Author: John M. Wagner
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740765671
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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* Dubbed the "Mother Lode of Laughs" by People magazine, Maxine boasts her own fan club and licensed merchandise sales. Never afraid of telling it like it is, or at least how it should be, Maxine is a lean, mean, griping machine lambasting everything from fast food to feng shui. Complete with over-the-top one-liners and classic Maxine rants, this hilarious humor collection offers something for every closet curmudgeon. * "Start each day off on the right foot, unless you kick better with your left." * "The world is going to hell in an SUV, and whoever is driving is too busy talking on a cell phone to notice."
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Publisher: Hallmark Cards, Inc.
ISBN: 9781595301659
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501136364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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From a new voice in international fiction, a prize-winning collection of stories that cross the world—Africa, London, the West Indies, Australia—and express the global experience “with exquisite sensitivity” (Dave Eggers, author of The Circle). In this collection of award-winning stories, Maxine Beneba Clarke gives voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, and the mistreated. Her stories will challenge you, move you, and change the way you view this complex world we inhabit. Within these pages, a desperate asylum seeker is pacing the hallways of Sydney’s notorious Villawood detention centre; a seven-year-old Sudanese boy has found solace in a patchwork bike; an enraged black militant is on the war-path through the rebel squats of 1960s Brixton; a Mississippi housewife decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her son from small-town ignorance; a young woman leaves rural Jamaica in search of her destiny; and a Sydney schoolgirl loses her way. In the bestselling tradition of novelists such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Marlon James, this urgent, poetic, and essential work announces the arrival of a fresh and talented voice in international fiction.
Author: Chris Brethwaite
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
ISBN: 9780740700828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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She's crabby, she's feisty, and she takes no guff from anyone. Maxine has been a hit character since she first appeared on a greeting card back in 1986. No sweet sentiment here; Maxine just tells it like it is! One of Shoebox Greetings' most eccentric and beloved personalities, Maxine now gets her own birthday gift book that is sure to delight cranky birthday observers everywhere. Some of Maxine's choice sayings on aging include: "Birthdays are like relatives at the holidays. They show up whether you want them to or not."Birthdays are a time when there's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on. Yeah, those upper arms are always the first to go."Mother Nature thinks of everything. She makes your hair turn gray before it falls out so you don't miss it as much."Birthdays are like chocolate chip cookies. If you think about how many you've had, it kinda makes you sick."
Author: John M. Wagner
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740700149
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Whatever you do, don't get in Maxine's way. This tough-talking inhabitant of Crabby Road will mow you down! Dressed in her trademark dark glasses and bunny slippers, this blue-rinsed grandmother with an adeptly acerbic wit has gained a solid reputation for speaking her mind in a way that's touched millions of fans who hope to grow old with as much spirit as Maxine. This saucy senior has become a spokesperson of sorts for countless supporters everywhere.This first-ever Crabby Road collection, Maxine Presents the Crabbiest of Crabby Road, combines the best of Maxine's straight-to-the-point advice, her signature quips and zingers, and musings on some of her favorite activities, from gardening to golf to running other people's lives. "Thought about having fat-free weenies at my next cookout," she grouses at the grill. "But then I decided to go ahead and invite the relatives." Maxine has been a superstar in Hallmark's Shoebox Greetings line for more than a dozen years. As Maxine herself puts it, "I'm so hot, I can't tell the difference between the popularity and the flashes." Her snarling countenance has graced more than 160 million greeting cards and has also been featured on best-selling calendars, mugs, shirts, dolls, books, and other collectibles. Her daily Crabby Road strip has been read by fans in more than 100 newspapers since 1995. Their affection for this crabby lady has grown into an official fan club, a first in the greeting card industry.
Author: Renée Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408897334
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner 'Important and deeply moving' JOHN GREEN 'Timely and timeless' JACQUELINE WOODSON Jade is a girl striving for success in a world that seems like it's trying to break her. She knows she needs to take every opportunity that comes her way. And she has: every day Jade rides the bus away from her friends to a private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities Jade could do without, like the mentor programme for 'at-risk' girls. Just because her mentor is black doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. Why is Jade always seen as someone to fix? But with a college scholarship promised at the end of it, how can Jade say no? Jade feels like her life is made up of hundreds of conflicting pieces. Will it ever fit together? Will she ever find her place in the world? More than anything, Jade just wants the opportunity to be real, to make a difference. NPR's Best Books of 2017 A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Kirkus Reviews' Best Teen Books of 2017 2018 Josette Frank Award Winner
Author: Cynthia Surrisi
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683351290
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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When Maxine wakes up on the wrong side of the bed one morning, she wonders if the problem might be her mother. What if she could try out a new mom who doesn’t make her brush her teeth or comb her hair? Enlisting Mom to help her with the search, Maxine interviews various prospects to be her new mother at the park, the toy store, and the zoo. Unfortunately, these other mothers present a host of new problems and concerns. Maybe her “old mother” was the best mother of all? For every child who’s ever wondered if the grass is greener, The Best Mother affirms that there’s nothing better than your own mother’s love.
Author: Devin Scillian
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 148965190X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique book code found on page 2 of this book to unlock an extra dimension to these beloved tales. Hear the story come to life as you read along in your own book.
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307759334
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With this book, the acclaimed author created an entirely new form—an exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities—immigrant, female, Chinese, American. “A classic, for a reason” – Celeste Ng via Twitter As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother’s “talk stories.” The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother’s tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston’s sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family’s past and her own present.
