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| Author | : Bill Albert |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2014-06-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 149763315X |
An orphaned teenager moves in with his cocktail-waitress aunt in 1950s Palm Springs, in a novel with “its full share of hilarious, and touching, moments” (Booklist). “Swinging from poignant drama to edgy satire to farce, Albert’s moving and funny first novel pairs an awkward orphaned adolescent immersed in 1950s rock ’n’ roll and an unconventional ‘kept’ woman. In 1957, confused, taciturn and fat 15-year-old Harold Abelstein, survivor of a car crash that killed his parents, goes to live with his Aunt Enid, a Palm Springs, Calif., cocktail waitress whose flowery perfumes, loud talk and constant pinching and touching make him uncomfortable. Enid’s rent and car are provided gratis by her part-time lover, incredibly self-absorbed Archie Blatt, a St. Louis garment manufacturer who pops in a few times a year to escape his invalid wife and teenage daughters. Though resenting her dependence, Enid faces a bigger problem when her manipulative, self-pitying father, Abe, who walked out on the family 25 years ago, suddenly reappears, shabby, reeking of whiskey and terminally ill. Tensions snap as Abe grows ever sicker and then Archie shows up, forcing four disparate souls to fitfully coexist under one roof. With a fine ear for dialogue, Albert perfectly captures a time and place—and the emotional chafing between family members who can't help but care for one another, despite themselves.” —Publishers Weekly
| Author | : Avtar Khalsa |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2013-01-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0983490228 |
In the scorching heat of a Phoenix summer, free-lance writer Travis Jefferson is recruited to help find an environmental activist who has disappeared. Travis is an army veteran haunted by ghosts--some from the war, others more recent. His search takes him into an incestuous web of sex, politics, money and murder. The police aren't sure whose side he's on. When he gets too close to the truth, the game gets rough.
| Author | : Angela Y. Davis |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 465 |
| Release | : 2011-10-05 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 030757444X |
From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday as powerful articulations of an alternative consciousness profoundly at odds with mainstream American culture. The works of Rainey, Smith, and Holiday have been largely misunderstood by critics. Overlooked, Davis shows, has been the way their candor and bravado laid the groundwork for an aesthetic that allowed for the celebration of social, moral, and sexual values outside the constraints imposed by middle-class respectability. Through meticulous transcriptions of all the extant lyrics of Rainey and Smith−published here in their entirety for the first time−Davis demonstrates how the roots of the blues extend beyond a musical tradition to serve as a conciousness-raising vehicle for American social memory. A stunning, indispensable contribution to American history, as boldly insightful as the women Davis praises, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism is a triumph.
| Author | : Raul F. Salinas |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 69 |
| Release | : 2005-01-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1477178627 |
Not too long ago, in the Sahara desert, lived mama and papa camel, and their young son, Desert Blues. he was called "Desert Blues" because he was always sad. You see, he didn't have too many things to have fun with. They were a happy family who lived in an adobe house with tall doors so they could enter the house without injuring their humped backs. They also had wide windows so they could see the stars from their bedrooms during the night.
| Author | : Marc S. Rodriguez |
| Publisher | : University Rochester Press |
| Total Pages | : 460 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781580461580 |
An in-depth look at trends in North American internal migration. This volume gathers established and new scholars working on North American immigration, transmigration, internal migration, and citizenship whose work analyzes the development of migrant and state-level institutions as well as migrant networks. With contemporary migration research most often focused on the development of transnational communities and the ways international migrants maintain relationships with their sending region that sustain the circularflow of people, ideas, and traditions across national boundaries it is useful to compare these to similar patterns evident within the terrain of internal migration. To date, however, international and internal migration studies have unfolded in relative isolation from one another with each operating within these distinct fields of expertise rather than across them. Although there has been some important linking, there has not been a recent major consideration of human migration that works across and within the various borders of the North American continent. Thus, the volume presents a variety of chapters that seek to consider human migration in comparative perspective across the internal/international divide. Marc S. Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University; Donna R. Gabbaccia is the Mellon Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh; James R. Grossman is theVice President of Research and Education at the Newberry Library, Chicago. Contributors: Josef Barton, Wallace Best, Donna Gabbaccia, James Gregory, Tobias Higbie, Mae Ngai, Walter Nugent, Annelise Orleck, Kunal Parker, Kimberly Phillips, Bruno Ramirez, Marc Rodriguez Repositioning North American Migration History is a volume in Studies in Comparative History, sponsored by Princeton University's Shelby Cullom Davis Center forHistorical Studies.
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| Total Pages | : 870 |
| Release | : 1926 |
| Genre | : Bands (Music) |
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| Author | : Sam Bleakley |
| Publisher | : Alison Hodge Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780906720806 |
Professional longboarder Sam Bleakley details a decade of extreme global surf travel.
| Author | : Jenna Blough |
| Publisher | : Moon Travel |
| Total Pages | : 347 |
| Release | : 2022-08-16 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1640496165 |
From the chic pools of Palm Springs to the rugged beauty of Joshua Tree National Park, soak up the California sunshine with Moon Joshua Tree & Palm Springs. Inside you'll find: Flexible itineraries, like relaxing weekends in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley and the week-long best of Joshua Tree National Park, including day trips to the Salton Sea and Idyllwild Strategic advice for outdoor adventurers, spa-seekers, poolside loungers, and more The best hikes in Joshua Tree and the Palm Springs area marked with mileage, duration, difficulty level, and elevation gain, plus trailheads and detailed directions Top activities and unique experiences: Discover hidden waterfalls, fan palm oases, and stunning canyons on a hike through Joshua Tree, or trek part of the Pacific Crest Trail on a day trip to the Sand to Snow National Monument. Try a rejuvenating sound bath or soak in serene hot springs. Admire mid-century architecture and sip retro-chic cocktails in Rat-Pack-era hangouts and sample the best of the party scene, from poolside resorts to wild west saloons Insider advice from SoCal local Jenna Blough on when to go, where to stay, and how to get around, including how to get to Joshua Tree and Palm Springs from Los Angeles Helpful resources on Covid-19 and traveling to Joshua Tree and Palm Springs Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Background information on the landscape, history, and culture, plus tips for families, seniors, LGBTQ travelers, and visitors with disabilities Experience the best of the desert with Moon Joshua Tree & Palm Springs. Exploring California’s national parks? Check out Moon Death Valley National Park or Moon Sequoia & Kings Canyon. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.
| Author | : Annelise Orleck |
| Publisher | : Beacon Press |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 2023-04-25 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 080700796X |
The inspiration for the PBS documentary premiering March 2023 The story of the revolutionary Black women welfare organizers of Las Vegas who spearheaded an evergreen, radical revisioning of American economic justice This timely reissue tells the little-known story of a pioneering group of Black mothers who built one of this country's most successful antipoverty programs. In Storming Caesars Palace, Annelise Orleck brings into focus the hidden figures of a trailblazing movement who proved that poor mothers are the real experts on poverty, providing job training, libraries, medical access, daycare centers and housing to the poor in Las Vegas throughout the 1970s. Orleck introduces Ruby Duncan, a sharecropper turned White House advisor who led the charge on the long war on poverty waged against the poor Black mothers of Las Vegas. According to Ruby, “Poor women must dream their highest dreams and never stop,” and she, with the help of Mary Wesley and Alversa Beals, did exactly that. A vivid retelling of an overlooked American history, Orleck follows the Black women who went on to lead a revolutionary movement against welfare injustice. These women eventually founded Operation Life, one of the first women-led community organizations in the nation and one of the country’s most successful antipoverty programs. They went on to gain national traction and garnered the respect of key political figures such as Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. With a new prologue and epilogue that explore the race and labor movements paramount to the political climate of 2021, Orleck masterfully blends together history, social analysis, and personal storytelling in a story that is as enraging as it is empowering.
| Author | : Bill Albert |
| Publisher | : E-Rights/E-Reads Limited |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2001-06-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780759237704 |
