Author: Ayun Halliday
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580056024
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Zine queen Ayun Halliday confesses the best-and worst-of her globetrotting misadventures. "I laughed hard on nearly every page of this shockingly intimate memoir and deeply funny book." -- Stephen Colbert Ayun Halliday may not make for the most sensible travel companion, but she is certainly one of the zaniest, with a knack for inserting herself (and her unwitting cohorts) into bizarre situations around the globe. Curator of kitsch and unabashed aficionada of pop culture, Halliday offers bemused, self-deprecating narration of events from guerrilla theater in Romania to drug-induced Apocalypse Now reenactments in Vietnam to a perhaps more surreal collagen-implant demonstration at a Paris fashion show emceed by Lauren Bacall. On layover in Amsterdam, Halliday finds unlikely trouble in the red-light district -- eliciting the ire of a tiny, violent madam, and is forced to explain tampons to soldiers in Kashmir -- "they're for ladies. Bleeding ladies" -- that, she admits, "might have looked like white cotton bullets lined up in their box." A self-admittedly bumbling vacationer, Halliday shares -- with razor-sharp wit and to hilarious effect -- the travel stories most are too self-conscious to tell. Includes line drawings, generously provided by the author.
No Touch Monkey!
Author: Ayun Halliday
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580056024
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Zine queen Ayun Halliday confesses the best-and worst-of her globetrotting misadventures. "I laughed hard on nearly every page of this shockingly intimate memoir and deeply funny book." -- Stephen Colbert Ayun Halliday may not make for the most sensible travel companion, but she is certainly one of the zaniest, with a knack for inserting herself (and her unwitting cohorts) into bizarre situations around the globe. Curator of kitsch and unabashed aficionada of pop culture, Halliday offers bemused, self-deprecating narration of events from guerrilla theater in Romania to drug-induced Apocalypse Now reenactments in Vietnam to a perhaps more surreal collagen-implant demonstration at a Paris fashion show emceed by Lauren Bacall. On layover in Amsterdam, Halliday finds unlikely trouble in the red-light district -- eliciting the ire of a tiny, violent madam, and is forced to explain tampons to soldiers in Kashmir -- "they're for ladies. Bleeding ladies" -- that, she admits, "might have looked like white cotton bullets lined up in their box." A self-admittedly bumbling vacationer, Halliday shares -- with razor-sharp wit and to hilarious effect -- the travel stories most are too self-conscious to tell. Includes line drawings, generously provided by the author.
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580056024
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Zine queen Ayun Halliday confesses the best-and worst-of her globetrotting misadventures. "I laughed hard on nearly every page of this shockingly intimate memoir and deeply funny book." -- Stephen Colbert Ayun Halliday may not make for the most sensible travel companion, but she is certainly one of the zaniest, with a knack for inserting herself (and her unwitting cohorts) into bizarre situations around the globe. Curator of kitsch and unabashed aficionada of pop culture, Halliday offers bemused, self-deprecating narration of events from guerrilla theater in Romania to drug-induced Apocalypse Now reenactments in Vietnam to a perhaps more surreal collagen-implant demonstration at a Paris fashion show emceed by Lauren Bacall. On layover in Amsterdam, Halliday finds unlikely trouble in the red-light district -- eliciting the ire of a tiny, violent madam, and is forced to explain tampons to soldiers in Kashmir -- "they're for ladies. Bleeding ladies" -- that, she admits, "might have looked like white cotton bullets lined up in their box." A self-admittedly bumbling vacationer, Halliday shares -- with razor-sharp wit and to hilarious effect -- the travel stories most are too self-conscious to tell. Includes line drawings, generously provided by the author.
That's Not My Monkey
Author: Fiona Watt
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794521783
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Young readers may touch various surfaces on monkeys that are not the one someone is looking for, until at last the right one appears. On board pages.
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794521783
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Young readers may touch various surfaces on monkeys that are not the one someone is looking for, until at last the right one appears. On board pages.
Never Smile at a Monkey
Author: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 061896620X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Discover how dangerous an animal can be when it feels threatened or trapped.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 061896620X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Discover how dangerous an animal can be when it feels threatened or trapped.
Monkey's Playtime
Author: Igloo Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857809919
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With 3 shaped and die-cut flaps, 3 touch and feel elements and interesting die-cuts, these books are packed with interactive fun The bright, bold artwork and friendly characters are sure to appeal to babies and toddlers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857809919
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With 3 shaped and die-cut flaps, 3 touch and feel elements and interesting die-cuts, these books are packed with interactive fun The bright, bold artwork and friendly characters are sure to appeal to babies and toddlers
The Thong Also Rises
Author: Jennifer L. Leo
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 1932361820
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. Hot on the (high) heels of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties Are These? comes this collection of the best in women’s travel and humor writing. These Ms-adventures take readers around the world and back again — and they’ll be happy to be reading rather than experiencing some of these adventures. Subjects include learning how to go to the bathroom with a pig in Thailand, trying to explain that sex toy to customs while Mother is watching, attending naked wedding ceremonies on Valentine’s Day in Jamaica, conquering that consuming fear of wooden puppets with a visit to Prague, boarding a crusty old Soviet Bomber in Laos, and more. Contributors include such notable writers and comedians as Jill Connor Browne, Wanda Sykes, Laurie Notaro, Wendy Dale, and Ayun Halliday.
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 1932361820
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. Hot on the (high) heels of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties Are These? comes this collection of the best in women’s travel and humor writing. These Ms-adventures take readers around the world and back again — and they’ll be happy to be reading rather than experiencing some of these adventures. Subjects include learning how to go to the bathroom with a pig in Thailand, trying to explain that sex toy to customs while Mother is watching, attending naked wedding ceremonies on Valentine’s Day in Jamaica, conquering that consuming fear of wooden puppets with a visit to Prague, boarding a crusty old Soviet Bomber in Laos, and more. Contributors include such notable writers and comedians as Jill Connor Browne, Wanda Sykes, Laurie Notaro, Wendy Dale, and Ayun Halliday.
Whose Panties Are These?
Author: Jennifer Leo
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361117
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The best travel stories often hatch when things go completely wrong, and this second title in a series of women's travel humor capitalizes on that phenomenon with more sidesplitting stories of female misadventure around the world.
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781932361117
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The best travel stories often hatch when things go completely wrong, and this second title in a series of women's travel humor capitalizes on that phenomenon with more sidesplitting stories of female misadventure around the world.
How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead
Author: Ariel Gore
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307393801
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you’ll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap your pencil in half with frustration, please consider the advice writer, teacher, and self-made lit star Ariel Gore offers in this useful guide to realizing your literary dreams. If you find yourself writing when you should be sleeping and scribbling notes on odd pieces of paper at every stoplight, you might as well enjoy the fruits of your labor. How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead is an irreverent yet practical guide that combines solid writing advice with guerrilla marketing and promotion techniques guaranteed to launch you into print—and into the limelight. You’ll learn how to: • Reimagine yourself as a buzz-worthy artist and entrepreneur• Get your work and your name out in the world where other people can read it• Be an anthology slut and a brazen self-promoter• Apply real-world advice and experience from lit stars like Dave Barry, Susie Bright, and Dave Eggers to your own careerCheaper than an M.F.A. but just as informative, How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead is your catapult to lit stardom. Just don’t forget to thank Ariel Gore for her inspiring, hands-on plan in the acknowledgments page of your first novel!
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307393801
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you’ll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap your pencil in half with frustration, please consider the advice writer, teacher, and self-made lit star Ariel Gore offers in this useful guide to realizing your literary dreams. If you find yourself writing when you should be sleeping and scribbling notes on odd pieces of paper at every stoplight, you might as well enjoy the fruits of your labor. How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead is an irreverent yet practical guide that combines solid writing advice with guerrilla marketing and promotion techniques guaranteed to launch you into print—and into the limelight. You’ll learn how to: • Reimagine yourself as a buzz-worthy artist and entrepreneur• Get your work and your name out in the world where other people can read it• Be an anthology slut and a brazen self-promoter• Apply real-world advice and experience from lit stars like Dave Barry, Susie Bright, and Dave Eggers to your own careerCheaper than an M.F.A. but just as informative, How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead is your catapult to lit stardom. Just don’t forget to thank Ariel Gore for her inspiring, hands-on plan in the acknowledgments page of your first novel!
The Last Place You'd Look for a Wallaby
Author: Glen Chilton
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702251445
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Glen Chilton returns with another scientific quest, this time to seek out species ill-advisedly introduced into foreign environments. Chilton visits Ireland to witness how rhododendrons, an ornamental plant that escaped a private garden, now threaten to choke out the last of the great oak forests of the United Kingdom. He escapes blood-thirsty midges and a murderous Hungarian architect while visiting a colony of forgotten Scottish wallabies; finds out how termites, brought in on packing crates after WWII, contributed to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; dives with turtles in North Queensland; and dodges both crocodiles and big guns in the eucalyptus forests of Ethiopia. Along the way, Chilton never turns down the opportunity to share a few pints with eccentric locals, often finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702251445
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Glen Chilton returns with another scientific quest, this time to seek out species ill-advisedly introduced into foreign environments. Chilton visits Ireland to witness how rhododendrons, an ornamental plant that escaped a private garden, now threaten to choke out the last of the great oak forests of the United Kingdom. He escapes blood-thirsty midges and a murderous Hungarian architect while visiting a colony of forgotten Scottish wallabies; finds out how termites, brought in on packing crates after WWII, contributed to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; dives with turtles in North Queensland; and dodges both crocodiles and big guns in the eucalyptus forests of Ethiopia. Along the way, Chilton never turns down the opportunity to share a few pints with eccentric locals, often finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Wide Awake
Author:
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Anna Smith: Rosie Gilmour Books 1 to 9
Author: Anna Smith
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1529430313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2888
Book Description
Get all nine books in the Rosie Gilmour series in one value-for-money volume. Investigative journalist Rosie Gilmour never walks away from a story in these gritty Glasgow-set thrillers. Investigative journalist Rosie Gilmour won't take no for an answer as she battles to find answers for those who can't fight for themselves. She is unstoppable as she peels back layers of privilege and wealth to uncover the corruption that is deeply woven into seedy underbelly of Glasgow. With enemies from local gangsters to child-traffickers, Gilmour puts herself in danger in her pursuit of justice. But if she's not careful, she'll be the one leaving in a body bag next. Praise for the Rosie Gilmour Series 'Thrilling and compelling' Kimberly Chambers 'Anna Smith is the real deal' Sunday Express 'Provocative, shocking and utterly harrowing . . . grips like a vice' - Daily Record
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1529430313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2888
Book Description
Get all nine books in the Rosie Gilmour series in one value-for-money volume. Investigative journalist Rosie Gilmour never walks away from a story in these gritty Glasgow-set thrillers. Investigative journalist Rosie Gilmour won't take no for an answer as she battles to find answers for those who can't fight for themselves. She is unstoppable as she peels back layers of privilege and wealth to uncover the corruption that is deeply woven into seedy underbelly of Glasgow. With enemies from local gangsters to child-traffickers, Gilmour puts herself in danger in her pursuit of justice. But if she's not careful, she'll be the one leaving in a body bag next. Praise for the Rosie Gilmour Series 'Thrilling and compelling' Kimberly Chambers 'Anna Smith is the real deal' Sunday Express 'Provocative, shocking and utterly harrowing . . . grips like a vice' - Daily Record