Download or read book What they couldn t see written by Adam R Gervis and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trinnie is due to celebrate her thirtieth birthday in March of 2020 which is an important milestone for her. Over the last five years Trinnie has made some close friends, all seven of whom are invited to the party. She chooses where to go and has one of the friends make all the arrangements at some of her favorite hangout spots. Then Covid hits, everything has to be cancelled and the birthday celebration becomes a Zoom party. Amy, who is making the arrangements, decides to throw a creative wrinkle into things (unbeknownst to Trinnie) by asking each friend to create a T-shirt which visually explains their relationship to Trinnie. They will then reveal their designs at the party through an unboxing. Each chapter begins with a party goer unboxing their T-shirt revealing their connection with Trinnie. As the party begins all of the guests realize that other than Trinnie, they are looking at six strangers. Though the story is set in Seattle the reader is transported to other parts of America and to Europe through each character’s relationship with Trinnie. Each party guest describes their personal journey in becoming friends with Trinnie and the impact she’s had on their life. Each individual history has twists and turns which shine light on who these friends are as well as giving the reader insight into Trinnie’s inner thoughts.
Download or read book In the Water They Can t See You Cry written by Amanda Beard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a candid and uplifting memoir, international swimming star Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the Olympic spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and her newfound happiness.
Download or read book All the Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).
Download or read book They Didn t See Us Coming written by Lisa Levenstein and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning scholar, a vibrant portrait of a pivotal moment in the history of the feminist movement From the declaration of the "Year of the Woman" to the televising of Anita Hill's testimony, from Bitch magazine to SisterSong's demands for reproductive justice: the 90s saw the birth of some of the most lasting aspects of contemporary feminism. Historian Lisa Levenstein tracks this time of intense and international coalition building, one that centered on the growing influence of lesbians, women of color, and activists from the global South. Their work laid the foundation for the feminist energy seen in today's movements, including the 2017 Women's March and #MeToo campaigns. A revisionist history of the origins of contemporary feminism, They Didn't See Us Coming shows how women on the margins built a movement at the dawn of the Digital Age.
Download or read book What They Don t Know written by Nicole Maggi and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three secrets. One decision. A friendship that will change everything. Mellie has always been the reliable friend, the good student, the doting daughter. But when an unspeakable act leads her to withdraw from everyone she loves, she is faced with a life-altering choice—a choice she must face alone. Lise stands up—and speaks out—for what she believes in. And when she notices Mellie acting strangely, she gets caught up in trying to save her...all while trying to protect her own secret. One that might be the key to helping Mellie. Told through Mellie and Lise's journal entries, this powerful, emotional novel chronicles Mellie's struggle to decide what is right for her and the unbreakable bond formed by the two girls on their journey.
Download or read book What They Couldn t Take written by Adira James and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little has been published about familial child sex trafficking in the United States. In What They Couldn't Take: A Memoir of Survival from Familial Sex Trafficking, Adira James sheds light on this part of the human trafficking prism. Through the lens of her vivid flashbacks and the situations most seared in her memory, James shares the abuse that was inflicted on her by her parents, other family members, and the men she was sold to for sex.Throughout her memoir, James shows how she survived her childhood through sheer will, dissociation, living in her vibrant imagination, and escaping to the outside world when possible. She strives to bring hope to those who suffer by sharing the positive techniques she has used on her journey to feeling free. These techniques include writing, moving meditation, therapeutic practices, and artistic expression. James also instructs readers on what to look for to uncover trafficking situations and offers advice on how to help those who may be trapped in the industry of child sex trafficking.
Download or read book They Can t Hide Us Anymore written by Richie Havens and published by HarperEntertainment. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Havens reflects on his career, the music business, marine conservation and more.
Download or read book What They Didn t Know written by Carrie Thigpen and published by Aphrodisia. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As kids, Shilo and Candy were inseparable. Shilo knew that Candy was having problems at home, but whatever it was, she felt that they could get through it together. Shilo never imagined that she would be without Candy, until one day she went to her house and Candy and all of her things were gone. Fast-forward to the present and Shilo's 18 and on her way to college - when Candy returns to the neighbourhood. Can their friendship make it through the bad times a second time round? Or will Shilo lose Candy forever?
Download or read book They Couldn t See for Looking written by Jessie Ifill and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie Crenshaw learns early in life the hypocritical nature of small townsfolk who makes everybody’s business their own. Julie’s (at the age of ten) reactions to the death of her beloved brother who was killed in war left everyone utterly amazed and they began to avoid her as if she had been stricken with leprosy. She doesn’t understand her reactions but can’t afford to question them or tell anyone how she feels. She begins to shelter her emotions and takes on a superficial, casual attitude towards life. She can’t wait to leave Pineland. To escape small-town life, she goes to New York City, where people mind their own business; but soon discovers that the problems of living in New York are just as complex as sophisticated.
Download or read book Nothing to See Here written by Kevin Wilson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, TIME, The A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and mesmerizing and funny sentences and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve suddenly caught fire.” —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Fleishman is in Trouble, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang, a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability. Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth. Thinking of her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other—and stay cool—while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her—urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for? With white-hot wit and a big, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best book yet—a most unusual story of parental love.
Download or read book Creativity Inc The Expanded Edition written by Ed Catmull and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve. “Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company For nearly thirty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner eighteen Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is. Here, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques that have made Pixar so widely admired—and so profitable. As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream as a Ph.D. student, and then forged a partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. The essential ingredient in that movie’s success—and in the twenty-five movies that followed—was the unique environment that Catmull and his colleagues built at Pixar, based on philosophies that protect the creative process and defy convention, such as: • Give a good idea to a mediocre team and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team and they will either fix it or come up with something better. • It’s not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It’s the manager’s job to make it safe for others to take them. • The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them. • A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. Everybody should be able to talk to anybody. Creativity, Inc. has been significantly expanded to illuminate the continuing development of the unique culture at Pixar. It features a new introduction, two entirely new chapters, four new chapter postscripts, and changes and updates throughout. Pursuing excellence isn’t a one-off assignment but an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And Creativity, Inc. explores how it is done.
Download or read book Heavy written by Kiese Laymon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times* *Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times Critics* In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir—winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prize—genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon “provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rot” (Entertainment Weekly). In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a “gorgeous, gutting…generous” (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon’s experiences with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. “A book for people who appreciated Roxane Gay’s memoir Hunger” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family through years of haunting implosions and long reverberations. “You won’t be able to put [this memoir] down…It is packed with reminders of how black dreams get skewed and deferred, yet are also pregnant with the possibility that a kind of redemption may lie in intimate grappling with black realities” (The Atlantic).
Download or read book All Boys Aren t Blue written by George M. Johnson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. A New York Times Bestseller! Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults. (Johnson used he/him pronouns at the time of publication.) Velshi Banned Book Club Indie Bestseller Teen Vogue Recommended Read Buzzfeed Recommended Read People Magazine Best Book of the Summer A New York Library Best Book of 2020 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020 ... and more!
Download or read book What They Didn t Say A Book of Misquotations written by Elizabeth Knowles and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the money Fresh fields and pastures new A good day to bury bad news If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit Brings together a fascinating range of wrongly remembered sayings, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person. By revealing what was (and was not) really said, this book celebrates the colour and inventiveness of language change.
Download or read book What They Didn t Tell You About Project Management written by Robin Francis Vysma and published by Australian Self Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey through the world of projects. If you've learned about project management in the classroom then the real world of projects is going to be quite an eye opener. There will be monsters against which you are defenceless. There will be seemingly insurmountable obstacles and your career will hinge on your capacity to deliver in this environment. So what's wrong with the way we teach project management now? How should it be taught? What are we doing wrong? The dollars at stake are in the scale of the national debt. It's time to start looking at project management from a different angle. About the Author: Robin Vysma became an IT professional graduating from the Queensland University of Technology in August 1988. He served as a developer for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as the IT manager, for the Defence Security Branch in Canberra and as the manager of the Eastern Regional Information Centre, which he established for St John of God Health Care, in Ballarat. Robin holds a Master of Technology (Computing) from Swinburne, a certificate in management from The Australian Institute of Management and a Cert IV in Workplace Assessment and Training. He has had formal training in project management from AIM and with the Thomsett company through the Australian Computer Society. He has overseen a number of multi-million dollar IT projects in the health and defence industries with an enviable record for success.
Download or read book My Heart Is Not Blind written by and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Heart Is Not Blind: On Blindness and Perception is a collection of stunning portraits of blind and visually impaired people taken by photographer Michael Nye. Each image is accompanied by an intimate story told by the subject concerning his or her experiences and unique perspective. The causes of vision loss range from genetic predispositions (retinitis pigmentosa) or disease (glaucoma) to external circumstances such as accidents (struck by a train) or violence (gunshot wound). The people in this diverse group differ not only in their particular conditions and losses but also in their cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Taken as a whole, however, the accounts of adapting to changing modes of perception are bound by a common theme of resilience, revealed in shared reactions and unexpected insights. The subjects depicted in My Heart Is Not Blind share their experiences and unique perspectives in a personal narratives that accompany their respective portraits. Most speak of the transition from sight to vision loss, and how that has changed—and not changed—their ability to perceive the surrounding world. Some question the classification of blindness as a disability. One participant proposes that blindness may, in some ways, even aid in perception, musing, “if you can always see the sun, you can never discover the stars.” My Heart Is Not Blind offers a window into the world of the blind and visually impaired, revealing surprising similarities and fascinating differences alongside compelling accounts of survival, adaptation, and heightened understanding. The collection invites us to reconsider what we think we know about blindness in order to gain a deeper understanding of vision and perception.
Download or read book A Brief Moment in Time written by T. W. Spencer and published by Timothy W. Spencer. This book was released on 2014-07-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brief Moment In Time is the first in a three book series of short story collections that focuses on that moment when everything changes. It contains nine short stories of one life shattering decision, a moment when everything changes. The Stories: An Angel’s Kiss: “Don’t worry lady an angel’s kissing you,” So starts Kelly’s death journey to self discovery. In order for Kelly to move-on she must first face the circumstances that brought her to death’s door. The Goode Student: Michelle, a devote student of the Bible, a teacher who cares deeply for her students, a woman who sees the dangers of the world and doesn't hesitate to face them. The White Pacer Man has struck fear in the hearts of the city. Michelle wants to keep her students safe and free from harm. But when one is found dead and another disappears, Michelle, blinded by her pious views of the world and how she feels things should be, loses her religion and takes matters into her hands. Good Teachings: Nicolas learns about his true nature the hard way. In the end, he realizes he enjoys it very much. From His Efforts Come: Twins separated at birth, one a God King, the other of no importance. Who is worth saving? Rebirth: Vidor is locked in a dark inescapable room. Into the Woods: When Valoosh was a child he had a vision. In his vision he saw the sky caves descend upon the world and release their virus. Now that he is older and the leader of his people it is up to him to save the Great Mother. Brother Eagle/Sister Wolf: Melvin has a story to tell. Everyone who had stayed to listen to Melvin’s stories has never been seen again. Dexter doesn't believe in the stories he hears. But Dexter is about to discover the truth behind tall tales. Arahant: Blind since was child, Soon-kim deals with the pain of the past through a visible future. A Brief Moment In Time: Sutepmi knows who he is. He is a Timewalker, warriors who maintain the time stream. But when he goes home, he finds he is not who he thought.
