Set in Los Angeles in the early 90s, the novel chronicles the early days of an indie band as they meet, practice, make their first record, and get their first break/big gig. It's also the story of the the flowering love affair between John and Jenny, the two charming if troubled guitarists/singers in the band. John is by day a misanthropic substitute teacher in the zany, sometimes horrific LA Unified School District; Jenny is an mysterious recovering child prodigy. Along the way, the couple and their bandmates make momentous discoveries about themselves and the Hollywood milieu in which t.
I was completely smitten by now—smitten as fuck. At her mercy completely. Notwithstanding the fact that she had this utterly nauseating tic that loads of elocution-challenged moderns of both sexes seem to have: turning every single ...
Set in ancient Rome,Your Caius Aquilla is composed of hilarious letters between a doting and brave but quite bumbling legionary and his beautiful, zaftig wife, Lora.
A libertarian manifesto demonstrates how the law has become a powerful weapon in the hands of overzealous bureaucrats and prosecutors, one that has been used to compromise the Bill of Rights, civil liberties, and privacy in exchange for ...
Few things are more dangerous than Good Intentions This is not a book of theological answers. It is the work of an economist and a religion journalist who have little interest in making decisions for other people.
This speech was received with the same coolness as the two before it. The king's good intentions might have touched a responsive chord, but they came too late. The deputies of the commons wanted all that he offered, and still more.
Deftly transporting readers between that first night and the years beyond, Kasim Ali's Good Intentions exposes with unblinking authenticity the complexities of immigrant families and racial prejudice.
It is all too easy to get caught up in news time and election time, he writes. This book is about viewing the threats and challenges we face in real historical time.