Tales From The Gringa

Author : Ruth Tolerton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595886043
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Gringa written by Ruth Tolerton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is nothing extraordinarily special about author Ruth Tolerton and her husband, aside from their individual talents as human beings. They'd traveled to parts of the world and felt comfortable on foreign soil for a week or even a month at a time. They diligently and competently performed middle-class jobs and lead middle-class lives with middle-class frustrations and successes. But in 2001, the couple finds themselves quickly approaching a crossroads, and with it, the age-old question: Is this all there is? Seeking fulfillment, adventure, and passion, the Tolertons leave behind the mundane stress of a nine-to-five workday, ignore conventional expectations, and virtually run away to the peace, tranquility, and permanent blue skies of the breathtaking Mexican landscape. Tales from the Gringa recounts the funny, impractical, and inspirational post9/11 adventures the couple shares over eight months, along with their dog, in a 1984 VW Westfalia camper known as Juanita. The book is uniquely written from the perspective of both adults and even the dog. It is timeless and endlessly entertaining for those who travel, and those who simply dream.

Author : Andrew Altschul
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612198228
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gringa written by Andrew Altschul and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping and subversive novel about the slippery nature of truth and the tragic consequences of American idealism … Leonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among the comrades, Leonora plans a decisive act of protest—until her capture in a bloody government raid, and a sham trial that sends her to prison for life. Ten years later, Andres—a failed novelist turned expat—is asked to write a magazine profile of “La Leo.” As his personal life unravels, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Peru’s tragic history. At every turn he’s confronted by violence and suffering, and by the consequences of his American privilege. Is the real Leonora an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or naïve puppet? And who is he to decide? In this powerful and timely new novel, Andrew Altschul maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, author and text, resistance and extremism. Part coming-of-age story and part political thriller, The Gringa asks what one person can do in the face of the world’s injustice.

Author : Alyssa Bonelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gringa Spanglish Short Stories written by Alyssa Bonelli and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gringa Spanglish Short Stories are back for another volume! Based on Season Two of The Gringa Spanglish Podcast, you'll be reading 26 new short stories, in mixed Spanish and English, and then full Spanish, with 625 new words and phrases with definitions.NEW to this volume are exercises after every story. You'll practice vocabulary and reading comprehension in Spanish with topics like mysteries, humor, culture, and more!

Author : John Quinn Olson
Publisher : Dust Devil Press
ISBN 13 : 0982070322
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales From The Wild Blue Yonder *Recipes For Disaster * written by John Quinn Olson and published by Dust Devil Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the adventures and misadventures from a quarter century of hang gliding and travel. Huck yourself off cliffs, soar into the Wild Blue, and land where no human has landed before, all from the comfort and safety of your easy chair. Visit exotic lands and foreign skies, experience the thrill of foot-launched human flight and never even risk your neck. Come along with a wild cast of characters, who fly like their lives depend upon it. Realize mankind's most ancient dream, FLY WITH THE BIRDS!

Author : Carmen Rivera
Publisher : Concord Theatricals
ISBN 13 : 0573663351
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book La Gringa written by Carmen Rivera and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 2008 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Gringa is about a young woman’s search for her identity. Mari­a Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and arrives with plans to connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to Puerto Rico, she has had an intense love for the island, and even majored in Puerto Rican Studies in college. Once Maria is in Puerto Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. The majority of the Puerto Ricans on the island consider her an American – a gringa – and Mari­a considers this a betrayal. If she’s a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico, Maria concludes that she is nobody everywhere. Her uncle, Manolo, spiritually teaches her that identity isn’t based on superficial and external definitions, but rather is an essence that she has had all along in her heart. This play is published in a bilingual edition; if you are applying for licensing rights, please state which version you wish to produce.

Author : T. M. Reichle
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595292712
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gringa and the Revolutionary written by T. M. Reichle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gringa and the Revolutionary is an exciting look at a relationship between an American woman and a Mexican man. Set in Mexico in the 1980's, the ethic that 'love conquers all' is examined amidst the powerful backdrop of social change.

Author : Josephine Clifford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overland Tales written by Josephine Clifford and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Josephine Woempner Clifford McCrackin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overland Tales written by Josephine Woempner Clifford McCrackin and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Josephine Clifford
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overland Tales written by Josephine Clifford and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Overland Tales" by Josephine Clifford. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : John O. West
Publisher : august house
ISBN 13 : 9780874830590
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexican-American Folklore written by John O. West and published by august house. This book was released on 1988 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers riddles, rhymes, folk poetry, stories, ballads, superstitions, customs, games, foods, and folk arts of the Mexican-Americans