Résultats pour "chicken" dans Fiction

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Ricky Delgado works as a chicken hanger at the poultry plant in Rugoso, Texas, a small border town just 30 miles south of Laredo. His quiet, illegal lifestyle is disrupted when he learns that his brother Tomás has been shot and injured shortly after crossing the border. Together, Ricky and Tomás and seek justice, or remain silent and endure the injustices common to all "wetbacks" within the states. Meanwhile, Ricky is fighting a battle within his own body, a disease he acquired in the poultry plant.

Contains books one, two, and three of the Soul Mutts series: Baker's Dozen, Reign of Terrier, and Chocolate-Covered Chaos, book three.

Biobauer Manni Macksen lebt im Wendland, weit östlich von Hamburg, in dem kleinen Dorf Mützenfitz. Macksen ist Mitte fünfzig und schwer frustriert. Seine Frau zeigt nur noch wenig Interesse an ihm, die Kinder gehen längst ihre eigenen Wege, und nun haben auch noch seine treuen Hühner aufgehört, Eier zu legen. Das ist der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt. Macksen lässt sich zu der unüberlegten Äußerung hinreißen, dass er alle Hühner in den Kochtopf packen möchte. Dabei ahnt er nicht, was er damit auslöst. Denn seine gefiederten Freunde können jedes Wort verstehen.

When Cora’s husband retired from the Navy, he came back a bald-headed Buddhist, a very unusual situation in their small Texas town. What’s more, when he started giving classes on Buddhism, folks didn’t know quite what to make of it. Later, they got a genuine Tibetan lama to come to teach, — a most unexpected and unusual individual. Though only a boy, he could see inside his pupils feelings, and his love, compassion, and patience slowly began changing those who came to him… and slowly, the town itself began to change.

In 1916, on the immigrant blocks of the Southern port city of Mobile, Alabama, a Romanian Jewish shopkeeper, Morris Kleinman, is sweeping his walk in preparation for the Confederate veterans parade about to pass by. "Daddy," his son asks, "are we Rebels?" "Today?" muses Morris. "Yes, we are Rebels." Thus opens a novel set, like many, in a languid Southern town. But, in a rarity for Southern novels, this one centers on a character who mixes Yiddish with his Southern.

Three years ago, Madeline Bennett was at the peak of her chicken showing career. Then, everything changed for the worse. George Cooper, an arrogant English poultry judge, discounts Madeline's prize rooster at The National, the biggest and most important bird show in the United States. That same night, an accident simultaneously cripples her leg and kills almost the entirety of her prized flock. Now, Madeline is back on the show circuit, trying to start over. What she isn't prepared for is seeing George again--the man whom she's come to consider her most 'fowl' enemy.

"Delightful! This novel will open your heart and preach to your funny bone."--Jill Conner Browne, New York Times bestselling author of the Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love The debut of a dynamite new voice from the South, Love and Hot Chicken is a spicy and hilarious Tennessee story about...

Missy may have a knack for fixing cars, but she sure can't cook. Missy Stuart is humiliated when she burns dinner for the cute yet outspoken new auto parts rep. But when he suggests to her father that she should take cooking lessons from the old ladies down at his church, she wants to crawl under a car and die. When she dutifully accompanies her father to church, she finds she has more to learn than a bunch of recipes.

Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas....

The best-selling series, now in a four-audiobook bundle! Includes Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring.

பிரபஞ்சனைப் பொருத்தவரை, மனிதர்கள் மகத்தானவர்கள். அவர்களுக்கான சூழல் வாய்க்கும் போது எல்லோருமே...

Sure, you know about chicken soup, but do you know about a souped-up chicken? Jonathan Segal Chicken was just another piece of kosher poultry, but he decided he wanted something more. He wanted to fly, and fly he did, on adventures that take him out into the world and beyond.

An often funny, often heartbreaking short story about a young man's experience with chicken farming, and his father's alcoholism. "The Catholics, the Chickens, and Me" will leave you laughing and crying at the same time. This new audio short by Thomas L. Scott offers a poignant glimpse into a troubled yet hilarious past.