Author : Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1452100047
Uses colorful illustrations to demonstrate examples of "wordles," or wordplay phrases that sound alike but have different meanings, including "I see" and "icy," and "I scream" and "ice cream."
Author : Tiffany Midge
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496218051
Why is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural-political commentary—but no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Diné/Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby’s first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious, even sacred. Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s is a powerful and compelling collection of Tiffany Midge’s musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in America. Artfully blending sly humor, social commentary, and meditations on love and loss, Midge weaves short, stand-alone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice. She explains why she does not like pussy hats, mercilessly dismantles pretendians, and confesses her own struggles with white-bread privilege. Midge goes on to ponder Standing Rock, feminism, and a tweeting president, all while exploring her own complex identity and the loss of her mother. Employing humor as an act of resistance, these slices of life and matchless takes on urban-Indigenous identity disrupt the colonial narrative and provide commentary on popular culture, media, feminism, and the complications of identity, race, and politics.
Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1497609615
Seven stunning stories of speculative fiction by the author of A Boy and His Dog. In a post-apocalyptic world, four men and one woman are all that remain of the human race, brought to near extinction by an artificial intelligence. Programmed to wage war on behalf of its creators, the AI became self-aware and turned against humanity. The five survivors are prisoners, kept alive and subjected to brutal torture by the hateful and sadistic machine in an endless cycle of violence. This story and six more groundbreaking and inventive tales that probe the depths of mortal experience prove why Grand Master of Science Fiction Harlan Ellison has earned the many accolades to his credit and remains one of the most original voices in American literature. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream also includes “Big Sam Was My Friend,” “Eyes of Dust,” “World of the Myth,” “Lonelyache,” Hugo Award finalist “Delusion for a Dragon Slayer,” and Hugo and Nebula Award finalist “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes.”
Author : J.J. Hansen
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 36,77 MB
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1512787310
The problem was the things I stored down deep started to fester and multiply. They rose up; I pushed them down. They were too deadly to expose, too dirty to air out. If I let even one escape into the light of day, they would all come tumbling out of their carefully sealed envelope and make a mess of this life, no - call it existence, I was trying to hold together. True life belonged to those who didnt hold envelopes stuffed with the terror and horror of a scared sixteen-year-old, turned angry twenty-two-year-old, turned bitter twenty-five-year-old. The thing is, I want to live. - J.J. Hansen As a teenager, author J.J. Hansen steeled her insides every time she walked into her mothers hospital wing. Years later, her poise under pressure earned accolades as she planned her fathers funeral. The Lavender Envelope is the story of what happened when she decided to quit being strong and move forward by going through the past instead of walking away from it. In essays woven with memory and metaphor she depicts the healing process that began when she tore open her envelope and determined to live.
Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0575123559
Originally published in 1962 and re-issued in 1974 and in 1983, Ellison Wonderland contains sixteen stories with copyrights ranging from 1956 to 1961. This edition contains an Introduction written for the 1974 edition and updated for the 1983 edition. This collection was among Ellison's first and it shows a writer with a wide-ranging imagination, ferocious creative energy, devastating wit and an eye for the wonderful and terrifying and tragic. Among the gems are "All The Sounds of Fear", "The Sky is Burning", "The Very Last Day of a Good Woman" and "In Lonely Lands". Though they stand tall on their own merits they also point the way to the sublime stories that followed soon after and continue to come even now, more than forty years later.
Author : Jamar Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 2012-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1477125280
This is Poetry at its best! “Same blood, same flesh and same chemical composition. We breathe, we eat, we think and we feel. Our only difference is… PRECEPTION!!! The way in which we view people, places and things based on what we know and how we feel and/or have felt. The glass can be half full and/or half empty.” Growth and development comes in stages: as children, we see in black in white; as young adults, we see in black, white and grey; and as Men & Women, we see the never ending various shades of colors. “The more I learn, the less I realized I know.” Over the years I found that it seems everyone would like things to go their way. So it started to make sense why my plans didn’t always work out! That’s about the time I learned: to role with the punches in life; to make the best of everything; to always breathe easy; and what I feel is most important… was the ability to lose small. My book is a lot of deep thoughts, self reflection, over years of studies. I don’t believe that emotions should have the right to override intellect. The mind controls the body, so I think and I dare you to think also. The choices we make are based on what we want and/or feel we need to. Your choices are yours and they may or may not affect my life, but consequences come with all choices… choose wisely. Just know that you chose… conscious or not. Email me at … [email protected] Open Your Mind “See As Eye See” is also on facebook. Feel free to let me know what you think.
Author : Caro Neuhofer
Publisher : novum publishing
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2024-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1642685674
Caro Neuhofer, 40 years old, married, 2 children, social worker - that was her life 10 years ago. Then she meets Alex, assistant to the care manager of her new client. From then on, everything changes. Caro falls in love with Alex and gives up her old life. The two find each other, grow apart, find each other again. It's a long road to the start of their marriage. But it's worth it - they are overjoyed. Then Caro falls ill and everything changes. Bettina enters Caro and Alex's lives. She needs emotional support. Alex looks after her devotedly. But what about Caro? Alex distances himself from her. Caro begins to write down her feelings and experiences in a diary. Will their marriage survive the bad times after the good ones?
Author : Nanci Kincaid
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1565121783
The story of a college football coach--his rise and his fall--is narrated by his wife and the many other women who have played a key role in his life and reveals what the sport of football is really all about. Tour.
Author : Janet Lansbury
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0593736168
A modern parenting classic—a guide to a new and gentle way of understanding the care and nurture of infants, by the internationally renowned childcare expert, podcaster, and author of No Bad Kids “An absolute go-to for all parents, therapists, anyone who works with, is, or knows parents of young children.”—Wendy Denham, PhD A Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, Janet Lansbury helps parents look at the world through the eyes of their infants and relate to them as whole people who have natural abilities to learn without being taught. Once we are able to view our children in this light, even the most common daily parenting experiences become stimulating opportunities to learn, discover, and connect with our child. A collection of the most-read articles from Janet’s popular and long-running blog, Elevating Child Care focuses on common infant issues, including: • Nourishing our babies’ healthy eating habits • Calming your clingy, fearful child • How to build your child’s focus and attention span • Developing routines that promote restful sleep Eschewing the quick-fix tips and tricks of popular parenting culture, Lansbury’s gentle, insightful guidance lays the foundation for a closer, more fulfilling parent-child relationship, and children who grow up to be authentic, confident, successful adults.
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 1989-04
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Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism. It was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all. There's no magazine I know of that's so continually referenced, held up as a benchmark, and whose demise is so lamented" --Dave Eggers. "It's a piece of garbage" --Donald Trump.
