Author: Billy Gray
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973664941
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
He never did much, but he • had two first cars, • went on three first dates with the same girl, • played in Yankee Stadium every summer, • made All-American without playing a single down, • grew three feet in one day, and • played in the game of the century. It’s just part of being an ordinary guy having the time of his life growing up in a small town. Join the fun! Read the book! Enjoy life!
I Never Did Much but I Had Fun Doing It
Author: Billy Gray
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973664941
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
He never did much, but he • had two first cars, • went on three first dates with the same girl, • played in Yankee Stadium every summer, • made All-American without playing a single down, • grew three feet in one day, and • played in the game of the century. It’s just part of being an ordinary guy having the time of his life growing up in a small town. Join the fun! Read the book! Enjoy life!
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973664941
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
He never did much, but he • had two first cars, • went on three first dates with the same girl, • played in Yankee Stadium every summer, • made All-American without playing a single down, • grew three feet in one day, and • played in the game of the century. It’s just part of being an ordinary guy having the time of his life growing up in a small town. Join the fun! Read the book! Enjoy life!
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316090522
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316090522
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
The Most Fun We Ever Had
Author: Claire Lombardo
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525564233
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest. Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator turned stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects. With the unexpected arrival of young Jonah Bendt—a child placed for adoption by one of the daughters fifteen years before—the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the rich and varied tapestry of their past. As they grapple with years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile. Don't miss Claire Lombardo's new book, Same As It Ever Was!
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525564233
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest. Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator turned stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects. With the unexpected arrival of young Jonah Bendt—a child placed for adoption by one of the daughters fifteen years before—the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the rich and varied tapestry of their past. As they grapple with years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile. Don't miss Claire Lombardo's new book, Same As It Ever Was!
The Mountain
Author: Deborah A. Castillo
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665535067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This is a mind bending, uplifting, transformation of, a cold seeming past, to the overturning into a beautiful new world where the past is atoned. The cruel struggles of the memories in the book only lead down a more, even yet, cruel undecided fate, which could become her last moments. Though, no time is to spare, in finding the whereabouts of her location in her abduction, she struggles forth. Forgetting herself, learning a path she never thought was possible, she finds her way through the darkness, being accompanied among the lost.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665535067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This is a mind bending, uplifting, transformation of, a cold seeming past, to the overturning into a beautiful new world where the past is atoned. The cruel struggles of the memories in the book only lead down a more, even yet, cruel undecided fate, which could become her last moments. Though, no time is to spare, in finding the whereabouts of her location in her abduction, she struggles forth. Forgetting herself, learning a path she never thought was possible, she finds her way through the darkness, being accompanied among the lost.
The Artist's Way
Author: Julia Cameron
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101156880
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
"With its gentle affirmations, inspirational quotes, fill-in-the-blank lists and tasks — write yourself a thank-you letter, describe yourself at 80, for example — The Artist’s Way proposes an egalitarian view of creativity: Everyone’s got it."—The New York Times "Morning Pages have become a household name, a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"—Vogue Over four million copies sold! Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery. The program begins with Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors. A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101156880
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
"With its gentle affirmations, inspirational quotes, fill-in-the-blank lists and tasks — write yourself a thank-you letter, describe yourself at 80, for example — The Artist’s Way proposes an egalitarian view of creativity: Everyone’s got it."—The New York Times "Morning Pages have become a household name, a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"—Vogue Over four million copies sold! Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery. The program begins with Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors. A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
The Lost Continent
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385674562
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series of horrific burgs, which he renamed Smellville, Fartville, Coleslaw, Coma, and Doldrum. At best his search led him to Anywhere, USA, a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by obese and slow-witted hicks with a partiality for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost: lost to itself because he found it blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385674562
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series of horrific burgs, which he renamed Smellville, Fartville, Coleslaw, Coma, and Doldrum. At best his search led him to Anywhere, USA, a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by obese and slow-witted hicks with a partiality for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost: lost to itself because he found it blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country.
The Comics Journal Library
Author: Gary Groth
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606999451
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
No comics publisher has had a greater impact ― or generated more controversy ― than the immensely influential EC Comics. The second and concluding volume of conversations with the creators behind the EC war/horror/science fiction/suspense line brings The Comics Journal’s definitive interviews together with several never-before-published sessions, including a new interview with the legendary Jack Davis conducted by Gary Groth. It also includes: Publisher Bill Gaines on the origins of the company and his terrifying grilling before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, editor/writer/artist Al Feldstein on introducing serious science fiction to comics and his interactions with Ray Bradbury. Harvey Kurtzman on bringing realism to war comics with Frontline Combat and subversive satire to humor comics with Mad, the master of chirascuro, Alex Toth, on the aesthetic values that guided him through a career that included drawing for EC and animating Jonny Quest, colorist Marie Severin on the atmosphere of pranks and anarchy that dominated the EC bullpen. Plus, career-spanning interviews with George Evans and Jack Kamen, rare Q&A sessions with formal experimenter Bernard Krigstein and EC writer Colin Dawkins, and a conversation between Jack Davis and award-winning alternative cartoonist Jim Woodring.
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606999451
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
No comics publisher has had a greater impact ― or generated more controversy ― than the immensely influential EC Comics. The second and concluding volume of conversations with the creators behind the EC war/horror/science fiction/suspense line brings The Comics Journal’s definitive interviews together with several never-before-published sessions, including a new interview with the legendary Jack Davis conducted by Gary Groth. It also includes: Publisher Bill Gaines on the origins of the company and his terrifying grilling before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, editor/writer/artist Al Feldstein on introducing serious science fiction to comics and his interactions with Ray Bradbury. Harvey Kurtzman on bringing realism to war comics with Frontline Combat and subversive satire to humor comics with Mad, the master of chirascuro, Alex Toth, on the aesthetic values that guided him through a career that included drawing for EC and animating Jonny Quest, colorist Marie Severin on the atmosphere of pranks and anarchy that dominated the EC bullpen. Plus, career-spanning interviews with George Evans and Jack Kamen, rare Q&A sessions with formal experimenter Bernard Krigstein and EC writer Colin Dawkins, and a conversation between Jack Davis and award-winning alternative cartoonist Jim Woodring.
We Are
Author: Kerriann MacDonald
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608443345
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
What if you had no control over the outcome of your future? For seventeen-year-old Kelsey Donnelly, her life has never been anything short of perfection. From her perfect grades to her perfect friends, Kelsey appears to be the girl who has it all. That is, until a tragic accident-A murder-occurs and rips Kelsey's perfect life to shreds. Now a senior, Kelsey's ideal life has plummeted after her friendships have been torn apart. Yet out of this series of awful events, a silver lining comes along through a girl named Kenzie. She provides the answers to bringing Kelsey's life back to normal-But it comes at a price. Kenzie is a girl living a life of homicide, and she wants to control every aspect of Kelsey's life. As Kelsey's life continues to spiral out of control, she has to race against time to unravel the web she's made with Kenzie. The question is: Who will win? Kerriann Macdonald is sixteen years-old and resides in New England. She is currently a junior in high school. The setting of her book, as well as the characters, are based off of her life here in Woburn. While in school, Kerriann spends the majority of her time writing in little notebooks filled with short stories. She hardly learns anything in school because she's too busy making up new ideas for books In her free time, Kerriann is a student of the performing arts. She takes modern, contemporary, ballet, and jazz classes at her dance studio and takes acting workshops at a professional theatre. Through this theatre she has been in the ensemble for the productions of West Side Story and The Who's Tommy. When Kerriann isn't at either of these places, she's usually at home taking care of her Facebook addiction.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608443345
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
What if you had no control over the outcome of your future? For seventeen-year-old Kelsey Donnelly, her life has never been anything short of perfection. From her perfect grades to her perfect friends, Kelsey appears to be the girl who has it all. That is, until a tragic accident-A murder-occurs and rips Kelsey's perfect life to shreds. Now a senior, Kelsey's ideal life has plummeted after her friendships have been torn apart. Yet out of this series of awful events, a silver lining comes along through a girl named Kenzie. She provides the answers to bringing Kelsey's life back to normal-But it comes at a price. Kenzie is a girl living a life of homicide, and she wants to control every aspect of Kelsey's life. As Kelsey's life continues to spiral out of control, she has to race against time to unravel the web she's made with Kenzie. The question is: Who will win? Kerriann Macdonald is sixteen years-old and resides in New England. She is currently a junior in high school. The setting of her book, as well as the characters, are based off of her life here in Woburn. While in school, Kerriann spends the majority of her time writing in little notebooks filled with short stories. She hardly learns anything in school because she's too busy making up new ideas for books In her free time, Kerriann is a student of the performing arts. She takes modern, contemporary, ballet, and jazz classes at her dance studio and takes acting workshops at a professional theatre. Through this theatre she has been in the ensemble for the productions of West Side Story and The Who's Tommy. When Kerriann isn't at either of these places, she's usually at home taking care of her Facebook addiction.
Chalky Downunder
Author: Linda L. Collins
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In Chalky Downunder, Linda L. Collins adjusts to life in Australia while teaching social studies, English, geography, and art to kids. Collins learns about America from a foreigner’s perspective, the differences in the school systems, traveling to other parts of the world after her stint there was up, trying to find meaning in her life and finally returning to the U.S. for good having "learned to love and to be loved by people" along with "responsibility and commitment" and "the joy of working hard, of working together.” Collins finds the meaning of it all. About the Author Linda L. Collins has always been fascinated with Australia since childhood. She went to college in the late 60s with the idea of becoming a teacher, though it wasn't something she really wanted to do. She graduated in three years instead of four, but she had trouble finding a teaching job near home. She decided to go to Australia. After a rough layover in Hawaii, she got to Australia where she interviewed for and got a teaching job.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In Chalky Downunder, Linda L. Collins adjusts to life in Australia while teaching social studies, English, geography, and art to kids. Collins learns about America from a foreigner’s perspective, the differences in the school systems, traveling to other parts of the world after her stint there was up, trying to find meaning in her life and finally returning to the U.S. for good having "learned to love and to be loved by people" along with "responsibility and commitment" and "the joy of working hard, of working together.” Collins finds the meaning of it all. About the Author Linda L. Collins has always been fascinated with Australia since childhood. She went to college in the late 60s with the idea of becoming a teacher, though it wasn't something she really wanted to do. She graduated in three years instead of four, but she had trouble finding a teaching job near home. She decided to go to Australia. After a rough layover in Hawaii, she got to Australia where she interviewed for and got a teaching job.
For the Glory of God
Author: Shirley Johnston
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452073929
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book is a story of Shirley Johnstons life. There is a lot of messages and lessons to be learn from it. One message is that the Master, requested that I write it. So I could still tell everybody about Him. That even 2000 years, He is still a Miracle working God. Just in this half of my life, God has delivered me from 4 fires, 2 floods, and 1 hurricane. That is to name a few disasters that Sweet Jesus has brought me through. Some of the other events, most people could only imagine surviving. Another message is that others can learn from all I have went through. That God truly is the answer, to any and all problems no matter how big or little the problem is. The lessons is that we dont have to live in nightmares and messes that we get ourselves into. That if we hold onto Gods Unchanging Hand. He truly is a Rewarder of those who dilgently seek Him. So you see God did have other plans for my life.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452073929
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book is a story of Shirley Johnstons life. There is a lot of messages and lessons to be learn from it. One message is that the Master, requested that I write it. So I could still tell everybody about Him. That even 2000 years, He is still a Miracle working God. Just in this half of my life, God has delivered me from 4 fires, 2 floods, and 1 hurricane. That is to name a few disasters that Sweet Jesus has brought me through. Some of the other events, most people could only imagine surviving. Another message is that others can learn from all I have went through. That God truly is the answer, to any and all problems no matter how big or little the problem is. The lessons is that we dont have to live in nightmares and messes that we get ourselves into. That if we hold onto Gods Unchanging Hand. He truly is a Rewarder of those who dilgently seek Him. So you see God did have other plans for my life.