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Imagine working from scratch, and realizing what you want to be early on, because of a tragedy. Working hard to get where you are, while having to cut corners to get on top; this is what happened to Attorney William Walker. Going through the city of Baltimore William grew up taunted because of the tragedy. While his best friend James Chaplins goals of wanting to play in the NBA was tarnished due to a knee injury the two of them got together, and now owning on of the best law firms in the world. Trying a high profiled murder case in the heart of Baltimore James was just finished his case load when he received a phone call from the hysterical daughter of the accused requesting his services. Ar...
Julie Barnes knew she was in trouble the minute she kissed the horse . . . but she didn't expect to be flung into the arms of international Latino singing star Joaquin Gonzalez, who had frequented her fantasies for years. But the Joaquin of her dreams was unlike the real-life, arrogant entertainer, who, after picking her up off the Nuevo Laredo street where the horse slung her, set about wooing Julie. As the anonymous author of the best-selling novel, Shades, Julie's horrified to discover that Joaquin has been cast to star as the male lead in the film version of her book, and that the film will be shot right on the streets of Laredo. Although Joaquin is perfect for the part of Alfonso, the fiery Latin lover, he definitely isn't perfect for safe, sensible, determinedly unattached Julie, who has fallen hopelessly in love with the sexy star. How could he ever give up his swinging Don Juan lifestyle and settle for Julie? As the filming ends, Julie faces some hard facts about her past and makes some tough decisions about her future. Will she remain safe and alone in Laredo? Or will she always hear—Love's Lasting Song?
They say that when the ""stars are right"" he will return and usher in a new age and the Elder Gods will reign once again. H.P.L. drops a few hints that Cthulhu might not be returning during mankind's time on Earth. What could possibly stop him from awakening from his aeons old sleep? Or thwart his plans?
This ethnography of Asian American designers in New Yorks fashion industry explores their relations to the garment workers who produce their goods and to Asianness as a fashionable commodity.
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Two rich and bored junior high school kids, John and Glenn, living in a little town in Texas, decided that they had to do something spectacular, an event that they would remember for the rest of their life, and yes, it eventually turned out that way. What they had in mind was against the law. It was depraved and immoral enough that it could ruin somebodys life forever. The victim that they had selected was, unfortunately for them, not somebody you could mess with without some serious repercussions and revenge. Her life so far was not a bed of roses, and she had to struggle to stay above water. She was alone and on the streets of New Orleans when she was sixteen years old. Her parents were ki...
After a whirlwind romance, Craig and Carla finally marry in Vegas. The newlyweds are ready to start their new life together but obstacles abound from all directions. From home invasions and betrayals by people they both trusted and considered friends to learning about new secrets that Carla and Craig discovered days after returning from their honeymoon. More family secrets emerge from the attic and library as the months go on. Lost and found family members, Craigs new found position and job within the Awlsport community, and Carlas new role as homemaker and more secrets of her own to share with Craig. Not even a shooting can stop their love for each other.
Who says you can’t be pious and fashionable? Throughout the Muslim world, women have found creative ways of expressing their personality through the way they dress. Headscarves can be modest or bold, while brand-name clothing and accessories are part of a multimillion-dollar ready-to-wear industry that caters to pious fashion from head to toe. In this lively snapshot, Liz Bucar takes us to Iran, Turkey, and Indonesia and finds a dynamic world of fashion, faith, and style. “Brings out both the sensuality and pleasure of sartorial experimentation.” —Times Literary Supplement “I defy anyone not to be beguiled by [Bucar’s] generous-hearted yet penetrating observation of pious fashion...
Textiles play a decisive role in history: attire not only indicates status, gender, ethnicity, and religion but illustrates how such boundaries are continuously being negotiated, shifted, and recreated. Fashionable Traditions captures the complex reality of Asian handmade textile production and consumption. From traditionalist discourse and cultural authenticity to fashion and market trends, the contributors to this collection demonstrate the multilayered influence of often contradictory forces. In-depth, ethnographic case studies reveal the entangled relationships between local artisans, external interventions, and consumers, while acknowledging the broader frameworks in which such relationships are situated. Together these stories offer a vivid account of the socio-economic, political, and cultural dynamics in various parts of Asia and emphasize that fashion is neither a Western prerogative nor do its roots reside solely in the West.
We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional understandings of social types. This innovative and collaborative work takes up the wide range of figures that populate the social and cultural imaginaries of contemporary Southeast Asia—some familiar only in specific places, others recognizable across the region and even globally. It puts forward a series of ethnographic portraits of figures that represent and give voice to something larger than themselves, offering a view into social life that is at once highly particular and general. They include the Muslim Television Preacher in Indon...