Download or read book My Mother Caught Me Doodling written by Mike Perry and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Mother Caught Me Doodling is a new-catalogued adventure into the always awe-inspiring naked female form by prolific daydreamer Mike Perry. As you journey through this book you will see Mike experimenting with a variety of media and conceptual commodities as he undresses the woman with bright colors and spontaneous energy. The book features three essays by Frank Nicholas that contribute playful heft and strange honestysomersaulting with a redemptive bulk or just plain subjective relevance. Whether browsed for its playful imaginary no longer imprisoned by popular cerebral influence or studied for its translated touch and deep interest in technique or temptationial insight (a form no less popular these days) that documents the incubated roots of the purest historical thoughts of creativity and the most basic human needs in thought; the instincts we try to capture like dancing myths in the forests of the night are surely evidence in the now "uncryptic" and "unanalyzed" by the hands of a true generationally tangible artist.
Download or read book Are You Sure You Want to Marry That Person written by Peter A. Venuto and published by Life Experiences. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book As Cool As I Am written by Pete Fromm and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CLAIRE DANES, JAMES MARSDEN AND SARAH BOLGER As Cool As I Am "... packs an emotional punch that sneaks up from behind... Fromm creates an engrossing coming-of-age saga that cuts to the essence and shines."(Seattle Times). As a teenager pretty much left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck pace toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading. Simultaneously embracing and resisting their similarities, Pete Fromm reveals both women's emotional vulnerabilities and their deep mutual need. Conveyed through dialogue that is both laugh-aloud-funny and true, Lucy stands out in contemporary literature for her large heart and inimitable grit. A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book of the Year
Download or read book Jewish Lunacy written by eric and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish Lunacy looks back on six millennia of Jewish history, presenting it as the history of a family by telling it through the reminiscences of Eric, who calls himself the Tygrrrr Express. He grew up hearing stories of heartbreaking pain, insightful wisdom, and sidesplitting humor from Jewish relatives and the elders in Long Island, where he grew up. Drawing upon his familys rich oral traditions, the author explores the deeply serious and humorously welcoming history of the Jewish people. Organized by topics, the book explores the lunacy of the authors growing up and uncovers the strange elements in topics as varied as sex, sports, philosophy, politics, pacifism, conspiracy theories, and religion. If you find yourself bemoaning the bleak landscape of the days news and would like a refreshing approach in reading stories that take seriously the truly significant realities of lifeGod, family, and relationshipswhile finding in them reasons and occasions for laughter, then Jewish Lunacy will take you on a journey through history and entertain you with such stories. As its subtitle promises, Jewish Lunacy tells the stories that 6000 years full of tradition and pride have given as gifts to be passed on to others.
Download or read book Eating the Ashes written by Veronica Compton and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving a life sentence, Compton has experienced some of the best and worst of correctional theory and practice, and has used her experience and talent to improve programs for inmates. In this study, she relates heart-rending images of lives in disarray a
Download or read book Trouble written by Leonie Pratt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Aaron willingly signs on to be the pretend father of Hannah's unborn baby, he is looking for redemption from a past that has a stranglehold on him. Hannah, more simply, needs support in the absence of the real father, but she'll discover so much more"--
Download or read book Maria written by Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While living in Santa Barbara and attending a private school, Maria's life was comfortably boring. Then her sister died, her father lost his job, and the whole family was forced to start over. When they move to the barrio in East L.A. to live with Maria's grandma Maria recovers her roots and becomes empowered. She can't continue hiding that she is a lesbian when she meets Natalia, a grumpy chola who smells like sugar and turns Maria's life upside down. Maria is a book from Coming Out, an EPIC Press six set series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
Download or read book Casper written by Abel T. Fletcher and published by Cochson Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and misfortune of a young Californian's journey into adulthood while experimenting with drugs. Transpiring at the dawn of the new millennium. Read the tales of Casper's misguided life spent chasing after a cornucopia of highs and lows that will leave you laughing, crying, or simply wondering if that was even possible.
Download or read book Home Bound written by Vanessa A. Bee and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This moving book is both an act of defiance — a way to construct a home outside of borders — and a timely manifesto on the need for more equitable housing policy in America, weaving her scholarship in economic justice together with her firsthand experience of the many places she’s lived. “Home Bound” is not just a resonant personal history, but also a thoroughly researched investigation of home." —Rajpreet Heir, The New York Times Book Review "Readers of Home Bound will likely experience that pleasant rush of recognizing something personal in someone else’s reality, of answering, yes, home feels like this to me, too." —Chicago Review of Books "Bee’s lyrical, emotive prose takes readers through her life with an intimacy that draws and keeps them close. . . . [Home Bound will] appeal to a variety of reader, challenging singular beliefs of what it means to be a daughter, sister, lover, wife, lawyer, and mother." —Library Journal, starred review In this singular and intimate memoir of identity and discovery, Vanessa A. Bee explores the way we define “home” and “belonging” — from her birth in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to her adoption by her aunt and her aunt’s white French husband, to experiencing housing insecurity in Europe and her eventual immigration to the US. After her parents’ divorce, Vanessa traveled with her mother to Lyon and later to London, eventually settling in Reno, Nevada, as a teenager, right around the financial crisis and the collapse of the housing market. At twenty, still a practicing evangelical Christian and newly married, Vanessa applied to and was accepted by Harvard Law School, where she was one of the youngest members of her class. There, she forged a new belief system, divorced her husband, left the church, and, inspired by her tumultuous childhood, pursued a career in economic justice upon graduation. Vanessa’s adoptive, multiracial, multilingual, multinational, and transcontinental upbringing has caused her to grapple for years with foundational questions such as: What is home? Is it the country we’re born in, the body we possess, or the name we were given and that identifies us? Is it the house we remember most fondly, the social status assigned to us, or the ideology we forge? What defines us and makes us uniquely who we are? Organized unconventionally around her own dictionary-style definitions of the word “home,” Vanessa tackles these timeless questions thematically and unpacks the many layers that contribute to and condition our understanding of ourselves and of our place in the world.
Download or read book Elvis Presley Boulevard written by Mark Winegardner and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of a cross-country road trip, the tourist experience, and the cultural touchstones that bring Americans together: “A great story” (Publishers Weekly). As a boy in Ohio, Mark Winegardner spent the formative summers of his wonder years touring the States with his family in a succession of recreational vehicles. Much later, only months before his wedding, he undertakes another transcontinental odyssey—this time without benefit of license-plate games with his sister or parental warnings to get his feet out of the car window. He arms himself with only the bare essentials: a Styrofoam cooler; a Hawaiian shirt; enough cash for gas, blue plate specials, and the occasional knickknack; a buddy; and the buddy’s ailing ’68 Chevy Impala. Determined to extract full value from every scenic overlook, these two set out to discover America. They visit Xanadu, Foam House of Tomorrow, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the only community named after a game show. They play the Easter Island Hole at Magic Carpet Golf in Tucson. They marvel at the fourteen peacocks strolling Graceland’s lawn and at the vastness of the prairie states, “where no one speaks French or pays to park.” They collect 3-D glasses. They eat Devil Dogs. They take the amazing Miracle Photo. They discover themselves. Most amazing of all, they discover an unbroken chain of Elvis tapestries, Elvis ashtrays, Elvis T-shirt wearers, and Elvis imitators that unites this land as surely as Route 66 divides it.
Download or read book Little Girl Lost written by Drew Barrymore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was a modern-day Shirley Temple, but at the age of nine Drew Barrymore was drinking alcohol. At ten she took up marijuana, and by twelve she began snorting cocaine. Here is her gripping, heart-wrenching story--a story of a childhood gone awry and a young woman battling to restore order to her chaotic life.
Download or read book Where the Truth Lies written by Adeanna Chandler and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam receives a call from an old childhood friend, requesting she return to her childhood home to help finally put to rest a mystery which had plagued her small group of friends. The return home pulls Sam back into childhood memories and nightmares she wishes she could forget. Her memories pull her back to when she was thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and finally sixteen before she can finally figure out who she is and how shes supposed to move forward from where she is now.
Download or read book Future Foxes of New Earth written by Daniel Bouchard and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-06-26 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Earth emerges following the disappearance of humanity—a world where animals live their lives as humans once did. From homes and cars to hospitals and police stations, this world is ruled by animals. And in this transformed world, the creatures are faced with the same challenges: loss of family, corruption, racism, and triumphs: reuniting with family, personal success, and the joy of love. Daniel is a fox/bunny hybrid who escapes from a covert organization’s secret lab. He soon reunites with his true parents, police officers in the Central City Police. Although he is happy with his newfound family and friends, Daniel realizes he must perform a daring rescue to save his siblings and littermates from the research lab. Soon, a shocking secret is revealed: Daniel and his brothers and sisters, who are also hybrid animals, share telepathic abilities. Their incredible gifts give them the ability to control others, but with great power comes great danger, and they soon find themselves entangled in a struggle for survival against the enigmatic and dangerous group that once held them captive. While Daniel and his siblings are determined to protect their loved ones from the threat of the secret organization, this fight will require all their bravery and resilience. Together, the family confronts the dangers and their pasts, creating a path toward a future where hope and love prevail.
Download or read book Biting Off More Than I Can Chew written by Amy Woodley and published by Amy Woodley. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desire to become a spy was greater now than ever before. After saving Marcelo's life and stopping the criminal— I was addicted. I was ready to do whatever it took to make my dreams of being an undercover agent turn into a reality. The problem was, I had too many distractions— starting with Marcelo, the Italian hottie, my arch-enemy popping back up into my life, the banquet I was in charge of, and the handsome Private Investigator who was willing to teach me the basics. It was time I figured out some answers to the millions of questions I had— regardless of the lengths I had to go to get them. But would someone stop me before I could? I didn't know who I could trust and who I couldn't, and I wondered if I was biting off more than I could chew.
Download or read book Practice to Deceive written by David Housewright and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The swindling of an elderly widow leads to “a greased-lightning tale of scam and counterscam” from an Edgar Award–winning author (Kirkus Reviews). When a drunk driver kills her entire family, Florida retiree Irene Gustafson is left rich and alone. Between savings and life insurance, the death of her son and his family leaves her with nearly $300,000—a veritable fortune in a community where most live off social security. Following the advice of Ann Landers, Mrs. Gustafson hands the money over to an investment manager. The returns are steady until he starts investing in Willow Tree, a low-income housing development on the fringes of the Twin Cities. The money vanishes, and Mrs. Gustafson is destitute. That’s where Holland Taylor, Minneapolis private detective, comes in. His recently retired parents are Mrs. Gustafson’s neighbors, and they want Taylor to recover the old lady’s money. It seems impossible, but as he investigates Willow Tree he finds a twisted real-estate conspiracy with deep roots in city politics—and a vicious killer hired to protect the secret.
Download or read book A Taste for Love written by Jennifer Yen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen, and The Great British Baking Show, A Taste for Love, is a delicious rom com about first love, familial expectations, and making the perfect bao. To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But to her mom, Liza is anything but. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang Bakery. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery's annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she's more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there's a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date. The bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants; the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong. As she battles against her feelings for James, and for her mother's approval, Liza begins to realize there's no tried and true recipe for love.
Download or read book Young Sober and Free written by Shelly Marshall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering strategies for getting and staying sober, first-hand stories, and other resources for teens, parents, and professionals, Young, Sober, and Free helps young addicts and alcoholics through recovery. Real teens tell the real story about getting sober and staying sober in this edgy, winning interpretation of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Shelly Marshall lets her teen contributors speak for themselves (and their words are not sugarcoated), while expertly augmenting the personal stories with discussions about time-honored Twelve Step recovery principles. Young, Sober, and Free, first published in 1978, aided the recovery of countless young addicts and alcoholics. This second edition, featuring four new stories from teens, is sure to inspire many more.
