Author: Melissa Stewart
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761445913
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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The Gross and Goofy Body series takes readers on a fresh and innovative journey through the body, giving them a fascinating view into all the weird and interesting things about human and animal bodies. Written in a fun, kid-friendly tone, and arranged in lively, illustration-full spreads rather than chapters, the Gross and Goofy Body couples gross and goofy facts about the body with serious science. Each book explores a new area or function of the body, from bones to nerves to sneezing and passing gas. Each spread is packed with visuals, including scientific photos as well as fun illustrations. a note from the author tells readers how information was gathered, and a find out more section includes websites and books.
Author: Daniel Lassell
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628954299
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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The first-ever poetry book set on a llama farm, Daniel Lassell’s debut collection, Spit, examines the roles we play in the act of belonging. It is a portrait of a boy living on a farm populated with chickens sung to sleep by lullaby, captive wolves next door that attack a child, and a herd of llamas learning to survive despite coyotes and a chaotic family. The collection in part explores the role of the body in health and illness and one’s treatment of the earth and others. A theme of spirituality also weaves throughout the collection as the speaker treks into adulthood, yearning for peace amid the decline of his parents’ marriage. Driven by a “wish to visit / some landless landscape,” the speaker eventually leaves his family’s farm, only to find that return is impossible. After losing the farm and the llama herd to his parents’ divorce, the speaker wrestles with the role of presence as it relates to healing, remarking, “I wish enough, / to have only // these memories I have.” Unflinching at every turn, the collection pushes the boundaries of “home” to arrive upon new meaning, definition, and purpose.
Author: Mary Batten
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228102267
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Spit uncovers the secrets secreting in the many mouths on the globe. From humans to cows to vampire bats to spitting spiders, this book looks at spit from many different angles to provide readers with the fascinating world found in this gross-out subject."--
Author: Jerry Lembcke
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814751473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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How the startling image of an anti-war protested spitting on a uniformed veteran misrepresented the narrative of Vietnam War political debate One of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester — often a woman — spitting on the uniformed veteran just off the plane. The lingering potency of this icon was evident during the Gulf War, when war supporters invoked it to discredit their opposition. In this startling book, Jerry Lembcke demonstrates that not a single incident of this sort has been convincingly documented. Rather, the anti-war Left saw in veterans a natural ally, and the relationship between anti-war forces and most veterans was defined by mutual support. Indeed one soldier wrote angrily to Vice President Spiro Agnew that the only Americans who seemed concerned about the soldier's welfare were the anti-war activists. While the veterans were sometimes made to feel uncomfortable about their service, this sense of unease was, Lembcke argues, more often rooted in the political practices of the Right. Tracing a range of conflicts in the twentieth century, the book illustrates how regimes engaged in unpopular conflicts often vilify their domestic opponents for "stabbing the boys in the back." Concluding with an account of the powerful role played by Hollywood in cementing the myth of the betrayed veteran through such films as Coming Home, Taxi Driver, and Rambo, Jerry Lembcke's book stands as one of the most important, original, and controversial works of cultural history in recent years.
Author: Cristy Road
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 1558618074
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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A twelve-year-old Cubanita finds refuge in punk music in this illustrated tour de force.
Author: Greg Downs
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820342939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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With a reporter's eye for the inside story and a historian's grasp of the ironies in our collective past, Greg Downs affectionately observes some of the last survivors of what Greil Marcus has called the old, weird America. Living off the map and out of sight, folks like Embee, Rudy, Peg, and Branch define themselves by where they are, not by what they eat, drink, or wear. The man who is soon to abandon his family in "Ain't I a King, Too?" is mistaken for the populist autocrat of Louisiana, Huey P. Long—on the day after Long's assassination. In "Hope Chests," a history teacher marries his student and takes her away from a place she hated, only to find that neither one of them can fully leave it behind. An elderly man in "Snack Cakes" enlists his grandson to help distribute his belongings among his many ex-wives, living and dead. In the title story, another intergenerational family tale, a young boy is caught in a feud between his mother and grandmother. The older woman uses the language of baseball to convey her view of religion and nobility to her grandson before the boy's mother takes him away, maybe forever. Caught up in pasts both personal and epic, Downs's characters struggle to maintain their peculiar, grounded manners in an increasingly detached world.
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Category : Smokeless tobacco
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Author: Connie Colwell Miller
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429633557
Category : Drooling
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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"Describes what spit consists of, how the human body manufactures spit, and why spit is gross"--Provided by publisher.
Author: James Bergman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788171739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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Describes the status of youth use of spit tobacco (snuff and chewing tobacco) in six areas: prevalence and patterns of use, health effects, environmental influences on use, product promotion and sales, regulation and enforcement, and educational efforts. Focuses on data developed after 1985 for users under the age of 19, and found spit tobacco use persists as a national health problem. Information came from four major sources: literature review, national and regional data on prevalence and use patterns, experts in spit tobacco issues, and young users. Found that 1 in 5 high school males used spit tobacco; age 11 or 12 is typical for starting use.
Author: Kathryn Tucker Windham
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1603061142
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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With sprightly humor and a lifetime spent observing Southern culture, beloved storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham shares memories of her childhood in Thomasville, Alabama. She affectionately recounts stories about family members, friends, and favorite pastimes. Spit, Scarey Ann, and Sweat Bees recalls small-town life in the 1920s and ’30s, garnished with ruminations about folktales and superstitions. Mrs. Windham recalls how Thurza, the family cook, tucked a wooden match in her hair to cure a headache, and how her father spit in his hat when a rabbit crossed the road. She ponders the origins of old sayings and the creativity of children’s play before television and air conditioning. One thing leads to another, Mrs. Windham says, ticking off the items she wants us not to forget. In every phrase, the reader hears her voice, almost as if our favorite story teller was in the room.
