Author: Janet McDonald
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520223455
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The author tells the story of her struggles to reconcile her ghetto background and the world of private schools, wealthy classmates, and important jobs offered to her because of her academic talent.
Project Girl
Author: Janet McDonald
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520223455
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The author tells the story of her struggles to reconcile her ghetto background and the world of private schools, wealthy classmates, and important jobs offered to her because of her academic talent.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520223455
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The author tells the story of her struggles to reconcile her ghetto background and the world of private schools, wealthy classmates, and important jobs offered to her because of her academic talent.
Please Read (if at All Possible)
Author: Kate Engelbrecht
Publisher: Universe
ISBN: 0789322609
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"In 2007 Kate Engelbrecht began sending cameras and questionnaires to teenage girls across the country. She asked them to use the camera to communicate their view of themselves and the world around them .. Eventually, nearly 5,000 girls between the ages of 13 and 18 took part in the project ... It is an account of teenage girlhood, experienced and communicated as only teenage girls know and understand"--Prelims. The texts are reproduced from the girls' handwritten entries.
Publisher: Universe
ISBN: 0789322609
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"In 2007 Kate Engelbrecht began sending cameras and questionnaires to teenage girls across the country. She asked them to use the camera to communicate their view of themselves and the world around them .. Eventually, nearly 5,000 girls between the ages of 13 and 18 took part in the project ... It is an account of teenage girlhood, experienced and communicated as only teenage girls know and understand"--Prelims. The texts are reproduced from the girls' handwritten entries.
The Just Girl Project Book of Self-Care
Author: Ilana Harkavy
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632173956
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
EXPRESS YOURSELF, OWN YOUR STRUGGLES, PURSUE YOUR DREAMS! Get empowered with The Just Girl Project's tips for living your best life. The Just Girl Project is an online movement to take back #girlpower! In this delightful gift book, founder Ilana Harkavy shares The Just Girl Project's authentic tips and tricks for self-love and radical self-acceptance, touching on everything from mental health to body image to relationships. It's the must-have support system for every young woman bravely putting her best self out into the world. Every page shares a charming, humorous, and relatable illustration offering motivation for making healthy choices, sharing everyday triumphs and struggles, expressing yourself creatively, and celebrating the power of friendship.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632173956
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
EXPRESS YOURSELF, OWN YOUR STRUGGLES, PURSUE YOUR DREAMS! Get empowered with The Just Girl Project's tips for living your best life. The Just Girl Project is an online movement to take back #girlpower! In this delightful gift book, founder Ilana Harkavy shares The Just Girl Project's authentic tips and tricks for self-love and radical self-acceptance, touching on everything from mental health to body image to relationships. It's the must-have support system for every young woman bravely putting her best self out into the world. Every page shares a charming, humorous, and relatable illustration offering motivation for making healthy choices, sharing everyday triumphs and struggles, expressing yourself creatively, and celebrating the power of friendship.
Girls Garage
Author: Emily Pilloton
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452166374
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Girls Garage is the only book you'll ever need for a lifetime of tools and building. Not sure which screws to buy? Need to fix a running toilet? With Girls Garage, you'll have the expertise to tackle these problems with your own hands. Or maybe you want to get creative and build something totally new. A birdhouse? A bookshelf? Girls Garage has you covered. Packed with illustrations that will build confidence for your next hardware store run, practical advice on everything from quick fixes to safety tips, and inspiring stories from real-world builder girls and women, this eye-catching volume makes the technical accessible. This is the guide every girl needs to take her life into her own hands. Girls, get in touch with your inner badass, and get building • Informative, inspiring, and designed for everyday use, this is the ultimate book of book of building and woodcraft for girls. • A true confidence builder for girls interested in STEM, woodworking, and home improvement. • Along with her design agency and Girl's Garage, Emily Pilloton has been featured on television shows and the documentary film If You Build It. Girls Garage will be both a trusted household resource and a wellspring of inspiration and encouragement in the vein of Women in Science and Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World. • Nonfiction books for girls age 14 and up • Woodcraft, home repair, kids building projects • Inspiring Kids DIY for teens Emily Pilloton is a designer, builder, educator, and founder of the nonprofit design agency Project H Design and Girls Garage. Her ideas have made their way to the TED stage, the Colbert Report, and the full-length documentary If You Build It. She is currently a lecturer in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452166374
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Girls Garage is the only book you'll ever need for a lifetime of tools and building. Not sure which screws to buy? Need to fix a running toilet? With Girls Garage, you'll have the expertise to tackle these problems with your own hands. Or maybe you want to get creative and build something totally new. A birdhouse? A bookshelf? Girls Garage has you covered. Packed with illustrations that will build confidence for your next hardware store run, practical advice on everything from quick fixes to safety tips, and inspiring stories from real-world builder girls and women, this eye-catching volume makes the technical accessible. This is the guide every girl needs to take her life into her own hands. Girls, get in touch with your inner badass, and get building • Informative, inspiring, and designed for everyday use, this is the ultimate book of book of building and woodcraft for girls. • A true confidence builder for girls interested in STEM, woodworking, and home improvement. • Along with her design agency and Girl's Garage, Emily Pilloton has been featured on television shows and the documentary film If You Build It. Girls Garage will be both a trusted household resource and a wellspring of inspiration and encouragement in the vein of Women in Science and Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World. • Nonfiction books for girls age 14 and up • Woodcraft, home repair, kids building projects • Inspiring Kids DIY for teens Emily Pilloton is a designer, builder, educator, and founder of the nonprofit design agency Project H Design and Girls Garage. Her ideas have made their way to the TED stage, the Colbert Report, and the full-length documentary If You Build It. She is currently a lecturer in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Magical Girl Raising Project, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Asari Endou
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 031656012X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Sugar and spice--but not playing nice! The hit smartphone game Magical Girl Raising Project is not only free, but one in tens of thousands of players will win real-life powers. In N City, sixteen of these lucky girls help the city's citizens--until upper management announces that each week, the least productive magical girl will lose her gifts. But this is no ordinary contest, and as the rules become increasingly sadistic, the competition to keep their powers becomes a vicious battle for the girls' very lives...
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 031656012X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Sugar and spice--but not playing nice! The hit smartphone game Magical Girl Raising Project is not only free, but one in tens of thousands of players will win real-life powers. In N City, sixteen of these lucky girls help the city's citizens--until upper management announces that each week, the least productive magical girl will lose her gifts. But this is no ordinary contest, and as the rules become increasingly sadistic, the competition to keep their powers becomes a vicious battle for the girls' very lives...
Pioneer Girl
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941813096
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"A side-by-side textual comparison of the three surviving typescript revisions of "Pioneer Girl" that uses the texts themselves to draw inferences about Laura Ingalls Wilder's authorial and Rose Wilder Lane's editorial processes and intentions, as well as about the working relationship between the two women during their attempts to market "Pioneer Girl" as adult nonfiction, prior to the publication of Wilder's Little House novels that are based on these original manuscripts"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941813096
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"A side-by-side textual comparison of the three surviving typescript revisions of "Pioneer Girl" that uses the texts themselves to draw inferences about Laura Ingalls Wilder's authorial and Rose Wilder Lane's editorial processes and intentions, as well as about the working relationship between the two women during their attempts to market "Pioneer Girl" as adult nonfiction, prior to the publication of Wilder's Little House novels that are based on these original manuscripts"--
A Girl and Her Room
Author: Rania Matar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884167768
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Intimate, unbiased portraits of teenage girls in their bedrooms, investigating notions of identity and the move from child to adult.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884167768
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Intimate, unbiased portraits of teenage girls in their bedrooms, investigating notions of identity and the move from child to adult.
Growgirl
Author: Heather Donahue
Publisher: Gotham
ISBN: 9781592406920
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The actress from the cult hit "The Blair Witch Project" chronicles the year she spent in a marijuana-growing community in Nuggettown, California, where she found comfort and normalcy as she immersed herself in regional counterculture.
Publisher: Gotham
ISBN: 9781592406920
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The actress from the cult hit "The Blair Witch Project" chronicles the year she spent in a marijuana-growing community in Nuggettown, California, where she found comfort and normalcy as she immersed herself in regional counterculture.
The Girl De-Construction Project
Author: Rachel Gardner
Publisher: Hodder Faith
ISBN: 9781473686403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book is an attempt to speak to and about women with kindness, truth and sass. It's for Christian women of all ages, confident or questioning gender norms, who want to experience their femininity as a powerful identity that they can define and re-define as they grow as disciples.
Publisher: Hodder Faith
ISBN: 9781473686403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book is an attempt to speak to and about women with kindness, truth and sass. It's for Christian women of all ages, confident or questioning gender norms, who want to experience their femininity as a powerful identity that they can define and re-define as they grow as disciples.
Magical Girl Raising Project, Vol. 1 (manga)
Author: Asari Endou
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316521280
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
SUGAR AND SPICE-BUT NOT PLAYING NICE! Magical girls like Snow White and La Pucelle have dreamed of the day they'd become one of the lucky few chosen to protect N City. But those dreams quickly turn into a nightmare when the Magical Girl Raising Project management office issues a decree-there are simply too many magical girls! Oops! Time to cull the number by...half ? Half sounds good. Don't worry- retirement just means...you die. Good luck, girls!
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316521280
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
SUGAR AND SPICE-BUT NOT PLAYING NICE! Magical girls like Snow White and La Pucelle have dreamed of the day they'd become one of the lucky few chosen to protect N City. But those dreams quickly turn into a nightmare when the Magical Girl Raising Project management office issues a decree-there are simply too many magical girls! Oops! Time to cull the number by...half ? Half sounds good. Don't worry- retirement just means...you die. Good luck, girls!