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by Steve Silkin
3.6 stars - 5 reviews
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Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
A Collection of 15 Short Stories
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I had just moved to a new neighborhood freshly carved out of a hillside on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley. My junior high was named after George Ellery Hale, the man who built the telescope that unveiled the secrets of the universe. I've thought about Hale over the years, the man, his telescope, the school named after him and the students and teachers I knew there. It was in those days that a body was dumped up the street from my house. Then there was the kid who went home from school one day and shot himself in the head. And then there was the classmate I admired who later got addicted to crack and died of exposure sleeping on a downtown street. I've thought about it all a lot. It must mean something. It must.
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At once a celebration of young adulthood and list of regrets over misspent youth, these tales depict rites of passage, from young love to misadventure, and other universal moments of adolescent angst and euphoria that help forge who we become as adults. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley in the 60s and 70s, the setting for this book, I was drawn in by the sense of time and place and subsequently discovered crisply written prose, well-drawn characters and the recounting of everything from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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The Pressure Cooker is a Revolutionary Device!Pressure cooking is by far the quickest, easiest, and most fun cooking method in existence. In this gigantic cookbook, you will be provided with all the information you need on topics like:· How to operate the pressure cooker· Cleaning and...
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Out-of-body experiences? Multiple lives? Eternal soulmates? Simon doesn’t believe in such things, but all that is about to change as Simon embarks upon a huge turning point in his life.Recurring images haunt his mind, and his dreams begin to foretell a future he could not have imagined and a past...
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Chile: Incredible Sights Await!Are you thinking of your next vacation, but you’re not sure where to go? Would you prefer to meditate in the tranquil silence of a mysterious island, or would you like a more adrenaline filled trip with sports and opportunities to explore the great outdoors. Or...
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Explore the Destination of Your Dreams – BelizeBelize is definitely one of those countries which most travelers would love to experience. Right in the heart of Central America, this tiny country has a wide variety of touristic attraction for the enjoyment of any tourist. Whether you’re...
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- Stolen weapons grade plutonium…- A renegade nuclear scientist…- A kidnapped geophysicist…- A cabal at the highest levels of the national security state…Can a washed-up journalist track them all down before they end civilization?Calvin Kaplan has a near-death experience, during which he...
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KND Kindle Free Book Alert for Monday, January 2: 168 BRAND NEW FREEBIES in the last 24 hours added to Our 1,500 FREE TITLES Sorted by Category, Date Added, Bestselling or Review Rating! plus … Just 99 Cents for Steve Silkin’s Collection of THE TELESCOPE BUILDER and 14 other stories (Today’s Sponsor)