Book Description
A literature professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison describes her downward spiral into gambling addiction and despair.
Author : Sandra Adell
Publisher : Eugeniabooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 2010
Category : African American women college teachers
ISBN : 9780984267101
A literature professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison describes her downward spiral into gambling addiction and despair.
Author : Mary Norris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 15,60 MB
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0393246604
New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal "Hilarious…This book charmed my socks off." —Patricia O’Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.
Author : Dyan Sheldon
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 16,37 MB
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0763651842
Dyan Sheldon's vain, melodramatic, and utterly lovable Lola will appeal to any young reader who has angled for acceptance. Mary Elizabeth Cep (or Lola, as she prefers to be called) longs to be in the spotlight. But when she moves to New Jersey with her family and becomes a student at Dellwood "Deadwood" High, Lola discovers that the role of resident drama queen is already filled--by the Born-to-Win, Born-to-Run-Everything Carla Santini. Carla has always gotten everything she wants-that is, until Lola comes along and snags the lead in the school play. Can Lola survive Carla's attempts at retaliation? Will Lola and her best friend, Ella, find a way to crash their favorite band's concert hall and farewell party in New York City--to which Carla has already gained entrance? And once the curtain goes up on the school play, which drama queen will take center stage?
Author : Victoria Holt
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Julie Hines Mabus
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 23,35 MB
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496840143
In the late 1960s, Patsy Channing, a stunningly beautiful young woman, was suspended from the venerable Mississippi State College for Women for breach of conduct. The resulting scandal reached all the way to the Columbus courthouse, and the press ate it up. But Patsy’s story starts long before that, living with a preoccupied and troubled mother in Memphis, Tennessee. As Patsy grows up, she buries the memories of her unspeakable childhood trauma and is determined to have a normal life. Music becomes her ticket out and a vehicle for the one thing she covets most—a chance to be crowned Miss America. In Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen, Julie Hines Mabus provides a peek into that world—a world struggling through the civil rights movement, reeling from the death of JFK, and cutting loose with the musical innovations from Memphis and Detroit. Patsy develops a close friendship with a guitarist at Stax Recording Studio, giving her firsthand exposure to the early Memphis Soul Sound created by such greats as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, and Sam & Dave. Confessions of a Southern Beauty Queen opens and closes with the end of Patsy’s time at Mississippi State College for Women on that fateful spring morning in 1968 when she entered the Columbus courthouse. Patsy’s story, marked with tragedy and triumph, mirrors that of a growing and evolving South, where change never comes easy.
Author : Alexander O. Montgomery
Publisher : Fontaine Press Pty Ltd
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1925442209
Potato queens are a special breed of Asian males who will only date Caucasian men. Is it because of what we all think it is or is there more than meets the eye? This book exposes the potato queen’s secrets and obsessions, the salacious love affairs and the major challenges that he faces in coming to terms with his identity in the white man’s world. Certainly not for the faint hearted, this juicy exposé is the definitive textbook for any aspiring potato queen, the admirer of this exotic species or for just about anyone who would relish a fantastic bedtime read. “Guaranteed to ruffle some feathers!”
Author : Matt Beckoff
Publisher : Bearmanor Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781593935399
In Confessions of a Scream Queen, writer Matt Beckoff interviews fifteen legendary 'Ladies of Horror.' Spanning over nine decades of cinema, Confessions is filled with entertaining and informative recollections and personal insights about Hollywood's best-loved horror films. Included are some rare and never before seen pictures.
Author : Svetlana Burckhardt
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 2011-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1465300007
As the Director of EyebrowExperts and Chief Brow & Brazilian Artist, Svetlana Burckhardt has seen it all. Working extensively in the beauty industry, she will literally raise eyebrows in this humorous, educational and inspiring collection of client stories across fourteen brilliant years in the beauty industry, Confessions of a Brazilian Waxing Queen. In a light manner, Burckhardt discusses beauty treatments from the face to "down there" and everything in between. Readers will discover the latest trends in Brazilian waxing, the arch art of eyebrows, and learn and laugh about the best and worst salon experiences along the way. Issues big and small will be covered and the author's contagious optimism and helpful nature will act as a resource for all women providing trade secrets, coveted celebrity trends and a beautiful collection of inspirational messages through her stories. A book that covers the broadest audience, Confessions of a Brazilian Waxing Queen shares the author's stories, beauty secrets and tips, delivering beauty tutorials to women all day long. Burckhardt would like to communicate this message nation-wide to share, inspire and teach.
Author : Marie Etienne
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2022-02-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780974847474
Marie Etienne's new collection of essays is fast-paced, heartfelt, and brutally honest. At 43, recently diagnosed as bipolar and on the brink of suicide, Etienne struggles to come to terms with deep-rooted feelings of fear, shame, and resentment by facing head-on who she really was, who she wanted to be, and what she was willing to do to make her life worth living. Etienne explores themes of love versus lust, the legacy of murder and suicide among her siblings, and the redemptive powers of faith, forgiveness, and courage. This story reveals the unstoppable drive of a woman determined to forge her own path through the world.
Author : Adrian Kwan
Publisher :
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 2020-12-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780645070316
60 pageant queens. 12 countries. 10 questions. 2 volumes.Confessions of a Pageant Queen brings together pageant queens from around the world to share their stories, their struggles and their tips for pageant success.Most of all, it shows that pageant girls aren't just pretty faces, and that they're ready to advocate for a bigger, better and more inclusive world.Note: this volume contains queens whose first names begin with L-Z.