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The Television World of Pushing Daisies

Author : Alissa Burger

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 42,69 MB

Release : 2014-01-10

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0786485752

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Pushing Daisies was a unique network television show. This collection of 10 essays addresses the quirky, off-beat elements that made the show a popular success, as well as fodder for scholarly inquiry. Divided into three main sections, the essays address the themes of difference, the placement of the series within a larger philosophical context, and the role of gender on the show. A consideration of Pushing Daisies' unique style and aesthetics is a consistent source of interest across these international and interdisciplinary scholarly critiques.



Pushing Daisies

Author : Rosaline Saul

Publisher : Fiction for the Soul Books

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 28,6 MB

Release : 2024-08-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN :

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Seventeen-year-old Thursday's world is shattered when his beloved grandparents die in a tragic car accident. Desperate to know if there is an afterlife and if he'll ever see his grandparents again, Thursday becomes obsessed with ghost hunting. While exploring an abandoned cemetery, Thursday crosses paths with the intriguing and secretive Fallon, who seems to effortlessly communicate with the dead. As Thursday gets closer to Fallon, he realizes there's more to her than meets the eye. An alluring aura surrounds her, and unearthly abilities seem to come naturally to her. Together, Thursday and Fallon begin helping wayward souls complete their unfinished business on earth. But Thursday wants more than to just send spirits into the light. He wants answers only Fallon may hold, even if it means unravelling the mysteries of life and death itself. As Thursday and Fallon grow closer while delving deeper into the spirit realm, dangers threaten to sever their bond. Thursday finds himself longing for someone who can never fully be his. But are some bonds too powerful for even death to break? Full of hope, heartache, and haunting romance, Pushing Daisies explores the timeless question of what happens after we die. Its gripping supernatural mystery and ghostly romantic thriller will keep young adult readers rapidly turning pages late into the night. Keywords: Young adult ghost books, Teen paranormal romance novels, Gothic fantasy books for teens, Supernatural mystery Young Adult, Books about ghosts for teenagers, Paranormal love story young adult, Young adult fiction books about life after death.



Pushing Up Daisies

Author : Rosemary Harris

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 312 pages

File Size : 24,1 MB

Release : 2008-02-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780312369675

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In the estimable tradition of Susan Wittig Albert comes this sizzling botanical mystery debut from a scent-sational new talent.



Pushing Up Daisies

Author : M. C. Beaton

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 43,74 MB

Release : 2016-09-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1250057442

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When a wealthy land developer who had been planning to turn a community garden into a housing estate winds up dead, Agatha Raisin is hired by the victim's accused son to clear him of suspicion and identify the real killer among numerous suspects.



Pulling Triggers and Pushing Daisies

Author : Brylle Gaviola

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 50 pages

File Size : 26,63 MB

Release : 2018-04-06

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 1387644378

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The title pulling triggers and pushing daisies, comes from two aspects of my life. One comes from a question: What's deadlier a gun or a thought that pulls the trigger? The second from a euphemism that simply means that a dead decomposing body is in a way allowing daisies to bloom. In other words, it symbolizes death. In my last book "The Monsters That Love Conquered", I had a simi-lar tone of death and killing things off, but I guess in my mind I'm just find-ing new ways to say the same things. But as I get older the meaning of love for me changes and the things I used to hold on to become more distant. I have become a professional at letting things go, but even though the meaning has changed love will and always be a factor, the shade of it just seems to get darker as the years past.



Pushing Up Daisies

Author : Jamise L. Dames

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 43,44 MB

Release : 2005-05-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 141651726X

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After hitting it big with Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe, national bestselling author Jamise L. Dames is back with another hip, sensual, and compelling novel. A Tragic Past... Daisy Parker's boyfriend has strayed one too many times and she's no longer sitting pretty. Having sacrificed seven years of her life to being his faithful woman and raising his nine-year-old son, the only thing that will calm her now is to hurl his beloved wardrobe out their second-story window. Single life may scare Daisy, but her mind is made up -- when the good-for-nothing returns, she'll serve him his walking papers. Only he isn't up to his old tricks that night, and what goes down strips Daisy of the option to choose. She's on her own. ...A Hopeful Future Left penniless, homeless, and jobless, Daisy struggles to make a home for herself and her son. Just when she seems poised to take control and put the baggage of her past behind her, complications arise when the towering frame of Daisy's deliciously handsome college crush strolls into town. His unexpected attention makes her feel alive, yet she's been burned by love once and isn't sure she can take the heat. As undeniable passions rise, so do the stakes, and Daisy can't stand to lose another round.... A compelling tale of life, love, and hope.



A Little Bit Wicked

Author : Kristin Chenoweth

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 268 pages

File Size : 45,10 MB

Release : 2009-04-14

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1439100675

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"Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from her starring roles on TV -- The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Sesame Street...oh, and her Huge Hit Sitcom Kristin on NBC. (Huge hit. L.A. breast-implant huge. Ask either of the people who watched it.) Or maybe you saw her sexy spread in FHM magazine? Or her appearance on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club? Kristin is a wonderful collection of contradictions -- but everyone who's ever met her remembers her as the little girl with the big voice. At four foot eleven, Kristin Chenoweth is an immense talent in a petite but powerful package. In this lively, laugh-out-loud book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of show biz. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Kristin was singing in front of thousands at Baptist conventions by age twelve and winning beauty pageants by age twenty-two. (Well, actually she was second runner-up almost every freaking time. But, hey, she's not bitter.) On her way to a career as a professional opera singer, she stopped in New York to visit a friend and went on a whim to an audition. Through a combination of talent, hard work, and (she's quick to add) the grace of God, Kristin took Broadway by storm. But of course, into every storm, the occasional drizzle of disaster must fall. Filled with wit, wisdom, and backstage insight, A Little Bit Wicked is long on love and short on sleep; it's essential reading for Kristin's legions of fans and an uplifting story for anyone seeking motivation to follow his or her dreams -- over the rainbow and beyond.



I'm Gonna Push Through!

Author : Jasmyn Wright

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 42 pages

File Size : 27,44 MB

Release : 2020-02-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1534439668

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Based on the Push Through movement that inspires kids worldwide, this is an empowering, energetic, and all-inclusive picture book that celebrates resilience in the face of adversity. Hold your head high. No matter what stands in the way of your dreams, remember this: YOU can push through anything! If someone tells you it’s too hard, don’t you ever listen. You tell them, “I’m gonna push through!” Inspired by a mantra written for her third-grade students, Jasmyn Wright’s uplifting call to “push through” is an invitation to young readers to announce their own power and to recognize and reaffirm that of others, regardless of setbacks. Her empowering words not only lift children up, but show them how to lift themselves up and seize their potential.



Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe

Author : Jamise L. Dames

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 33,79 MB

Release : 2013-10-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1416516905

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A tale of love, lust, and mistrust, Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe reveals the secrets that break homes as well as hearts. The Jacobs's siblings have done a good job of masking their secrets behind finely wrought facades, hidden agendas, and questionable paternity...until the day it all starts to unravel. Faced at last with the truth, Kennedy, Simone, and Derrick Jacobs find themselves vulnerable and exposed, determined to salvage the lives they have made for themselves. Kennedy Jacobs has it all: beauty, brains, and the confidence to match. She also has the man that sister Simone has officially declared off-limits. With sass, class, and strength to spare, Kennedy takes the world by storm—until tragedy jumps up and slaps her in the face. Simone Jacobs wants it all. She has the expensive home, the VP position at a top accounting firm, and a new man who tickles more than her fancy. But something is missing. Just when it seems that this something is within reach and her life is coming together, someone starts to tear it apart at the seams. Derrick Jacobs is a handsome Wall Street exec, a fully equipped ladies' man who can't be tied down by any woman. With charming good looks, a chiseled body, and a very healthy bank account, Derrick Jacobs can move mountains...but will his secrets cause them to crumble? Passions run high as the Jacobs try desperately to untangle themselves from a web of deceit and learn how tragedy can move toward truth and the strongest of all ties.



Wonder Woman Unbound

Author : Tim Hanley

Publisher : Chicago Review Press

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 36,32 MB

Release : 2014-04-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1613749090

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“I’ve never seen more information about Wonder Woman than in Wonder Woman Unbound. Tim Hanley tells us everything we’ve never asked about Wonder Woman, . . . from her mythic Golden Age origins through her dismal Silver Age years as a lovesick romance comic character, and worse yet, when she lost her costume and powers in the late 1960s. Our favorite Amazon’s saga becomes upbeat again with the 1970s advent of Gloria Steinem and Ms. magazine, and Lynda Carter’s unforgettable portrayal of her on television. And it’s all told with a dollop of humor!” —Trina Robbins, author of Pretty in Ink With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. Tim Hanley explores Wonder Woman’s lost history, delving into her comic book and its spin-offs as well as the motivations of her creators, to showcase the peculiar journey of a twentieth-century icon—from the 1940s, when her comics advocated female superiority but were also colored by bondage imagery and hidden lesbian leanings, to her resurgence as a feminist symbol in the 1970s and beyond. Tim Hanley is a comic book historian. His blog, Straitened Circumstances, discusses Wonder Woman and women in comics, and his column “Gendercrunching” runs monthly on Bleeding Cool. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.