Inicio > Biografía e historias reales > Memorias > Yeah, What Else?
Yeah, What Else?

Yeah, What Else?

Yeah, What Else?

C.W. Spooner / C.WSpooner

16,38 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
iUniverse
Año de edición:
2016
Materia
Memorias
ISBN:
9781491789438
16,38 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Sobre IBD

Packed with insight, humor, and emotion, Yeah, What Else? offers a collection of author C.W. Spooner’s previously published memoirs, essays, poems, and reviews. Spanning sixty-five years, from 1950 until the present, the works touch on a variety of universal themes. In the story 'Shake Hands with Mr. Jolley,' Spooner shares a fond memory at a baseball field in the summer of 1950 right before his eighth birthday. 'Sam: Memories of a Good Dog,' tells about a difficult decision Spooner and his wife had to make about their German Shepherd. Spooner closes with 'Bro. Dick,' a heartfelt tribute to his late brother.From memories of friends and family and growing up in Vallejo, California; to tales of his schooling experiences at different institutions; to special eulogies; and more, Yeah, What Else? shares a compilation of reflections that examine one man’s life and its special moments.

Artículos relacionados

  • My Travel Through Life
    Stephen J. Hiemstra
    Stephen J. Hiemstra (PhD) chronicles his early life, schooling, military service, and civilian service in the federal government. Stephen is a Professor Emeritus at Purdue University and former Senior Research Fellow in the School of Business and Public Policy at George Washington University. He is the founder and Director of the hospitality Ph.D. program in the Department of ...
    Disponible

    11,77 €

  • the post calvin
    After three years of publishing daily pieces online, the post calvin is proud to present the post calvin: selected essays. Editors Josh deLacy, Will Montei, Debra Rienstra, and Abby Zwart have gathered suggestions from writers and chosen pieces that represent the heart and soul of the post calvin. the post calvin is a daily online journal that features twenty-eight regular wri...
    Disponible

    13,30 €

  • Undertow
    Charlene L Edge
    Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International™ is Charlene Edge’s riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charlene rejected faith and family when recruiters drew her into The Way International, a sect led by the charismatic Victor Pau...
    Disponible

    19,21 €

  • Academic Betrayal
    Loren Mayshark
    Fueled by a desire to become a teacher, Loren Mayshark entered Hunter College in 2008, with the intention of gaining a master's degree in two years. Six years and tens of thousands of dollars later, he abandoned his studies without attaining the degree. This is the tale of one young man's journey through the labyrinth of American higher education, stymied by haughty pro...
    Disponible

    7,80 €

  • Deep Denial
    David Billings
    Deep Denial explains why race is still with us, and what the Civil Rights Movement can tell us about today.Part I takes a broad historical view, from seventeenth century Virginia through World War II., examining the origins of white supremacy as a structural feature of US society and describing its evolution over time.Part II features the Civil Rights Movement, how it emerged i...
    Disponible

    20,70 €

  • Onwards We Go
    Stephen Mohan
    I lost my left eye to cancer at the age of two. I haven't let this deter me from working as a steamroller driver, ski racing coach, coffee bean delivery man, wooden boat shipwright, bicycle mechanic, whale watching skipper, fish farmer, vineyard worker, tall ship boatswain, and snow gun operator. I’ve illegally driven across a parade route, lost control of my sailing dinghy...
    Disponible

    12,92 €

Otros libros del autor

  • One Pitch at a Time
    C.W. Spooner / C.WSpooner
    In the mythical town of Gold Ridge, California, Brett Corcoran is pursuing his dream of a career in professional baseball. After a disastrous fall training season, he is cut from the local community college team. But when his father, Don, finds his old high school coach Webb Johnson living in a flophouse in town, everything is about to change.Don persuades Webb to work with his...
    Disponible

    10,93 €

  • Street Cred
    C.W. Spooner / C.WSpooner
    Nicholas Shane Jr. heads for work on a bright June morning, his first day on the job with the Vallejo Street Department. Nick has definite goals in mind: earn a baseball scholarship to a major university, bank a few dollars to pay the bills, and hold on to Donna, his first love. But his most important goal is to honor the legacy of his late father, a legend for his blue-collar ...
    Disponible

    11,29 €

  • Like a Flower in the Field
    C.W. Spooner / C.WSpooner
    A strong sense of place and its impact on our lives runs through this collection of twenty stories and two one-act plays.Spooner begins with “Chasin’ the Bird,” a story of brotherly love and near tragedy set in San Francisco, the music of an aged street performer providing the soundtrack. In a Sacramento suburb, “And Spare Them Not” is a tale of vengeance for the murder of a te...
    Disponible

    10,78 €