Hardcore Hardboiled

Hardcore Hardboiled
Author: Todd Robinson
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780758222664

A gritty compilation of hip, neo-noir suspense tales from the award-winning webzine thuglit.com features contributions from Ken Bruen, Sean Chercover, Victor Gischler, Duane Swierczynski, Charlies Stella, Jordan Harper, and other outstanding writers. Original.

The Heiress and The Cowboy

The Heiress and The Cowboy
Author: Dahlia Rose
Publisher: Dahlia Rose Unscripted
Total Pages: 91
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Kerri Sloan was always on the news, lights and cameras in her face, and she was known as the diamond heiress. Not because of the wealth she’d amassed but because she was cold as the jewels she wore. Now she was on his ranch waving a blank check thinking he’d sell out his dream. Alex Mendoza had two words for the gorgeous woman, and they weren’t, I’ll sell. But she wasn’t giving up, and after one heated discussion at a town hall meeting, he shut her up with a kiss. Alex instantly regretted the kiss because all he could do was think about bedding her each time he saw her. It scared the hell out of him that he might be falling in love. Kerri took one look at Alex and assessed him as a typical Texas cowboy, which was unfair because she was presumed to be something she wasn’t. She made her wealth, and men hated her for it. So why would he be any different? Then Alex had to kiss her and complicate everything. How could she dislike a man who made her body tremble with just one touch? They had nothing in common and were as combustible as crude oil and an open flame. She could deny it all she wanted, but Kerri craved the heat they created. She knew everything about the boardroom, stocks, and building her empire, and nothing about losing her heart.

American Hardcore (Second Edition)

American Hardcore (Second Edition)
Author: Steven Blush
Publisher: Feral House
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1932595988

"American Hardcore sets the record straight about the last great American subculture"—Paper magazine Steven Blush's "definitive treatment of Hardcore Punk" (Los Angeles Times) changed the way we look at Punk Rock. The Sony Picture Classics–distributed documentary American Hardcore premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. This revised and expanded second edition contains hundreds of new bands, thirty new interviews, flyers, a new chapter ("Destroy Babylon"), and a new art gallery with over 125 rare photos and images.

American Cowboy

American Cowboy
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2001-03
Genre:
ISBN:

Published for devotees of the cowboy and the West, American Cowboy covers all aspects of the Western lifestyle, delivering the best in entertainment, personalities, travel, rodeo action, human interest, art, poetry, fashion, food, horsemanship, history, and every other facet of Western culture. With stunning photography and you-are-there reportage, American Cowboy immerses readers in the cowboy life and the magic that is the great American West.

Hardcore California

Hardcore California
Author: Peter Belsito
Publisher: Last Gasp
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1983
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780867193145

Generally acknowledged as the best study - both written and photographed - of the California hardcore scene. Album cover graphics in colour, hundreds of photos of bands and good text. Over 600 bands mentioned.

Hardcore - Complete Series

Hardcore - Complete Series
Author: Lucia Jordan
Publisher: Wild Hearts Romance
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2021-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Here is the complete ‘Hardcore’ Series, a seriously hot and provocative romance by Lucia Jordan, written in her signature style of high passion and emotion. Josslyn Turner is more interested in living vicariously through the exploits of the police officers she works for than fixing her own love life. There’s just something about their stories of crime and adventure, something exciting about their power that turns Joss on. Working late one night at the station, Joss meets Vincent West, a local politician who is both handsome and enigmatic. Her attraction to him is immediate and he seems to feel the same way. They secretly become involved and new experiences soon escalate to sexual surrender as Josslyn starts to realize that she’s been hiding her true nature. But as much as Joss is excited by Vincent’s raw, dominant sexuality… is she also a little afraid of handing over too much control? Only mature readers should download this book.

Zero at the Bone

Zero at the Bone
Author: Erec Toso
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0816549176

Late one evening in the summer of 2003, Erec Toso arrived home to his wife and children after an ordinary day at his university office. In the darkness of his yard, a rattlesnake lay along the path, basking in the post-monsoon coolness. Toso, lost in thought, never saw the snake, which struck him on the foot and injected a huge dose of venom. Zero at the Bone is a deeply personal narrative about Toso’s physical recovery and emotional transformation following this near-death experience. In elegant prose that inspires as much as it unsettles, Toso takes the reader along with him on his expedition into the uncharted territory of cellular damage, hallucination, and ultimately profound spiritual awakening. On all levels, it is a book about pain. Toso spares no detail in his accounts of agonizing hospital procedures, in his revelations about rattlesnake lore, or in his descriptions of the wide-ranging effects of snake venom. But quickly the reader realizes that the physical pain of the snakebite is only the more tangible marker of the psychological pain and turmoil that Toso endures in the emotional journey that ensues. In the months that follow his terrifying attack, priorities, daily habits, family relations, and definitions of self all come into question. What is predictable becomes problematic; what is comfortable becomes disconcerting. In a story that hinges on a common fear about an unlikely event—that of a snakebite—Toso uncovers a more widespread reality that many of us do not fear enough—complacency.

SPIN

SPIN
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1985-08
Genre:
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From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.

Hardcore History

Hardcore History
Author: Scott E. Williams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2016-03-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1613218737

Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was one extreme contradiction on top of another. An incredibly influential—but never profitable—company in the world of professional wrestling in the 1990s, it portrayed itself as the ultimate in anti-authority rebellion, but its leadership was working covertly with the World Wrestling Federation and the World Championship Wrestling. Most of all, it blurred the line between reality and the fantasy world of professional wrestling. Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW offers a frank, balanced look at the evolution of ECW starting before its early days as a Philadelphia-area independent group and extending past its death in 2001. Featuring dozens of interviews with fans, officials, business partners, and the wrestlers themselves, this is a very balanced account of this bizarre company—and it’s sure to be extremely controversial for fans and critics of ECW, and wrestling, alike. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Cowboy Christians

Cowboy Christians
Author: Marie W. Dallam
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2018-01-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190856572

Cowboy Christians examines the long history of cowboy Christianity in the American West, with a focus on the present-day cowboy church movement. Based on five years of historical and sociological fieldwork in cowboy Christian communities, this book draws on interviews with leaders of cowboy churches, traveling rodeo ministries, and chaplains who serve horse racing and bull riding communities, along with the author's first-hand experiences as a participant observer. Marie W. Dallam traces cowboy Christianity from the postbellum period into the twenty-first century, looking at religious life among cowboys on the range as well as its representation in popular imagery and the media. She examines the structure, theology, and perpetuation of the modern cowboy church, and speculates on future challenges the institution may face, such as the relegation of women to subordinate participant roles at a time of increasing gender equality in the larger society. She also explores the cowboy Christian proclivity for blending the secular and the sacred in leisure environments like arenas, racetracks, and rodeos. Dallam locates the modern cowboy church as a descendant of the muscular Christianity movement, the Jesus movement, and new paradigm church methodology. Cowboy Christians establishes the religious significance of the cowboy church movement, particularly relative to twenty-first-century evangelical Protestantism, and contributes to a deeper understanding of the unique Christianity of the American West.