urban hikers to exciting new “trails” all around the city of Los Angeles.
Author: Cindy Perman Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 0762774967 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 331
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This all-new series title covers the entire Empire State, including a bizarre cemetery on 400 acres in the Bronx and a renowned restaurant in Rochester known as the Home of the Garbage Plate. If you can’t do it here, you can’t do it anywhere!
Author: Robin Flanigan Publisher: Reedy Press LLC ISBN: 1681064286 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 165
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Rochester is known as the cultural capital of Western New York because of its world class museums, music, and more. Take your own tour of this affordable, accessible gem with 100 Things to Do in Rochester Before You Die, a local’s lowdown on what makes this place so remarkable no matter the month or the weather. Explore the arts scene by learning how the city became the birthplace of amateur photography or by dancing at one of the world’s largest jazz festivals. Get playful at the world’s largest toy store or thumb through the largest vinyl record collection in the Northeast. The picture-perfect canalside villages along the Genesee River provide the ideal landscape for adventure and contemplation whether it’s by the 96-foot waterfall or the Erie Canal along the city’s southern border. Follow in the footsteps of historical icons like Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Round out your visit with some of Rochester’s best food, maybe even the iconic, celebrity-endorsed Garbage Plate, which is as messy as it sounds. With insider tips and suggested itineraries by subject and season, freelance journalist and author Robin L. Flanigan takes you on a whirlwind tour—from the obvious to the obscure—of the place she proudly calls home. From the heart of the city all the way to Lake Ontario, this comprehensive guide to Rochester will have you planning your next visit right away.
Author: Mitchell Duneier Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1466833033 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 404
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An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on "the blocks" of one of New York's most diverse neighborhoods. Sociologist Duneier, author of Slim's Table, offers an accessible and compelling group portrait of several poor black men who make their livelihoods on the sidewalks of Greenwich Village selling secondhand goods, panhandling, and scavenging books and magazines. Duneier spent five years with these individuals, and in Sidewalk he argues that, contrary to the opinion of various city officials, they actually contribute significantly to the order and well-being of the Village. An important study of the heart and mind of the street, Sidewalk also features an insightful afterword by longtime book vendor Hakim Hasan. This fascinating study reveals today's urban life in all its complexity: its vitality, its conflicts about class and race, and its surprising opportunities for empathy among strangers. Sidewalk is an excellent supplementary text for a range of courses: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY: Shows how to make important links between micro and macro; how a research project works; how sociology can transform common sense. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: Untangles race, class, and gender as they work together on the street. URBAN STUDIES: Asks how public space is used and contested by men and women, blacks and whites, rich and poor, and how street life and political economy interact. DEVIANCE: Looks at labeling processes in treatment of the homeless; interrogates the "broken windows" theory of policing. LAW AND SOCIETY: Closely examines the connections between formal and informal systems of social control. METHODS: Shows how ethnography works; includes a detailed methodological appendix and an afterword by research subject Hakim Hasan. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: Sidewalk engages the rich terrain of recent developments regarding representation, writing, and authority; in the tradition of Elliot Liebow and Ulf Hannerz, it deals with age old problems of the social and cultural experience of inequality; this is a telling study of culture on the margins of American society. CULTURAL STUDIES: Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, Sidewalk shows how books and magazines are received and interpreted in discussions among working-class people on the sidewalk; it shows how cultural knowledge is deployed by vendors and scavengers to generate subsistence in public space. SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE: Sidewalk demonstrates the connections between culture and human agency and innovation; it interrogates distinctions between legitimate subcultures and deviant collectivities; it illustrates conflicts over cultural diversity in public space; and, ultimately, it shows how conflicts over meaning are central to social life.
Author: Lynette Riggs Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 113
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Snap Beads: A Remembering is a nonfictional memoir of an aging woman. During this story of time and memory, a string of events unfolds that touches on historic and societal issues such as WWII and PTSD, alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide, abandonment, adoption, and survival. It is also about finding God, self, family, and community. The metaphor of “snap beads” applies in two ways. First, from a literary genre lens, the tale consists of a series of memories that string together to create a whole narrative, much like a sonnet cycle—or necklace—might. Second, the protagonist seeks to become a part of a whole, to finally belong to something connected and beautiful. From a professional and educational standpoint, this work addresses narrative theory and challenges conceptualizations of composition traits, genres, and literary devices. It provides applicable content for teaching those very elements to students of reading and writing.
Author: Randy Agness Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 133
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About the Book Lake Girl Chronicles is a delightful story about a little girl’s childhood adventures growing up on a lake in New York. Charming, sweet and spirited, Lake Girl Chronicles is told through a child’s voice from her diary. The story comes alive through bold and colorful illustrations, drawing the reader into a child’s life at the lake. ‘Lake Girl’ is curious, adventurous and adorable. A true free spirit, Lake Girl loves to explore while embracing life on the lake. Whether she is plotting a run-away from home or skipping along the pier, she has a keen wanderlust and can’t wait to capture her day on the pages of her diary. Independent and fearless, Lake Girl loves her family and her time spent with them. July 4th Fireworks at the lake are sweeter with Mom, Dad and her two brothers. Sunset boat rides are super fun with Dad at the helm, Mom’s delicious sandwiches, and fishing with her brothers off the back of the boat. Of course, Lake Girl always keeps pace with the boys in every way! She is known to lure the biggest fish, drop a ski while water skiing, and run away with the football. Season to season, summer through winter, Lake Girl seizes every day to the fullest in her backyard on the lake.
Author: Tom Lichtenberg Publisher: Tom Lichtenberg ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 68
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Sharad LeMaster ran away from his own cult, and tried to hide from his followers by taking a desk job in a motel in the middle of nowhere, but when a certain lazy ghost from his past reappears, Sharad is lured into a haunted house and becomes the proud possession of the witch Eugenia, and gets caught between rival black-market magic-potion dealers in their fight over a girl.
Author: Tom Lichtenberg Publisher: Tom Lichtenberg ISBN: Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 74
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A gang of street kids, an anonymous radio announcer, a detective from the future, a presidential assassination attempt and a frequently mistaken narrator all play a part in this jumble of introductions to an open-source novel inspired by the works of Macedonio Fernandez.
Author: Tom Lichtenberg
Author: Tom Lichtenberg
Author: Charles Fleming
Author: Cindy Perman
Author: Robin Flanigan
Author: Mitchell Duneier
Author: Lynette Riggs
Author: Randy Agness
Author: Tom Lichtenberg
Author: Tom Lichtenberg
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