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Slab City
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Author : Charlie Hailey
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2018-10-16
Slab City written by Charlie Hailey and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Architecture categories.
An architect and a photographer explore a community of squatters, artists, snowbirds, migrants, and survivalists inhabiting a former military base in the California desert. Under the unforgiving sun of southern California's Colorado Desert lies Slab City, a community of squatters, artists, snowbirds, migrants, survivalists, and homeless people. Called by some “the last free place” and by others “an enclave of anarchy,” Slab City is also the end of the road for many. Without official electricity, running water, sewers, or trash pickup, Slab City dwellers also live without law enforcement, taxation, or administration. Built on the concrete slabs of Camp Dunlap, an abandoned Marine training base, the settlement maintains its off-grid aspirations within the site's residual military perimeters and gridded street layout; off-grid is really in-grid. In this book, architect Charlie Hailey and photographer Donovan Wylie explore the contradictions of Slab City. In a series of insightful texts and striking color photographs, Hailey and Wylie capture the texture of life in Slab City. They show us Slab Mart, a conflation of rubbish heap and recycling center; signs that declare Welcome to Slab City, T'ai Chi on the Slabs Every morning, and Don't fuck around; RVs in conditions ranging from luxuriously roadworthy to immobile; shelters cloaked in pallets and palm fronds; and the alarmingly opaque water of the hot springs. At Camp Dunlap in the 1940s, Marines learned how to fight a war. In Slab City, civilians resort to their own wartime survival tactics. Is the current encampment an outpost of freedom, a new “city on a hill” built by the self-chosen, an inversion of Manifest Destiny, or is it a last vestige of freedom, tended by society's dispossessed? Officially, it is a town that doesn't exist. Research for this project was supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
Slab City Tales From An Outlaw Town
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Author : Steven Bo Keeley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-10-30
Slab City Tales From An Outlaw Town written by Steven Bo Keeley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-30 with categories.
The San Andreas Fault ends at Slab City, CA. The fruits and nuts of America roll here. Only the outlaws land upright. Slab City is popularly known for freedom, Salvation Mountain, East Jesus, and sunshine. But an underworld supports it. There are drug smugglers, human traffickers, ex-cons, men and women on the lam, misdemeanors and felons, addicts, cat burglars, arsonists, con artists, car jacks, barefoot kingpins, high IQ crooks, Jesse Jameses and Butch Cassidys, bikers, mercenaries, terrorists, retirement pasture for Special Forces, foreign intelligence, bent cops, police informants, war veterans, washed out soldiers, trust fund activists, state dole riders, transgender pickpockets, Dirty Kids, gypsies, hobos, aging hippies, Brotherhood of Eternal Love, Rainbow Gatherers, Who's Who of celebrity criminals, wide-eyed tourists, messiahs, and Utopians. This is the last free place on earth where good and evil have decided to duke it out. These are the true tales from an outlaw town by a resident.
Slab City Usa
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Author : Philip Dossick
language : en
Publisher: Editions Artisan Devereaux
Release Date : 2020-04-07
Slab City Usa written by Philip Dossick and has been published by Editions Artisan Devereaux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Fiction categories.
*Slab City U.S.A. is a Philip Dossick short story about the true meaning of friendship.
Slab City Standard Paper
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Author : Heather Quinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-05-06
Slab City Standard Paper written by Heather Quinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-06 with categories.
This photo essay in black and white takes a look at another way of life -- off the grid and away from the rat race -- in a place called Slab City. Squatters, madmen, prophets, and criminals set up their own community near the Salton Sea on the concrete slabs of the abandoned Camp Dunlap. They all have one thing in common -- they're all running away from something.
The Slab City Event
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Author : Nate Southard
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-08-07
The Slab City Event written by Nate Southard and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with categories.
The Slab City Riot was supposed to be a weekend of hot rods, choppers, and rock and roll, just a bunch of working stiffs cutting loose. But then a horde of dead, hungry killers charges out of the desert, and The Slab City Riot becomes a slaughter. Few survive the initial attack, and those who do find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by death and chaos. Misfits from all walks of life, these desperate survivors must fight back or die. But the desert is a harsh place, and the dead don't stop. And Slab City is one hell of a town. The Slab City Riot was supposed to be a weekend of hot rods, choppers, and rock and roll, just a bunch of working stiffs cutting loose. But then a horde of dead, hungry killers charges out of the desert, and The Slab City Riot becomes a slaughter. Few survive the initial attack, and those who do find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by death and chaos. Misfits from all walks of life, these desperate survivors must fight back or die. But the desert is a harsh place, and the dead don't stop. And Slab City is one hell of a town.
Slab City Blues
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Author : Anthony Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Anthony Ryan
Release Date : 2019-01-29
Slab City Blues written by Anthony Ryan and has been published by Anthony Ryan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-29 with Fiction categories.
Gangs, killers, and vampires. One war-torn detective is the only hope of survival for a crime-ridden orbiting city... Blade Runner meets Se7en in this gritty five-story collection from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Anthony Ryan. Alex McLeod paid dearly during the war for independence from Earth. It left the detective disfigured, jaded, and alone. In the aftermath of victory, Alex seethes as criminal factions and cold-blooded killers clash over control of the newly-liberated confederation. In his crusade for justice in the free states, he's willing to break more than a few rules along the way... The only home Alex knows is the slums of Slab, an orbiting city teeming with lowlifes, back-stabbers, and gene-spliced monstrosities. From the grimy streets of his city to the lawless Asteroid Belt, Alex goes toe-to-toe with a sharp-clawed vigilante, a mythical serial killer, and a gorgeous vampire with an ominous message. His quest won't end until his homeland earns the freedom it was promised... But even Alex may not be able to stop the impending Reckoning and a voyage to the one place he swore he'd never return: Earth... Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories contains four exciting novellas and one sensational novel set in a world of hard-boiled sci-fi and cyberpunk. If you like hard-nosed detectives, futuristic planets, and pulse-pounding action, then you'll love Anthony Ryan's world of vampires, werewolves, and space.
Slab City Blues
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Author : Anthony Ryan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04
Slab City Blues written by Anthony Ryan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04 with categories.
Gangs, killers, and vampires. One war-torn detective is the only hope of survival for a crime-ridden orbiting city... Blade Runner meets Se7en in this gritty five-story collection from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Anthony Ryan. Alex McLeod paid dearly during the war for independence from Earth. It left the detective disfigured, jaded, and alone. In the aftermath of victory, Alex seethes as criminal factions and cold-blooded killers clash over control of the newly-liberated confederation. In his crusade for justice in the free states, he's willing to break more than a few rules along the way... The only home Alex knows is the slums of Slab, an orbiting city teeming with lowlifes, back-stabbers, and gene-spliced monstrosities. From the grimy streets of his city to the lawless Asteroid Belt, Alex goes toe-to-toe with a sharp-clawed vigilante, a mythical serial killer, and a gorgeous vampire with an ominous message. His quest won't end until his homeland earns the freedom it was promised... But even Alex may not be able to stop the impending Reckoning and a voyage to the one place he swore he'd never return: Earth... Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories contains four exciting novellas and one sensational novel set in a world of hard-boiled sci-fi and cyberpunk. If you like hard-nosed detectives, futuristic planets, and pulse-pounding action, then you'll love Anthony Ryan's world of vampires, werewolves, and space.
Slab City
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Author : Alan Nafzger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Slab City written by Alan Nafzger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with categories.
A squatter haven in Southern California struggles with love, death, progress and the government.
Slab City Blues
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Author : Anthony Ryan
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-09-30
Slab City Blues written by Anthony Ryan and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-30 with categories.
Presenting in one volume all five stories in the Sci-fi Noir series by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Anthony Ryan, author of the acclaimed Raven's Shadow Trilogy. Includes the short stories Slab City Blues and A Song for Madame Choi, the novellas A Hymn to Gods Long Dead and The Ballad of Bad Jack, and the novel An Aria for Ragnarok. Welcome to the Slab. A vast orbiting slum where rats grow big, sweat falls in rain and the gene-spliced come in all shapes and sizes. Slab City Blues - There's a stranger on the Slab, a stranger with very sharp claws and a penchant for killing assassins. Finding him is the job of Inspector Alex McLeod, detective, disfigured war veteran and reluctant widower. Some days are worse than others on the Slab but today is going to be a gem. A Song for Madame Choi - An old enemy embroils Inspector Alex McLeod in the hunt for a kidnapped girl. With no leads he finds himself reluctantly seeking help from drug dealer and fellow war veteran Madame Choi. But can he really trust her? A Hymn to Gods Long Dead - Inspector Alex McLeod, recently suspended for excessive force and nurturing a growing addiction to bourbon, has been reduced to tending bar when an improbably beautiful vampire comes to him with a bizarre theory: there's a killer on the Slab, a killer with a liking for recreating ancient myth, in bloody and spectacular fashion. But who exactly is this vampire, and how does she know so much? And what kind of killer can walk through security systems without a trace, leaving deadly traps for those hunting him? The Ballad of Bad Jack - The Asteroid Belt, home to mining corporations and those who prefer to live beyond the heavily policed habitats of Earth orbit - the perfect hunting ground for Bad Jack, captain of the Dead Reckoning and the most feared pirate in the solar system. About to embark upon the biggest job of his career, Jack finds himself in need of a specialist, but is unaware his latest recruit has a new face, a new name and an agenda of his own. Chief Inspector Alex McLeod has been reset to war mode, and things are about to get very ugly. The fourth story in the Slab City Blues series, The Ballad of Bad Jack is an all-action future-crime thriller from the best-selling author of the Raven's Shadow trilogy. An Aria for Ragnarok - Alex McLeod has a score to settle. Back on the Slab and newly promoted to head of Special Homicide, Alex decides it's time to finally bring down Mr Mac - his longest-standing enemy and the most powerful criminal kingpin in the Confederation of Autonomous Orbiting States. But, before the hunt can begin he finds himself lumbered with the inconvenient and spectacularly bloody murder of a famous industrialist. A swift but violent resolution to the case raises more questions than it answers and Alex's inability to tolerate a mystery soon uncovers a far greater threat than he has ever faced before. Ragnarok is coming. To stop it, Alex must call on the help of both friends and foes, as well as placing himself in an alien and hostile environment: it's time for a return visit to Planet Earth.
On The Border
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Author : Andrew Grant Wood
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004
On The Border written by Andrew Grant Wood and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of mining and the rise of Tijuana, the book examines a number of aspects of the region's social and cultural history, including urban growth and housing, the mysterious underworld of border-town nightlife, a film noir treatment of the Peteet family suicides, borderlands cuisine, the life of squatters, and popular religion. As stimulating as it is lively, On the Border will spark a new appreciation for the range of social and cultural experiences in the borderlands.