Paradise Travel

Author : Jorge Franco
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429935626
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Travel written by Jorge Franco and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Colombia's leading novelists, a tragicomic story of unrequited love and a view of New York through the wide eyes of an illegal immigrant Paradise Travel recounts the adventures of Marlon Cruz, a naïve young man from Medellín, Colombia, who agrees to accompany the beautiful, ambitious woman he loves to New York. On their first night in Queens, Marlon and Reina lose each other, thus initiating Marlon's descent into the underbelly of our country. A leader of the gritty-realist movement known as McOndo, Jorge Franco evokes the follies and pains of unrequited love at the same time that he explores deeper inequalities between North and South America. Moving between lower-middle-class Colombia and immigrant New York (specifically, the Jackson Heights neighborhood seen recently in the movie Maria Full of Grace), Paradise Travel is an exciting work from a rising star, celebrated by Gabriel García Márquez as "one of those to whom I should like to pass the torch" of Colombian fiction. Praise for Rosario Tijeras: "Latin America's McOndo literary movement drags the butterflies of magical realism into Burger King. With Jorge Franco's narco-saga Rosario Tijeras, it may have found its first masterpiece." —Rachel Aviv, Salon

Author : Kathleen Smythe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947602755
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bicycling Through Paradise written by Kathleen Smythe and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bicycling Through Paradise is a collection of twenty historically themed cycling tours broken into 10-mile segments centered around Cincinnati, Ohio. Written by two longtime cyclists--one a professor of history and one an architect--the book is an affectionate, intimate, and provocative reading of the local landscape and history from the perspectives of cycling and Cincinnati enthusiasts. Tours, navigated by Smythe and Hanlon, take cyclers past Native American sites, early settler homesteads, and locations made know through recent Ohio change-makers as navigated by the authors. With extensive details on routes and sites along the way, tours between 20 and 80 miles in length are designed for all levels of cyclists, and even the armchair explorer. Riders and readers will visit towns called Edenton, Loveland, Felicity, and Utopia. Along the journey, they'll encounter an abandoned Shaker village near the Whitewater Forest and a tiny dairy house called "Harmony Hill," the oldest standing structure in Clermont County, Ohio. They'll also take in the view from the top of a 2,000-year-old, 75-foot tall, conical Indian mound at Miamisburg. Riders can follow the Little Miami Scenic Trail and take a detour to a castle on the banks of the Little Miami River. Other sights include a full-scale replica of the tomb of Jesus in Northern Kentucky and the small pleasures of public parks, covered bridges, tree-lined streets, riverside travel, and one-room schoolhouses. And if all this isn't exactly Paradise, well, it's pretty close.

Author : Cathy Salustri
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059658
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backroads of Paradise written by Cathy Salustri and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project sent mostly anonymous writers, but also Zora Neale Hurston and Stetson Kennedy, into the depths of Florida to reveal its splendor to the world. The FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State, which included twenty-two driving tours of the state's main roads. Eventually, after Eisenhower built the interstates, drivers bypassed the small towns that thrived along these roads in favor of making better time. Those main roads are now the state's backroads—forgotten by all but local residents, a few commuters, and dedicated road-trippers. Retracing the original routes in the Guide, Cathy Salustri rekindles our notions of paradise by bringing a modern eye to the historic travelogues. Salustri's 5,000-mile road trip reveals a patchwork quilt of Florida cultures: startling pockets of history and environmental bliss stitched against the blight of strip malls and franchise restaurants. The journey begins on US 98, heading west toward the Florida/Alabama state line, where coastal towns dot the roadway. Here, locals depend on the tourism industry, spurred by sugar sand beaches, as well as the abundance of local seafood. On US 41, Salustri takes us past the state's only whitewater rapids, a retired carnie town, and a dazzling array of springs, swamps, and rivers interspersed with farms that produce a bounty of fruit. Along US 17, she stops for milkshakes and hamburgers at Florida's oldest diner and visits a collection of springs interconnected by underwater mazes tumbling through white spongy limestone, before stopping in Arcadia, where men still bring cattle to auction. Desperately searching for skunk apes, the Sunshine State's version of Bigfoot, she encounters more than one gator on her way through the Everglades, Ochopee, and the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters. Following the original Guide, Salustri crisscrosses the state from the panhandle to the Keys. She guides readers through forgotten and unknown corners of the state--nude beaches, a rattlesnake cannery, Devil's Millhopper in Gainesville--as well as more familiar haunts--Kennedy Space Center and The Villages, "Florida’s Friendliest Retirement Hometown." Woven through these journeys are nuggets of history, environmental debates about Florida's future, and a narrative that combines humor with a strong affection for an oft-maligned state. Today, Salustri urges, tourists need a new nudge to get off the interstates or away from Disney in order to discover the real Florida. Her travel narrative, following what are now backroads and scenic routes, guides armchair travelers and road warriors alike to historic sites, natural wonders, and notable man-made attractions--comparing the past views with the present landscape and commenting on the changes, some barely noticeable, others extreme, along the way.

Author : Kristiana Kahakauwila
Publisher : Hogarth
ISBN 13 : 0770436250
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Is Paradise written by Kristiana Kahakauwila and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant, brutal, and profound—this magnificent debut captures the grit and glory of modern Hawai'i with breathtaking force and accuracy. In a stunning collection that announces the arrival of an incredible talent, Kristiana Kahakauwila travels the islands of Hawai'i, making the fabled place her own. Exploring the deep tensions between local and tourist, tradition and expectation, façade and authentic self, This Is Paradise provides an unforgettable portrait of life as it’s truly being lived on Maui, Oahu, Kaua'i and the Big Island. In the gut-punch of “Wanle,” a beautiful and tough young woman wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps as a legendary cockfighter. With striking versatility, the title story employs a chorus of voices—the women of Waikiki—to tell the tale of a young tourist drawn to the darker side of the city’s nightlife. “The Old Paniolo Way” limns the difficult nature of legacy and inheritance when a patriarch tries to settle the affairs of his farm before his death. Exquisitely written and bursting with sharply observed detail, Kahakauwila’s stories remind us of the powerful desire to belong, to put down roots, and to have a place to call home.

Author : James C. Simmons
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574090666
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castaway in Paradise written by James C. Simmons and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castaway in Paradise explores the reality in the myth through the exciting stories of castaways who, because of shipwrecks, perfidious sea captains, or their own choice, found themselves true-life Robinson Crusoes.

Author : Traveler's Paradise
Publisher : Traveler's Paradise via PublishDrive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traveler's Paradise - State of California, USA written by Traveler's Paradise and published by Traveler's Paradise via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some readers just want to get more out of life. With this informative State of California Travel Guide, readers receive sound advice to making travel dreams become realities. The first sentence of the first chapter sets the foundation for the advice and information to follow: “Cаlifоrniа is known fоr mаnу things: thе beautiful аnd diverse соuntrуѕidе, thе winеѕ, rоmаntiс hotels, and plenty оf vасаtiоn dеѕtinаtiоnѕ, to nаmе juѕt a fеw.” Once readers have decided they want to travel in the State of California, they can develop a clear sense of purpose and direction. This is where the details become important. This resource is divided into seven organized sections of information. After reading a succinct introduction to the state, readers can peruse detailed chapters on Los Angeles, Palm Springs, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento. The conclusion of the book closes the sale and wipes away any remaining doubts about California being the perfect travel destination. The five specific geographical sections of California in this book give readers all the information they need to inform their travel itinerary. Los Angeles offers the California Science Center, museums, an observatory, and the famous La Brea Tar Pits. Palm Springs offers natural wonders such as a desert tramway tour, the San Andreas Fault and the Agua Caliente Canyons, while San Francisco offers the historical and cultural perspectives of the Coit Tower and Chinatown. Readers can visit Sea World or the Zoo in San Diego, or experience the rich history of California’s State Capital in Sacramento. Wherever readers decide to stop in California, a trip informed by the State of California Travel Guide will never be a disappointment!

Author : Robert Peacock
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Garden written by Robert Peacock and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly remarkable pictorial homage to Howard Finster's spiritual and artistic "garden" outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Finster has been busy for the last 25 years creating a kind of mystical Disney World populated by "found" sculpture, paintings, and writings. It would be easy to dismiss Finster as a "kook," but the contributing photographers ably capture for posterity the man's work with a loving detail that conveys the powerful urgency of his art. The color photographs are accompanied by Finster's own descriptions of how he created the garden, and commentary by fans such as David Byrne. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Tracy J. Revels
Publisher : Florida History and Culture (H
ISBN 13 : 9780813035420
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sunshine Paradise written by Tracy J. Revels and published by Florida History and Culture (H. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida's evolving tourism history, its changing face over the years, and how Floridians have coped with these changes.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942084167
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Wavering written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Wavering explores the fugitive nature of experience, time, light and the photographic medium itself, melding together past and present, and alluding to an uncertain future.

Author : William Root Bliss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise in the Pacific written by William Root Bliss and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: