Author: Michael Ian Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476748829
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
When a medical diagnosis forces him to realize he's not getting any younger, Black reexamines his life as a middle-aged guy-- in the deadpan wit and self-deprecating vignettes that have become trademarks of his humor.
Navel Gazing
Author: Michael Ian Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476748829
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
When a medical diagnosis forces him to realize he's not getting any younger, Black reexamines his life as a middle-aged guy-- in the deadpan wit and self-deprecating vignettes that have become trademarks of his humor.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476748829
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
When a medical diagnosis forces him to realize he's not getting any younger, Black reexamines his life as a middle-aged guy-- in the deadpan wit and self-deprecating vignettes that have become trademarks of his humor.
Navel Gazing The Art of Psychic Belly Button Reading
Author: Jonathan Royle
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781482064858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Navel Gazing, The Art of Psychic Belly Button Reading is the title of this book and it pretty much teaches exactly what it says on the tin. Dr. Jonathan Royle is an International Celebrity Life Coach, Hypnotherapist and Psychic Entertainer and within the pages of this Amusing, Entertaining and Educational Guide he teaches you the True Inside Secrets of Belly Button Reading. Not only does he explain the kinds of physical traits to look for in Navels and what those can mean, but also he examines how to connect to the Belly Buttons Base Chakra Energy Point to get improved accuracy with Intuitive Psychic Style Readings to be able to tell people about their Pasts, Present and Futures as well as their true personalities and intended direction in life for success. Further Royle also discusses "Cold Reading", "Body Language" and "Astrology" and explains how these can be used to make your readings more accurate when your Intuitive Psychic Powers and Skills may be having a bad day. And then from an Entertaining people and being the life and soul of the Party point of view, he teaches you several "Mind Reading" stunts and tricks which can be done by examining a persons Navel. And finally he also teaches you how the Human Navel can be used for "Spiritual Style Healing" in a SAFE, Ethical and Positive Manner to help people in their life's. Plus you'll learn tons of interesting and unusual facts about the Human Belly Button that will make for stimulating conversation subject matter. Arguably the most comprehensive treatise on the Human Belly Button ever released.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781482064858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Navel Gazing, The Art of Psychic Belly Button Reading is the title of this book and it pretty much teaches exactly what it says on the tin. Dr. Jonathan Royle is an International Celebrity Life Coach, Hypnotherapist and Psychic Entertainer and within the pages of this Amusing, Entertaining and Educational Guide he teaches you the True Inside Secrets of Belly Button Reading. Not only does he explain the kinds of physical traits to look for in Navels and what those can mean, but also he examines how to connect to the Belly Buttons Base Chakra Energy Point to get improved accuracy with Intuitive Psychic Style Readings to be able to tell people about their Pasts, Present and Futures as well as their true personalities and intended direction in life for success. Further Royle also discusses "Cold Reading", "Body Language" and "Astrology" and explains how these can be used to make your readings more accurate when your Intuitive Psychic Powers and Skills may be having a bad day. And then from an Entertaining people and being the life and soul of the Party point of view, he teaches you several "Mind Reading" stunts and tricks which can be done by examining a persons Navel. And finally he also teaches you how the Human Navel can be used for "Spiritual Style Healing" in a SAFE, Ethical and Positive Manner to help people in their life's. Plus you'll learn tons of interesting and unusual facts about the Human Belly Button that will make for stimulating conversation subject matter. Arguably the most comprehensive treatise on the Human Belly Button ever released.
Navel Gazing
Author: Kim R. Holston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781593935634
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Who was the first major American star to show her navel on screen? When did negligees fall from grace? What was the crucial year in the history of Hollywood hats? Why did fresh water swim scenes evaporate? They all took place in the 1960s, a decade of tumult on screen and off. Was art reflecting life or life imitating art? Using 127 illustrations, facts and figures, Navel Gazing explains the disappearance of time-honored film conventions and suggests that the atom bomb-inspired bikini started it all.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781593935634
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Who was the first major American star to show her navel on screen? When did negligees fall from grace? What was the crucial year in the history of Hollywood hats? Why did fresh water swim scenes evaporate? They all took place in the 1960s, a decade of tumult on screen and off. Was art reflecting life or life imitating art? Using 127 illustrations, facts and figures, Navel Gazing explains the disappearance of time-honored film conventions and suggests that the atom bomb-inspired bikini started it all.
A Child's First Book of Trump
Author: Michael Ian Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481488007
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"A humorous satirical field guide for identifying and defeating a Trump when discovered in the wilds of a presidential election"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481488007
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"A humorous satirical field guide for identifying and defeating a Trump when discovered in the wilds of a presidential election"--
Umbilicus and Umbilical Cord
Author: Mohamed Fahmy
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319623834
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book discusses the importance of umbilical cord and umbilicus as a unique structure, in health and in different diseases. All congenital anomalies of the umbilical cord as well as acquired diseases are explained and discussed with illustrations and animations. Starting from complications during and after birth, the book then covers childhood and adolescent umbilical abnormalities. Conditions such as umbilical stump diseases and anomalies, gastroschisis, omphalocele and urachal anomalies are discussed and explained, highlighting recent advances in their management. Among the contents are also chapters offering a cultural and historical perspective to the topic. Written by a top pediatric surgeon this book brings decades of practical knowledge to readers, highlighting the importance of the umbilicus in development and childhood health.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319623834
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book discusses the importance of umbilical cord and umbilicus as a unique structure, in health and in different diseases. All congenital anomalies of the umbilical cord as well as acquired diseases are explained and discussed with illustrations and animations. Starting from complications during and after birth, the book then covers childhood and adolescent umbilical abnormalities. Conditions such as umbilical stump diseases and anomalies, gastroschisis, omphalocele and urachal anomalies are discussed and explained, highlighting recent advances in their management. Among the contents are also chapters offering a cultural and historical perspective to the topic. Written by a top pediatric surgeon this book brings decades of practical knowledge to readers, highlighting the importance of the umbilicus in development and childhood health.
True Stories, Well Told
Author: Lee Gutkind
Publisher: Fourth Chapter Books
ISBN: 1937163172
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Creative nonfiction is the literary equivalent of jazz: it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, voices, and techniques—some newly invented, and others as old as writing itself. This collection of 20 gripping, beautifully-written nonfiction narratives is as diverse as the genre Creative Nonfiction magazine has helped popularize. Contributions by Phillip Lopate, Brenda Miller, Carolyn Forche, Toi Derricotte, Lauren Slater and others draw inspiration from everything from healthcare to history, and from monarch butterflies to motherhood. Their stories shed light on how we live.
Publisher: Fourth Chapter Books
ISBN: 1937163172
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Creative nonfiction is the literary equivalent of jazz: it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, voices, and techniques—some newly invented, and others as old as writing itself. This collection of 20 gripping, beautifully-written nonfiction narratives is as diverse as the genre Creative Nonfiction magazine has helped popularize. Contributions by Phillip Lopate, Brenda Miller, Carolyn Forche, Toi Derricotte, Lauren Slater and others draw inspiration from everything from healthcare to history, and from monarch butterflies to motherhood. Their stories shed light on how we live.
Ivory Tower Blues
Author: James Cote
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442691379
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and are getting better in our universities. Ivory Tower Blues gives a decidedly different picture, examining this optimistic attitude as it impacts upon professors, students, and administrators in charge of the education system. Ivory Tower Blues is a frank account of the contemporary university, drawing on the authors’ own research and personal experiences, as well as on input from students, colleagues, and administrators. James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar offer an insider’s account of the university system, an accurate, alternative view to that overwhelmingly presented to the general public. Throughout, the authors argue that fewer and fewer students are experiencing their university education in ways expected by their parents and the public. The majority of students are hampered by insufficient preparation at the secondary school level, lack of personal motivation, and disillusionment. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no administrative or governmental procedure in place to maintain standards of education. Ivory Tower Blues is an in-depth look at the crisis facing Canadian and American universities, the factors that are precipitating the situation, and the long-term impact this crisis will have on the quality of higher education.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442691379
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and are getting better in our universities. Ivory Tower Blues gives a decidedly different picture, examining this optimistic attitude as it impacts upon professors, students, and administrators in charge of the education system. Ivory Tower Blues is a frank account of the contemporary university, drawing on the authors’ own research and personal experiences, as well as on input from students, colleagues, and administrators. James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar offer an insider’s account of the university system, an accurate, alternative view to that overwhelmingly presented to the general public. Throughout, the authors argue that fewer and fewer students are experiencing their university education in ways expected by their parents and the public. The majority of students are hampered by insufficient preparation at the secondary school level, lack of personal motivation, and disillusionment. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no administrative or governmental procedure in place to maintain standards of education. Ivory Tower Blues is an in-depth look at the crisis facing Canadian and American universities, the factors that are precipitating the situation, and the long-term impact this crisis will have on the quality of higher education.
Navel Gazing
Author: Peter Goldsworthy
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Funny, wise, idiosyncratic and original, these occasional essays chart a course through the various genres of writing that Peter Goldsworthy has investigated- fiction, science fiction, poetry, opera and film. Spiced with often hilarious personal anecdotes and references to the wide-ranging reading of a self-confessed 'hick autodidact', Goldsworthy offers a book that is at once a writing manual for various literary disciplines, and a loose, extended exploration of his key themes and obsessions- death, humour, the limits of language, the relationship of biology to thought and culture, and the role and responsibilities of art. And first love also gets a look in . . . 'A rare intelligence, combining a scientific and poetic appreciation of life, each expressed with great elegance and love of language.' The Sunday Age
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Funny, wise, idiosyncratic and original, these occasional essays chart a course through the various genres of writing that Peter Goldsworthy has investigated- fiction, science fiction, poetry, opera and film. Spiced with often hilarious personal anecdotes and references to the wide-ranging reading of a self-confessed 'hick autodidact', Goldsworthy offers a book that is at once a writing manual for various literary disciplines, and a loose, extended exploration of his key themes and obsessions- death, humour, the limits of language, the relationship of biology to thought and culture, and the role and responsibilities of art. And first love also gets a look in . . . 'A rare intelligence, combining a scientific and poetic appreciation of life, each expressed with great elegance and love of language.' The Sunday Age
The Why of Things
Author: Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451695845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
“A fast-paced, entertaining summer read” (People), The Why of Things is a “keenly observed” and “richly drawn” (The New York Times) novel about a family fighting towards hope in the wake of a terrible tragedy. Since the loss of her seventeen-year-old daughter less than a year ago, Joan Jacobs has struggled to keep her tight-knit family from coming apart. But Joan and Anders, her husband, are unable to snap back into the familiarity and warmth they so desperately need, both for themselves and for their surviving daughters, Eve and Eloise. The family flees to their summer home in search of peace and renewal, only to encounter an eerily similar tragedy when a pickup truck drives into the quarry in their backyard killing a young local named James Favazza. As the Jacobs family learns more about the inexplicable events that preceded that fateful evening, each of them becomes increasingly tangled in the emotional threads of James’s story: fifteen-year-old Eve is determined to solve, on her own, the mystery of his death; Anders finds himself facing his own deepest fears; and seven-year-old Eloise unwittingly adopts James’s orphaned dog. For her part, Joan becomes increasingly fixated on James’s mother, a stranger whose sudden loss so closely mirrors her own. With an urgent, beautiful intimacy that her fans have come to expect from this “bitingly intelligent writer” (The New York Times), Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop delivers here a powerful, buoyant novel that explores the complexities of family relationships and the small triumphs that can bring unexpected healing. The Why of Things is a wise, empathetic, and exquisitely heartfelt story about the strength of family bonds. It is an unforgettable and searing tour de force.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451695845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
“A fast-paced, entertaining summer read” (People), The Why of Things is a “keenly observed” and “richly drawn” (The New York Times) novel about a family fighting towards hope in the wake of a terrible tragedy. Since the loss of her seventeen-year-old daughter less than a year ago, Joan Jacobs has struggled to keep her tight-knit family from coming apart. But Joan and Anders, her husband, are unable to snap back into the familiarity and warmth they so desperately need, both for themselves and for their surviving daughters, Eve and Eloise. The family flees to their summer home in search of peace and renewal, only to encounter an eerily similar tragedy when a pickup truck drives into the quarry in their backyard killing a young local named James Favazza. As the Jacobs family learns more about the inexplicable events that preceded that fateful evening, each of them becomes increasingly tangled in the emotional threads of James’s story: fifteen-year-old Eve is determined to solve, on her own, the mystery of his death; Anders finds himself facing his own deepest fears; and seven-year-old Eloise unwittingly adopts James’s orphaned dog. For her part, Joan becomes increasingly fixated on James’s mother, a stranger whose sudden loss so closely mirrors her own. With an urgent, beautiful intimacy that her fans have come to expect from this “bitingly intelligent writer” (The New York Times), Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop delivers here a powerful, buoyant novel that explores the complexities of family relationships and the small triumphs that can bring unexpected healing. The Why of Things is a wise, empathetic, and exquisitely heartfelt story about the strength of family bonds. It is an unforgettable and searing tour de force.
Too Much and Not the Mood
Author: Durga Chew-Bose
Publisher: FSG Originals
ISBN: 0374535957
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
An entirely original portrait of a young writer shutting out the din in order to find her own voice
Publisher: FSG Originals
ISBN: 0374535957
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
An entirely original portrait of a young writer shutting out the din in order to find her own voice