Jimmy Buffett

Download or read book A Salty Piece of Land written by Jimmy Buffett and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines, in a shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever. From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.

Download or read book Jimmy Buffett written by Steve Eng and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-10-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique charisma of Jimmy Buffett has entranced his millions of fans for nearly three decades. Just what has made this man so beloved and so fanatically revered? In this lively, in-depth portrait of the talented savvy character named Jimmy Buffett, Steve Eng reveals the singer, the writer, the maestro, and the raconteur supreme. of photos.

Download or read book Tales from Margaritaville written by Jimmy Buffett and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The singer/songwriter displays his gift for creating witty, laid-back Southern stories in a collection of bizarre tales and thoughtful essays.

Download or read book Swine Not? written by Jimmy Buffett and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling writer Jimmy Buffett weaves an irresistible tale filled with colorful characters, wry humor, and the pursuit of a very clever pig. When Southern belle Ellie McBride moves her twins from Vertigo, to New York City, they wouldn't dream of leaving behind the family pig Rumpy. But the posh hotel where Ellie has found work (and living space) has "No Pets" writ large on its portal. So hiding Rumpy from the hotel staff -- -especially the ultra-carnivorous hotel chef, who would like nothing better than to transform their pet into pork roast -- -becomes imperative.

Download or read book A Pirate Looks at Fifty written by Jimmy Buffett and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2000-11-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the ultimate Jimmy Buffett philosophy on life and how to live it, “like sitting with Buffett at a beachside bar, listening to him spin tales” (Time). “Buffett took his family on a three-week trek around the Caribbean. . . . His colorful travelogue is interspersed with memoirs of his youth and music career—both of which revolve around his continuing search for the perfect fishing spot.”—USA Today For Parrotheads, armchair adventurers, and anyone who appreciates a good yarn and a hearty laugh, here is the ultimate backstage pass. You’ll read the kind of stories Jimmy usually reserves for his closest friends and you'll see a wonderful, wacky life through the eyes of the man who's lived it. Jimmy takes us from the legendary pirate coves of the Florida Keys to the ruins of ancient Cartegena. Along the way, we hear a tale or two of how he got his start in New Orleans, how he discovered his passion for flying planes, and how he almost died in a watery crash in Nantucket harbor. We follow Jimmy to jungle outposts in Costa Rica and on a meandering trip down the Amazon, through hair-raising negotiations with gun-toting customs officials and a three-year-old aspiring co-pilot. And he is the inimitable Jimmy Buffett through it all.

Download or read book The Jolly Mon written by Jimmy Buffett and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the adventures of a fisherman who finds a magic guitar floating in the Caribbean Sea. Includes the music for the song "Jolly Mon Sing."

Download or read book Searching for Jimmy Buffett written by Frank Mosco and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sister Moonbeam-Goom-jigi, a hallucinatory, burned out, hippy flower child of the 1960's, wrongfully thinks her late-in-life son is the by-product of an imagined one-night stand with Jimmy Buffett. Her final words inadvertently send her 14-year-old son on a quest to find his namesake famous father. "Searching for Jimmy Buffett" is a hilarious, politically incorrect book full of non-stop humor.