Winged Shoes and a Shield

Winged Shoes and a Shield
Author: Don Bajema
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0872865886

Vivid, unforgettable stories of a young boy's aching hopefulness, tortured disillusionment, and the confusing struggle of growing up in 1960s.

Winged Shoes and a Shield

Winged Shoes and a Shield
Author: Don Bajema
Publisher: City Lights Books
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0872865940

"A walking badass of a book."—Rolling Stone Hallucinating between childhood and manhood, Eddie Burnett is both hero and anti-hero in this hard-hitting collection of linked stories. Coming of age in California's post-war suburbs and freefalling through the turbulence of the sixties and early seventies, Eddie's transformation from a boy's innocence to a man's hardened wariness is captured in lyrical, emotionally raw episodes. He navigates the minefields of American masculinity in a series of disturbing, yet strangely uplifting odysseys, from hope to despair and back again. Author, screenwriter, actor, and performer Don Bajema lives in New York City, New York.

Bulfinch ́s Mythology

Bulfinch ́s Mythology
Author: Thomas Bulfinch
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734087929

Reproduction of the original: Bulfinch ́s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Trouble on His Wings

Trouble on His Wings
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher: Galaxy Press LLC
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2012-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1592127258

Flying into action, daredevil photojournalist Johnny Brice is always looking for trouble . . . and more often than not, finding it. But he doesn’t know what real trouble is until he rescues the beautiful woman he calls Jinx from a sinking ship. Like Bogie and Bacall, they’re made for each other—even if they are a dangerous mix. Get the picture? Well, Johnny always does. The problem is, with Jinx now in the picture, all his photo-scoops are going down the drain—losing his film to water, fire or war. And it all comes to a head on assignment in China, when the Japanese shoot his plane down and take Jinx and Johnny prisoner. Their lives at risk, it’s time for Johnny to get the real story about the lady. Is she really a jinx . . . or something even more sinister? In an adventure full of surprising discoveries, getting at the truth leads to the most shocking twist of all. L. Ron Hubbard had first-hand experience of flying high with Trouble on His Wings. As a young aviator, he loved to tempt danger. One journalist wrote: “The flaming-haired pilot hit the city like a tornado a few years ago. . . . He just dared the ground to come up and hit him.” The knowledge and insight he gained during those flights is clearly evident in his aerial adventure stories.