Author: Dean Atta
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1838855661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
You’ve fought and you’ve run away. You’ve danced with other Black queer bodies until sunrise. Sometimes you wanted to be caught and sometimes you wanted to be held. With all that you’ve endured, you are nothing less than miraculous. From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain and joy. Dean also investigates how radical self-acceptance and a willingness to abide with discomfort open up the possibility of a life lived beyond definition: a person unlimited.
Person Unlimited
Author: Dean Atta
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1838855661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
You’ve fought and you’ve run away. You’ve danced with other Black queer bodies until sunrise. Sometimes you wanted to be caught and sometimes you wanted to be held. With all that you’ve endured, you are nothing less than miraculous. From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain and joy. Dean also investigates how radical self-acceptance and a willingness to abide with discomfort open up the possibility of a life lived beyond definition: a person unlimited.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1838855661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
You’ve fought and you’ve run away. You’ve danced with other Black queer bodies until sunrise. Sometimes you wanted to be caught and sometimes you wanted to be held. With all that you’ve endured, you are nothing less than miraculous. From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain and joy. Dean also investigates how radical self-acceptance and a willingness to abide with discomfort open up the possibility of a life lived beyond definition: a person unlimited.
The Tropoholic's Guide to Hook Romance Tropes
Author: CIndy Dees
Publisher: Cynthia Dees Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1950651444
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
NYT and USAT bestselling author and screenwriter, Cindy Dees, brings her formidable skills as a master storyteller and master writing teacher to this encyclopedic series analyzing the major tropes used in modern commercial fiction. In this volume, Cindy explores 32 iconic hook romance tropes, stories that explore ways your hero and heroine meet and come together as a couple and how that initial meeting establishes a set of problems that must be overcome before the hero and heroine can achieve their happily ever after. . Written by a working writer for working writers, this is a comprehensive reference guide and brainstorming tool to help you quickly generate ideas, create characters and plot, revise and edit, brand and market your story. You’ll write faster, cleaner, and deliver your audience a story they’ll recognize and love. If you’re writing a novel, script, play, comic, graphic novel, video game script, or any other story format, this book is for you. If you’re writing a love story specifically, or you’re writing any genre of fiction in which you’d like to include a romantic relationship, this book is for you. Each trope entry includes: a detailed definition and analysis descriptions of all obligatory scenes necessary to structure this trope correctly lists of additional key scenes important to this trope an extensive list of questions to think about when writing this trope an extensive list of traps to avoid when writing this trope reasons why audiences love this trope a list of similar tropes a list of examples of each trope in action taken from television, film, and novels …writers in every genre of fiction are going to want these guides in their go-to reference books… …a tour de force how-to on creating stories audiences adore… …the books every writer has been waiting for—a comprehensive walk-through by an industry pro of everything to think about when building a story of pretty much any kind…
Publisher: Cynthia Dees Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1950651444
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
NYT and USAT bestselling author and screenwriter, Cindy Dees, brings her formidable skills as a master storyteller and master writing teacher to this encyclopedic series analyzing the major tropes used in modern commercial fiction. In this volume, Cindy explores 32 iconic hook romance tropes, stories that explore ways your hero and heroine meet and come together as a couple and how that initial meeting establishes a set of problems that must be overcome before the hero and heroine can achieve their happily ever after. . Written by a working writer for working writers, this is a comprehensive reference guide and brainstorming tool to help you quickly generate ideas, create characters and plot, revise and edit, brand and market your story. You’ll write faster, cleaner, and deliver your audience a story they’ll recognize and love. If you’re writing a novel, script, play, comic, graphic novel, video game script, or any other story format, this book is for you. If you’re writing a love story specifically, or you’re writing any genre of fiction in which you’d like to include a romantic relationship, this book is for you. Each trope entry includes: a detailed definition and analysis descriptions of all obligatory scenes necessary to structure this trope correctly lists of additional key scenes important to this trope an extensive list of questions to think about when writing this trope an extensive list of traps to avoid when writing this trope reasons why audiences love this trope a list of similar tropes a list of examples of each trope in action taken from television, film, and novels …writers in every genre of fiction are going to want these guides in their go-to reference books… …a tour de force how-to on creating stories audiences adore… …the books every writer has been waiting for—a comprehensive walk-through by an industry pro of everything to think about when building a story of pretty much any kind…
Real-World Media Ethics
Author: Philippe Perebinossoff
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1317484215
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Is it ethical to pass yourself off as black if you are Caucasian, as Rachel Dolezai, the president of a local chapter of the NAACP, did in 2015? Was it ethical for Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA team, to use racially inflammatory language? Is it ethical to exaggerate or fabricate the importance of one’s role, as Brian Williams apparently did when he anchored the NBC nightly news? Is it ethical for a journalist to pay a source for a story, tips, and photos, as TMZ, Gawker and others do regularly? The above questions as well as other questions definitely illustrate the need for studying ethics. Real-World Media Ethics provides a wide showcase of real ethical issues faced by professionals in the media field. Numerous case studies allow readers to explore multiple perspectives while using realistic ethical principles. This book includes the basics in ethical journalism, as well as the tools to navigate through the landscape of mass media such as public relations, entertainment and other forms of visual communication. The second edition has been updated to encompass globalization, new media platforms, current copyright issues, net neutrality, sports ethics, and more. An accompanying companion website provides additional interviews demonstrating ethical principles in practice. Being a former ABC executive, author Philippe Perebinossoff gives readers an inside look at circumstances with an ethical, experienced eye.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1317484215
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Is it ethical to pass yourself off as black if you are Caucasian, as Rachel Dolezai, the president of a local chapter of the NAACP, did in 2015? Was it ethical for Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA team, to use racially inflammatory language? Is it ethical to exaggerate or fabricate the importance of one’s role, as Brian Williams apparently did when he anchored the NBC nightly news? Is it ethical for a journalist to pay a source for a story, tips, and photos, as TMZ, Gawker and others do regularly? The above questions as well as other questions definitely illustrate the need for studying ethics. Real-World Media Ethics provides a wide showcase of real ethical issues faced by professionals in the media field. Numerous case studies allow readers to explore multiple perspectives while using realistic ethical principles. This book includes the basics in ethical journalism, as well as the tools to navigate through the landscape of mass media such as public relations, entertainment and other forms of visual communication. The second edition has been updated to encompass globalization, new media platforms, current copyright issues, net neutrality, sports ethics, and more. An accompanying companion website provides additional interviews demonstrating ethical principles in practice. Being a former ABC executive, author Philippe Perebinossoff gives readers an inside look at circumstances with an ethical, experienced eye.
Les Cayes, Haiti
Author: Lyonel Gerdes
Publisher: Oxford Book Writer
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
In this touching memoir of a tumultuous childhood, author Lyonel Gerdes shares his experience of overcoming a rough family life. Lyonel Gerdes was born in Haiti, where he lived with his family in the titular town of Les Cayes. Over the years, the family moved from house to house, leaving Gerdes with a mixed bag of good and bad memories. Growing up in unstable homes, Gerdes soon developed multiple insecurities and feelings of unworthiness. But when the country descended into social, political, and economic chaos under the dictatorship of Duvalier, the family’s internal drama intensified. Les Cayes, Haiti offers an intimate and unflinching look at one survivor’s journey in this true story of overcoming childhood trauma.
Publisher: Oxford Book Writer
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
In this touching memoir of a tumultuous childhood, author Lyonel Gerdes shares his experience of overcoming a rough family life. Lyonel Gerdes was born in Haiti, where he lived with his family in the titular town of Les Cayes. Over the years, the family moved from house to house, leaving Gerdes with a mixed bag of good and bad memories. Growing up in unstable homes, Gerdes soon developed multiple insecurities and feelings of unworthiness. But when the country descended into social, political, and economic chaos under the dictatorship of Duvalier, the family’s internal drama intensified. Les Cayes, Haiti offers an intimate and unflinching look at one survivor’s journey in this true story of overcoming childhood trauma.
Monster High Fearbook
Author: Mattel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1683432258
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
This hardcover replica yearbook will delight fans of the Monster High animated series. Celebrate a clawsome year with the student body of Monster High! Featuring student profiles, memorable picture-day portraits, candid shots, classes and faculty info, plus hextracuricular activities, superlatives and more. You won’t graduate as a super fang without it.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1683432258
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
This hardcover replica yearbook will delight fans of the Monster High animated series. Celebrate a clawsome year with the student body of Monster High! Featuring student profiles, memorable picture-day portraits, candid shots, classes and faculty info, plus hextracuricular activities, superlatives and more. You won’t graduate as a super fang without it.
The Girl's Best Friend Mysteries
Author: Leslie Margolis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1681190168
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
This exciting new bind-up features all three of Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect Maggie Brooklyn Mystery novels in one sleek package! In Girl's Best Friend, dogs are disappearing in Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair's neighborhood, and she knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (okay, amateur) dog walker. Maggie may have a lot of leads, but she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved In Vanishing Acts, a movie starring the young heartthrob Seth Ryan starts filming in Maggie's neighborhood, and everyone has movie mania. Maggie manages to capture Seth's attention, but then he disappears! Everyone thinks he's been kidnapped, but Maggie knows better. In Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion, someone is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood. Maggie's on the case, but her new babysitting gig has her and her twin brother Finn hanging out in what they fear may be a real haunted mansion. And it's hard to solve real life mysteries when you think you're seeing ghosts!
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1681190168
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
This exciting new bind-up features all three of Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect Maggie Brooklyn Mystery novels in one sleek package! In Girl's Best Friend, dogs are disappearing in Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair's neighborhood, and she knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (okay, amateur) dog walker. Maggie may have a lot of leads, but she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved In Vanishing Acts, a movie starring the young heartthrob Seth Ryan starts filming in Maggie's neighborhood, and everyone has movie mania. Maggie manages to capture Seth's attention, but then he disappears! Everyone thinks he's been kidnapped, but Maggie knows better. In Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion, someone is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood. Maggie's on the case, but her new babysitting gig has her and her twin brother Finn hanging out in what they fear may be a real haunted mansion. And it's hard to solve real life mysteries when you think you're seeing ghosts!
Unstable Relationship
Author: Subhransu Sekhar Sahoo
Publisher: Walnut Publication
ISBN: 819384369X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
This book is a self-descriptive fictional account of Adarsh Rai who has expressed his life-story in the form of words. His thoughts about life and his love-life are being expressed with some humor and a few unexpected twists. From his childhood to his adulthood, all the positive as well as all negative experiences are being described with expected series of events and some unexpected chain of turns.
Publisher: Walnut Publication
ISBN: 819384369X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
This book is a self-descriptive fictional account of Adarsh Rai who has expressed his life-story in the form of words. His thoughts about life and his love-life are being expressed with some humor and a few unexpected twists. From his childhood to his adulthood, all the positive as well as all negative experiences are being described with expected series of events and some unexpected chain of turns.
True Blue Cowboy
Author: Debra Holt
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1951190939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Will his proposal eventually win her heart? For rancher Chance Braxton, Josie Monroe was the classic girl next door. He’d fallen early and hard, but because her heart had belonged to his careless and indifferent brother, Chance had been permanently friend-zoned since Josie was a teen. Now Josie’s running her failing ranch all alone, and it’s time for Chance to step up and keep a promise he made to her dying mother – marry Josie and combine their ranches. Josie Monroe doesn’t want help or need to be saved by anyone – especially her wealthy ranching neighbor and forever thorn in her paw, Chance Braxton. The serious, way-too-handsome cowboy has starred in too many of her fantasies, but he still sees her as a heart-broken girl. She’s a woman now, and she’s determined to prove everyone wrong: She can save her ranch and rebuild her father’s legacy…alone. When Chance proposes, Josie’s problems are just beginning. So why does her pulse kick up every time he rides by and tips his Stetson?
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1951190939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Will his proposal eventually win her heart? For rancher Chance Braxton, Josie Monroe was the classic girl next door. He’d fallen early and hard, but because her heart had belonged to his careless and indifferent brother, Chance had been permanently friend-zoned since Josie was a teen. Now Josie’s running her failing ranch all alone, and it’s time for Chance to step up and keep a promise he made to her dying mother – marry Josie and combine their ranches. Josie Monroe doesn’t want help or need to be saved by anyone – especially her wealthy ranching neighbor and forever thorn in her paw, Chance Braxton. The serious, way-too-handsome cowboy has starred in too many of her fantasies, but he still sees her as a heart-broken girl. She’s a woman now, and she’s determined to prove everyone wrong: She can save her ranch and rebuild her father’s legacy…alone. When Chance proposes, Josie’s problems are just beginning. So why does her pulse kick up every time he rides by and tips his Stetson?
A Devotion to Purity
Author: Sandra Soraya
Publisher: Sandra Soraya
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Seth Roderick and Larry Gage, the future Beta and Gamma of the Northernland Kingdom, have a big problem. As the Beta and Gamma, they must follow orders that their future Alpha King gives. They have pledged their allegiance to the future king, so defying orders will be a crime. Punishable by death. Future Alpha King Steele North has a grudge that must be avenged. His brother, Alpha Prince Damon North, died in the land of the enemy. Unfortunately, their enemy, the Wolferaine Kingdom, is stronger. Declaring a war against the Wolferaine is not only moronic, it’s also suicidal. They will not win, unless the Wolferaine is the one that declares war. But the future king is determined. It must be done, one way or another. Along comes Daisy Chester, a ravishing beauty who happens to be the sister-in-law to the Wolferaine King. Now their plan can come to fruition. Alpha Steele North orders his Beta and Gamma to abduct and kill the sweet angel. The action will enrage the Wolferaine King enough to make the Wolferaine attack the Northernland. The plan is perfect. Except for one thing, Daisy Chester is Gamma Larry Gage fated mate!
Publisher: Sandra Soraya
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Seth Roderick and Larry Gage, the future Beta and Gamma of the Northernland Kingdom, have a big problem. As the Beta and Gamma, they must follow orders that their future Alpha King gives. They have pledged their allegiance to the future king, so defying orders will be a crime. Punishable by death. Future Alpha King Steele North has a grudge that must be avenged. His brother, Alpha Prince Damon North, died in the land of the enemy. Unfortunately, their enemy, the Wolferaine Kingdom, is stronger. Declaring a war against the Wolferaine is not only moronic, it’s also suicidal. They will not win, unless the Wolferaine is the one that declares war. But the future king is determined. It must be done, one way or another. Along comes Daisy Chester, a ravishing beauty who happens to be the sister-in-law to the Wolferaine King. Now their plan can come to fruition. Alpha Steele North orders his Beta and Gamma to abduct and kill the sweet angel. The action will enrage the Wolferaine King enough to make the Wolferaine attack the Northernland. The plan is perfect. Except for one thing, Daisy Chester is Gamma Larry Gage fated mate!
Decode Your Dreams
Author: Ian Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN: 0711257051
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Discover the power of dreams, gain the tools to decode them and be inspired to take meaningful actions in waking life to make these come true with renowned psychologist Ian Wallace. You create and encode your dreams to process your emotions and intentions, so the best person to decode them is you. First equip yourself with tips and tricks to remembering them and unpacking their significance. Next, dig into the detail with over 90 dream scenarios. Finally, connect your dreams to waking-life truths to grow self-awareness and address deep-seated desires, fears and intentions – the key to manifesting your goals and realising your potential.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0711257051
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Discover the power of dreams, gain the tools to decode them and be inspired to take meaningful actions in waking life to make these come true with renowned psychologist Ian Wallace. You create and encode your dreams to process your emotions and intentions, so the best person to decode them is you. First equip yourself with tips and tricks to remembering them and unpacking their significance. Next, dig into the detail with over 90 dream scenarios. Finally, connect your dreams to waking-life truths to grow self-awareness and address deep-seated desires, fears and intentions – the key to manifesting your goals and realising your potential.