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Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 24,5 MB

Release : 1997-08

Category : Humor

ISBN : 9780836236835

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The saga of one woman's quest for romance, career fulfillment, and the perfect bowl of double-fudge ice cream. Millions of women have commiserated with America's favorite frustrated female as she struggles with dieting, work, and romance in a world filled with chocolate, evil bosses, and the ever-present opposite sex. Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon is filled with some of the funniest comic strips that follow every woman's frazzled friend as she battles everything from the all-too-honest dressing room mirror to a mountainous "IN" box. Join Cathy as she rationalizes her way from one neurosis to the next with her trusty dog, Electra, and her aging, well-intentioned mother by her side. You'll feel right at home curling up with a bowl of Rock Road as Cathy copes with reality and what creator Cathy Guisewite calls "the four basic guilt groups: food, love, mother, and career."



Let's Get Physical

Author : Danielle Friedman

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 361 pages

File Size : 48,89 MB

Release : 2023-01-03

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN : 0593188446

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A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women’s exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power. For much of the twentieth century, sweating was considered “unladylike” and girls grew up believing physical exertion would cause their uterus to “fall out.” It was only in the Sixties that, thanks to a few forward-thinking fitness pioneers, women began to move en masse. In Let's Get Physical, journalist Danielle Friedman reveals the fascinating untold history of contemporary fitness culture, chronicling in vivid, cinematic prose how exercise evolved from a beauty tool pitched almost exclusively as a way to “reduce” into one millions have harnessed as a path to mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Let’s Get Physical takes us into the workout studios and onto the mats to reclaim these forgotten origin stories—and shine a spotlight on the trailblazers who made it possible for women to move. Each chapter uncovers the birth of an fitness movement that laid the foundation for working out today: the invention of the barre method in the Swinging Sixties, jogging’s path to liberation in the Seventies, the explosion of aerobics and weight-training in the Eighties, the rise of yoga in the Nineties, and the ongoing push for a more socially inclusive fitness culture—one that celebrates every body. Ultimately, it tells the story of how women discovered the joy of physical competence and strength—and how, by moving together to transform fitness from a privilege into a right, we can create a more powerful sisterhood.



Thin Thighs in Thirty Years

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 42,92 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Health & Fitness

ISBN : 9780836220810

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""I know I'm supposed to be assertive and self-sufficient," the comic strip Cathy says, "but it's boring to be invincible all by yourself"...this is the Cathy people love." --New York Daily News Cathy stops at the bakery on the way home from aerobics...proclaims her love for the single life yet secretly keeps a list of songs for her wedding...files business correspondence in the "doomed pile" in the corner of her office...begs her mother for advice, and then screams at her for giving it...and like millions of bright, successful women, spends bathing suit season sobbing in the department store dressing room.



My Granddaughter Has Fleas!!

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 18,98 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Humor

ISBN : 9780836218558

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Cathy chronicles the demands of a "thirty-something" career woman responding to the modern complexities of everyday life. A broad audience will relate to the hassles of relationships and career challenges in which Cathy finds solutions. Emmy Award for Best Animated Special.



Cathy Twentieth Anniversary Collection

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 10,88 MB

Release : 1996-09

Category : Comics & Graphic Novels

ISBN : 9780836225235

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"For years, Guisewite has presented a sampling of the absurd and achingly familiar rituals women face in presenting themselves to the world. In the process, she has become a dead-on chronicler of fashion in all its folly." --The Dallas Morning News Lovable Cathy has been sister, confidante, and best friend to countless fans around the world. She's an Everywoman who experiences frustrations on the job, in her love life, and with her aging parents in much the same way as her real-life counterparts. Yet Cathy always handles everything with aplomb, consistently seeing the funny side of every situation. She's been an inspiration--giving readers infinite reasons to laugh at life's strange realities. In this celebration of Cathy's 20 years, creator Guisewite shares some of her earliest strips and recollections of Cathy's growth. An advertising copywriter when she first drew the frazzled Cathy in 1976, Guisewite also reflects on how her own life shaped her character and the strip's other personalities--from boyfriends to pets to parents. From fashion challenges to business travel, Guisewite has covered the gamut of life through her indomitable alter-ego, Cathy, and the trip's been pleasurable for everyone. In Cathy's 20th Anniversary Collection, readers also accompany Cathy on more adventures: Cathy as she listens patiently to her boss rant about how to buy a new car, replying, "Where"s this energy when we want a man to go in a mall?" Cathy as she turns her mother to mush by asking for quality time. Cathy, frustrated from years of trying to find the right man, as she buys a computer just for the on-line romance chat rooms. Faithful fans who've grown up with Cathy will treasure this 20th anniversary book from Cathy Guisewite.



I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 33,57 MB

Release : 2012-12-11

Category : Humor

ISBN : 1449441068

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In this funny collection, America’s favorite comic strip heroine balances the demands of life—love, family, career, food, and shopping. Cathy has been woman’s best friend in matters of love, food, and shopping, although maybe not always in that order! Here is a collection for the frazzled modern woman who is forever plagued by the innate love of chocolate, and who is constantly in search of at least a semi-decent romance in the midst of career demands and parents who always have advice.



A Bit Much

Author : Lyndsay Rush

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 33,36 MB

Release : 2024-09-17

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 1250323479

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INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyful celebration of big feelings, tender truths, and hard-won wisdom, for fans of Maggie Smith, Kate Baer, and Kate Kennedy. At long last, a book of poetry for people who didn’t even know they liked poetry. And they’re in good company: author Lyndsay Rush didn’t know she liked it either. That is, until she embarked on an internet experiment under the Instagram username @MaryOliversDrunkCousin that turned into a body of work that struck a chord with women across the country; thanks to her signature wordplay, witticisms, and—against all odds—wisdom. With titles like "Shedonism", "Someone to Eat Chips With", "It’s Called Maximalism, Babe", and "Breaking News: Local Woman Gets Out of Bed", Rush’s debut collection of poetry uses humor to grapple with the female experience—from questioning whether or not to have children, to roasting the patriarchy, to challenging what it means to "age gracefully"—and each piece delivers gut-punching truths alongside gratifying punchlines. Readers walk away from Lyndsay’s work feeling seen, celebrated, and wholly convinced that joy is an urgent, worthwhile pursuit. With over 140 convention-bending poems—most of which are never-before-seen—this book is quite literally A Bit Much.



Confessions to My Mother

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 102 pages

File Size : 36,64 MB

Release : 2013-02-05

Category : Humor

ISBN : 0740786016

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For years, Cathy and her mother have been working out their relationship on the comic pages in such an honest, relatable, humor-filled way that thousands of mothers and daughters have written to say the comic strip is the single thing that has helped them keep speaking to each other over the years. In Confessions to My Mother, Cathy helps daughters speak to their mothers in an even more poignant way--with page after page of everything from embarrassing truths... "The last time you came to visit I spent a whole day hiding things before you got here." to belated admissions... I'm sorry for the 10 to 15 years I spent grunting at you." to personal revelations... The inside of my bathroom cabinet looks exactly as bad as the inside of your bathroom cabinet." and heartfelt sentiments.. "When I make your chicken soup, it doesn't taste like your chicken soup." "The thing I am the most sure of in my life is that you love me." "Because of you, I can't throw out a cardboard box." According to creator Cathy Guisewite, Confessions to My Mother is "all the deep, insightful, meaningful things I want to say to Mom, but never actually say because I'm too busy acting like a five-year-old when I'm with her."



Food

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 15,91 MB

Release : 2013-02-05

Category : Humor

ISBN : 1449411231

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"I guess if anything I've ever written could cause them to one day remove the fluorescent lights from the swimwear department, then I've lived a full life." --Cathy Guisewite in Biography magazine Cathy is like a longtime friend who shares the same fears and frustrations as most women: the frightening sight of too-tight swimsuits in a dressing room mirror, the relentless call of the refrigerator, and men who are never quite right. This gift book is based on one of Cathy's most popular subjects: Food. Cathy is a cartoon soul mate, who stresses over the four basic guilt groups. Readers will find comfort, solace, and lots of laughs.



I'd Scream Except I Look So Fabulous

Author : Cathy Guisewite

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 36,43 MB

Release : 2012-11-06

Category : Humor

ISBN : 0740786113

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America’s favorite comic strip heroine navigates the perils of being a modern woman in this hilarious collection. By now, we’re all familiar with Cathy’s battles among the four basic guilt groups: food, Mom, love, and career. Women can identify with Cathy Guisewite’s hilarious portrayal of the universal struggles of modern femininity. A confirmed chocoholic, Cathy often consoles herself with one more trip to the fridge, then pays for it with frightening excursions in department store dressing rooms. Mom pushes Cathy to find the man who will give her grandchildren. As for her career, Cathy struggles to be a superstar, even though her desk looks like a disaster area. In fact, Cathy’s all-too-recognizable life is what endears her to devoted readers. Her countless fans look on their cartoon heroine as a best friend, someone who really knows the trials and tribulations of the working single woman. From Internet dating to Christmas catalog fiascoes, from winter-flu one-upmanship at the office to kitchen technique discussions with Mom, Cathy puts her finger on the kinds of situations that women face in their real lives on a daily basis. In this Cathy collection, I’d Scream Except I Look So Fabulous, our favorite cartoon character once again shows why her popularity soars. Who can’t relate to the discomfort fashion sometimes dictates in order to be trendy.