John Nichols
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An aspiring writing adrift in New York finds love and community at a corner empanada stand in this novel by the author of The Milagro Beanfield War.
It's Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, when ex-patriots, artists, and colorful bums are kings. A tiny stand selling empanadas near the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal streets is the center of the action for the shy narrator, an aspiring writer just out of college. There, he falls in with a crowd...
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Essay Man contains the essays and writings of John Nichols of Santa Paula, Calif. He started writing for the local newspapers in 1990 and then added writings for food and photography magazines, ghost stories for the annual Ghostwalk theatrical event and a lot more. It is suggested that you read this in random order.
Here is what the Introduction has to say.
In March of 1990, Peggy Kelly from the Santa Paula Daily Chronicle approached me with an...
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Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed. The dam's 200-foot concrete wall crumpled, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, sweeping 54 miles down the Santa Clara River to the sea, and claiming over 450 lives in the disaster. Captured here in over 200 images is a photographic record of the devastation caused by the flood, and the heroic efforts of residents and...
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English
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A more-timely-than-ever argument that impeachment is an essential American institution from the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse.
This surprising and irreverent book by one of America's leading political reporters makes the case that impeachment is much more than a legal and congressional process-it is an essential instrument of America's democratic system. Articles of impeachment have been brought sixty-two times in American history. Thomas...
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English
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A line-up of the dirty dealers and defenders of the indefensible who are definitely not "making America great again"
Donald Trump has assembled a rogue's gallery of alt-right hatemongers, crony capitalists, immigrant bashers, and climate-change deniers to run the American government. To survive the next four years, we the people need to know whose hands are on the levers of power. And we need to know how to challenge their abuses. John Nichols,...
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English
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A furious denunciation of coronavirus criminals
The rogues gallery begins with Donald Trump, who deliberately downplayed the coronavirus crisis despite knowing its dangers, as well as his international political allies, above all Boris Johnson. Billionaire politicians like Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler moved stocks at the same time they were telling Americans all was well. Political charlatans like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos undermined public...
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English
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Rich and immensely practical source of design inspiration for royalty-free use by artists and craftworkers. Includes 132 characteristic motifs: crosses, churches, fleur-de-lis, stylized plant forms, mythological creatures, stars, abstract and geometric figures, other authentic elements. Ideal for use in woodburning, leathercraft, stained glass work, fabric painting, ceramics, more.
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like. It's OK to be angry about capitalism. Reflecting on our turbulent times, Senator Bernie Sanders takes on the billionaire class and speaks blunt truths about our country's failure to address the destructive nature of a system that is...
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Disinformation
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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From environmental pollution to their efforts to dismantle Social Security for working Americans, the Koch brothers have launched a large network, attacking our American values. Join Senator Bernie Sanders, Van Jones and Katrina vanden Heuvel in this investigation of how the billionaire Koch brothers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on covert attacks that destroy American values and corrupt our government.
17) Closer
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Dan, an aspiring novelist, cannot help but feel immensely attracted to Alice, a young American waitress and stripper who is in London after escaping from a failed relationship. The two meet after Alice is involved in a car accident. But nothing last forever, and after some time Dan meets Anna, a photographer, and he feels attracted to her. Nothing happens right away, but once it does, things go downhill for Alice and Dan. The two don't break up, but...