Author: John Reed
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612191266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This unauthorized companion to George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a controversial parable about September 11th by one of fiction’s most inventive and provocative writers Written in 14 days shortly after the September 11th attacks, Snowball’s Chance is an outrageous and unauthorized companion to George Orwell’s Animal Farm, in which exiled pig Snowball returns to the farm, takes charge, and implements a new world order of untrammeled capitalism. Orwell’s “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” has morphed into the new rallying cry: “All animals are born equal—what they become is their own affair.” A brilliant political satire and literary parody, John Reed’s Snowball’s Chance caused an uproar on publication in 2002, denounced by Christopher Hitchens, and barely dodging a lawsuit from the Orwell estate. Now, a decade later, with America in wars on many fronts, readers can judge anew the visionary truth of Reed’s satirical masterpiece.
Snowball's Chance
Author: John Reed
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612191266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This unauthorized companion to George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a controversial parable about September 11th by one of fiction’s most inventive and provocative writers Written in 14 days shortly after the September 11th attacks, Snowball’s Chance is an outrageous and unauthorized companion to George Orwell’s Animal Farm, in which exiled pig Snowball returns to the farm, takes charge, and implements a new world order of untrammeled capitalism. Orwell’s “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” has morphed into the new rallying cry: “All animals are born equal—what they become is their own affair.” A brilliant political satire and literary parody, John Reed’s Snowball’s Chance caused an uproar on publication in 2002, denounced by Christopher Hitchens, and barely dodging a lawsuit from the Orwell estate. Now, a decade later, with America in wars on many fronts, readers can judge anew the visionary truth of Reed’s satirical masterpiece.
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612191266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This unauthorized companion to George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a controversial parable about September 11th by one of fiction’s most inventive and provocative writers Written in 14 days shortly after the September 11th attacks, Snowball’s Chance is an outrageous and unauthorized companion to George Orwell’s Animal Farm, in which exiled pig Snowball returns to the farm, takes charge, and implements a new world order of untrammeled capitalism. Orwell’s “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” has morphed into the new rallying cry: “All animals are born equal—what they become is their own affair.” A brilliant political satire and literary parody, John Reed’s Snowball’s Chance caused an uproar on publication in 2002, denounced by Christopher Hitchens, and barely dodging a lawsuit from the Orwell estate. Now, a decade later, with America in wars on many fronts, readers can judge anew the visionary truth of Reed’s satirical masterpiece.
Snowball's Chance
Author: David C. Antonucci
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
ISBN: 9781439259047
Category : Olympic Winter Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic VIII Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe.
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
ISBN: 9781439259047
Category : Olympic Winter Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic VIII Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe.
David Hammons
Author: Elena Filipovic
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 184638186X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Drawing on unpublished documents and oral histories, an illustrated examination of an iconic artwork of an artist who has made a lifework of tactical evasion. One wintry day in 1983, alongside other street sellers in the East Village, David Hammons peddled snowballs of various sizes. He had neatly laid them out in graduated rows and spent the day acting as obliging salesman. He called the evanescent and unannounced street action Bliz-aard Ball Sale, thus inscribing it into a body of work that, from the late 1960s to the present, has used a lexicon of ephemeral actions and self-consciously “black" materials to comment on the nature of the artwork, the art world, and race in America. And although Bliz-aard Ball Sale has been frequently cited and is increasingly influential, it has long been known only through a mix of eyewitness rumors and a handful of photographs. Its details were as elusive as the artist himself; even its exact date was unrecorded. Like so much of the artist's work, it was conceived, it seems, to slip between our fingers—to trouble the grasp of the market, as much as of history and knowability. In this engaging study, Elena Filipovic collects a vast oral history of the ephemeral action, uncovering rare images and documents, and giving us singular insight into an artist who made an art of making himself difficult to find. And through it, she reveals Bliz-aard Ball Sale to be the backbone of a radical artistic oeuvre that transforms such notions as “art,” “commodity,” “performance,” and even “race” into categories that shift and dissolve, much like slowly melting snowballs.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 184638186X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Drawing on unpublished documents and oral histories, an illustrated examination of an iconic artwork of an artist who has made a lifework of tactical evasion. One wintry day in 1983, alongside other street sellers in the East Village, David Hammons peddled snowballs of various sizes. He had neatly laid them out in graduated rows and spent the day acting as obliging salesman. He called the evanescent and unannounced street action Bliz-aard Ball Sale, thus inscribing it into a body of work that, from the late 1960s to the present, has used a lexicon of ephemeral actions and self-consciously “black" materials to comment on the nature of the artwork, the art world, and race in America. And although Bliz-aard Ball Sale has been frequently cited and is increasingly influential, it has long been known only through a mix of eyewitness rumors and a handful of photographs. Its details were as elusive as the artist himself; even its exact date was unrecorded. Like so much of the artist's work, it was conceived, it seems, to slip between our fingers—to trouble the grasp of the market, as much as of history and knowability. In this engaging study, Elena Filipovic collects a vast oral history of the ephemeral action, uncovering rare images and documents, and giving us singular insight into an artist who made an art of making himself difficult to find. And through it, she reveals Bliz-aard Ball Sale to be the backbone of a radical artistic oeuvre that transforms such notions as “art,” “commodity,” “performance,” and even “race” into categories that shift and dissolve, much like slowly melting snowballs.
The Snowball System
Author: Mo Bunnell
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610399595
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Mo Bunnell's comprehensive system will help you win more clients, build stronger relationships, and bring in more business. If you're good at doing something, and you need to connect with paying clients in order to keep doing it, this book is for you. There are more of us out there than you might think -- from professionals like lawyers and consultants to big company account managers and freelancers of all stripes. And this book will teach you how to sell yourself without selling your soul. In The Snowball System, Mo Bunnell offers powerful and proven tools for business development. Whether you are gregarious or introverted, whether you are a part of a small startup or a massive multinational, Bunnell's science-based system is effective and efficient, and easily adapted into your day-to-day work. With The Snowball System, you will not only succeed at growing your business, you'll learn to enjoy doing the activities that drive that growth. You'll be happier, and so will your clients.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610399595
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Mo Bunnell's comprehensive system will help you win more clients, build stronger relationships, and bring in more business. If you're good at doing something, and you need to connect with paying clients in order to keep doing it, this book is for you. There are more of us out there than you might think -- from professionals like lawyers and consultants to big company account managers and freelancers of all stripes. And this book will teach you how to sell yourself without selling your soul. In The Snowball System, Mo Bunnell offers powerful and proven tools for business development. Whether you are gregarious or introverted, whether you are a part of a small startup or a massive multinational, Bunnell's science-based system is effective and efficient, and easily adapted into your day-to-day work. With The Snowball System, you will not only succeed at growing your business, you'll learn to enjoy doing the activities that drive that growth. You'll be happier, and so will your clients.
Snowball's Christmas
Author: Kristen McKanagh
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496729919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Snowball—an aptly named bundle of feline fluff—is thankful to be spending her first Christmas in the comfort of Weber Haus, the Victorian B&B run by Miss Tilly. Emily Diemer, who cooks for the guests, dotes on Snowball, but she’s not thrilled about another new arrival at the B&B: Miss Tilly’s nephew, Lukas. Which is odd, because Snowball’s animal instincts tell her that Lukas and Emily should definitely be friends. Everything Emily needs is in this quaint community—including, she hopes, the chance to open her own bakery one day. She doesn’t think much of Lukas for leaving his aging aunt to struggle while he jets around the world taking photographs. But now that he’s here, helping to spruce up the property and getting mixed up in Snowball’s antics, she begins to soften a little. Until she learns what he has planned . . . Lukas is going to sell Weber Haus so that Miss Tilly can retire. But Snowball is certain that this B&B, and these people, are supposed to be her forever home. Somehow she has to get these stubborn humans to see things through the wisdom of a cat’s eye and a kitten’s loyal, loving heart . . . “Expertly crafted . . . the perfect Christmas treat.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496729919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Snowball—an aptly named bundle of feline fluff—is thankful to be spending her first Christmas in the comfort of Weber Haus, the Victorian B&B run by Miss Tilly. Emily Diemer, who cooks for the guests, dotes on Snowball, but she’s not thrilled about another new arrival at the B&B: Miss Tilly’s nephew, Lukas. Which is odd, because Snowball’s animal instincts tell her that Lukas and Emily should definitely be friends. Everything Emily needs is in this quaint community—including, she hopes, the chance to open her own bakery one day. She doesn’t think much of Lukas for leaving his aging aunt to struggle while he jets around the world taking photographs. But now that he’s here, helping to spruce up the property and getting mixed up in Snowball’s antics, she begins to soften a little. Until she learns what he has planned . . . Lukas is going to sell Weber Haus so that Miss Tilly can retire. But Snowball is certain that this B&B, and these people, are supposed to be her forever home. Somehow she has to get these stubborn humans to see things through the wisdom of a cat’s eye and a kitten’s loyal, loving heart . . . “Expertly crafted . . . the perfect Christmas treat.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
Whiter Than Snow
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429934352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From The New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life changing effects it has on the people who live there Whiter Than Snow opens in 1920, on a spring afternoon in Swandyke, a small town near Colorado's Tenmile Range. Just moments after four o'clock, a large split of snow separates from Jubilee Mountain high above the tiny hamlet and hurtles down the rocky slope, enveloping everything in its path including nine young children who are walking home from school. But only four children survive. Whiter Than Snow takes you into the lives of each of these families: There's Lucy and Dolly Patch—two sisters, long estranged by a shocking betrayal. Joe Cobb, Swandyke's only black resident, whose love for his daughter Jane forces him to flee Alabama. There's Grace Foote, who hides secrets and scandal that belies her genteel façade. And Minder Evans, a civil war veteran who considers his cowardice his greatest sin. Finally, there's Essie Snowball, born Esther Schnable to conservative Jewish parents, but who now works as a prostitute and hides her child's parentage from all the world. Ultimately, each story serves as an allegory to the greater theme of the novel by echoing that fate, chance, and perhaps even divine providence, are all woven into the fabric of everyday life. And it's through each character's defining moment in his or her past that the reader understands how each child has become its parent's purpose for living. In the end, it's a novel of forgiveness, redemption, survival, faith and family.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429934352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From The New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life changing effects it has on the people who live there Whiter Than Snow opens in 1920, on a spring afternoon in Swandyke, a small town near Colorado's Tenmile Range. Just moments after four o'clock, a large split of snow separates from Jubilee Mountain high above the tiny hamlet and hurtles down the rocky slope, enveloping everything in its path including nine young children who are walking home from school. But only four children survive. Whiter Than Snow takes you into the lives of each of these families: There's Lucy and Dolly Patch—two sisters, long estranged by a shocking betrayal. Joe Cobb, Swandyke's only black resident, whose love for his daughter Jane forces him to flee Alabama. There's Grace Foote, who hides secrets and scandal that belies her genteel façade. And Minder Evans, a civil war veteran who considers his cowardice his greatest sin. Finally, there's Essie Snowball, born Esther Schnable to conservative Jewish parents, but who now works as a prostitute and hides her child's parentage from all the world. Ultimately, each story serves as an allegory to the greater theme of the novel by echoing that fate, chance, and perhaps even divine providence, are all woven into the fabric of everyday life. And it's through each character's defining moment in his or her past that the reader understands how each child has become its parent's purpose for living. In the end, it's a novel of forgiveness, redemption, survival, faith and family.
About A Snowball's Chance
Author: nicole higgins
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329587871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Still plagued by memories of his final, tragic mission in Afghanistan, Len MacAfee vows to never fail his comrades again. In this sequel to the Award-winning novel, 'The Next Call', Len teams up with his friend, Tim Branson to discover whether the attempted burglaries of 2 auto repair shops have any connection to anything more than a murder in Driscoll. And could that connection prove fatal to one of them?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329587871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Still plagued by memories of his final, tragic mission in Afghanistan, Len MacAfee vows to never fail his comrades again. In this sequel to the Award-winning novel, 'The Next Call', Len teams up with his friend, Tim Branson to discover whether the attempted burglaries of 2 auto repair shops have any connection to anything more than a murder in Driscoll. And could that connection prove fatal to one of them?
Midsummer Snowballs
Author: Andy Goldsworthy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The only book to document artist Andy Goldsworthy's most astonishing & largest ephemeral work to date -- thirteen huge snowballs, each weighing about a ton -- removed from the wilderness & placed on the streets of London in a unique symbolic confrontation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The only book to document artist Andy Goldsworthy's most astonishing & largest ephemeral work to date -- thirteen huge snowballs, each weighing about a ton -- removed from the wilderness & placed on the streets of London in a unique symbolic confrontation.
A Snowball's Chance
Author: Ally Hayes
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 150924090X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Native Californian, Kennedy Moore, is bequeathed a house in rural Indiana by her beloved Aunt Maggie. Kennedy agrees to give the one-year deal a chance, but when she is bombarded with small-town life, she knows she'll be on the first plane west by next Christmas. With trepidation, she attends the neighborhood Christmas cookie exchange offering her pathetic attempt at making snowball cookies. Unbeknownst to her, Aunt Maggie was famous for the treat. But Kennedy is in for her own treat when she runs into another millennial transplant at the party, and when she and Luke hit it off, her snowball's chance at staying in suburbia takes a surprising turn.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 150924090X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Native Californian, Kennedy Moore, is bequeathed a house in rural Indiana by her beloved Aunt Maggie. Kennedy agrees to give the one-year deal a chance, but when she is bombarded with small-town life, she knows she'll be on the first plane west by next Christmas. With trepidation, she attends the neighborhood Christmas cookie exchange offering her pathetic attempt at making snowball cookies. Unbeknownst to her, Aunt Maggie was famous for the treat. But Kennedy is in for her own treat when she runs into another millennial transplant at the party, and when she and Luke hit it off, her snowball's chance at staying in suburbia takes a surprising turn.
A Snowball's Chance in Texas
Author: Jen FitzGerald
Publisher: Knotted Hearts Publishing
ISBN: 1948236222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A reunion ten years in the making. Coast Guard Lieutenant Caleb Jackson is officially home on leave for a family gathering. In reality, he's home to win the heart of the man who's lingered in his thoughts for the better part of a decade. Musician Matt Miller arrives at his best friend's apartment with good news to share, only to come face to face with the boy--now a man--he had a forbidden crush on in high school. Caleb is finally in the same place at the same time as his secret love and nothing's going to keep him from his mission: winning Matt's heart. The only thing that can stop his plans is Matt's good news or Matt himself. But time has a way of changing things and that's all that Caleb has...time. Ten days to convince Matt that they can finally be together.
Publisher: Knotted Hearts Publishing
ISBN: 1948236222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A reunion ten years in the making. Coast Guard Lieutenant Caleb Jackson is officially home on leave for a family gathering. In reality, he's home to win the heart of the man who's lingered in his thoughts for the better part of a decade. Musician Matt Miller arrives at his best friend's apartment with good news to share, only to come face to face with the boy--now a man--he had a forbidden crush on in high school. Caleb is finally in the same place at the same time as his secret love and nothing's going to keep him from his mission: winning Matt's heart. The only thing that can stop his plans is Matt's good news or Matt himself. But time has a way of changing things and that's all that Caleb has...time. Ten days to convince Matt that they can finally be together.