It’S a Miracle They Ain’T Dead Yet

It’S a Miracle They Ain’T Dead Yet

Author: Kenneth Suna

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-11-10

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1440163359

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Kenneth Suna hoped to become a professional wrestler, but an eight-foot drop onto a cement floor quickly ended his fifteen-year dream. He found work at the Texas Caf, a Washington, D.C., neighborhood restaurant and later at White Spice, a high-end seafood restaurant. In this memoir, Suna provides a unique glimpse into the restaurant industry from the perspective of a young man at the beginning of his career. In Its a Miracle They Aint Dead Yet, Suna delivers humorous true stories and descriptions from the kitchen. From maniac managers to quirky customers and eccentric co-workers, he reveals all, including stories about the knife-wielding dishwasher, dead rats in the kitchen, cooks using cocaine, and situations similar to Waiter, theres a roach in my food! Suna is not a chef, nor does he own a restaurant. He was an employee at the bottom rung, and he saw it allgood and bad management, the treatment of immigrants, endearing stories, and shocking kitchen scenes. Eating out will never be the same.


The Revenge of Joe Wild

The Revenge of Joe Wild

Author: Andrew Komarnyckyj

Publisher: Santa Monica Press

Published: 2022-07-12

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1595807780

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The Revenge of Joe Wild is a young adult novel about a semi-literate 12-year-old boy growing up in mid-19th century Southern Illinois, an outsider who can’t fit in with the norms of society. When Joe is accused of murdering his friend Ervan Foster, he flees the authorities and goes on the run, vowing to one day return as an adult, find out who the real killer is, clear his name, and avenge Ervan’s death. While on the run, Joe has many funny, dangerous, and eye-opening adventures which include joining the Union army and fighting in the American Civil War. When the war ends, Joe returns to his hometown, an armed and battle-tested sixteen-year-old. He confronts his accusers, but when Joe finds out the truth behind Ervan's murder, he makes peace with the man who falsely accused him, as well as with himself. In the great tradition of such 19th-century American authors Mark Twain, James Fennimore Cooper, and Stephen Crane, The Revenge of Joe Wild is a humorous, tense, action-filled novel set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War, with themes involving racism, sexuality, and misinformation that are just as relevant in the 21st century as they were during the time of Joe Wild.


The Jesus Seed

The Jesus Seed

Author: Del Walters

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010-11-12

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1452062331

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Hitler believed the Lance of Longinius, or the spear used to pierce the side of Jesus while he hung on the cross, would make him immortal. Michael Ude believes it contains the actual DNA of Christ. When that DNA is stolen, the delivery of a single video tape sets the faith based community on its head. The tape claims to contain footage of a woman who is carrying the Jesus Seed, or Christs clone. But that is just the beginning of an all out war on Christianity. It begins when a suicide fighter pilot files a supersonic jet into the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Brazil. Then a woman named Mary is infected with the deadly Ebola virus under a giant cross in Illinois. Suddenly suicide bombers target Notre Dame, in Paris, the National Cathedral and Mormon Temples in Washington, D.C. But these terrorists arent Islamic. Theyre faithful Christians. Behind it all, a billionaire bent on revenge and a Catholic Cardinal, both convinced the Apocalypse is already happening. The Jesus Seed is set against a factual backdrop that says human cloning is not only possible, but probably has already happened. The Jesus Seed examines what would happen if science brought about the Apocalypse as called for the in the book of Revelations. The Jesus Seed is a head on battle between science and faith. Its a life and death race against a centuries old biblical deadlinethe birth of Christ. Will history repeat itself? Three decades after the cloning of Dolly the Sheep, and Baby Louise Brown, is it really possible to clone Jesus? What role will race play? These are just some of the questions explored in Del Walters explosive follow to The RACE and Wereth, the Black Parade, The Jesus Seed.


Miracle's Boys

Miracle's Boys

Author: Jacqueline Woodson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-06-08

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 1101077069

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From a three-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility. Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility. Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he needs the guidance and answers only his brothers can give him. The events of one dramatic weekend force the boys to make the choice to be there for each other--to really see each other--or to give in to the pain and problems of every day.


The Other Ones

The Other Ones

Author: David Alexander

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2019-07-17

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 1479439614

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What happens if you've killed someone famous and end up in the afterlife? Here is a tale of the world's greatest killers and assassins -- in the Great Beyond!


Blood Bandit

Blood Bandit

Author: Liza Street

Publisher: Liza Street

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13:

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In a land filled with supernatural outlaws, sometimes the only thing Gracie can trust is her charmed six-shooter. The Graywolf Bandits have long terrorized the law-abiding folk along the Loveless River, robbing stagecoaches and solitary travelers alike. The bounty for bringing in the outlaws is high…but so is the danger. Enter Gracie Boswell—a charm-slinging bounty hunter with a posse of individuals who possess a unique set of skills and temperaments. If Gracie and her gang can’t put a stop to the bandits, no one can, and it’ll spell a slow winter death for the innocents who live along the river. Blood Bandit is the fifth thrilling installment in USA Today bestselling author Liza Street’s weird western gothic series. Pick up your copy of Blood Bandit for a wild ride through the dark and dangerous west!


Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be

Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be

Author: Joe R. Lansdale

Publisher: PM Press

Published: 2016-07-01

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1629632643

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Arguably (and who doesn’t like to argue?) the world’s bestselling cult author, Joe R. Lansdale is celebrated across several continents for his dark humor, his grimly gleeful horror, and his outlaw politics. Welcome to Texas. With hits like Bubba Ho-Tep and The Drive-In the Lansdale secret was always endangered, and the spectacular new Hap and Leonard Sundance TV series is busily blowing whatever cover Joe had left. Backwoods noir some call it; others call it redneck surrealism. Joe’s signature style is on display here in all its grit, grime, and glory, beginning with two (maybe three) previously unpublished Hap and Leonard tales revealing the roots of their unlikely partnership. Plus… A hatful and a half of Joe’s notorious Texas Observer pieces that helped catapult him from obscurity into controversy; and “Miracles Ain’t What They Used to Be,” Lansdale’s passionately personal take on the eternal tussles between God and Man, Texas and America, racism and reason—and religion and common sense. And Featuring: Our Outspoken Interview, in which piney woods dialect, Bible thumpery, martial arts, crime classics and Hollywood protocols are finally awarded the attention they deserve. Or don’t.


My Father's War

My Father's War

Author: Barton Sutter

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781452905143

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In this collection of stories, Barton Sutter shows us all the ways in which we are shaped by our surroundings. With an unswerving gaze, he portrays the rituals of growing up that we all experience, no matter how old we think we are.