Download or read book Gig written by John Bowe and published by Crown. This book was released on 2001-08-21 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An engaging, humorous, revealing, and refreshingly human look at the bizarre, life-threatening, and delightfully humdrum exploits of everyone from sports heroes to sex workers.” -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of Coercion, Ecstasy Club, and Media Virus This wide-ranging survey of the American economy at the turn of the millennium is stunning, surprising, and always entertaining. It gives us an unflinching view of the fabric of this country from the point of view of the people who keep it all moving. The more than 120 roughly textured monologues that make up Gig beautifully capture the voices of our fast-paced and diverse economy. The selections demonstrate how much our world has changed--and stayed the same--in the three decades prior to the turn of the millennium. If you think things have speeded up, become more complicated and more technological, you're right. But people's attitudes about their jobs, their hopes and goals and disappointments, endure. Gig's soul isn't sociological--it's emotional. The wholehearted diligence that people bring to their work is deeply, inexplicably moving. People speak in these pages of the constant and complex stresses nearly all of them confront on the job, but, nearly universally, they throw themselves without reservation into coping with them. Instead of resisting work, we seem to adapt to it. Some of us love our jobs, some of us don't, but almost all of us are not quite sure what we would do without one. With all the hallmarks of another classic on this subject, Gig is a fabulous read, filled with indelible voices from coast to coast. After hearing them, you'll never again feel quite the same about how we work.
Download or read book Making the Grade written by Mark Pruitt and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to dominate your college classes? Making the Grade can help you learn more effectively, earn killer grades, and help you have an awesome college experience. These short, easy-to-read lessons can improve the way you take notes, The way you study, And The way you use your time. When Mark Pruitt followed these techniques, he made a 95% or higher in every class. Let Mark help you get the most out of your college years...TODAY!
Download or read book You Don t Own Me written by Mary Higgins Clark and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are here with their fifth enthralling mystery in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series as television producer Laurie Moran must solve the murder of a celebrity doctor—before a mysterious stalker plots his next move. Television producer Laurie Moran recently became engaged to her investigative television show’s former host, Alex Buckley, and since then, the two have been happily planning a summer wedding, preparing for Alex’s confirmation to a federal judicial appointment, and searching for the perfect New York City home for their new life together. But then Laurie is approached by Robert and Cynthia Bell, parents of Dr. Martin Bell, a physician who was shot dead as he pulled into the driveway of his Greenwich Village carriage house five years ago. The Bells are sure that Martin’s disgraced and erratic wife, Kendra, carried out the murder. Determined to prove Kendra’s guilt and win custody over their grandchildren, they plead with Laurie to feature their son’s case on Under Suspicion, ensuring her that Kendra is willing to cooperate. As Laurie dives into the case, she learns that Martin wasn’t the picture-perfect husband, father, and doctor he appeared to be and was carrying secrets of his own. And what does the web of lies ensnaring the Bell family have to do with a dangerous stranger, who gazes at Laurie from afar and thinks, She is actually quite a lovely girl, I’m sure she’s going to be missed…? You Don’t Own Me is the perfect, exhilarating follow up to the bestselling Every Breath You Take. The “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and her dazzling partner-in-crime Alafair Burke have devised another riveting page-turner.
Download or read book Out of Order written by Ross Hockrow and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most video and film editors understand that the story is central to their work and that editing choices need to serve the telling of that story in the best way possible. What they may not know, however, are all the valuable techniques to making this craft appear seamless and part of the busy editor’s normal workflow. This book takes an approach to editing that both beginners and intermediate editors will find refreshing. While other books approach the topic of editing by teaching the functions of the editing software, this book explains how you can make smart choices and use those functions to affect the story. In the book you’ll learn workflow tips, time saving techniques, linear and non-linear theory, cutting techniques, enhancing emotion through music and sound effects, leveling and mastering audio, color correction, and most importantly, the role editing can have on the telling of the story. Additional techniques are shown through multiple step-by-step videos available on the author’s site as well as clips from a documentary the author created on editing.
Download or read book Under the Juniper Tree written by F. Sawyer and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cracking the PSAT NMSQT 2013 Edition written by Jeff Rubenstein and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides sample questions and answers, test-taking strategies, and two full-length practice tests with answers and explanations.
Download or read book Let it Blurt written by Jim DeRogatis and published by Crown. This book was released on 2000-04-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let It Blurt is the raucous and righteous biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82)--the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. No writer on rock 'n' roll ever lived harder or wrote better--more passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electric, and more alive, in the course of which he charted and defined the aesthetics of heavy metal and punk. He was treated as a peer by such brash visionaries as Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Debbie Harry, and other luminaries. Let It Blurt is a scrupulously researched account of Lester Bangs's fascinating (if often tawdry and unappetizing) life story, as well as a window on rock criticism and rock culture in their most turbulent and creative years. It includes a never-before-published piece by Bangs, the hilarious "How to Be a Rock Critic," in which he reveals the secrets of his dubious, freeloading trade.
Download or read book Where are the Watchmen written by Jesse H. Pettus and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is in a post-Christian era that began on January 22, 1973, when the US Supreme Court legalized abortion. Since that day, sixty million and counting have been destroyed. This is a direct violation of Amendment V of the US Constitution. The unborn are the endangered species while animals are protected.
Download or read book The Rock History Reader written by Theo Cateforis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rock History Reader is an eclectic compilation of readings that tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice throughout its six decade history. The readings range from the vivid autobiographical accounts of such rock icons as Ronnie Spector and David Lee Roth to the writings of noted rock critics like Lester Bangs and Chuck Klosterman. It also includes a variety of selections from media critics, musicologists, fanzine writers, legal experts, sociologists and prominent political figures. Many entries also deal specifically with distinctive styles such as Motown, punk, disco, grunge, rap and indie rock. Each entry includes headnotes, which place it in its historical context. This second edition includes new readings on the early years of rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ roll, as well as entries on payola, mods, the rise of FM rock, progressive rock and the PMRC congressional hearings. In addition, there is a wealth of new material on the 2000s that explores such relatively recent developments as emo, mash ups, the explosion of internet culture and new media, and iconic figures like Radiohead and Lady Gaga. With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship, copyright, race relations, feminism, youth subcultures, and the meaning of musical value, The Rock History Reader continues to appeal to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines.
Download or read book Between the Cracks 1 6 written by P.D. Workman and published by pd workman. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 2035 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the lives of the Simpson family, their lives torn apart by abuse and neglect. Get the full series! Ruby, Between the Cracks Ruby, Between the Cracks, was awarded a place in the Top Ten Books for Teens 2015. Winner of Top Ten Books for Teens award by In the Margins Committee, 2015. If you asked Ruby, she’d tell you she’s happy with her life. She’s tough and independent and doesn’t depend on anyone else. But things aren’t as rosy as she would have everyone believe, and the road ahead of her is filled not only with gangs, drugs, and depression, but other challenges that Ruby hasn’t even imagined. June & Justin Justin already failed June once. He wasn’t there when she needed him, and because of him, their lives will never be the same. Justin must protect June at all costs. But it seems they are always falling behind, barely keeping one step ahead of the nightmares. Michelle When Michelle asked to be taken away from her abusive mother, she never expected to lose everyone she loved in the process. They said they would keep her and Kenny together. Her daddy said he would be back, but he wasn’t. All too soon, they are forced to reunite her with their mother, and Michelle is forced to take to the streets, seeking safety in the gang life. Chloe Chloe had known for a long time that she was two people. The Chloe who watched and the Chloe who experienced. She had been watching for so long, she wasn’t sure she could feel anything anymore. But if she can’t overcome her past and start living in the real world, she knows she will lose herself forever. Ronnie Ronnie was the one child in the Simpson family to escape from the abuse and grow up in a normal home without being bounced from place to place or ending up on the street. That was what the others all thought. That was what Ronnie told herself. When Ronnie could remember. June Into the Light Getting clean is just the first of June’s challenges, and as difficult as it is, may be the easiest part. The path ahead is filled with so many obstacles she can’t see her way through to the other side. Facing her children and convincing them that she has really changed and is capable of a healthy relationship with them seems like an insurmountable task.
Download or read book Point Blank written by Mike Ryan and published by Ryan Publishing. This book was released on with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blank Spaces written by Brenda Conaway and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I truly believe this book is a good read; that it is a good story. One that I think most people will enjoy. It has drama, suspense, a little comedy, and romance. But there is murder, kidnapping, and mystery. What more could you want? All I ask is for you to give it a try. Remember the title is Blank Spaces, a novel about forgotten memories. Melissa Morgan is a young woman who desperately wants to remember her childhood. Her brother, Stephen, would rather she didn't. Her childhood was filled with tragedy. Stephen remembers, and he can see no reason for Melissa to remember, to the point that he will do anything to keep her from remembering. Melissa is kidnapped, and she starts having nightmares about her father. Even after being rescued, she continues to have nightmares. Her roommate, Lacey, suggests getting professional help. Jesse Taylor is stunned to see Melissa on the evening news. There, on TV, is the only person who can clear his name from a crime that he did not commit. Is this a sign that he is to go to her? Wanting to get his name cleared, Jesse asks Melissa to help him. Melissa has no idea why he is asking for her help until he tells her the truth that she is the only witness to her father's murder. Now Melissa must remember her childhood to help Jesse. Stephen is adamant that she not remember. But Melissa wants to fill in the blank spaces in her mind even if it means destroying her mind completely.
Download or read book Simplify and Reform the Truth in Lending Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 2206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book End Game written by John Gilstrap and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a government scientist must be found at any cost in this taut political thriller that “starts off explosively and keeps on rolling” (Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter). Deep in the American Heartland, a team of assassins goes to work. In short order, a Chechen scientist and double agent for the U.S. government is dead. But the team didn’t exactly finish the job. The man’s teenage son is still alive. In possession of crucial and potentially lethal information, he’s now on the run—and off the grid. The feds know who to call: Jonathan Grave and his elite rescue team at Security Solutions. Their mission is simple: find the boy and keep his information out of the wrong hands. But simple doesn’t mean easy. The boy has a bodyguard with unusual talents, and she's not giving up without a fight. Only by bringing them both back alive can Grave expose the traitor in the highest levels of power—and prevent an all-out nuclear war.
Download or read book NARCISSISTIC ABUSE RECOVERY written by Erica Fenty and published by Erica Fenty. This book was released on with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever asked yourself What a narcissist is? Have you ever asked yourself if also you are narcissist? Do you ever interact with someone who is? No? yes? Well, if you want to discover it, then keep listening. The answer is that there are narcissists all around us in the world. With this Ultimate Narcissist Guide Seven books in one, we'll go in-depth on these topics: · Narcissistic Mothers · Narcissistic Parents · The Covert Narcissist · Toxic Relationships · Emotional Abuse in Marriage · Border Personality Disorder · Empath Healing Dealing with a narcissist can feel lonely. It can feel like you are isolated from others. It may feel like you are walking on eggshells in the hope of not making your partner mad. And no matter how hard you try, you are always the one to blame, and it is impossible for you ever to meet the impossible standards of the narcissist. This Collection guidebook will spend some time talking about narcissistic abuse and what it is all about. We will look at some of the basics that come with this abuse, how a narcissist thinks, especially when compared to others, talk about narcissism, Family Abuse, and BPD, and so much more. Some of the topics that we are going to explore in regard to narcissistic abuse include: · Understanding the narcissist · Seeing the signs that come with narcissistic abuse. · The monster of narcissism and understanding the different causes of narcissism. · How to understand the true self versus the false self and why these are both important when it comes to seeing why a narcissist acts the way they do. · The target of the narcissist. · Understanding the cycle of abuse when a narcissist is involved. · The symptoms of abuse that you will find with a victim. · How to escape from the abuse and help yourself heal after dealing with the abuser. · How to take some time to learn more about yourself and who you truly are, away from the narcissist. · What is narcissistic abuse? · Are there different types of narcissists? The road that the target is going to take when they try to recover. If all of this sounds like your ideal audiobook, then... get it now!
Download or read book Blank Space written by Aaron Strent and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A couple of light novellas put back to back to fill in the spaces left in the first two novels by supporting characters. Blank Space covers some storyline bridging the gap between the character introduction section of the Vermillion series and the soon to emerge point of conflict.
