Hey, Dad! is an incredible novel of a single father of three kids. His wife left him with three young kids. He stayed single to raise his kids. He also tried to find the other child he fathered when he was in high school at age fifteen. A few years later, he met a rich woman. At first, her family didn ́t agree with her decision to marry a single father of three kids. Her parents thought that he married her for money, but she truly loved him and he truly loved her. They married and had two sets of twins. He also found his other child after seventeen years. His three sons graduated from high school. His older son joined in military. His other two sons went to college. His life was going so good with a happy life as he had wished for. A few years later, his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. She passed away and left him with two sets of twins. His older son went to Iraq. His son ended up missing in Iraq. His life became a miserable. He lost his wife, and his son could die in Iraq.
A man mourning his alcoholic father faces a paradox: to pay tribute, lay scorn upon, or pour a drink. A wrenching, dazzling, revelatory debut Weaving between the preparations for his father's funeral and memories of life on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border, Obed Silva chronicles his father's lifelong battle with alcoholism and the havoc it wreaked on his family. Silva and his mother had come north across the border to escape his father’s violent, drunken rages. His father had followed and danced dangerously in and out of the family’s life until he was arrested and deported back to Mexico, where he drank himself to death, one Carta Blanca at a time, at the age of forty-eight. Told with a wry cynicism, a profane, profound anger, an antic, brutally honest voice, and a hard-won classical frame of reference, Silva channels the heartbreak of mourning while wrestling with the resentment and frustration caused by addiction. The Death of My Father the Pope is a fluid and dynamic combination of memoir and an examination of the power of language—and the introduction of a unique and powerful literary voice.
In a parallel universe the government of the United States of America is using illegal drugs to control the masses. The government is using illegal drugs to control people’s minds so that they only focus on the illegal drugs that have taken over their lives. The government wants to prevent the people from realizing the terrible conditions that those in power have forced us to endure. The government wants people to ignore the racism, inequality, sexism, and their strategy of divide and conquer. The government wants its citizens to be dumb so that it can control everyone. President Dick Kush wins the 2016 Presidential Election with the promise to, “Make America Drug Free Again.” President Dick Kush promises to send some paramilitary troops to México to fight the drug war that was started by President Pulque in México during 2006. President Dick Kush is able to pass the Twenty-eighth Amendment to the United States of America Constitution to ban all drugs that are stimulants, hallucinogens, and analgesics. With the help of his political party the Government of the Racist (G. O. P.) who now hold a majority in the United States of America Congress and in each of the state’s legislatures he is victorious. Soon President Dick Kush will live to regret this idea when people are free of the mind control that the drugs places them in. A cast of characters must now deal with the results of the 2016 Presidential Election and President Dick Kush’s rise to the seat of power. Demetria finds out a secret that makes her wonder what other secrets her family hides. El Destrampado is now ordered by his boss to take care of a little problem in a hotel room. Gianluca finds out about the corruption that plagues his federal police department and wants to do something to clean it up. Franco is on his way to Samuel’s birthday party to give him a special present in order to get the approval of the boss. Gansito just spotted a traitor to the Pearl of the Pacific Cartel and goes after the man that the boss nicknamed Francisco Madero. Chabela is celebrating her first communion when her uncle Franco shows up with a surprise gift. Kyng works at a Mexican restaurant but he really enjoys smoking marihuana when he is not at work. Caylee is a drug dealer who is trying to make a lot of money quickly to buy a house and move out of her apartment. Fortuna is worried about paying a loan that her husband owes to the Pearl of the Pacific Cartel. (Word Count 62,752)
The adorable chihuahuas , Chloe and Papi, are back and excited to begin their new life together! With their family of five pups, they are enjoying living in Aunt Vivian's mansion while she and her niece, Rachel, are on vacation. Rachel's friend Sam Cortez is looking after the mansion when he finds out that his own house is going to be taken away from his family. Chloe and Papi know they have to take action. With the help of their puppies and their German Shepard friend, will they be able to save the day?
This action/adventure novel might be called a "reverse-Columbus" story, in that Caribbean cannibals discover Europe in 1500 and there's hell to pay for 500 years. Now comes the revolution.
"Outrage is a matter of history in Riverview and Riverview High School (RHS), the setting for this study of a multiethnic school and community."--Preface, p. ix.
The American Kennel Club’s Meet the Chihuahua, an official publication of the American Kennel Club (AKC) prepared in collaboration with the Chihuahua Club of America, serves as the go-to resource for new and experienced owners of the world’s tiniest dog. With his saucy personality, childlike intelligence, and perfect diminutive stature, the Chihuahua is the favorite of millions of dog lovers in America and around the world. Meet the Chihuahua begins with a discussion about who makes the right owner for such a tiny wonder as the Chihuahuas, and the parent-like responsibilities that accompany owning this long-lived canine tot. Equally important is the selection of the right breeder, a topic covered in a chapter on puppy selection that includes a list of questions to ask the breeder and the answers new owners are looking for. The book addresses the health of the Chi and alerts new owners to potential problems in the breed. The chapter on health discusses the importance of finding the right veterinarian for this breed as well as how to embark on a preventive-healthcare regimen with your vet. New owners will profit from the chapters dedicated to selecting the right merchandise for a new puppy and how to make the home and yard safe for the inquisitive Chi puppy. House-training and obedience training are presented in individual chapters, topics that all Chi owners need to consider seriously. The AKC’s stance on positive training methods shines through as owners are enlightened to the power of praise and rewards. Additionally, Meet the Chihuahua offers info about grooming both coat varieties, exercise, dental health, and feeding. The final chapter presents a fun-filled chapter on participating in dog sports—from participating in AKC performance events like dog shows, obedience and agility trials to becoming certified as a therapy dog and visiting nursing homes and retirement homes with your ready-to-love Chihuahua. The chapters also offer advice on how to pursue the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and the Canine Good Citizen programs, both ideal for young dogs getting their start in organized dog events and therapy work. The Resources section of the book includes excellent recommendations for websites, periodicals, books, and programs that owners will find informative and helpful.
This is the story of a Space Cadet named Clay Stone who completed his academy training and is assigned to Space Center as the first Starship Captain to embark on a stellar mission to a red dwarf star called Alpha Proxima 4.2 light years away. The trip is a disaster and the trials and tribulations are many, but the mission is almost doomed near the end. The story is packed full of humor, romance, action and adventure. You’re going to love this one. But, PLEASE, don’t tell anyone the ending.
Duarte's latest novel is based on a string of real-life murders in Ciudad Jurez in the 1990s. Forced out of the house by her alcoholic mother, 13-year-old Evita takes to the streets, glimpsing newspaper columns about the murders, while struggling to survive. Petra, Evita's comely 19-year-old cousin, exchanges the country life for gritty Jurez to raise money for her ailing father. An acquaintance of Petra, Mayela, a 12-year-old Tarahumara Indian, lives in an orphanage where her artistic talent is discovered.
