Author: Sarah Smiley
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401305342
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 355
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Fifty-two guests take turns filling a military father's chair at his family's dinner table while he serves his yearlong deployment. The week before Thanksgiving 2011, Dustin Smiley left for a yearlong military deployment. Soon after, his son Ford, eleven, invited Senator Susan Collins to fill his dad's chair at dinner. On January 3, 2012, Senator Collins came to dinner ... and brought brownies. So began Dinner with the Smileys, nationally syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's fifty-two-week commitment to fill her husband's place at the family dinner table with interesting people--from schoolteachers to Olympians, professional athletes to famous authors, comedians to politicians--and unique role models for her three sons, even as she knows Dustin's seat cannot truly be "filled" until he is home again for the fifty-third dinner. Why dinner? Because dinnertime is often the loneliest time for people living alone. If houses and apartments were like dollhouses with one side totally exposed, Sarah says, we'd see plenty of people eating alone to the glow of a television. That was the fate Sarah feared for herself and her children during Dustin's absence. So she opened her home, and she and the kids sent invitations. And they found that a surprising number of people really are available for dinner. You just have to ask. In a time when popular culture leads us to believe that the family dinner table is dead, Dinner with the Smileys shows people that time spent with family, friends, and neighbors is still very much part of the American lifestyle.
Author: Dale Dougherty
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9781565920415
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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From the people who put an armadillo on the cover of a system administration book, comes the first collection of the computer underground hieroglyphics we call "smileys". Originally inserted into email messages to denote "said with a cynical smile", smileys now run rampant throughout the electronic mail culture. This book advances the state-of-the-art of smileys, including such information as Smiley Comics and "Where's Smiley?"
Author: Jeff Smith
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545674775
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Smiley Bone goes to fantastical lengths while counting birds in the forest.
Author: Rickey Smiley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501178628
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Part memoir, part testimonial, and part life guide, Stand by Your Truth mixes Rickey Smiley’s down-home humor with the values he learned from being raised by three generations of elders, steeped in the Baptist church, and mentored by some of the most celebrated comics in the entertainment industry today. “I’m very passionate about everything that I do and I don’t play any games. I just keep it honest. I don’t put on airs. That’s the only way you can be. If you tell one lie, you’ve got to tell another lie. I’m cool with who I am. What you see is what you get.” Stand-up comic. Single dad. Radio personality. TV star. Prankster. Producer. Community activist. Man of faith. Visit a church, comedy club, college campus, or barber shop, and you’ll find few people who aren’t familiar with, or fans of, Rickey Smiley. At least four million listeners in more than seventy markets tune in every weekday morning to hear him banter with his radio show crew, hilariously prank call an unsuspecting listener, and perform skits featuring his one-man cast of characters, including “Lil Darryl,” “Beauford,” and “Joe Willie.” But in between the rapid-fire jokes and celebrity dish are flashes of how Rickey views the world, from the challenges of raising children, to the importance of education, to the need to always stand by your own truth. After more than two decades in the spotlight, Rickey is finally ready to delve more deeply into the opinions he voices on the air, riffing on those issues that his listeners, viewers, and fans find most important. This collection of personal and powerful essays will speak to readers from all walks of life, and is sure to inspire you to Stand by Your Truth.
Author: Anne Kalicky
Publisher: My Life in Smiley
ISBN: 9781449489878
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Eleven-year-old Max is a middle-schooler who's written a personal journal that covers every noteworthy event of his life; however, he doesn't want it read before 2126.
Author: Adam B. Ford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989309295
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Told in rhyming couplets, this book starts with simple line-drawings of faces-just a line and two dots-then moves to bigger, more colorful, and more varied types of smiling faces.
Author: Dawn McNiff
Publisher: Ladybird
ISBN: 9780241517826
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Have fun with face masks in this lift-the-flap, out-and-about adventure! Toddlers today are growing up in a world where adults wear face masks outside the house. Everyone is wearing them, from the bus driver to the shop assistant! In Smiley Eyes, Smiley Faces, their can take an interactive journey through the town, meeting different adults along the way. Toddlers can then lift the mask-shaped flaps to reveal the smiley faces underneath the bright, colourful masks. They can even lift their own mask at the end of the day with the surprise mirrored finale! Zoe Waring's bright artwork and charming characters encourage interaction and play as small children engage with the new world around us. (Please refer to the WHO guidelines for advice on children and the wearing of face masks.) This novelty Ladybird title: Introduces the world Boosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 2+
Author: Renard Zo Williams
Publisher: Dragon-Phoenix Moor Publishing
ISBN: 9780578164151
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Do you have questions about where you are in your relationship? Should you stay? Should you go? Are you gearing up for the next phase? Or is it time for closure? If you've asked yourself any of those questions, this book is for you! In Zo Williams' new book, The Relationship Dismount, he will teach you how to identify the attitudes and behaviors that have been holding you back from being your best or your happiest self. He will help you figure out what is worth keeping, what we need to stop doing, and what we need to begin doing to have a healthy relationship. Zo will demonstrate to you how to effectively end the relationship without causing irrevocable damage to yourself or your partner. In this book, you will learn that wisely executed relationship dismounts build strong foundations for future relationships. Zo Williams is a self-published author, certified relationship specialist, television, and radio personality. A student of world religions, he is a passionate and opinionated dynamo who offers revolutionary thoughts about the breakdown of social systems and institutions and how they impact human relations within the urban/alternative community. Dubbed as "Tupac meets Deepak," or the "The Hip Hop Dr. Phil," Zo lends a unique perspective to the relationship coaching world. Currently, Zo is the host of two shows, The #ZoWhat? Morning Show, which is under the DashRadio network and The Voice of Reason (formerly on Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole/Sirius XM) can now be heard on DashTalk Radio on DashRadio.com.
Author: C.R. Cummings
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
ISBN: 0645184039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 595
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Seventeen-year-old Australian Cadet Under-Officer, Barbara Brassington, is on a desperate search to find her best friend, Fiona, who has gone missing. Barbara and her fellow Army Cadets track Fiona into the unforgiving North Queensland bush, where she has been kidnapped by a religious sect known only as ‘The Smiley People’. As they go deeper into the bush, Barbara finds herself torn between conflicting desires and difficult moral choices. Her leadership and character are tested to the limit, and her physical endurance stretched to breaking point. But in the jungle-covered mountains, Barbara must not only discover the whereabouts of her best friend, but also her true self.
Author: Clive Jones
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474441173
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, this biography uncovers the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley's commitment to covert action and intelligence during the Second World War and early part of the Cold War, often among tribally based societies. With particular reference to operations in Albania, Oman and Yemen, it addresses the wider issues of accountability and control of clandestine operations.
