Download or read book How It Works Out written by Myriam Lacroix and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and deeply funny book is that everything exists to serve the compassionate heart at its core. Myriam Lacroix’s work is a cause for celebration.” —GEORGE SAUNDERS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Liberation Day Surreal, darkly comic and achingly tender, Myriam Lacroix's exuberant debut sees a queer love story play out in many alternate realities. What if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out? When Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals. What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley? What if the only cure for Myriam’s depression was Allison’s flesh? What if they were B-list celebrities, famous for writing a book about building healthy lesbian relationships? How much darker—or sexier—would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry CEO, and the other her lowly employee? From the fantasies of early romance to the slow encroaching of violence that unravels the fantasy, each reality builds to complete a brilliant, painfully funny portrait of love’s many promises and perils. Equal parts sexy and profane, unsentimental, and gut-wrenching, How It Works Out is a genre-bending, arresting, uncanny exploration of queerness, love, and our drive for connection, in any and all possible worlds.

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Download or read book A Talisman of Home written by Annie M. Ballard and published by Devon Station Books. This book was released on 2021-07-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding a family seemed impossible. But she had to try. Mackie, seeking her unknown father, heads to the strange new world of the Canadian Maritimes. She finds fiddle music, traditional food, kitchen parties, fishing boats, rocky headlands, and the handsome English teacher without even trying. Her father was easy to find, too, but now she’s not sure she wants him, and worse, not sure he wants her. And there are complications, like a sister she didn’t expect, nephews, a whole rich life that was happening without her. Should she disrupt everyone’s world or keep her secret? Before the consequences of her decision unfold, a tragic fire changes everything, and once again Mackie is facing aloneness. What is a family, really, and can a person find or make a new one when the old one has gone? Enjoy this small-town tale of a woman’s growth through adversity, the connection of family and friends over time and distance, and the sweetness of new love.

Download or read book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and includes settings ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs and the experience, after the age of fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.

Download or read book You Can Run written by Norah McClintock and published by Darby Creek. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robyn learns difficult truths about Trisha Hanover's life and finds herself in danger while investigating the disappearance of the teen who ran away from home.

Download or read book Hansons Marathon Method written by Humphrey Luke and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hansons Marathon Method, the coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project reveal the methods they've used to turn their runners into race winners, national champions, and Olympians. Hansons Marathon Method offers a radical overhaul of marathon training that promises to turn any runner into a true marathoner and help experienced marathoners set new personal bests. Hansons Marathon Method does away with mega-long runs and high-mileage weekends--two outdated traditions that make most runners miserable. Instead, runners using the Hansons method will gradually build up to the moderate-high mileage required for marathon success, spreading those miles more sensibly throughout the week. Running easy days mixed with precisely paced speed, strength, and tempo workouts, runners will steel their bodies and minds to run the hardest miles of the marathon. Both Beginner and Advanced training programs feature the unique Hansons 16-mile long run which, as part of the Hansons program, is ideal for preparing the body for the marathon. Humphrey explains how runners should set their goal race pace and shows how to customize the Hansons method to their own needs, like adding extra racing, running more miles, and handling training interruptions. Detailed nutrition and hydration chapters help runners pinpoint their personal energy and hydration needs so they know precisely how much to eat and drink during workouts, race week, race day, and for recovery. The Hansons approach to pacing and nutrition means marathoners will never hit the wall. Hansons Marathon Method lays out the smartest marathon training program available from one of the most accomplished running groups in the nation. Using this innovative approach, runners will mold real marathon muscles, train their body to never hit the wall, and prepare to run their fastest marathon.

Download or read book Everybody Has a Story written by Hodette Radway and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Happy Runner written by Roche, David and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your daily run starting to drag you down? Has running become a chore rather than the delight it once was? Then The Happy Runner is the answer for you. Authors David and Megan Roche believe that you can’t reach your running potential without consistency and joyful daily adventures that lead to long-term health and happiness. Guided by their personal experiences and coaching expertise, they point out the mental and emotional factors that will help you learn exactly how to become a happy runner and achieve your personal best.

Download or read book The Best American Short Plays 2007 2008 written by Barbara Parisi and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.

Download or read book Second Wind written by Marlon Ferguson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-06-18 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Second Wind" - Novel that takes place in North Carolina in 1960, during and just after Hurricane Donna. The story concerns the adventures of a young man who enlists the aid of a Cherokee friend to steal the body of his older brother in order to fulfill the promise of an Indian burial. Pursued by the young man's estranged father, a concerned woman acquaintance, and the SBI and local authorities, the boys begin a cross-state journey in a stolen hearse from the Crystal Coast of North Carolina to the Black Mountain Range, the highest mountains east of the Mississippi River.

Download or read book The Flying Jj Ranch written by Sir Matthew of Denver and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-03-10 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the Love and Faith of a stranger change the destiny of one mans life? Discover the power of love and friendship in this thrilling story of Chris and Matthew of the Flying JJ Ranch.

Download or read book Earth Hates Me written by Ruby Karp and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is filled with juicy young person wisdom." --Amy Poehler The definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age, with sage advice from a modern teenager and appealing to fans of Rookie. Earth Hates Me presents a look inside the mind of the modern teenager--from a modern teenager's perspective. Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the issues facing every highschooler, from grades to peer pressure to Snapchat stories, and unpacks their complicated effects on the teen psyche. Ruby advises her peers on the importance of feminism ("not just the Spice Girls version"), how to deal with jealousy and friend break-ups, family life, and much more. The book takes an in-depth look at the effect of social media on modern teens and the growing pressures of choosing the right college and career. Amy Poehler says, "This book is filled with juicy young person wisdom." With Ruby's powerful underlying message "we are more than just a bunch of dumb teenagers obsessed with our phones," Earth Hates Me is the definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age.

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Download or read book Tape Op written by Larry Crane and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). This book features interviews and articles from issues 11 to 20 of Tape Op , an independently published magazine founded in 1996. With a fiercely loyal readership, Tape Op covers creative and practical music recording topics from the famous studios to musicians creating masterpieces in their bedrooms. Creativity, technique, equipment, passion and learning collide in this entertaining, value-rich publication. Interviews and articles in this volume include Abbey Road Studio, Butch Vig, Jim Dickinson, Joe Chiccarelli, Ani DiFranco, Fugazi, The Flaming Lips, and Ween.

Download or read book The Agora Files Part II written by Adam Oster and published by Adam Oster. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escaping from prison was the easy part. With the girl he loves in prison, his brother kidnapped by a mysterious leader of the Agora, and a host of SP and rebellion leaders on the hunt for him, Cyrus knows he needs all the help he can get, no matter how uncomfortable he is with it. His new running partner, Bruno, is an escapee from the same prison Cyrus just escaped from and appears to have his own motives in mind. Cyrus has a lot of questions and a lot to do, and there are only six days left until the nation burns. The Agora Files – Part II takes the exciting Agora Files series even deeper into the world of The Agora and brings up one very necessary question for Cyrus as he is tasked with saving the nation: Who can be trusted?