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Cabañuelas: A Novel
by Norma Elia CantúNena leaves Laredo, Texas, and moves to Madrid, Spain, to research the historical roots of traditional fiestas in Laredo. Immersing herself in post-Franco Spain and its rich history, its food, music, and fiestas, Nena finds herself falling for Paco, a Spaniard who works in publishing. Nena&’s research and experiences teach her about who she is, where she comes from, and what is important to her, but as her work comes to a close, Nena must decide where she can best be true to her entire self: in Spain with Paco or in Laredo, her home, where her job and family await her return.
Cabbages and Kings
by O. HenryA series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic".
Cabby Potts, Duchess of Dirt
by Kathleen WilfordNamed to the Kansas Notable Book List by the State Library of Kansas, Youth selection for Great Reads from Great Places- the Library of Congress, and featured title at the National Book Festival in Washington D.C."A rousing read"- Kirkus Reviews"Great historical detail and wonderful, appealing characters in this delightful story told by the clever Cabby Potts, a kindhearted Kansas prairie girl who's filled with gumption and grit." - Anne O'Brien Carelli, author of Skylark & Wallcreeper"Readers will enjoy Cabby's antics and feisty demeanor as she navigates the unfamiliar world of the wealthy. A highly recommended debut." - Darlene Beck Jacobson, author of Wheels of Change and Wishes, Dares, and How to Stand up to a Bully.Housemaid? What a horrible word! Not that I'd ever actually seen a housemaid, but I could picture one: a meek, aproned, pale-faced girl who never saw the sun." When her parents force her to work at grand Ashford Manor, 12-year-old Cabby Potts will do anything to escape, including playing matchmaker between her sister and the rich young lord of the manor. If it succeeds, her scheme will save her family's struggling homestead. If it fails . . . Can Cabby find the courage to stand up for her family, a Native American friend, and an entire community threatened by land-grabbers? A historical middle-grade novel that drops you into 1870's Kansas, with humor, heart, and a dash of romance.
Cabello de ángel
by Santos Unamuno, CarlosIII Premio Bubok de creación literaria 2011 A caballo entre el género negro y la política-ficción, Cabello de ángel retrata de forma certera los aspectos menos lustrosos de las sociedades democráticas contemporáneas. A nueve días de las elecciones generales de 2008, el ambiente político y social se va enrareciendo en España, algo bien visible tanto en los platós de televisión como en los bares, los taxis y los lugares de trabajo. Desde los micrófonos de la cadena CLEN, el afamado y controvertido locutor Ramiro Torres no ceja en sus ataques directos al gobierno socialista, hurgando una y otra vez en la herida del 11-M. Una estrategia que los mandos del partido en la oposición parecen no compartir. En una atmósfera cada vez más inflamable y a cuatro días de la consulta electoral, un asesinato inesperado y mediático contribuirá a revolver las aguas aún más. Es entonces cuando el subinspector Andrés Polo se irá adentrando en una complicada investigación por donde desfilará un carrusel de personajes reales y ficticios.
Cabeza de Vaca
by Antonio Pérez HenaresDetrás de todo héroe hay un hombre. Detrás de toda leyenda, una realidad. Antonio Pérez Henares rebate el absolutismo de la Leyenda Negra en esta magnífica novela histórica que recrea la fascinante vida de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, el español que mejor comprendió el modo de vida indígena en el siglo XVI . Las páginas de esta novela nos conducen a través de una vida de leyenda. Desde que el joven Álvar, huérfano de sangre hidalga, sintió la pulsión de marchar a las Américas hasta su viaje, en 1527, en una flota de cinco navíos rumbo a la Tierra Florida donde, tras tempestades y ataques indios, acabó naufragando en la bahía de Tampa. Prisionero y esclavo de los indígenas, logró huir con tan solo tres compañeros más y, de tribu en tribu y cruzar, de este a oeste, todo el continente americano. Un increíble viaje a pie que duró nueve años y en el que acabó siendo venerado como un gran chaman por sioux, apaches, taraumaras y pueblos, hasta lograr dar de nuevo con los suyos y encontrarse con Hernán Cortés en Ciudad de México. Esta narración, impecablemente documentada, nos muestra la increíble epopeya vital de un conquistador atípico, que convivió durante años con multitud de las etnias norteamericanas, a las que comprendió y defendió, pugnando por una diferente forma de implantar el dominio español en el Nuevo Mundo.
Cabin Boys, Milkmaids, and Rough Seas: Identity in the Unexpurgated Repertoire of Stan Hugill
by Jessica M. FloydDuring his correspondence with erotic folklore collector Gershon Legman, famed chantey singer and collector Stan Hugill (1906–1992) shared unexpurgated versions of the songs in his repertoire. These bawdy songs were meant to be a part of Legman’s larger project concerning erotic folksong. Upon Legman’s death in 1999, the unfinished and unpublished manuscript sank into obscurity and was believed by many to be permanently lost. Thankfully this “holy grail” of chantey texts had been safe in the private collection of Legman’s widow, Judith Legman, all along. Cabin Boys, Milkmaids, and Rough Seas: Identity in the Unexpurgated Repertoire of Stan Hugill is the first critical investigation of this repository, reproduced here for the first time. Training an interdisciplinary lens on twenty-four unexpurgated texts, author Jessica M. Floyd interrogates the articulation of gender, sexuality, and identity as it is expressed in these cultural artifacts of the sea. Opening with both a critical explication of the chantey genre, as well as situating Hugill’s repertoire in the canon of folksong, the book introduces readers to the critical realities that attend this rich cultural tradition. Analytical chapters demonstrate the kaleidoscopic representation of gender and sexuality in this finite repertoire. Each inquiry is connected and overlapping, demonstrating an ebb and flow not unlike the waters on which the songs were sung. Words of warning, heteronormative economies, and queer undercurrents each collide to present an image of sailing life that is nuanced and complicated, provocative and evocative, transgressive and sometimes radical. The volume allows scholars to place a finger on the pulse of maritime life, feeling and experiencing one voice among the din of working-class song traditions.
Cabin Fever
by B. M. BowerB. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. This is one of her stories.
Cabin Fever
by Karen Rose SmithWell, loyal readers, another spring, another blizzard. But this prospector has the pleasure of bringing you all some unusually hot gossip. it seems that the Queen of Hearts Mine may not belong To The Douglas family after all! Old Caleb has actually hired a private investigator to prove his ownership. Unfortunately, handsome playboy Brad Vaughn and his beautiful secretary, Emily Stanton, have been stranded up at the Douglas cabin. It's been rumored that Brad never mixes business with pleasure, and Emily looks like she'll only play for keeps. Still, despite their differences, they'll have to keep warm somehow. . . . Perhaps the spring thaw will bring more than sunshine to these two!
Cabin Fever
by Marilyn PappanoTake one gorgeous, down-on-his-luck man, add an irresistible, up-for-anything woman. Put them together in a smoldering little town--and watch the temperature rise. Nolie Harper is starting over. And the bustling burg of Bethlehem is as far as the single mother can get from the gossipy one-horse town of Whiskey Creek, Arkansas. All set to claim the twin cabins she just inherited, Nolie discovers she already has a tenant: a scruffy, powerfully built stranger who makes it clear he wants to be left alone. Chase Wilson may be living like a recluse, but he’s making her yearn for togetherness--and stirring up the kind of desires that can change a woman’s whole outlook on life. Newly sprung from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Chase is liking life alone in his rented cabin just fine. Until the redhead with the lush curves and her young daughter arrive and throw what’s left of his life into maddening chaos. With her tantalizing neighborly ways, Nolie is slowly scorching her way into his guarded heart. And her passionate kind of healing is rapidly transforming his private hideaway into a lovers’ retreat hot enough to ignite an entire town. From the Paperback edition.
Cabin Fever
by Mary LeoSometimes you need someone to teach you the things you already know. . . Becky Montgomery's husband was a real catch. And when he died two years ago, she buried her emotions--and her needs--with him, and buried herself in her job. Sailing aboard the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream for a weeklong vacation with her two children and a painfully exacting mother-in-law, Becky figures a Christmas holiday doesn't seem like the time to start dipping her toes into the sea of love. But when she finds a pendant that's supposed to bring her luck--and meets Dylan Langstaff, the ship's charismatic diving instructor--she may be ready to take the plunge. Dylan has charmed a lot of women in his time working aboard Alexandra's Dream, but there's something different about Becky. It's changing the way he wants to live. . . just the way something about him is changing the way she wants to love. . . .
Cabin Fever
by Sheila ClaydonIn Sheila Claydon's Cabin Fever, published by Books We Love, the Osprey cruise ship is in trouble. Can Ellie Masters and Andy Smith solve the problem? When they join the ship in New Zealand they soon discover that it’s going to be hard work all the way to Australia. Not that either of them intend to let long hours get in the way of their blossoming love affair...until Ellie develops feet of clay..or is it Andy who is the problem? Is he really who he says he is? They joined the ship to help the crew, but now it’s Ellie and Andy who need help. Will they get it or is it already too late?
Cabin Fever
by Vanessa HartSometimes heat is the best treatment for a cooling relationship.Too busy building her law practice, Paige King-Travis doesn't realize that her marriage is disintegrating until her husband Ben moves out. Forced to admit she's neglected him and everything else but her clients, she vows to rescue her marriage at all costs . A magazine article detailing exotic sexual moves is the basis for her campaign to win back the man she loves.Auto mechanic Benjamin Travis has finally faced facts: he'll never be good enough for Paige King. He lacks her pedigree, her education, and her ambition. She'll hardly notice he's moved out. But she challenges him to spend one weekend with her in isolation at a lake cabin before they read the last rites on their marriage. He doubts she can leave behind the laptop and cell phone, but what else does he have to lose?
Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6)
by Jeff KinneyGreg Heffley is in big trouble. <P><P>School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?
Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6)
by Jeff KinneyGreg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?
Cabin Fever (Schenkar)
by Joan SchenkarBlack comedy / 2m, 1f / Unit Set / This comedy of menace features three malevolent New England oldsters on a country porch reciting horrifying and hysterically funny stories about local customs. "Cabin Fever" has been produced around the globe.
Cabin Girl (Orca Currents)
by Kristin ButcherSixteen-year-old Bailey struggles with her job but stays because she loves the stories of the area—including the legend of a local ghost. Bailey is working at her first summer job, as a cabin girl at a fly-in fishing camp at Witch Lake. April, an older waitress with street smarts, takes Bailey under her wing and the two girls become friends. It’s all good until another waitress burns her arm and has to leave. Bailey gets a sudden promotion, and April is asked to help clean the cabins. April becomes far from friendly and Bailey finds herself alone again and messing up on the job—and possibly seeing the ghost. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Cabin Six Plays Cupid (Camp Sunnyside Friends #2)
by Marilyn KayeIt is summer and the girls in bunk 6 at Camp Sunnyside hear that their counselor broke up with her boyfriend. Both of them seem to miss each other so the girls try to get them together again.
Cabin Stories: The Best of Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
by Rob PrinceCabin Stories: The Best of Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska is a collection of favorite stories selected by the executive producers of the hit live event, radio show, and podcast Dark Winter Nights. These hilarious, heartwarming, and riveting stories depict true adventures, impossible situations, and the stranger side of life in Alaska—falling through ice, surviving a plane crash, living through a shipwreck in a hurricane, discovering a bear trapped in a woman’s front entryway, finding a pet goose frozen to a porch in a pile of its own poop, and more—as told by the everyday Alaskans who experienced them. From the humorous to the heart-wrenching, these are the stories told up north on dark winter nights. Anyone curious about what living in Alaska is really like will appreciate this wild and fun anthology. Contributors: Glenner Anderson, Kat Betters, Randy Brown, Melissa Buchta, JB Carnahan, Philip Charette, Roy Churchwell, Richard Coleman, Michael Daku, Wendy Demers, Alexandra Dunlap, Alyssa Enriquez, Jan Hanscom, Mike Hopper, James Mennaker, Ken Moore, Steve Neumeth, Kaiti Ott, Lori Schoening, Bill Schnabel, Guy Schroder, Ed Shirk, Eric Stevens, Chris Zwolinski
Cabin in the Snow
by Deborah Hopkinson Patrick FaricySTORMS ARE BREWING When Charlie and Papa arrive in Lawrence for supplies, they find the bustling Kansas town threatened by border ruffians from proslave Missouri. Papa decides to remain behind with other free-soil settlers to defend the town, so Charlie must drive the wagon back to the family's isolated claim by himself. At home a different sort of storm is brewing -- gray skies, bitter cold, and vicious winds warn that a prairie blizzard is coming. Charlie is always getting into trouble for daydreaming and forgetting his chores. Now he has to show he's grown-up enough to help Momma, his sisters, and his newborn baby brother survive in their tiny cabin in the snow.
Cabin on Trouble Creek
by Jean Van LeeuwenAfter clearing enough forest to build a log cabin for their new home, Pa returns east to fetch the rest of the family, while young brothers Daniel and Will stay behind to watch the land. Pa had planned to return within six weeks ... but something must have gone wrong. Now the boys must survive the winter with only a few supplies and their ability to invent and improvise. But are they alone in the woods? Jean Van Leeuwen''s engrossing novel of pioneer survival is based on a true incident.
Cabin on the Hill
by Shae ConnorJesse hadn't planned for anything more than a break from the noise and heat of Atlanta when he returned to the cabin he rented each year in the Smoky Mountains - but that was before he met Eli, the handsome man renting the other side of the cabin. Eli's plans to mix a little hiking with his relaxation match Jesse's perfectly, and before long the two men are sharing more than just a wall and a view. Jesse's not one to let an opportunity like this pass him by, though it remains to be seen whether the weekend encounter can turn into something more permanent.
Cabin, Clearing, Forest (The Alaska Literary Series)
by Zach Falcon“People break my heart. Every single one of them does.” In settings that range from rural fishing communities to the urban capital, the stories of Cabin, Clearing, Forest are a lyrical road map to the human landscape of contemporary Alaska. In “Blue Ticket,” a stranger finds solace in a Juneau homeless encampment. Old friends argue over the pleasures and perils of small-town life in “A Beginner’s Guide to Leaving Your Hometown,” and in “Every Island Longs for the Continent,” a young family falls apart after moving to Kodiak. In these thirteen stories, Zach Falcon explores the burdens of familiarity and the pains of estrangement through characters struggling with their place in the world.
Cable Car to Catastrophe: A QUIX Book (A Miss Mallard Mystery)
by Robert QuackenbushWorld-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard&’s ski vacation is a bust when she finds herself on the tail of a bundled-up bandit in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.When the police are baffled by an eerie robbery, Miss Mallard interrupts her ski vacation in the Alps to track down a burglar who has been stealing all the ski masks!