Download or read book Spinning written by Tillie Walden and published by First Second. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tillie Walden's Eisner Award winning graphic memoir Spinning captures what it’s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden’s life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family. But as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she’d outgrown her passion—and she finally needed to find her own voice. This title has Common Core connections. A New York City Public Library Notable Best Book for Teens A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017 A 2018 YALSA Great Graphic Novel A 2017 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice

Download or read book The Nora Notebooks Book 1 The Trouble with Ants written by Claudia Mills and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science-obsessed fourth grader Nora has ants all figured out—now she just has to try to understand her fellow humans! The trouble with ants is . . . . . . people think they’re boring. . . . they are not cuddly. . . . who would ever want them for a pet? Nora Alpers is using her new notebook to record the behavior of ants. Why? Because they are fascinating! Unfortunately, no one agrees with her. Her mom is not happy about them being in the house, and when Nora brings her ant farm to school for show and tell, her classmates are not very impressed. They are more interested in cat videos, basketball practice, or trying to set a Guinness World Record (although Nora wouldn’t mind that). Mostly they are distracted by the assignment their teacher Coach Joe has given them—to write a persuasive speech and change people’s minds about something. Will Nora convince her friends that ants are as interesting as she thinks they are? Or will everyone still think of ants as nothing but trouble? With real science facts, a classroom backdrop, an emphasis on friendship, and appealing black-and-white interior illustrations from artist Katie Kath, The Nora Notebooks is perfect for newly independent readers—especially budding scientists like Nora!—and adults who want to encourage awareness of STEM subjects in young readers.

Download or read book Dolls of Our Lives written by Mary Mahoney and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which American Girl are you? Are you a Molly (a patriotic overachiever with a flair for drama)? Felicity (the original horse girl)? Kirsten (a cottagecore fan who seems immune to cholera), Samantha (a savior complex in a sailor suit), or Josefina (who dealt with grief by befriending a baby goat)? Have you ever wondered how Britney Spears or Michelle Kwan would answer that question? And why do we care so much which girl we are? Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Dolls of Our Lives follows Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney on an unforgettable journey to the past as they delve into the origins of this iconic brand. Continuing the conversations that began on their podcast, they set out to answer the lingering questions that keep them up at night. What did American Girl inventor Pleasant Rowland hope to say to children with these dolls? Was girl power something that could be ordered from a catalogue, described by a magazine, or modeled in the plot lines of books? And how - and why - did this brand shape an entire generation? Through interviews with a legion of devoted doll lovers, a field trip to Colonial Williamsburg, a place that inspired Pleasant to create American Girl, and an exploration of their own (complicated) fandom, this is a deep dive into one of the 90s most coveted products - the American Girl doll.

Download or read book Outofshapeworthlessloser written by Gracie Gold and published by Crown. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “piercing account” (The Wall Street Journal) of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs—especially if you’re an Olympic figure skater. “A riveting memoir, which details her experience with an eating disorder, depression and her high-stakes career.”—People (Best Books to Read in February 2024) When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America’s sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America’s most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly being written up everywhere from The New Yorker to Teen Vogue to People and baking cookies with Taylor Swift. But little did the public know what Gold was facing when the cameras were off, driven by the self-destructive voice inside that she calls “outofshapeworthlessloser.” In 2017, she entered treatment for what was publicly announced as an eating disorder and anxiety treatment but was, in reality, suicidal ideation. While Gold’s public star was rising, her private life was falling apart: Cracks within her family were widening, her bulimia was getting worse, and she became a survivor of sexual assault. The pressure of training for years with demanding coaches and growing up in a household that accepted nothing less than gold had finally taken its toll. Now Gold reveals the exclusive and harrowing story of her struggles in and out of the pressure-packed world of elite figure skating: the battles with her family, her coaches, the powers-that-be at her federation, and her deteriorating mental health. Outofshapeworthlessloser is not only a forceful reckoning from a world-class athlete but also an intimate memoir, told with unflinching honesty and stirring defiance.

Download or read book The Girl s Own Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some volumes also include extra numbers.

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Download or read book 11 Paper Hearts written by Kelsey Hartwell and published by Underlined. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A romance about a girl who follows a trail of paper hearts from her secret admirer and learns that sometimes love can find you in mysterious ways. Ella’s life was picture perfect. She had a circle of close friends, a jam-packed social life, and an amazing boyfriend. But then something completely unexpected happened: a car accident after a Valentine’s Day dance. When Ella woke up in the hospital, she couldn’t remember the accident . . . or anything about the weeks before it, including the reason she broke up with her boyfriend. Now, a year later, she begins receiving paper hearts from a mysterious admirer who seems to have the answers she craves. Ella is intrigued. The hearts contain clues to help Ella remember her life before . . . and take her on a journey she never imagined. Following the paper hearts is the most spontaneous thing Ella has ever done . . . but will she find love? Underlined is a line of totally addictive romance, thriller, and horror paperback original titles coming to you fast and furious each month. Enjoy everything you want to read the way you want to read it.

Download or read book Picturing Utopia written by Abigail Foerstner and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foerstner's collection offers a rare glimpse into the Amana Colonies, a utopian religious community of the 1890s. "Like a time machine, the photographs in "Picturing Utopia" carry us back to a wondrous Iowa experiment in creating a kinder, more spiritual way of life."--Jon Anderson, "Chicago Tribune." 81 photos.

Download or read book Culture on Ice written by Ellyn Kestnbaum and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth, critical look at figure skating.

Download or read book Fan written by William Henry Hudson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Fan by William Henry Hudson

Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of William Henry Hudson Illustrated written by William Henry Hudson and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2024-08-15 with total page 4897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Argentina, W. H. Hudson was a late Victorian author, naturalist and ornithologist, best known today for his exotic romances, including his masterpiece ‘Green Mansions’. He also published important works of non-fiction, including a series of books on the English countryside, which due to their imaginative descriptions helped foster the “back-to-nature” movement of the 1920’s and 1930’s. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Hudson’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hudson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Rare story collections * Includes Hudson’s complete non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s naturalist works * Features the compelling memoir of the author’s early years in Argentina * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Purple Land that England Lost (1885) A Crystal Age (1887) Ralph Herne (1888) Fan (1892) Idle Days in Patagonia (1893) Green Mansions (1904) A Little Boy Lost (1905) The Shorter Fiction El Ombú (1902) Tales of the Pampas (1916) Dead Man’s Plack and An Old Thorn (1920) A Traveller in Little Things (1921) The Non-Fiction Argentine Ornithology (1888) The Naturalist in La Plata (1892) Birds in London (1898) Nature in Downland (1900) Birds and Man (1901) Hampshire Days (1903) Land’s End (1908) Afoot in England (1909) A Shepherd’s Life (1910) Adventures among Birds (1913) An Outline History of English Literature (1913) The Book of a Naturalist (1919) Birds in Town and Village (1919) A Hind in Richmond Park (1922) Rare Vanishing and Lost British Birds (1923) Articles from ‘Popular Science Monthly’ The Autobiography Far Away and Long Ago (1918)

Download or read book We Killed written by Yael Kohen and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter how many times female comedians buck the conventional wisdom, people continue to ask: "Are women funny?" The question has been nagging at women off and on (mostly on) for the past sixty years. It's incendiary, much discussed, and, as proven in Yael Kohen's fascinating oral history, totally wrongheaded. In We Killed, Kohen pieces together the revolution that happened to (and by) women in American comedy, gathering the country's most prominent comediennes and the writers, producers, nightclub owners, and colleagues who revolved around them. She starts in the 1950s, when comic success meant ridiculing and desexualizing yourself; when Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller emerged as America's favorite frustrated ladies; when the joke was always on them. Kohen brings us into the sixties and seventies, when the appearance of smart, edgy comedians (Elaine May, Lily Tomlin) and the women's movement brought a new wave of radicals: the women of SNL, tough-ass stand-ups, and a more independent breed on TV (Mary Tyler Moore and her sisters). There were battles to fight and preconceptions to shake before we could arrive in a world in which women like Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman, and Tina Fey can be smart, attractive, sexually confident—and, most of all, flat-out funny. As the more than 150 people interviewed for this riveting oral history make clear, women have always been funny. It's just that every success has been called an exception and every failure an example of the rule. And as each generation of women has developed its own style of comedy, the coups of the previous era are washed away and a new set of challenges arises. But the result is the same: They kill. A chorus of creative voices and hilarious storytelling, We Killed is essential cultural and social history, and—as it should be!—great entertainment.

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Download or read book The Collected Works of W H Hudson British birds written by William Henry Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Collected Works written by William Henry Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Collected Works of W H Hudson A little boy lost together with the poems of W H Hudson written by William Henry Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: