A trustworthy Mexican immigrant is befriended by a corrupt yet philanthropic Anglo Don from South Texas where both men find the American Dream and friendship has a price after the Don fakes his own death, leaving behind the secrets of a political and criminal dynasty that gave a predominant senator the presidency.
Rosa Gutierrez is persuaded into attending a South Texas Cockfight where she is gang-raped by several men. The district attorney on the case is Pablo Jimenez who wants to prove that although Rosa had voluntarily gone to the cockfight that night, there was no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and that the men responsible should be brought to justice.
Paleta Man continues to sell ice cream to the neighborhood kids and to secretly fight crime throughout the city whenever there is trouble. One day he is approached by a direct descendant of the Ancient Aztec tribe who informs him that his gold medallion holds a secret that has been kept by many generations of Aztec descendants. He must then travel to the great pyramid in Mexico in search of the well-kept secret and to try to unlock the mystery of how and why he was transformed into a Superhero with Aztec powers.
Paleta Man continues to sell ice cream to the neighborhood kids and to secretly fight crime throughout the city whenever there is trouble. One day he is approached by a descendant of the Aztec Tribe who informs him that his gold medallion holds a secret that has been kept by many generations of Aztec descendants. He decides to travel to Mexico in search of the secret and to try to unlock the mystery of how and why he was transformed into a Superhero with Aztec Warrior powers. Upon his return Paleta Man must then summon the powers of the great Aztec Warriors to defeat a new villain by the name of Pancho Talache.
The Adventures of Paleta Man" is the story of an ice cream man who becomes a superhero. Esteban Ruiz makes a living by selling ice cream. A good and hardworking man, Esteban enjoys his job, especially when it brings him closer to Margarita Morales, the woman he loves. But being a modest man makes Esteban an easy target. He has been bullied, and becomes frustrated by his inability to defend himself. His fate suddenly changes when he purchases an antique wooden box. The box contains a magical medallion that gives Esteban special abilities. With his newly acquired strength, he decides to help those in need and punish criminals. He calls himself Paleta Man. When a new villain captures Margarita, Esteban will need all of his super powers.
Miguel wants to recover a family treasure that was left to him by his grandmother and buried long ago by Santa Anna's Army while retreating back to Mexico from Texas. He & his friends make a two day road trip in search of the gold. Dangerous complications arise and there is plenty of greed, humor, danger & thrills and in the end satisfaction. The treasure hunt is halted when abnormal things begin happening. Everyone runs to escape, but there is nowhere to hide in the brush of South Texas!
Esteban Ruiz continues his job of selling ice cream paletas to the neighborhood kids by day and to secretly fight crime throughout the city whenever there is trouble as Paleta Man, the Superhero. Then one night an ancestor comes to him in a dream and tells him of the Aztec Calendar prediction that the world will end soon and that he must travel to the Temple of the Sun pyramid which is located in Teotihuacán, Mexico where he must fight, Huitzilopochtli, the God of War with the help of Quetzalcoatl, who is part human and part God. Paleta Man defeats Huitzilopochtli with the help of Quetzalcoatl and saves the world from total annihilation.
The Adventures of Paleta Man" is the story of an ice cream man who becomes a superhero. Esteban Ruiz makes a living by selling ice cream. A good and hardworking man, Esteban enjoys his job, especially when it brings him closer to Margarita Morales, the woman he loves. But being a modest man makes Esteban an easy target. He has been bullied, and becomes frustrated by his inability to defend himself. His fate suddenly changes when he purchases an antique wooden box. The box contains a magical medallion that gives Esteban special abilities. With his newly acquired strength, he decides to help those in need and punish criminals. He calls himself Paleta Man. When a new villain captures Margarita, Esteban will need all of his super powers."The Adventures of Paleta Man" will appeal greatly to young readers who enjoy stories about superheroes.
A Paleo cookbook built for two—100 recipes for eating Paleo as a team Sticking to a Paleo diet can be tricky—especially if you're doing it alone. The Paleo Cookbook for Two makes eating healthy a snap with 100 delicious, Paleo-friendly recipes, all created with two people in mind! Whether you're cooking with a partner, family member, or roommate, let this cookbook inspire you to team up and enjoy nourishing, satisfying meals every day. Explore the basics of the Paleo diet and discover the wide variety of foods it can include, including practical advice on pantry and kitchen staples. With the beginner-friendly recipes in this Paleo cookbook—including one-pot, 5-ingredient, and 30-minute options—nothing is wasted and cooking is a breeze. The Paleo Cookbook for Two includes: 100 Distinctive dishes—Dig in to Summer Citrus Salad with Sweet Tea Vinaigrette, Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo, Grilled Vegetable Sandwich with Mint Pesto, Mushroom Bolognese, and much more! For two to share—All of the recipes in this Paleo cookbook are scaled to feed two people with few leftovers, making shopping easy and helping you save money. Dietary friendly—Accommodate dietary needs with plenty of low-carb, vegetarian, and diabetes-friendly options—plus nutrition info on every recipe. With 100 healthy, tasty recipes, this Paleo cookbook helps you make the perfect Paleo table for two.
Collects 2020 Force Works (2020) #1-3, 2020 Machine Man (2020) #1-2, 2020 Iron Age (2020) #1. The eruption of a violent robot revolution threatens all biological life! As Earth teeters on the precipice of extinction, there’s only one man with enough tactical skill, killer instinct and ruthless leadership to lead the counterattack: War Machine! Join him and his elite paramilitary Force Works squad — U.S.Agent, Mockingbird and Quake — in a final crusade for humanity’s fate! Plus: In the midst of the A.I. uprising, Machine Man is torn about his place in the world. As the battle rages around him, will Aaron Stack aid mankind’s fleshy fight for survival — or join his robot brethren in ushering a new age? Also featuring tales of suspense from the 2020 Iron Age, featuring Doctor Shapiro, Alkhema and more!
Bobby is puzzled by a noisy bird who seems to be trying to tell him something. Soon he discovers that this little dove has an amazing message for him. Children love the bouncing lilt of this story, just like they love so many Dr. Seuss rhymes, and they relate to the things Bobby and his family do together. Bobby's Dove has a joyful message of God's love for children and parents alike.
This is the first of a three-volume anthology of Edo- and Meiji-era urban literature that includes An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750–1850 and A Tokyo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Modern Metropolis, 1850–1920. The present work focuses on the years in which bourgeois culture first emerged in Japan, telling the story of the rising commoner arts of Kamigata, or the “Upper Regions” of Kyoto and Osaka, which harkened back to Japan’s middle ages even as they rebelled against and competed with that earlier era. Both cities prided themselves on being models and trendsetters in all cultural matters, whether arts, crafts, books, or food. The volume also shows how elements of popular arts that germinated during this period ripened into the full-blown consumer culture of the late-Edo period. The tendency to imagine Japan’s modernity as a creation of Western influence since the mid-nineteenth century is still strong, particularly outside Japan studies. A Kamigata Anthology challenges such assumptions by illustrating the flourishing phenomenon of Japan’s movement into its own modernity through a selection of the best examples from the period, including popular genres such as haikai poetry, handmade picture scrolls, travel guidebooks, kabuki and joruri plays, prose narratives of contemporary life, and jokes told by professional entertainers. Well illustrated with prints from popular books of the time and hand scrolls and standing screens containing poems and commentaries, the entertaining and vibrant translations put a spotlight on texts currently unavailable in English.
Southern California is an environment that is prone to drought conditions. Nevertheless, many residents have high water use landscaping, which makes conserving water difficult. Through an internship with the Earthwatch Institute, we sought to test different hypotheses concerning how different social-environmental vulnerabilities as defined by CalEnviroScreen would affect the choice of front yard landscapes that differ in projected water-use-efficiency, and the degree to which households choose to let their yards brown by using less water than their landscape needs. As part of the Operation Smart Water project of the Earthwatch Institute, we worked with the Chino Basin Water Conservation District, who are actively involved in monitoring water use for the region, and their service area to conduct this study. Their water savings program, audits and educational programs help disseminate water conservation strategies across their service area. We used Google Maps Street View to survey and score hundreds of landscapes within the service area, allowing for a more efficient way of collecting data. We found a 9% decrease in the number of trees and highest water use yards across all CalEnviroScreen regions and in both audited and non-audited residents post drought. There was also a 5% increase in water efficient yards. Lawn brownness increased after the drought across the region, but no definitive answer explaining the increase could be reached due to image date and seasonal variation. We highlight a combination of factors that led to the adoption of more water efficient landscaping, but could not point to any single factor in terms of economics or demographics.
You may think you know everything about multiplatform entertainer Matthew Espinosa—but he’s here to tell you so much more in his debut book, full of hundreds of brand-new pictures from a series of exclusive photo shoots. You know Matthew is burning up the internet with more than 18 million fans across YouTube, Vine, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You know about his starring role in the hit movie Be Somebody. And you know he makes you laugh every time. More Than Me tells you what you don’t know, with tons of photos, Q&As, and more that offer an inside look at Matthew’s life and a new side of him that’s hilarious and heartfelt. For the first time, Matthew wants to let the world in on the true story of his wild ride to success and why he loves what he does. In this must-have for any fan, Matthew is ready to share how legendary you can all be—together. More Than Me cover photo by Chris Eckert.
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