Author: Connie O'Reyes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732370319
Category : Work
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Connie has had bad luck with coworkers ever since her lemonade stand partners pushed her out at the age of six. In her debut collection of humor essays based in Chicago, Connie provides entertainment with hysterical stories about life both in and out of the office that will have you laughing out loud in the break room.
I Hate Your Face
Author: Connie O'Reyes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732370319
Category : Work
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Connie has had bad luck with coworkers ever since her lemonade stand partners pushed her out at the age of six. In her debut collection of humor essays based in Chicago, Connie provides entertainment with hysterical stories about life both in and out of the office that will have you laughing out loud in the break room.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732370319
Category : Work
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Connie has had bad luck with coworkers ever since her lemonade stand partners pushed her out at the age of six. In her debut collection of humor essays based in Chicago, Connie provides entertainment with hysterical stories about life both in and out of the office that will have you laughing out loud in the break room.
If I Had Your Face
Author: Frances Cha
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0593129474
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania “Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience—and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.”—The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • Esquire • Bustle • BBC • New York Post • InStyle Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul “room salon,” an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood. Kyuri’s roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country’s biggest conglomerates. Down the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life. And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea’s brutal economy. Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0593129474
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania “Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience—and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide.”—The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • Esquire • Bustle • BBC • New York Post • InStyle Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul “room salon,” an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood. Kyuri’s roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country’s biggest conglomerates. Down the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life. And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea’s brutal economy. Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them.
The Beauty of Your Face
Author: Sahar Mustafah
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393542041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2020 Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, The Beauty of Your Face is “a story of outsiders coming together in surprising and uplifting ways” (New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice). The Beauty of Your Face tells a uniquely American story in powerful, evocative prose. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter—radicalized by the online alt-right—attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories, and into a profound and “moving” (Bustle) exploration of one woman’s life in a nation at odds with its ideals.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393542041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2020 Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, The Beauty of Your Face is “a story of outsiders coming together in surprising and uplifting ways” (New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice). The Beauty of Your Face tells a uniquely American story in powerful, evocative prose. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter—radicalized by the online alt-right—attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories, and into a profound and “moving” (Bustle) exploration of one woman’s life in a nation at odds with its ideals.
I Hate Myselfie
Author: Shane Dawson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476791546
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Shane Dawson, dubbed 'YouTube's comic for the under-30 set' by the New York Times, reveals some of his most embarrassing moments in 20 original, personal essays that are at once hilarious and heartwarming, self-deprecating, and ultimately inspiring to his audience of more than 12 million channel subscribers"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476791546
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Shane Dawson, dubbed 'YouTube's comic for the under-30 set' by the New York Times, reveals some of his most embarrassing moments in 20 original, personal essays that are at once hilarious and heartwarming, self-deprecating, and ultimately inspiring to his audience of more than 12 million channel subscribers"--
To See Your Face Again
Author: Eugenia Price
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1620455064
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
div> Natalie Browning was a spoiled belle of sixteen when she met the man of her dreams aboard the steamship Pulaski. Burke Latimer, only eight years her senior, was a self-made man with no time for a pretty child. Then a night of terror ended the voyage and Burke discovered another Natalie. But the night that brought him love also wreaked disaster on his fortune, and Burke was forced to ask Natalie to wait until he could make a home worthy of her. Life had never denied Natalie before. Her need to be with Burke drove her to follow him to Georgia's back country, hoping to show him she was ready to be his bride. Could she grow up before she lost the love of her life forever?
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1620455064
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
div> Natalie Browning was a spoiled belle of sixteen when she met the man of her dreams aboard the steamship Pulaski. Burke Latimer, only eight years her senior, was a self-made man with no time for a pretty child. Then a night of terror ended the voyage and Burke discovered another Natalie. But the night that brought him love also wreaked disaster on his fortune, and Burke was forced to ask Natalie to wait until he could make a home worthy of her. Life had never denied Natalie before. Her need to be with Burke drove her to follow him to Georgia's back country, hoping to show him she was ready to be his bride. Could she grow up before she lost the love of her life forever?
They Used to Call Me Snow White ... But I Drifted
Author: Gina Barreca
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611684463
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Published by Viking in 1991 and issued as a paperback through Penguin Books in 1992, Snow White became an instant classic for both academic and general audiences interested in how women use humor and what others (men) think about funny women. Barreca, who draws on the work of scholars, writers, and comedians to illuminate a sharp critique of the gender-specific aspects of humor, provides laughs and provokes arguments as she shows how humor helps women break rules and occupy center stage. Barreca's new introduction provides a funny and fierce, up-to-the-minute account of the fate of women's humor over the past twenty years, mapping what has changed in our culture--and questioning what hasn't.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611684463
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Published by Viking in 1991 and issued as a paperback through Penguin Books in 1992, Snow White became an instant classic for both academic and general audiences interested in how women use humor and what others (men) think about funny women. Barreca, who draws on the work of scholars, writers, and comedians to illuminate a sharp critique of the gender-specific aspects of humor, provides laughs and provokes arguments as she shows how humor helps women break rules and occupy center stage. Barreca's new introduction provides a funny and fierce, up-to-the-minute account of the fate of women's humor over the past twenty years, mapping what has changed in our culture--and questioning what hasn't.
Reverse Psychology
Author: Charles Ludlam
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573691232
Category : Psychiatrists
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"This hilarious farce by the author of The Mystery of Irma Vep is about a husband and wife, both psychiatrists, who are each having an affair with a patient of the other who are also husband and wife! One patient is struggling to overcome her inability to have sex in bed and her compulsion to buy lawn mowers at Bloomingdale's. Her doctor would rather ridicule mental illness and make social engagements than listen to her babble on. The other patient, an artist, is desperate for recognition; whereas his psychiatrist is unduly worried that latent bed wetters might ruin the couch." --Descripción del editor.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573691232
Category : Psychiatrists
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"This hilarious farce by the author of The Mystery of Irma Vep is about a husband and wife, both psychiatrists, who are each having an affair with a patient of the other who are also husband and wife! One patient is struggling to overcome her inability to have sex in bed and her compulsion to buy lawn mowers at Bloomingdale's. Her doctor would rather ridicule mental illness and make social engagements than listen to her babble on. The other patient, an artist, is desperate for recognition; whereas his psychiatrist is unduly worried that latent bed wetters might ruin the couch." --Descripción del editor.
Hatred
Author: Berit Brogaard
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190084448
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The first in-depth philosophical analysis of personal hate and group hate, Hatred: Understanding Our Most Dangerous Emotion explores how personal hatred can foster domestic violence and emotional abuse; how hate-proneness is a main contributor to the aggressive tendencies of borderlines, narcissists and psychopaths; how seemingly ordinary people embark on some of history's worst hate crimes; and how cohesive groups, subjected to spontaneous forces of group polarization, can develop extremist viewpoints of the sort that motivate hate crimes, mass shootings, and terrorism.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190084448
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The first in-depth philosophical analysis of personal hate and group hate, Hatred: Understanding Our Most Dangerous Emotion explores how personal hatred can foster domestic violence and emotional abuse; how hate-proneness is a main contributor to the aggressive tendencies of borderlines, narcissists and psychopaths; how seemingly ordinary people embark on some of history's worst hate crimes; and how cohesive groups, subjected to spontaneous forces of group polarization, can develop extremist viewpoints of the sort that motivate hate crimes, mass shootings, and terrorism.
Wisdom of a Young Poet
Author: Sheneisha Taylor
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149317617X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
This poetry is for all those beautiful girls. Who were told that they could not be what they wanted Whose rainbows were not in color. Whose dreams were turned into sad nightmares Our lights shine bright right now
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149317617X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
This poetry is for all those beautiful girls. Who were told that they could not be what they wanted Whose rainbows were not in color. Whose dreams were turned into sad nightmares Our lights shine bright right now
In Your Face
Author: Sami Pauly
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504327594
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Over the past several years the issue of bullying has gotten a higher profile. We are finally beginning to realize that more effective preventative measures have to take place. Unfortunately, many kids have lost their lives to these incidents, either from the hands of violent acts or being driven to taking their own lives. This book teaches you how to live your life without drama and how to turn the tables on bullies. Many kids go to school being humiliated and pretend to be the superior person. They tell everyone that they just ignore or dont pay attention to these words. This would be awesome if this were true. Instead, they arrive to their homes and hammer their brains with the comments that were intended to hurt them. This book will give you step-by-step approaches on how to really ignore the attempts to destroy your soul. Nobody is a waste of space even if you feel like that now. Maybe you are not seeing how much you mean to other people or the effect you will have on the lives of the people that you will meet tomorrow. Dont let another persons shadow prevent you from shining your light!
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504327594
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Over the past several years the issue of bullying has gotten a higher profile. We are finally beginning to realize that more effective preventative measures have to take place. Unfortunately, many kids have lost their lives to these incidents, either from the hands of violent acts or being driven to taking their own lives. This book teaches you how to live your life without drama and how to turn the tables on bullies. Many kids go to school being humiliated and pretend to be the superior person. They tell everyone that they just ignore or dont pay attention to these words. This would be awesome if this were true. Instead, they arrive to their homes and hammer their brains with the comments that were intended to hurt them. This book will give you step-by-step approaches on how to really ignore the attempts to destroy your soul. Nobody is a waste of space even if you feel like that now. Maybe you are not seeing how much you mean to other people or the effect you will have on the lives of the people that you will meet tomorrow. Dont let another persons shadow prevent you from shining your light!