The Scooter Chronicles: A Southern California Modyssey
The Scooter Chronicles: A Southern California Modyssey

Author: Shahriar Fouladi

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1684051851

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During the So-Cal Mod revival of the mid-1980s, one teen's simple quest to buy a Vespa is about to turn into an absolute nightmare. It's 1985, and to say Tommy Daniels is Mod-obsessed is no understatement: buying a scooter is the ultimate goal of his young life. When he hits the road on his search, it will be the strangest, most shocking three days imaginable, and he'll encounter a host of colorful characters, including a jerk cop and the Mod girl of his dreams, but nothing's going to stand in his way. His is a story of wanting something so badly, you'll put everything on the line to get it. Along the way, each chapter introduces a soundtrack song from Tommy's Mod mixtape. Also included, "It's a Way of Life," an essay about the Mod revival in 1980s Southern California by Bart Mendoza, lead singer of the band Manual Scan, noted music journalist, and a prime player in the San Diego Mod scene. This prose novel includes a color image section featuring some prime Mod moments in California from the 1980s, as well as acclaimed artist Ralph Cosentino's cover for Dr. Harvey's Victor the Vespa, the fictional book written by a character in the story!

The Scooter Chronicles
The Scooter Chronicles

Author: Edward Beardsley

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1491777583

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Scooter Sullivan is a man not without a country but without a solid rudder. And we all know what happens not only to a ship but even to the smallest boat without a rudderno direction. Scooter struggles to find his way and his rudder, which turns out to be, simply, love.

The Scooter Chronicles
The Scooter Chronicles

Author: Edward Beardsley

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-03-25

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1491762071

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Will Scooter Sullivan allow the U.S. Navy to make a man of him or will he return to Chicago and his jazz haunts on Rush Street as a drummer?

The Scooter Chronicles
The Scooter Chronicles

Author: Edward Beardsley

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1491770465

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Scooter moves on. From the success and adventure of the U.S. Navy he is drawn to a place he once vowed he would never returnthe school house. Will he succeed and survive in front of the class as he did in the crows nest of his ship? Tolle Lege, Tolle Lege. Take up and read, take up and read. -St. Augustine

The Artifact Chronicles - Episode One: A Legend Comes to Life
The Artifact Chronicles - Episode One: A Legend Comes to Life

Author: Dennis Wengert

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-08-13

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1387976079

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Unexpectedly stumbling upon a precious LDS Artifact, Aaron Atwater, Jamison Dawtry and Laura Comyers embark on an improbable journey of danger and intrigue. What they assume will be an innocent temporary possession of the Artifact turns into a desperate attempt to return it before its rightful owner discovers the priceless piece is missing. But, before they can, the three teens get a first-hand lesson in LDS Church history in the 1830s...as it is actually happening. Along the way, their friendship and endurance are challenged in ways none of them expect. Ways that could alter their lives forever.

The Nebula Chronicles
The Nebula Chronicles

Author: sb white

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1546224564

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The Nebula Chronicles, Vol. 1, Book 1: The Web Spinner When Mary Jane finds out that she is not Mary Jane, but Arris, and not from planet Earth, her world is turned upside down. To escape from being killed, Arris goes to the Nebula Academy, where she trains to become a protector. At the academy she meets the other protector trainees. When the academy is found by those who are hunting her, it is shut down, and once again, Arris has to flee for her life. Follow the adventures of Alpha team protectors Phoenix, Vega, and Arris and Beta team protectors Ursa, Minor, and Sirus. Meet Kent the web spinner, Spider the soldier, and Catella, the architect of the Nebula Association. The excitement and adventures have just begun. The Nebula Chronicles, Vol. 1, Book 2: Spiders Web Spider, worried about the attack on the compound on Earth and then the Nebula Academy, starts his search for the attackers. His search takes him to the planet Forsaken. A refuge for the worst of criminals to escape their many crimes. Spider learns about the general and that spies have infiltrated Nebula Headquarters. Spider begins to weave his web to save Catella, Arris, and the NAHQ. The Nebula Chronicles, Vol. 1, Book 3: Queen Arris Arris returns to her home planet of Daedro, in the Velpulla cluster, and comes face-to-face with the general who has been hunting her and trying to kill her for most of her life. Arris learns about her parents fate and her heritage and makes a surprising discovery. Her aunt Celeste survived the evil generals attack and is leading a band of exiles to take back their homes and planet. Arris will need the help of Kent, Spider, and the other protectors to stop the evil general. If Star Wars and the Harry Potter books were combined, you might get The Nebula Chronicles. Entertaining, family-friendly stories and exciting characters.

Consumer Chronicles
Consumer Chronicles

Author: David H. Walker

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1846314879

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At a time when the world is facing the depletion of nonrenewable natural resources, consumer society is increasingly being called into question. Nowhere is this more evident than in France, where the consumer revolution has long been perceived as a challenge to artisanal crafts, local business, and other key elements of French culture. David H. Walker here charts the portrayal of consumer behavior in the works of Gide, Zola, Jean Valmy-Basse, and Elsa Triolet and analyzes these testimonies in relation to their social, cultural and historical milieu. Consumer Chronicles offers an imaginative look at the impact of affluence on French consumers, shopkeepers, and society and provides valuable insight into the history of the consumer mentality in the twentieth century.

Wildfire Chronicles: Volumes 1-4 [Post-apocalyptic/Zombie horror series bundle]
Wildfire Chronicles: Volumes 1-4 [Post-apocalyptic/Zombie horror series bundle]

Author: K.R. Griffiths

Publisher: K.R. Griffiths

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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Wildfire Chronicles is the acclaimed horror/science fiction series from K.R. Griffiths. This compilation collects volumes 1 to 4 in one bargain package. *** Panic (Volume 1) Michael Evans is only in rural St. Davids to maintain a low profile after his time spent as a city cop ended in disaster. The town is perfect for him: isolated. A tiny population. Virtually no crime. Until the night the strange canisters fall from the sky and the town priest starts killing people with his teeth. To Michael, the bloodbath looks like a murder case that the quiet town's two police officers can't possibly handle. But this isn't just a crime scene. And the priest is just the beginning... Shock (Volume 2) The team had been told it would be a straightforward mission: enter St. Davids, now little more than a ghost town, retrieve the target and return to base. Trouble is, the target is a man named Victor, and it looks like somebody else got to him first. And St. Davids is anything but a ghost town... Psychosis (Volume 3) Michael Evans, crippled survivor of the massacre at St. Davids, has only one goal left: to find his young daughter. And that means journeying north and discovering that during the five days he spent comatose in an underground bunker the world has changed dramatically. And worse, it's still changing. Struggling to come to terms with a world steeped in shocking violence and ever-present danger, Michael must adapt quickly to a new reality: the virus has already infected the population. But it isn't stopping there... Mutation (Volume 4) The only thing the survivors of the catastrophe in South Wales wanted was a safe place to ride out the apocalypse. The castle looked perfect: high walls and natural defenses that even the infection could not breach. The problem was that someone had beaten them to it. Someone who would stop at nothing to maintain control. Someone with a dark secret that could change everything... *** Tags: Zombie apocalypse, Zombies, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Dystopian, Series, Science Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Wildfire Chronicles

The Antifascist Chronicles of Aurelio Pego
The Antifascist Chronicles of Aurelio Pego

Author: Montse Feu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-10-14

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1000472698

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The Antifascist Chronicles of Aurelio Pego: A Critical Anthology collects and contextualizes Pego’s 118 literary chronicles published between 1940 and 1967 in the periodical España Libre, New York. The satire of this household name in the US Spanish-language press lambasted Fascist Spain, lampooned American diplomatic relations with Francisco Franco, and mocked the Spanish exiles’ unsuccessful efforts to liberate Spain from the dictator. Pego’s journalism showed deep dedication to the public good with his publication of uncensored information about the regime that alerted readers of the civil rights infringements in Fascist Spain. However, Pego delivered the hard truths of Fascist Spain cloaked in mockery. Humor was crucial in this political culture not only because it facilitated communicating Spanish news but also avoided mythical and totalitarian rhetorical resistance. The fragility of the alternative periodicals’ paper and the political persecution against dissident voices has caused that much of this antifascist print culture has been lost. However, Pego’s chronicles prove that US Hispanic antifascism was vibrant. The anthology puts forward the understudied work of antifascists in the United States and provides evidence of their activism. Its preservation is an exercise of collective memory and a place of resistance to an elitist and fascist archive.