Author: Mike Benn
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595379400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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In the entertaining collection Laughing At Life: Tall Tales & Other Short Stories, author Mike Benn shares many of his amusing life experiences as he delves into "tough" questions, such as: Have you ever caught a duck-while fishing? When your children say jump, do you just ask how high? What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? How significant is that red flashing light on your car's instrument panel? Join Benn in his search for "the perfect stool", and experience his frustration after purchasing the latest state-of-the-art home cinema equipment to the envy of all his friends-and after six months, still not being able to get it to work. Laughing at Life takes you on a trip-sometimes more like a stumble-down memory lane, from Benn's childhood in Perth, Australia, to his present-day life in Israel. Encompassing subjects ranging from living in a household of females to the adventures of traveling, and from coping with modern technology to personal health issues, Laughing at Life draws you into the Benn's world, allowing you to view the humorous side of life's challenges that daily affect each and every one of us.
Author: Katalina Rourke
Publisher: Katalina Rourke
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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poetry collection.
Author: Linda Andrade Wheeler
Publisher: Island Heritage Pub
ISBN: 9780896105195
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 83
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Author: John Francis King
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0955851920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 401
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Author: Peter Matthiessen
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 039475560X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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An eloquent portrayal of a disappearing way of life of the Long Island fishermen whose voices--humorous, bitter and bewildered--are as clear as the threatened beauty of their once quiet shore.
Author: Firoozeh Dumas
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 054461237X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name—Cindy. It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even puka shell necklaces, pool parties, and flying fish can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home. A poignant yet lighthearted middle grade debut from the author of the bestselling Funny in Farsi. California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award Winner Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award (Grades 6–8) New York Historical Society’s New Americans Book Prize Winner Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature, Honorable Mention Booklist 50 Best Middle Grade Novels of the 21st Century
Author: Guy Carawan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820316431
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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This book presents an oral, musical, and photographic record of the venerable Gullah culture in modern times. With roots stretching back to their slave forbears, the Johns Islanders and their folk traditions are a vital link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean ancestors.
Author: Emily Henry
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593336127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION! "Original, sparkling bright, and layered with feeling."--Sally Thorne, author of The Hating Game A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
Author: Chloe Labella
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491751509
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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Hi! Remember me, SiTi. Tigress Chloe was exhausted after going through the book with you and feeling that you now have a new lease on life. You own it. No one can take it from you. I told her to go to bed and I would stay up to give you the message. We all, me (SiTi), Boo and Tigress Chloe, will always have you in our thoughts and prayers. She also wanted me to tell you that once you emerge with the new brain and the new heart, dont be surprised that people will notice. Hold your head high with pride, you earned it and she is so proud of each and every one of you. Well, I have to go back to my real job as Tigress Chloe and Boos security. (I am telling you that Boo, a much, much smaller cat than me, is as crazy as Tigress Chloe! But like I have heard, they mean no harm, they just want to make people smile. All you want to do is pick them up and give them a big old hug and laugh at what they come up with! Ill miss being here, but I have to return to my home (or reserve) to be with my family for 6 months of the year and then I will come back. Ha! Ha! Ha! There she goes, Boo is taking off and Im laughing so hard my stomach hurts! Well, like Tigress Chloe would close, it is never good-bye its see ya later!
Author: Steve Waksman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520257170
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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"Waksman brings a new understanding to familiar material by treating it in an original and stimulating manner. This book tells 'the other side of the story.'"—Philip Auslander, author of Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music "While there are a number of histories of punk and metal and numerous biographies of important bands within each genre, there is no comparable book to This Ain't the Summer of Love. The ultimate contribution the book makes is to provoke the reader into rethinking the ongoing fluid relationship between punk, a music that enjoyed considerable critical support, and metal, a music that has been systematically denigrated by critics. This book is the product of superior scholarship; it truly breaks fresh ground and as such it is an important book that will be regularly cited in future work."—Rob Bowman, Professor of Music at York University and author of Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax Records "Debunking simplistic assumptions that punk rebelled and heavy metal conformed, Steve Waksman demonstrates with precisely chosen examples that for decades the two shared strategies and concerns. As a result, this important volume is among the first to extend to rock history the same much-needed revisionism that elsewhere has transformed our understanding of minstrelsy, blues, country music, and pop."—Eric Weisbard, author of Use Your Illusion I & II
