Mark Richard
1) Niño Pez
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A Niño Pez lo abandonaron a su suerte en un pantano, cerca del mar, y desde entonces vive en una caja de cartón. Trabaja en la lonja, al servicio de las burdas mujeronas del puerto, entre carcasas de crustáceos desbullados y restos de pescado podrido.
Su vida da un vuelco el día en que, creyendo haber cometido un crimen, se ve forzado a embarcar de polizón en un barco de arrastre tripulado por un delirante hatajo de freaks y renegados: John,...
2) Caridad
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El mundo de Mark Richard ha sido descrito en alguna ocasión como un Hogar de la Caridad en el que los deformes, los atormentados y los condenados buscan el auxilio o la redención.
En realidad, la cosa se asemeja más a un Circo de Freaks, a una barraca de incómodas atracciones secundarias que, en nombre de la decencia, jamás tendrán cabida en las pistas glamurosas de la carpa principal. Un exconvicto con dientes afilados como puñales, el Esqueleto...
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«Imagina que nace un "niño especial", lo que en el Sur viene a ser algo entre síndrome de Down y dislexia». El padre, violento e impredecible, no está, aunque tampoco es que importe mucho porque cuando está es como si no estuviera, se pasa el día bebiendo, lamentando la rendición del general Lee y el desmoronamiento del viejo Sur. Su hijo, Mark, ha nacido con una deformidad en las caderas y va a pasarse la infancia postrado en la cama, entrando...
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Award-winning author Mark Richard delivers a fascinating and unique memoir. Born in the South with deformed hips, Richard was tagged a "special" child. Nothing was expected of him. But as a young man, he decided to strike out and experience as much of our strange world as he possibly could.
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Most people are unsure about making their investment portfolio decisions. In fact, they do not think in terms of designing a portfolio at all. They typically make investment decisions without any cohesive plan. Your investing behavior, discipline and approach are key factors in your success as an investor.
Designing an investment portfolio is both art and science. This book will show you how to properly design a diversified or focused portfolio utilizing...
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Do you have a narcissist in your life?
Have you tried and failed to understand their condition and are at the end of your tether?
Do you need help to evaluate it and move on with your life?
Living with someone who has a Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or even just having someone in your life who has it, is a massive and continual challenge. At times it can seem like there is now way that you can reason with them or have any sort of meaningful...
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The disastrous banjo-playing of Bertram "Bertie" Wooster has driven the otherwise steadfast gentleman's gentleman Jeeves to give notice- because even butlers have limits. In anger, Bertie disappears to the country with his new valet Brinkley as a guest of Lord " Chuffy" Chuffnell, who has employed the services of the recently resigned Jeeves. Bertie soon finds himself in no shortage of trouble as he encounters...
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In this seventh installment of the Jeeves series, the unflappable butler once again must apply his cleverness to rescue Bertie Wooster- this time from being arrested, lynched, and engaged by mistake! Chaos ensues when Aunt Dahlia demands that Bertie help dupe an antique dealer into selling her an 18th-century cow creamer. Complications grow as Bertie's pal Gussie Fink-Nottle is more interested in studying the effects of a full moon on...