Author: Maria T. Lennon
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
ISBN: 1400081912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Traveling the world as a war correspondent, California native Saffron Roch believes that she has found true love with Oscar, an egotistical surgeon working for Doctors Without Borders, but her life is thrown into turmoil when she finds that she is pregnant, discovers her Oscar's infidelity, and learns she is about to inherit a fortune. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Making It Up As I Go Along
Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0718181735
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A hilarious collection of essays, perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham. A collection of hilarious, poignant and moving essays from the Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling novelist. Marian's tales of her eye-lash extension horrors, domestic Goddess attempts and the time that she decided to become a yoga instructor will have you crying with laughter.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0718181735
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A hilarious collection of essays, perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham. A collection of hilarious, poignant and moving essays from the Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling novelist. Marian's tales of her eye-lash extension horrors, domestic Goddess attempts and the time that she decided to become a yoga instructor will have you crying with laughter.
Making It Up As I Go Along
Author: Maria T. Lennon
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
ISBN: 1400081912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Traveling the world as a war correspondent, California native Saffron Roch believes that she has found true love with Oscar, an egotistical surgeon working for Doctors Without Borders, but her life is thrown into turmoil when she finds that she is pregnant, discovers her Oscar's infidelity, and learns she is about to inherit a fortune. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
ISBN: 1400081912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Traveling the world as a war correspondent, California native Saffron Roch believes that she has found true love with Oscar, an egotistical surgeon working for Doctors Without Borders, but her life is thrown into turmoil when she finds that she is pregnant, discovers her Oscar's infidelity, and learns she is about to inherit a fortune. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Dazed & Confused
Author: Jefferson Hack
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847836925
Category : Dazed & confused
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrating twenty years of an agenda-setting powerhouse of contemporary style, design, and popular culture. Celebrated for discovering and promoting new artists, musicians, designers, and filmmakers, Dazed & Confused magazine has been a barometer of popular style and culture since its founding in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and the photographer Rankin. Quickly renowned for its controversial attitude, Dazed represented a new wave in the British style press, bringing together figures from different creative fields and eras to produce extraordinary interviews and develop artwork for the magazine. From David Bowie to Bjork, Harmony Korine to David Lynch, Kate Moss to Stockhausen, and Rankin to Thom Yorke, the roster of the magazine's subjects and contributing artists alone is a record of the evolution of contemporary pop culture. Edited by its founders, this daringly illustrated book immortalizes the magazine's most enduring features, from legendary photo shoots and iconic covers to controversial interviews, and supplements them with outtakes, ephemera from the editors' offices, original artwork, and contributions from the photographers, designers, and artists behind it all.
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847836925
Category : Dazed & confused
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrating twenty years of an agenda-setting powerhouse of contemporary style, design, and popular culture. Celebrated for discovering and promoting new artists, musicians, designers, and filmmakers, Dazed & Confused magazine has been a barometer of popular style and culture since its founding in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and the photographer Rankin. Quickly renowned for its controversial attitude, Dazed represented a new wave in the British style press, bringing together figures from different creative fields and eras to produce extraordinary interviews and develop artwork for the magazine. From David Bowie to Bjork, Harmony Korine to David Lynch, Kate Moss to Stockhausen, and Rankin to Thom Yorke, the roster of the magazine's subjects and contributing artists alone is a record of the evolution of contemporary pop culture. Edited by its founders, this daringly illustrated book immortalizes the magazine's most enduring features, from legendary photo shoots and iconic covers to controversial interviews, and supplements them with outtakes, ephemera from the editors' offices, original artwork, and contributions from the photographers, designers, and artists behind it all.
You First
Author: Liane Davey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111871475X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Five common problems your team is susceptible to—and the one thing you can do to fix all of them There are so many ways a team can go wrong. Does your team make decisions so slowly that nothing ever gets done, or does it go too fast and miss critical issues that come back to bite you later? Does your team bicker endlessly or smile and nod while avoiding the tough issues? Too often, team dysfunction leads to abysmal productivity and zero innovation for your organization, as well as misery and wasted time for you. Most team members sit and wait, feeling trapped in a team that just isn't working. You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done presents a radical new idea: you can change your team. Author Liane Davey shows how you, from any seat at the table, even without support from your colleagues or your team leader, can transform even a toxic team. It starts with living up to five responsibilities that will change the workings of even the most dysfunctional team. Addresses the five most common ways your team can become toxic Gives you a diagnostic to see if your team is at risk Doles out practical suggestions to deal with the crisis in the short-term Instructs you on how to disrupt the patterns that leave you in an endless cycle of dysfunction Replaces those patterns with positive interactions and even productive conflict Gives you the right words to say to change your team for the better—starting today Written by Liane Davey, PhD, a highly sought-after consultant and Principal of Knightsbridge Leadership Solutions and the Vice President of Global Solutions and Team Effectiveness Designed for front line employees, middle managers, executives, or anyone who works regularly in teams, You First will help you figure out how to make your team happier, healthier, and more productive.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111871475X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Five common problems your team is susceptible to—and the one thing you can do to fix all of them There are so many ways a team can go wrong. Does your team make decisions so slowly that nothing ever gets done, or does it go too fast and miss critical issues that come back to bite you later? Does your team bicker endlessly or smile and nod while avoiding the tough issues? Too often, team dysfunction leads to abysmal productivity and zero innovation for your organization, as well as misery and wasted time for you. Most team members sit and wait, feeling trapped in a team that just isn't working. You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done presents a radical new idea: you can change your team. Author Liane Davey shows how you, from any seat at the table, even without support from your colleagues or your team leader, can transform even a toxic team. It starts with living up to five responsibilities that will change the workings of even the most dysfunctional team. Addresses the five most common ways your team can become toxic Gives you a diagnostic to see if your team is at risk Doles out practical suggestions to deal with the crisis in the short-term Instructs you on how to disrupt the patterns that leave you in an endless cycle of dysfunction Replaces those patterns with positive interactions and even productive conflict Gives you the right words to say to change your team for the better—starting today Written by Liane Davey, PhD, a highly sought-after consultant and Principal of Knightsbridge Leadership Solutions and the Vice President of Global Solutions and Team Effectiveness Designed for front line employees, middle managers, executives, or anyone who works regularly in teams, You First will help you figure out how to make your team happier, healthier, and more productive.
Wild Spinning Girls
Author: Carol Lovekin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912905102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912905102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Create This Book
Author: Moriah Elizabeth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692452745
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Create This Book is the ultimate outlet for creativity. Includes 242 pages of unique and inspiring prompts to get you in the creative zone! Whether you are trying to get past an artist's block, wanting to become more creative, or just looking to have some fun, you will love this interactive journal! Want to learn more? Check out "Create This Book" on Youtube! You can watch Moriah Elizabeth's "Create This Book" Series! Great for inspiration and guidance on your creative journey! Go to MoriahElizabeth.com for more information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692452745
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Create This Book is the ultimate outlet for creativity. Includes 242 pages of unique and inspiring prompts to get you in the creative zone! Whether you are trying to get past an artist's block, wanting to become more creative, or just looking to have some fun, you will love this interactive journal! Want to learn more? Check out "Create This Book" on Youtube! You can watch Moriah Elizabeth's "Create This Book" Series! Great for inspiration and guidance on your creative journey! Go to MoriahElizabeth.com for more information.
Snow Sisters
Author: Carol Lovekin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909983700
Category : Ghost stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Verity and Meredith live with their fragile artist mother, Allegra, in an ancient house on the West Wales coast. The house creaks and groans with the weight of its history, but the girls love it and never want to leave. Meredith discovers a sewing box. Once open the box releases the ghost of Angharad, a Victorian girl-child with a horrific secret. Forced to abandon Gull House for London Meredith struggles to settle, still haunted by Angharad. The girls grow apart, losing their closeness along with the shared history of Gull House.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909983700
Category : Ghost stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Verity and Meredith live with their fragile artist mother, Allegra, in an ancient house on the West Wales coast. The house creaks and groans with the weight of its history, but the girls love it and never want to leave. Meredith discovers a sewing box. Once open the box releases the ghost of Angharad, a Victorian girl-child with a horrific secret. Forced to abandon Gull House for London Meredith struggles to settle, still haunted by Angharad. The girls grow apart, losing their closeness along with the shared history of Gull House.
Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths
Author: Shimon Edelman
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262542781
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A guide for making sense of life--from action (good except when it's not) to thinking (depressing) to youth (a treasure). This book offers a guide to human nature and human experience--a reference book for making sense of life. In thirty-eight short, interconnected essays, Shimon Edelman considers the parameters of the human condition, addressing them in alphabetical order, from action (good except when it's not) to love (only makes sense to the lovers) to thinking (should not be so depressing) to youth (a treasure). In a style that is by turns personal and philosophical, at once informative and entertaining, Edelman offers a series of illuminating takes on the most important aspects of living in the world.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262542781
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A guide for making sense of life--from action (good except when it's not) to thinking (depressing) to youth (a treasure). This book offers a guide to human nature and human experience--a reference book for making sense of life. In thirty-eight short, interconnected essays, Shimon Edelman considers the parameters of the human condition, addressing them in alphabetical order, from action (good except when it's not) to love (only makes sense to the lovers) to thinking (should not be so depressing) to youth (a treasure). In a style that is by turns personal and philosophical, at once informative and entertaining, Edelman offers a series of illuminating takes on the most important aspects of living in the world.
Fish Lips
Author: Fish Rap Live! Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615124742
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Student publication for Cowell College, University of California, Santa Cruz, "231 expletives . and other words, remembered by a newspaper staff."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615124742
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Student publication for Cowell College, University of California, Santa Cruz, "231 expletives . and other words, remembered by a newspaper staff."
Making Up with Mr. Dog. Hollow Tree Stories
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
In 'Making Up with Mr. Dog: Hollow Tree Stories' by Albert Bigelow Paine, readers are transported to a charming world where woodland creatures come to life through heartwarming narratives. Paine's storytelling style is whimsical yet insightful, perfect for readers of all ages who enjoy tales of friendship and forgiveness. Set in a literary context reminiscent of classic children's literature, this book stands out for its timeless themes and endearing characters. The adventures of Mr. Dog and his friends in the Hollow Tree will captivate readers and leave them with a lasting sense of wonder. Albert Bigelow Paine's skillful writing brings this enchanting world to life with vivid imagery and engaging dialogue, making it a delightful read for both children and adults alike. Albert Bigelow Paine, a prolific writer and biographer, drew inspiration for 'Making Up with Mr. Dog' from his deep connection to nature and animals. His love for storytelling and his keen understanding of human emotions shine through in this collection of stories, making them both entertaining and thought-provoking. Paine's passion for literature and his ability to create compelling narratives make 'Making Up with Mr. Dog' a timeless classic that continues to resonate with readers of all generations. I highly recommend 'Making Up with Mr. Dog: Hollow Tree Stories' to anyone looking for a heartwarming read that celebrates the power of friendship and forgiveness. Paine's enchanting tales are sure to leave a lasting impression and remind readers of the joys of storytelling and the importance of compassion towards others.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
In 'Making Up with Mr. Dog: Hollow Tree Stories' by Albert Bigelow Paine, readers are transported to a charming world where woodland creatures come to life through heartwarming narratives. Paine's storytelling style is whimsical yet insightful, perfect for readers of all ages who enjoy tales of friendship and forgiveness. Set in a literary context reminiscent of classic children's literature, this book stands out for its timeless themes and endearing characters. The adventures of Mr. Dog and his friends in the Hollow Tree will captivate readers and leave them with a lasting sense of wonder. Albert Bigelow Paine's skillful writing brings this enchanting world to life with vivid imagery and engaging dialogue, making it a delightful read for both children and adults alike. Albert Bigelow Paine, a prolific writer and biographer, drew inspiration for 'Making Up with Mr. Dog' from his deep connection to nature and animals. His love for storytelling and his keen understanding of human emotions shine through in this collection of stories, making them both entertaining and thought-provoking. Paine's passion for literature and his ability to create compelling narratives make 'Making Up with Mr. Dog' a timeless classic that continues to resonate with readers of all generations. I highly recommend 'Making Up with Mr. Dog: Hollow Tree Stories' to anyone looking for a heartwarming read that celebrates the power of friendship and forgiveness. Paine's enchanting tales are sure to leave a lasting impression and remind readers of the joys of storytelling and the importance of compassion towards others.