Download or read book Big Fabulous written by Randi M. Sherman and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imperfect, impervious and improving, Brenda Cankles is an unlikely heroine. Unfazed by the enduring censure of society, she is determined to realize the fabulous life that she has always believed is her destiny. Brenda’s story—written in the unflinching first person—is utterly unvarnished. Here, find a fantastically real person, sometimes struggling to fit in, but mostly giving the rest of the world the mother-lovin’ bird. From her clunky childhood through her stumbling yet optimistic adolescence to her full-figured and unapologetic emergence into adulthood, Brenda is a special brand of warrior. She is big, bold and beautiful. While the quirky cast of characters who surround her is eternally insistent that Brenda live her life in the background and fit into society’s mold, she will have none of it. Dip into the outspoken world of Brenda Cankles and get lost in the adventure of a big and fabulous gal who takes no prisoners, makes no excuses and has never had any doubt about how truly special she is.

Download or read book The Fabulous Clipjoint written by Fredric Brown and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vice and murder prowl Chicago--and one man hunts a killer through the glittering Gold Coast and seamy back alleys! Edgar Award Winner for Best First Novel (1948).

Download or read book The Rings of Sodom written by E. Thornton Goode Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethan Trendeau, a concert pianist, and his partner, Shawn McAllister, an architect, leave their New York City apartment and buy a turn-of-the-century Victorian house on the coast of Maine. It is located north of Portland and south of Bar Harbor. After doing some research on the house, they realize it has a strange history. Everyone refers to it as the ‘Haunted House’. Little did anyone really know how strange until they discover a hidden room in the basement. Hank Morris, a carpenter and plumber from town, helps them open a bricked-up doorway to the room. After removing the bricks, they enter the room and discover a horrifying sight. None of them had any idea the Pandora Box they had just opened and the terror that was released.

Download or read book A Do Right Man written by Omar Tyree and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-06-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handsome and successful Bobby Dallas has everything a good man could ever want—except a good woman. Bobby Dallas, a budding radio talk-show host, has no skeletons or kids in the closet. All that's missing is a talented, sexy, smart Black woman by his side. And that should be easy, right? But after a shattering breakup with his first love, Bobby wanders for years between women and jobs, unsure about marriage, family, economics, and his overall stability. Having achieved his dream of becoming a highly successful radio talk-show host, Bobby is a man with the best of intentions not only in his career, but also in love. He learns, though, that being a “do right man” in this society is far from easy.

Download or read book Factfulness written by Hans Rosling and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” —Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. --- “This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope this book will be.” Hans Rosling, February 2017.

Download or read book My New Roots written by Sarah Britton and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.

Download or read book The First Eight written by George A. Logan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Staring at Sound The True Story of Oklahoma s Fabulous Flaming Lips written by Jim DeRogatis and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-03-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing and intimate portrait of the Oklahoma-based psychedelic pop band the Flaming Lips, cult heroes to millions of indie-rock fans. In July 2002, the Flaming Lips released an ambitious album called Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which merged elements of orchestral pop, electronic dance music, and old-fashioned psychedelic rock with lyrical themes that were simultaneously poignant and philosophical and supremely silly. The album sold a million copies worldwide, introduced the Flaming Lips to a mass audience, and made them one of the best-known cult bands in rock history. Staring at Sound is the tale of the Flaming Lips’s fascinating career (which, in reality, began in 1983) and the many colorful personalities in their orbit, especially Wayne Coyne, their charismatic and visionary founder. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the band, it follows the Flaming Lips through the thriving indie-rock underground of the 1980s and the alternative-rock movement of the early ’90s, during which they found fans in such rock legends as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, and Devo, and respected peers in such acts as the White Stripes, Radiohead, and Beck. It concludes with exclusive coverage of the creation of the group’s latest album, At War with the Mystics.

Download or read book The Cottage written by Judy Prescott Marshall and published by Judy Prescott Marshall. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Judy Prescott Marshall multi-award-winning writer of STILL CRAZY and THE INN IN RHODE ISLAND comes the final book THE COTTAGE. A series that digs where others fear to tread. Do you believe in second chances? This small cottage once served as a safe harbor for Julie. It allowed her to find herself, restore her faith, believe in her dream and it is where Dan found her. Soon the cottage will serve as the inn’s bridal suite, a warm place for new beginnings and everlasting love. Dan and Julie Holliday are looking forward to enjoying their retirement running The Inn in Rhode Island, a twenty-five room inn surrounded by tranquil gardens, a pond boasting serenity, peaceful hiking trails, and a brand new swimming pool. At the inn, weddings are special, author events are exciting and afternoon tea is a must. The staff at the inn are gearing up for their most profitable year to date. Best of all, Dan and Julie are building their dream home – a farmhouse in Julie’s favorite harborside – Point Judith. First, the Hollidays are going on a long awaited vacation to Italy. Just when life seems to be perfect, one of them is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and everyone at the inn must come together to do whatever they can.

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Download or read book You re Making Me Hate You written by Corey Taylor and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling leadsinger of Slipknot and Stone Sour's hilarious trawl through the endless backwaters of human stupidity Corey Taylor has had it. Had it with the vagaries of human behavior and life in this postmodern digital blanked-out waiting room that passes for a world. Reality TV, awful music, terrible drivers, megamalls, airports, family reunions, bad fashion choices, other people's monstrous children, and badly-behaved "adult" human beings are warping life in the twenty-first century into an often-unbearable endurance test of one's patience, fortitude, and faith. You're Making Me Hate You is a blisteringly funny diatribe that skewers the worst aspects of human behavior with a knowing eye for every excruciating detail, told in the vivid way that only Corey Taylor can. Like his previous bestselling forays, You're Making Me Hate You is an unflinching glimpse into the mind of Corey Taylor, who spares no one from his seething gaze. Make no mistake: this is not the Corey Taylor you run into at meet-and-greets or in line at the coffee shop. This is not the kind and cuddly guy who kisses babies and takes pictures with your mom while leaving a voicemail for that distant cousin in college. This is not the loveable scamp who can poke just as much fun at himself as he does at the various rubes around him, though to be fair he does save one chapter for a brutal and lacerating self-analysis. This is Corey Motherfucking Taylor. This is the Great Big Mouth. This is that bastard you wonder about when you listen to Slipknot and Stone Sour. Funny, profane, blasphemous, and above all right on target, You're Making Me Hate You is pure Corey Taylor unleashed, exposing the underbelly of human depravity in all its ragged glory.

Download or read book If You Don t Laugh You ll Cry written by Angie Kent and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angie Kent won hearts and friends when she partnered with best friend Yvie Jones to commentate from the couch as we watched them watching TV on Gogglebox. Then Angie proved a stalwart on the 2019 season of I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! And THEN she became the unforgettable 2019 Bachelorette. It's clear Australia can't get enough of Angie - and now she gives us some of her quirky, funny, warm-hearted wisdom on life, love and everything in between, in the form of a book. With no holds barred - just as you'd expect - Angie talks about her challenges with mental health and body image; her family and friends; what has and hasn't worked in her relationships, and what she has learned - the hard way - about life. There are plenty of laughs, and some tears, and always plenty of heart. Angie's is the voice of your imaginary best friend - the one who always has your back, and who knows just what to say because she's been there before.

Download or read book The Forever Club written by Martin Kramer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-10-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny Finn-a pop star with a tendency to faint when nervous-has grown weary of living in fame's fishbowl. He's tired of touring, fed up with teenage girls intent on tearing his clothes and screaming in his ear, sick of the endless stream of tabloid lies. His agent offers Danny the chance to escape by faking his own death. When Danny suspects the Graybill Agency's fake-death scheme may be more deadly than fake, he turns to an unlikely source for help-tabloid reporter Kendall Shear. This suspenseful, quirky tale takes you on a wild ride with a peculiar collection of characters, including a bodyguard who debates the difference between irony and coincidence, two college girls who share custody of a half-eaten sandwich, and a hit man who brings his mark out of a coma. All the while, the tension builds as Danny tries to stay a step ahead of those he once trusted who now want him out of the way-for good The Forever Club twists and turns with interwoven plots that come together in a pulse-pounding conclusion.

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Download or read book Nineteen eighty four written by George Orwell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a dystopian social science fiction novel and morality tale. The novel is set in the year 1984, a fictional future in which most of the world has been destroyed by unending war, constant government monitoring, historical revisionism, and propaganda. The totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party and known as Airstrip One, now includes Great Britain as a province. The Party uses the Thought Police to repress individuality and critical thought. Big Brother, the tyrannical ruler of Oceania, enjoys a strong personality cult that was created by the party's overzealous brainwashing methods. Winston Smith, the main character, is a hard-working and skilled member of the Ministry of Truth's Outer Party who secretly despises the Party and harbors rebellious fantasies.

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Download or read book Price Of Pryce written by YERB and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hybrid mates, Blair and Pryce, have just woken up from sleeping and are surprised to know that thirty years have passed since the last time they were awake. Things were about to change in their lives as they had to cope with the things in the new era. Old-looking old friends and new people to meet, new ways of living, new schools, new status, new powers, new roles, new problems, and new almost everything. How can they survive if their new lives are about to be destroyed by old enemies?