Kicking a Dead Horse

Author: Sam Shepard
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307793737
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
A solitary man digs a hole in the ground, near a dead horse. Amidst the clutter of food and equipment stands Hobart Struther, who has ridden all the way out to the middle of nowhere on a holy mission. But one day into his “Great Sojourn,” things are looking bleak. His horse has choked to death, he's miles away from civilization, and there's not a person around to talk to – other than himself. As Hobart examines his rise — how he built a vast art collection while ensconced in a comfortable Park Avenue lifestyle — he digs deep into his own history, unearthing truths about his past while still struggling to find the answers he needs. With Shepard's linguistic flair, subtle humor, and probing insights, Kicking a Dead Horse is an invigorating addition to the works of one of America's most innovative playwrights.

The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir: Poems

Author: Richard Hugo
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393042251
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
"Richard Hugo's concern is the unenviable, the unvisited, even the uninviting, which he must invest with his own deprivations, his own private war. The distinctiveness of impulse int he language, the movement organized in single syllables by the craving mind, this credible richness is related to, is even derived from, the poverty of the places, local emanations, free (or freed) to be the poet's own." --Richard Howard "Richard Hugo is such an important poet because the difficulties inherent in his art provide him a means of saying what he has to say. It is no accident that he must develop a negative in order to produce a true image." --Richard Howard

Comanche Moon

Author: Larry McMurtry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684857553
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 720

Book Description
Set against the bitter frontier strife between Texans and the Comanche, Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call battle Buffalo Hump, the enigmatic war chief, and Gus' long-time nemesis, Blue Duck.

Dream of Night

Author: Heather Henson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442406119
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Untamable. Damaged. Angry. Once full of promise and life, now lost in the shadows of resentment and detachment, this is Dream of Night's story—and it is also Shiloh’s. One is a thoroughbred racehorse, the other an eleven-year-old foster child. Starved to the bone, Dream of Night is still a very powerful animal, kicking, bucking, screaming to show his strength. Shiloh has been starved in other ways—starved of affection, starved of stability and she lashes out too…with sarcasm. This injured and abused racehorse has a lot in common with punky Shiloh and by chance they both find themselves under the care of Jessalyn DiLima—a last stop for each before the state takes more drastic measures—sending the girl to a “residential facility” and the horse to a vet...for euthanizing. Jess is giving them a second chance, a last chance—but she fosters animals and children like this for a reason—she’s a little broken, too. And she knows what it’s like to have lost nearly everything she loves. As the horse warms up to the girl and the girl lets her guard down for the horse, the three of them become an unlikely family. They recognize their similarities in order to heal their pasts, but not before one last tragedy threatens to take it all away.

The God of Hell

Author: Sam Shepard
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822220640
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
THE STORY: An uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma. Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm.

War Horse

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545466407
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
An e-book edition of War Horse with movie stills, behind-the-scenes photos, storyboards, and more! In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him and he is able to find warmth and hope. But his heart aches for Albert, the farmer's son he left behind. Will he ever see his true master again?

The Defence of Duffer's Drift

Author: Ernest Dunlop Swinton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guerrilla warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

Author: Chuck Klosterman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743236010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Now in paperback after six hardback printings, the damn funny...wild collection of bracingly intelligent essays about topics that aren't quite as intelligent as Chuck Klosterman'(Esquire). Following the success of Fargo Rock City, Klosterman, a senior writer at Spin magazine, is back with a hilarious and savvy manifesto for a youth gone wild on pop culture and media, taking on everything from Guns'n'Roses tribute bands to Christian fundamentalism to internet porn. 'Maddeningly smart and funny' - Washington Post'

Indian Horse

Author: Richard Wagamese
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571319883
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
A First Nations former hockey star looks back on his life as he undergoes treatment for alcoholism in this novel from the author of Dream Wheels. Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother—and then his home itself. Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey. Rising at dawn to practice alone, Saul proves determined and undeniably gifted. His intuition and vision are unmatched. His speed is remarkable. Together they open doors for him: away from the school, into an all-Ojibway amateur circuit, and finally within grasp of a professional career. Yet as Saul’s victories mount, so do the indignities and the taunts, the racism and the hatred—the harshness of a world that will never welcome him, tied inexorably to the sport he loves. Spare and compact yet undeniably rich, Indian Horse is at once a heartbreaking account of a dark chapter in our history and a moving coming-of-age story. “Shocking and alien, valuable and true… A master of empathy.”—Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Golden Age “A severe yet beautiful novel…. Indian Horse finds the granite solidity of Wagamese’s prose polished to a lustrous sheen; brisk, brief, sharp chapters propel the reader forward.”—Donna Bailey Nurse, National Post (Toronto)

New Home Sales Training

Author: Myers Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781477617700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
The United States is the top immigrant destination country in the world, with more than 40 million foreign-born residents living here in 2010. Over the next 50 years, nearly 90 percent of our population growth will come from the minority community.America has become more of a Mulligan stew than a melting pot!Minorities are becoming the majority. How do they fit into your sales plan?In Myers Barnes' latest book, New Home Sales Training: Selling New Homes in a Multicultural America", the country's premier visionary on new home sales delivers a guidebook packed with insight, facts, advice, and cautionary tales to equip you with the tools you need to succeed with today's New American homebuyers.Discover the faux pas-like crossing your legs, saying "no", smiling, pointing, or accepting a business card with the wrong hand-that can close the door on a new home sales opportunity.Seize the opportunity presented by a rapidly growing market of eager buyers, but start right here and learn the rules of the multicultural marketplace.