Author: Alisa Kwitney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
All day long Vanessa read about eighteen-year-olds whose impish flouting of convention ('I shall not perform my needlepoint, Mama!') led them straight into the arms of dashing rakes ('You have heard rumors, Minerva, of my way with the fair sex...')." Wickedly funny, worldly wise, Alisa Kwitney displays extraordinary sureness and emotional wisdom in her first novel. She's a contender.
Till the Fat Lady Sings
Author: Alisa Kwitney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
All day long Vanessa read about eighteen-year-olds whose impish flouting of convention ('I shall not perform my needlepoint, Mama!') led them straight into the arms of dashing rakes ('You have heard rumors, Minerva, of my way with the fair sex...')." Wickedly funny, worldly wise, Alisa Kwitney displays extraordinary sureness and emotional wisdom in her first novel. She's a contender.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
All day long Vanessa read about eighteen-year-olds whose impish flouting of convention ('I shall not perform my needlepoint, Mama!') led them straight into the arms of dashing rakes ('You have heard rumors, Minerva, of my way with the fair sex...')." Wickedly funny, worldly wise, Alisa Kwitney displays extraordinary sureness and emotional wisdom in her first novel. She's a contender.
Not Till the Fat Lady Sings: Boston
Author: The Boston Globe
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572438927
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In a single moment, an entire career reputation can be sealed and a franchise’s history cemented thanks to a last-second, game-winning finish, and this book chronicles 50 of the most memorable finishes in Boston sports. Vibrant four-color photos, statistics, quotes, and stories offer fresh details on some of the most famous events in Boston sports history, including Carlton Fisk’s Fenway Moment, “Havlicek Stole the Ball!,” Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary in Miami, and the Red Sox’s Greatest Comeback Ever. For those sports fans too young to have seen these famous moments or for those who wish to relive them over and over again, this encyclopedia of sporting greatness is a must-have for all passionate Boston fans.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781572438927
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In a single moment, an entire career reputation can be sealed and a franchise’s history cemented thanks to a last-second, game-winning finish, and this book chronicles 50 of the most memorable finishes in Boston sports. Vibrant four-color photos, statistics, quotes, and stories offer fresh details on some of the most famous events in Boston sports history, including Carlton Fisk’s Fenway Moment, “Havlicek Stole the Ball!,” Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary in Miami, and the Red Sox’s Greatest Comeback Ever. For those sports fans too young to have seen these famous moments or for those who wish to relive them over and over again, this encyclopedia of sporting greatness is a must-have for all passionate Boston fans.
The Fat Lady Sings
Author: Charlie Lovett
Publisher: Pearlsong Press
ISBN: 1597190314
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
When real life sucks, there's always theatre. Sassy, irreverent Aggie Stockdale should have gotten the lead in her high school's production of Hello Dolly! It's her dream role; she's had the part memorized since she was ten; and she and Roger Morton, who's playing the male lead, definitely had chemistry in the audition. But Aggie isn't just a talented actress, writer, and athlete. She's also the fattest girl in the senior class. What happens after she checks the cast list for the musical will hurl Aggie into an unexpected journey of tears, friendship, jealousy, revenge, Oreos, and lots and lots of theatre. She'll discover hidden talents and new friends; she'll survive a daunting audition and revel in a thrilling opening night; she'll search for love, inspiration, help with her math homework, and the perfect closing number; and her emotional ride won't be over 'til the fat lady sings.
Publisher: Pearlsong Press
ISBN: 1597190314
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
When real life sucks, there's always theatre. Sassy, irreverent Aggie Stockdale should have gotten the lead in her high school's production of Hello Dolly! It's her dream role; she's had the part memorized since she was ten; and she and Roger Morton, who's playing the male lead, definitely had chemistry in the audition. But Aggie isn't just a talented actress, writer, and athlete. She's also the fattest girl in the senior class. What happens after she checks the cast list for the musical will hurl Aggie into an unexpected journey of tears, friendship, jealousy, revenge, Oreos, and lots and lots of theatre. She'll discover hidden talents and new friends; she'll survive a daunting audition and revel in a thrilling opening night; she'll search for love, inspiration, help with her math homework, and the perfect closing number; and her emotional ride won't be over 'til the fat lady sings.
Obesity and Voice
Author: Abdul-Latif Hamdan
Publisher: Plural Publishing
ISBN: 1635502659
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Obesity and Voice: Current Views and Future Trends examines obesity-related voice research and suggests future research trends on the link between weight loss, weight gain, obesity, and phonation. Obesity is becoming one of the leading causes of disabilities and death. This unique text highlights the various means by which excessive weight, and weight loss, may jeopardize voice quality and endurance. All three components of voice production, the respiratory system and abdominal back and thoracic muscles as the power source, the vocal folds as the oscillator, and the vocal tract as the resonator, are targets of anatomic and systemic obesity-induced changes. Consequently, phonatory effects of obesity are inevitable. Considering the epidemic nature of obesity, obesity-related voice research is a critical topic for anyone interested in conditions affecting the voice, especially professional voice users and physicians.
Publisher: Plural Publishing
ISBN: 1635502659
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Obesity and Voice: Current Views and Future Trends examines obesity-related voice research and suggests future research trends on the link between weight loss, weight gain, obesity, and phonation. Obesity is becoming one of the leading causes of disabilities and death. This unique text highlights the various means by which excessive weight, and weight loss, may jeopardize voice quality and endurance. All three components of voice production, the respiratory system and abdominal back and thoracic muscles as the power source, the vocal folds as the oscillator, and the vocal tract as the resonator, are targets of anatomic and systemic obesity-induced changes. Consequently, phonatory effects of obesity are inevitable. Considering the epidemic nature of obesity, obesity-related voice research is a critical topic for anyone interested in conditions affecting the voice, especially professional voice users and physicians.
Till the Fat Lady Slims 2.0 - The 'When' Diet
Author: MS Debbie Flint
Publisher: Flintproductions
ISBN: 9781909785342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The semi-autobiographical weight loss book from QVC UK presenter Debbie Flint. Updated September 2014 to include new information, new testimonials and a whole new way of using this system for those who prefer traditional diets - introducing The 'When' Diet. Plus break out of Food Prison with Freedom Eating - the full guide is included in this edition. In 1998 Debbie Flint found herself more than two stone overweight, under stress and in need of help. Enter Freedom Eating. This natural weight loss method helped her break free from Food Prison and un-learn all the bad habits from a lifetime of 'starting again on Monday.' This semi-autobiographical book features her original 2002 'Till the Fat Lady Slims, ' containing some painful secrets many of us will find all too familiar. Plus, revamped for 2014, extra material covers the dangers of sugar, how to use this method alongside traditional dieting, and many new testimonials from a whole new generation of successful slimmers. After a tough decade, Debbie has once again regained her birth-right to be slim. And so can you. Contains three sections - 1.Introduction and the Basic Principles - the 'When' Diet 2.Listening to your Body - when sugar gets in the way 3.Till the Fat Lady Slims 2002, plus bonus material - link to website with latest info and secret downloads Designed to be read many times, this book could be the start of a whole new set of habits and a whole new you. Please read the 'look inside' - there is a summary at the start. Deb Sinclair Bunn, 48 "It's so liberating to NOT be on a diet and still lose weight so well, all I can say is listen to your body. It took me a few weeks, then throwing out my scales was a fantastic feeling ...... the hardest bit I think is being honest with yourself. I have been a yo-yo dieter for years, been to clubs, had diet pills - the lot, but finally TTFLS has worked for me ..." Chloe Hillier, 25 "I felt overwhelmed with how much weight I had to lose but with the use of 'Till the Fat Lady Slims' I was able to build up the courage to start my weight loss journey. Slowly but surely I have now lost 3 stone (42lb) in 7 months. Still got a way to go but I've made it this far which at the beginning I thought would be impossible! I'm now aware of my body's signals of hunger and being satisfied! Thank you Debbie." Enjoy! @debbieflint
Publisher: Flintproductions
ISBN: 9781909785342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The semi-autobiographical weight loss book from QVC UK presenter Debbie Flint. Updated September 2014 to include new information, new testimonials and a whole new way of using this system for those who prefer traditional diets - introducing The 'When' Diet. Plus break out of Food Prison with Freedom Eating - the full guide is included in this edition. In 1998 Debbie Flint found herself more than two stone overweight, under stress and in need of help. Enter Freedom Eating. This natural weight loss method helped her break free from Food Prison and un-learn all the bad habits from a lifetime of 'starting again on Monday.' This semi-autobiographical book features her original 2002 'Till the Fat Lady Slims, ' containing some painful secrets many of us will find all too familiar. Plus, revamped for 2014, extra material covers the dangers of sugar, how to use this method alongside traditional dieting, and many new testimonials from a whole new generation of successful slimmers. After a tough decade, Debbie has once again regained her birth-right to be slim. And so can you. Contains three sections - 1.Introduction and the Basic Principles - the 'When' Diet 2.Listening to your Body - when sugar gets in the way 3.Till the Fat Lady Slims 2002, plus bonus material - link to website with latest info and secret downloads Designed to be read many times, this book could be the start of a whole new set of habits and a whole new you. Please read the 'look inside' - there is a summary at the start. Deb Sinclair Bunn, 48 "It's so liberating to NOT be on a diet and still lose weight so well, all I can say is listen to your body. It took me a few weeks, then throwing out my scales was a fantastic feeling ...... the hardest bit I think is being honest with yourself. I have been a yo-yo dieter for years, been to clubs, had diet pills - the lot, but finally TTFLS has worked for me ..." Chloe Hillier, 25 "I felt overwhelmed with how much weight I had to lose but with the use of 'Till the Fat Lady Slims' I was able to build up the courage to start my weight loss journey. Slowly but surely I have now lost 3 stone (42lb) in 7 months. Still got a way to go but I've made it this far which at the beginning I thought would be impossible! I'm now aware of my body's signals of hunger and being satisfied! Thank you Debbie." Enjoy! @debbieflint
Common Phrases
Author: Max Cryer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1628731540
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter” for television, or that “cold turkey” as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra), The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you’ll learn the origins of “credibility gap,” “my lips are sealed,” “the opera’s not over until the fat lady sings,” “supermarket,” “supermodel,” “there’s no accounting for taste,” “thick as thieves,” and hundreds more. For anyone who loves language, this new book will “take the cake.”
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1628731540
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter” for television, or that “cold turkey” as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra), The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you’ll learn the origins of “credibility gap,” “my lips are sealed,” “the opera’s not over until the fat lady sings,” “supermarket,” “supermodel,” “there’s no accounting for taste,” “thick as thieves,” and hundreds more. For anyone who loves language, this new book will “take the cake.”
Thank You, Mr. Nixon
Author: Gish Jen
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593319907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write—a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds—a work that Cynthia Ozick has called “an art beyond art. It is life itself.” Beginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to “poor Mr. Nixon” in hell, Gish Jen embarks on a fictional journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change. Opal Chen reunites with her Chinese sisters after forty years; newly cosmopolitan Lulu Koo wonders why Americans “like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes”; Hong Kong parents go to extreme lengths to reestablish contact with their “number-one daughter” in New York; and Betty Koo, brought up on “no politics, just make money,” finds she must reassess her mother’s philosophy. With their profound compassion and equally profound humor, these eleven linked stories trace the intimate ways in which humans make and are made by history, capturing an extraordinary era in an extraordinary way. Delightful, provocative, and powerful, Thank You, Mr. Nixon furnishes yet more proof of Gish Jen’s eminent place among American storytellers.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593319907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write—a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds—a work that Cynthia Ozick has called “an art beyond art. It is life itself.” Beginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to “poor Mr. Nixon” in hell, Gish Jen embarks on a fictional journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change. Opal Chen reunites with her Chinese sisters after forty years; newly cosmopolitan Lulu Koo wonders why Americans “like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes”; Hong Kong parents go to extreme lengths to reestablish contact with their “number-one daughter” in New York; and Betty Koo, brought up on “no politics, just make money,” finds she must reassess her mother’s philosophy. With their profound compassion and equally profound humor, these eleven linked stories trace the intimate ways in which humans make and are made by history, capturing an extraordinary era in an extraordinary way. Delightful, provocative, and powerful, Thank You, Mr. Nixon furnishes yet more proof of Gish Jen’s eminent place among American storytellers.
"Nice Guys Finish Seventh"
Author: Ralph Keyes
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
To Keyes, such words voice observations we want made. Freud may never have said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," for example, but we certainly wish he had. For a misquote to become familiar it must come from a well-known mouth. Take "You can't trust anyone over thirty." Abbie Hoffman, right? Or was it Jerry Rubin? Mario Salvo? Mark Rudd? All have been given credit for this sixties catchphrase. Keyes discovered that its real originator was a student named Jack.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
To Keyes, such words voice observations we want made. Freud may never have said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," for example, but we certainly wish he had. For a misquote to become familiar it must come from a well-known mouth. Take "You can't trust anyone over thirty." Abbie Hoffman, right? Or was it Jerry Rubin? Mario Salvo? Mark Rudd? All have been given credit for this sixties catchphrase. Keyes discovered that its real originator was a student named Jack.
Where X Marks the Spot
Author: Bill Zavatsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931236676
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Poetry. "`Who touches this book, touches a man,' said Whitman, and that is certainly the case with this astounding volume by Bill Zavatsky, who generously imparts his whole life and soul in these vital, hilarious, frank, eloquent, deeply satisfying works. Poet of the white working class, of jazz gigs and strip clubs, marriage, screw-ups and divorce, of obstinately teaching kids to write, chronicler of city life on the fly, bard of the splendors and miseries of the dating scene, Zavatsky risks all, holds nothing back. These remarkable poems have plenty of heart, muscle and mind: they refuse easy bondings, they test the limits of their own compassion. So much contemporary poetry seems tame, obscure or overly fussy compared to the robust humanity, independence and (finally, yes) wisdom of this inimitable voice" --Phillip Lopate.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931236676
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Poetry. "`Who touches this book, touches a man,' said Whitman, and that is certainly the case with this astounding volume by Bill Zavatsky, who generously imparts his whole life and soul in these vital, hilarious, frank, eloquent, deeply satisfying works. Poet of the white working class, of jazz gigs and strip clubs, marriage, screw-ups and divorce, of obstinately teaching kids to write, chronicler of city life on the fly, bard of the splendors and miseries of the dating scene, Zavatsky risks all, holds nothing back. These remarkable poems have plenty of heart, muscle and mind: they refuse easy bondings, they test the limits of their own compassion. So much contemporary poetry seems tame, obscure or overly fussy compared to the robust humanity, independence and (finally, yes) wisdom of this inimitable voice" --Phillip Lopate.
Behind the Gold Star
Author: Chief Rick Stone
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781462097043
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Seven days in the life of a Police Chief struggling against bureaucratic stupidity, personal conflicts, and his department's collection of screw-ups, nut cases, and weird happenings. Reflective of his big city experience, the Chief tries desperately to balance competing forces in the professional and political arena of a smaller agency. Full of surprising twists and turns, with enough sex and violence to be reflective of the front page of today's newspaper, Behind the Gold Star will keep you hanging on every page and in the end, the characters give real meaning to the phrase, "It's not over until the fat lady sings."
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781462097043
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Seven days in the life of a Police Chief struggling against bureaucratic stupidity, personal conflicts, and his department's collection of screw-ups, nut cases, and weird happenings. Reflective of his big city experience, the Chief tries desperately to balance competing forces in the professional and political arena of a smaller agency. Full of surprising twists and turns, with enough sex and violence to be reflective of the front page of today's newspaper, Behind the Gold Star will keep you hanging on every page and in the end, the characters give real meaning to the phrase, "It's not over until the fat lady sings."