Willy the Sailor
Willy the Sailor

Author: Mikey Komo

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06-25

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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After finishing his studies and training, Willy was ready and excited to head out and work at sea. His adventure begins with this book. Along the way, he meets his new friend Archie, who will quickly become a very helpful shipmate! Join Willy on his adventures at sea. Welcome Aboard! A good cause: With every book bought, we will also make a donation to an official charitable organisation that supports seafarers around the world. Learn more about us, visit: willythesailor.com

Bobo the Sailor Man!
Bobo the Sailor Man!

Author: Eileen Rosenthal

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1442444444

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Bobo (accidentally!) risks getting lost at sea in this irresistible adventure starring everyone’s favorite frenemies. Willie and Bobo are exploring. And just look at all they’ve found! There are spectacular sticks and teeny tiny non-bitey roly-poly bugs. And this—a red bucket! Why, that would make the perfect boat for Bobo. But while Willie is marveling over the prospects of Bobo as sailor man, the boat—and Bobo!—start to drift away. Far away! Is there anything Willie can do to save his best bud? Perhaps a certain cat can help…

A Sailor's Story
A Sailor's Story

Author: Sam Glanzman

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-04-15

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0486798127

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"An unabridged republication of the following works originally published by Marvel Comics, New York: A Sailor's Story (1987) and A Sailor's Story, Book Two: Winds, Dreams, and Dragons (1989)"--Title page verso.

The Gambler's Apprentice
The Gambler's Apprentice

Author: H. Lee Barnes

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 2016-02-09

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1943859051

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The Gambler’s Apprentice tells the story of a teenage boy growing up in Texas during desperate times. Willy, wise and capable beyond his years, learns the gambler’s trade and experiences adventures that demand quick wits—and sometimes violent actions. This is a multilayered story, full of Old West motifs such as cattle-rustling and gunfights along with more modern twists. Starting with a cattle-rustling scheme involving his father, Willy embarks on a life of crime early, eventually landing in a Laredo jail for shooting a man. During his incarceration he meets Sonny Archer, an itinerant gambler, who teaches Willy how to be a cardsharp. Upon his release, Willy roams the country, honing his new talent and getting into more trouble. During his time in New Orleans, Willy even winds up in a confrontation with an Italian crime ring. While all these adventures mold Willy into a clever card player and a masterful fortune-hunter, his grand ambition to be a professional gambler is thwarted when the influenza epidemic strikes. Willy is forced to return home to his family’s Texas ranch, where he faces the most challenging test of his young life and begins to prove that he is far more than simply an apprentice.

Boat
Boat

Author: Michael Baughman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1611457777

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When ten-year-old Michael Baughman moves to Hawaii with his parents, he is troubled and confused. His father doesn’t provide the guidance Baughman needs and the boy doesn’t know who to turn to. When a larger-than-life Hawaiian “beachboy” named Boat takes Baughman under his wing, the boy finds a teacher and mentor. Boat is 285 pounds of solid muscle but gentle spirituality, and he introduces the boy to the ways of Hawaiian mysticism, offering simple, profound wisdom that helps Baughman thrive in an otherwise lonely childhood. Even after Baughman leaves the islands seven years later, the unlikely friendship endures for the rest of Boat’s life, influencing and inspiring the author to this day. Baughman’s narrative begins with a distressed boy at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game and ends more than six decades later with himself as a content old man experiencing a miracle in Mexico. With a photographic memory, Baughman recalls virtually verbatim every significant conversation he had with Boat. Boat spoke Hawaiian Pidgin English, and its unique lilt and rhythm grace this touching memoir. A testament to friendship and the revelations provoked by wisdom in unexpected places.

Flemish Fries
Flemish Fries

Author: Mark Leysen

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006-09-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1847287131

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Weapons of mass destruction, Nazi occupation, deprivation, assassination, God, immigration, assimilation, the American Dream, infidelity, success, failure and redemption are just some of the ingredients sprinkled into FLEMISH FRIES - a novel of one family's journey from Antwerp, Belgium to America. Intrigued by the promise of year-around sunshine, the Vos family immigrates to California after surviving the dark days of World War II. Assimilation is the new challenge, and Willem, the youngest son, is told by his father to learn English in three months or else. Hugo, the eldest at sixteen, is ordered to find a job immediately. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and equally comical, FLEMISH FRIES turns a sharp eye towards Americanization, which brings diametrically different results to each family member. Late in life, Willem returns to Antwerp for a three week visit to the city of his birth. He is sixty and it has been forty years since his last visit, and now he must face a crucial life altering decision.