One Foot on a Banana Peel
Author: Jane Harber
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2003-06
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1591606950
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Bananas
Author: Virginia Jenkins
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1588344126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore 1880 most Americans had never seen a banana. By 1910 bananas were so common that streets were littered with their peels. Today Americans eat on average nearly seventy-five per year. More than a staple of the American diet, bananas have gained a secure place in the nation's culture and folklore. They have been recommended as the secret to longevity, the perfect food for infants, and the cure for warts, headaches, and stage fright. Essential to the cereal bowl and the pratfall, they remain a mainstay of jokes, songs, and wordplay even after a century of rapid change. Covering every aspect of the banana in American culture, from its beginnings as luxury food to its reputation in the 1910s as the “poor man's” fruit to its role today as a healthy, easy-to-carry snack, Bananas provides an insightful look at a fruit with appeal.
Rooted in America
Author: David Scofield Wilson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781572330535
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays that examine how foods express American cultural values.
One Foot in the Grave
Author: William Mark Simmons
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Published: 2015-10-29
Total Pages: 487
ISBN-13: 1625794797
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUNFORTUNATELY, THEY BELIEVE IN HIM... Christopher Csejthe doesn't believe in vampires. Not until he becomes one. He doesn't believe in witches or werewolves, either. Not until they make him an offer he can't refuse.... Flight of the Living Dead A scream sliced the night air¾an animal sound as far removed from a human voice as the previous scream of tortured metal. It was a sound that went on and on as we hurried toward the RV. Mooncloud yanked the passenger door open and then ran around to the driver's side as I climbed up onto the bench seat. As she slid behind the wheel the other woman leapt from the building's rear doorway, sailing over the stairs and landing on the ground below. As she crouched on the asphalt, there was a shattering roar that canceled out the screaming. A ball of flame rolled out from the doorway like an orange party favor, licking the air just a few feet above her head. Mooncloud threw the van in gear and brought it skidding around as the blaze snapped back through the opening. Before I could reach for the door handle the woman was springing through the open window to land across my lap. "Go!" she shouted, but Mooncloud was already whipping the vehicle in a tight turn and accelerating toward the parking lot's north exit. The speed bump smacked my head against the roof of the cab and, by the time my vision cleared, we were driving more sedately down a side street, the woman with the crossbow sitting between me and the passenger door. In the rear-view mirror a pillar of flame was climbing from the roof of the old dormitory that housed the radio station. I shook my head to clear away the last of the planetarium show and gripped the dashboard. "Will somebody please tell me what's going on?" "It's very simple, Mr. Csejthe," Dr. Mooncloud said, pressing a button that locked the cab doors. "You are a dead man." At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
The Twelfth Raven
Author: Doris Brett
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781742585635
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen poet Doris Brett's fit, healthy, 59-year-old husband had a massive stroke, losing the ability to speak, they were thrown into a journey of discovery.A golfball-sized blood clot in Martin's brain was followed by a life-threatening heart condition. Later Brett learned that she carried the potentially deadly BRCA1 genetic mutation. As a psychologist, Brett was able to access and apply all the latest research on brain plasticity and neurotherapy and her husband confounded his doctors by making an exceptional recovery. In The Twelfth Raven, Brett calls on her poetic gifts to turn pain into art and provide a mesmerising exploration of life on the edge.
Jonathan Demme
Author: Robert E. Kapsis
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781604731170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollected interviews with the director of The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Married to the Mob, and other films
Icons of Grief
Author: Alexander Nemerov
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-07-18
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0520241002
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My Son, My Father, My Hero
Author: Larry
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2010-02-08
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 1440197261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMy Son, My Father, My Hero is based on the journal that was kept by Larry A. Woodruffs parents from the beginning of his illness. During the first week of dealing with this horrible nightmare, they met another mother whose son had cancer. She gave them some tips on how to get the best care and choices for their son. She told them to keep a daily journal of his medicines and treatments and record how he reacted to them. When the doctors order a medical test, she told them to ask what they hoped to learn and what they would do differently after obtaining the results. And she told them to never forget that this was a teaching hospital and that the medical staff would do tests to learn different things concerning the illness. This book was written to help other parents and families with loved ones who have had not only cancer but also other diseases that put a family in dreadful distress. The disease affects not only the patient but also everyone who is in direct contact with him or her. In their case, cancer affected Larrys parents, brothers, wife, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. This is their story.
The Short Pencil Is the Sharp One
Author: Ritchie R. Moorhead
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2011-06-25
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1463408544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Short pencil is the Sharp one is a book for anyone interested in public school education. It captures the inner workings of our schools from the auditorium to the classroom. No stone is left unturned. No area is sacred. The new teacher will see what lies ahead. Pitfalls and surprises will be revealed to those who listen. It is wise planning for the new career. The older, and often frustrated, classroom teacher will become renewed, refreshed and restored as he or she considers returning for another year. Burn-out is real. Learn how to recover from this crippling malady. Administrators will find choice thoughts for much-needed reforms and effective leadership. Our leaders will enjoy a fresh look at their role in life. Parents can understand how our schools work by exploring the heretofore undefined parameters within which their children exists.
