Download or read book Edgycute written by Harry Saylor and published by Mark Batty Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resurgence in the popularity of illustrative art can be attributed to an array of factors. Although the acceptance of graphic novels as something more than ?just comic books? has been established for quite some time, when McSweeney's released its all comics issue in 2004, the mainstream media's reaction elevated the medium, its words and images, to something beyond genre. As a result, such drawings and illustrations have found their ways into marketing campaigns, ads and galleries. While the work of individual artists varies greatly, much of it strikes an irresistible pose, whether viewers are staring at enlarged heads on distorted bodies or a shot-dead bird, its killer and a birdhouse both crying. The work is at once disturbing but oddly attractive. We here at MBP have dubbed this quality ?EdgyCute.'

Download or read book Perfect Image written by Marisa Heath and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edgy, glitzy, addictive romance - be careful what you wish for... Young, naïve and stunning, Katrina is trying to make it as a model in Paris, sharing a tiny, run-down dorm and only just scraping a living. She's about to cut her loses and head back to London when she's spotted one night and asked out by THE ultimate movie heart-throb, actor Dominic Cayley. She knows not to get too excited though - his girlfriends never last longer than a few dates. But when he keeps turning up on her doorstep, whisking her off for super-glam party weekends in Monaco, showering her in expensive jewels and designer clothes, she's more than happy to be swept off her feet...

Download or read book Hard Tide written by Elise Noble and published by Undercover Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private investigator Ari Danner is out of money and out of luck in Las Vegas when she’s offered the biggest contract of her life. The first problem? The job is in California. The second problem? She’ll have to go undercover as a beach babe and she can’t even swim. But the money is too good to pass up, and she’ll do anything to secure her daughter’s future, even cosy up to pro surfer Zach Torres as she gathers evidence of his role in a sports betting scam. Zach doesn’t usually pick up women by giving them CPR on his surfboard, but right from the start, he knew Ari was different. Smart, easy to talk to, interested in more than his billboard-worthy abs. But secrets can tear love apart, and Zach soon finds that there’s more than his relationship at risk. Hard Tide is a standalone romantic suspense novel in the Blackstone House series. Keywords: Private investigator, sports, humor, celebrity, hidden identity, single mom, strong woman, romantic suspense, mystery, forced proximity, undercover, beach

Download or read book Slave Girl written by Alexa Moses and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snappy, witty, page-turning and enormous fun, this is a series that tweens will love.Ages: 10+ thirteen-year-old exchange student Jenna has nabbed an appointment in New York's coolest hair salon, but when her teacher insists she stay with the group at the boring Metropolitan Museum, she storms off and stumbles into what she thinks is a fancy-dress party. And it is a party. In ancient Egypt. 3500 years ago.Once Jenna accepts she's really travelled back in time, she realises she has to work out a way home - with only her big mouth, a smart phone and a pair of second-hand Marc Jacobs sandals to get her out alive. Jenna's attempts to bluff her way out of her precarious situation are often brave, sometimes ingenious and guaranteeably funny.

Download or read book Pop Surrealism written by Kirsten Anderson and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its origins in the 1960s hot rod culture and underground comix and rock music posters, Pop Surrealism/Lowbrow Art has evolved and expanded into the most vilified, vital, and exciting movement in contemporary art. Pop Surrealism is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of this movement featuring twenty-three of today's most important and interesting artists.

Download or read book Women of the Underground Art written by Zora von Burden and published by Manic D Press. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It is not about provocation, reaction or even invocation, it is about transformation: mentally and physically.”—Marina Abramovic, artist “Art is subjective, and if one sees something in an image, that projection is a reflection of the spectator, who sees what he or she wants to see, whose critique is relevant to him or herself, exposing his or her own perversions.”—Irina Ionesco, artist Until the late twentieth century, women’s creative skills were relegated to craft and decorative arts, and valued only for utilitarian purposes in service to others and the manufacturing of products to benefit society. After enduring the great injustice of being denied the freedom that self-expression brings through art for the joy of the human spirit, Women of the Underground: Art celebrates those female cultural innovators who are creating new artwork that pushes boundaries, dares to question, and redefines the genres of mixed media; theater; film; photography; and visual, conceptual, and performance art. In this groundbreaking anthology that will inspire artists and everyone interested in alternatives to mainstream culture, as well as serve as a reference book for art historians, twenty-six female artists describe their ideas, beginnings, influences, and creative techniques. Contains interviews with Lady Pink, Marina Abramovic, Orlan, Aleksandra Mir, Penny Arcade, Johanna Went, the Guerrilla Girls, and many others. Editor Zora von Burden was born and raised in San Francisco, California. A frequent contributor to The San Francisco Herald, von Burden also wrote the screenplay for Geoff Cordner’s underground cult classic film, Hotel Hopscotch.

Download or read book Delicious written by Jami Alden and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her sudden rise to stardom requires her to get a bodyguard, beautiful chef and TV star Reggie Caldwell hires Gabe Bankovic, a hunky man with whom she shared one night of passion long ago, and embarks on a sensual adventure beyond her wildest dreams.

Download or read book The Beat Of Love written by L. Loryn and published by L Loryn. This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They each need what the other has. Miguel Costa knows everyone in the celebrity world, but he’s not on the A-list. He’s on the C-list. Maybe the B-list if you ask the right person. He’s got a new movie coming out and what he needs is a quick injection of popularity. Tsela “WOLFE” Begay is on the A-list-- and he’s not even an actor. With long hair, brooding dark eyes, and a perpetual frown, he’s making women (and men) swoon left and right. The only problem is under dark eyes and a calm demeanor lies a volatile temper and bad press follows him around like a sick puppy. He needs Miguel’s wholesome reputation on his side. A little dirty work with their managers, and suddenly they’re in a good, old-fashioned celebrity relationship. Mandatory for a year, say their managers. But between Wolfe's terrible temper and some secrets from Miguel's past, can they really stick it out for a year? And make their fans believe it's real at the same time?

Download or read book The Dog Park Club written by Cynthia Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Chandler meets David Sedaris—the first in a dynamite new cozy series that's "a lot of fun, full of unexpected depths and twists." —Josh Bazell, bestselling author of Beat the Reaper Amy Carter is missing. And there's no one less capable of finding her than Max Bravo. Max Bravo is a mid-rung opera singer with a diva's towering ego. And he doesn't do favors. Not until the day he visits a troubled friend in Berkeley and offers to walk her dog. Max quickly discovers the local dog park. It's an odd, private little world—a preserve for neighborhood crackpots and lay-abouts, and, incidentally, their dogs. But, the park regulars are friendly. Clubby. They even serve beer. Before long, Max can't stay away. When one of the regulars disappears, Max's interest in the dog park turns to obsession. Amy Carter – beautiful, adored, pregnant – has vanished. The circumstances bode the worst. What happened to Amy? The dog park club has brewed up a theory. And they mean to prove it.

Download or read book No You and No Me written by Rick Linchitz and published by Non-Duality Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick Linchitz, true to what he says in this book, has no investment in being a 'teacher' and has a busy medical practice. What he says, though, is the most direct expression of the truth beyond the truths of spirituality and religion. I wanted his plain speaking, rigorous and humorous approach to be available more widely. We have transcribed some of his talks and satsangs and arranged them under subject headings, rather than chronologically, so that you can read from cover to cover or dip in as you please for inspiration. I hope that, like me, you will feel the thrill of resonance that wells up inside when something within us recognizes the beautiful simplicity of The Loving Awareness in Which All Arises. Julian Noyce - Non-Duality Press

Download or read book Shine Sistah Shine written by Ramona J. Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shine Sistah Shine" is an inspirational/motivational book geared towards women and girls in search of their true life purpose. Through relatable, raw and real life experiences, this book is a provoking starting tool for women ready to improve their lives emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

Download or read book There and Back written by Jimmy Chin and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Academy Award–winning director of Free Solo and National Geographic photographer presents the first collection of his iconic adventure photography, featuring some of the greatest moments of the most accomplished climbers and outdoor athletes in the world, and including more than 200 extraordinary photographs. “An extraordinary work of art.”—Jon Krakauer Filmmaker, photographer, and world-class mountaineer Jimmy Chin goes where few can follow to capture stunning images in death-defying situations. There and Back draws from his breathtaking portfolio of photographs, captured over twenty years during cutting-edge expeditions on all seven continents—from skiing Mount Everest, to an unsupported traverse of Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau on foot, to first ascents in Chad’s Ennedi Desert and Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land. Along the way, Chin shares behind-the-scenes details about how he captured such astounding images in impossible conditions, and tells the stories of the legendary adventurers and remarkable athletes he has photographed, including Alex Honnold, the star of his Academy Award–winning documentary film Free Solo; ski mountaineer Kit DesLauriers; snowboarder Travis Rice; and mountaineers Conrad Anker and Yvon Chouinard. These larger-than-life images, coupled with stories of outsized drive and passion, of impossible goals with life or death stakes, of partnerships forged through incredible hardship, are sure to inspire wonder and awe.

Download or read book Starr Valentine written by Abigail Drake and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starr Valentine, the most popular cheerleader at Middleton High, has led a charmed life. But the day she is chosen as the youngest member ever of homecoming court, is also the day her parents reveal a secret more than a decade old: They are monarchs in exile from a mysterious planet called Vega, and it’s time for all of them to return home. While she likes the idea of being a princess, Starr realizes something is terribly wrong when they arrive on their new world. She’s always been the best-looking girl in the room, but everyone is ignoring her and fawning over her frumpy older sister, Astra, and it doesn’t make sense. Although Astra is the sweetest person around, she’s never even had a date. So why is she now getting all the attention? Starr soon figures out the awful truth. The standard of beauty on Vega is different, and Starr isn’t pretty anymore. To make matters worse, everybody treats her like she’s annoying and shallow, including an irritatingly handsome young duke named Julian. Can Starr find a way to get noticed again, or is this once beautiful swan doomed to remain an ugly duckling forever?

Download or read book Sagas of Adolescence Stories for Students written by SaSa Shaler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My fascination with teenagers began when I was nine, and never entirely disappeared, even after living through the teens myself, even after having grown up enough to be thankful those years were behind me. My early influences undoubtedly contributed to this, as I grew up during the accent on youth culture of the late 1960s and the 1970s. Much of my continuing fascination with the tumultuous state of adolescence, the time of being neither a child nor an adult, is linked to my livelihood: I teach in an urban high school. Thus, I am surrounded by teens all the time. I am a natural storyteller, and when I decided to teach, I chose a graduate school program in which storytelling was highly respected and encouraged as a teaching tool. As a result, storytelling became an integral part of my teaching strategy. I have employed storytelling in every teaching position I have held. My nieces and nephews have looked forward to Aunt SaSa (myself) telling stories since they were tiny. Now the older ones are moving into adolescence. As a loving aunt, I want to be on the front lines of teaching them how to make good choices, and to keep themselves safe from bad influences. I have held teenage attention consistently by incorporating elements of my own adolescence into my stories. I have stressed that it is okay to make a mistake, because experience is the best, and the toughest, teacher. I follow with the sentiment, Try not to make the same mistake twice! I do deal in fiction; this is apparent to adults I grew up with who read my jaunty witticisms and follow the flawless judgment in my stories that they know for a fact I didnt have at that age! Yet, because there is a strong circle of love that exists for me, I know they will never give my young audience that word to the wise about SaSa!

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools Techniques written by Susan Pickering Rothamel and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Pickering Rothamel, author of the best-selling Encyclopedia of Scrapbook Tools and Techniques (Sterling/Chapelle, 2005), now turns her A-to-Z eye to another popular papercraft: greeting cards. With its detailed definitions of terms, tools, materials, and techniques; illustrated how-to instructions; and hundreds of handmade cards from leading artists, this will become the must-have visual reference for anyone interested in the craft. Photographs of delightful greeting cards appear on every spread, along with step-by-step pictures of key skills. Sidebars on leading card makers discuss the techniques for which they’re celebrated, from Dee Gruenig’s rubber-stamp designs to Alli Bartkowski’s quilling.

Download or read book Plague of Death written by D. L. Armillei and published by Diamond Cove Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Official Selection of the New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Publishing* Van’s light protects her world. But to defeat an unspeakable evil, she’ll have to embrace her darkness… Sixteen-year-old Vanessa Cross’s first clue that summer break will be anything but fun? She wipes out on her surfboard and envisions monsters. Back on land, life is its own kind of nightmare. Her hypocritical stepmother has a secret boyfriend. She can’t find the necklace her father left her. Her spirit guide talks in riddles. Her team isn’t taking junior Grigori training seriously, except Brux, the love of her life who can never be hers. Fearing that emotions could lead her down the dark path of her cursed ancestors, Van hardens her heart and focuses on her destiny: becoming the great warrior and protector of her people. She’s ready. She’s sure of it... until she gets an assignment that shakes her resolve. Van and her team race to repair a cracked seal separating the Living and Earth worlds, but clawing at the barrier is no ordinary demonic horde. This enemy is darker, stronger, hungrier. It falls squarely on Van—ready or not—to fulfill her mission for her friends. For her people. And for all humanity.

Download or read book Magician Rising written by Renée Des Lauriers and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark powers she can't control. Deadly hunters tracking her down. Can she rip the target off her back before it turns fatal? Jun Bear has lived with bad luck all her life. And when a professor threatens to give her a failing grade, the college senior sees her hopes for graduating in two months going down another ill-fated drain. But her fortunes plunge further when an unnatural earthquake shakes the campus and unleashes cold-blooded assassins after her head... Unsure what's happening, Jun finds herself facing a trained killer intent on exposing the wielder of the dangerous magic. And when she's provoked into revealing her unexpected new abilities, she's determined to prove her innocence before she's permanently eliminated. Can she win over an ally and survive a bloodthirsty secret society fixated on wiping her out? Magician Rising is the fast-paced first book in the Divination in Darkness urban fantasy series. If you like plucky heroines, gory humor, and breathtaking action, then you'll love Renee des Lauriers' gritty thrill-ride. Buy Magician Rising to get top marks in mayhem today!