Download or read book Ziggy Comes Up Short written by Tom Wilson and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ziggy is a "lovable, optimistic, funny-page favorite." --New York Times In the great tradition of Ben Franklin, Roy Rogers, and Forrest Gump, Ziggy delivers his own homespun philosophy for more than 75 million devoted fans. Tom Wilson's Ziggy often finds himself on the short end of the stick. Short on hair, short on pants, short on luck, and, well, at less than four feet tall, just plain short, this beloved comic Everyman never lets life's shortcomings get in the way of enjoying the company of friends, appreciating the beauty of a rainbow, or experiencing the best of what life has to offer. In Ziggy Comes Up Short, which features more than 40 weeks' worth of strips, Ziggy reminds us that even though we may find ourselves short on hair, pants, luck, or height, we are never without the ability to change perspectives, wade through life's gunk, and conquer triumphantly. Ziggy reminds us that even misadventure ends in adventure.
Download or read book Ziggy Goes For Broke written by Tom Wilson and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The iconic Ziggy in his newest comic collection"--Cover.
Download or read book Ziggy Hot Off the Presses written by Tom Wilson and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fast-paced world might overlook somebody like Ziggy; he has no pants, no hair, and no luck. But that just makes everyone relate to him. And now everyone can walk in his shoes as much as they want with the fun Ziggy Hot Off the Presses collection. You will find optimism, good intentions, and great get-through-life philosophies on every page. "Ziggy is a loveable, optimistic, funny-page favorite." --New York Times
Download or read book Ziggy A Rumor in His Own Time written by Tom Wilson and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latest chapter in the life of America's favorite lovable loser, Ziggy continues to endure life's little indignities with innocence and charm.
Download or read book Blackstar Theory written by Leah Kardos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackstar Theory takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, Blackstar. The book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon. These works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in the rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.
Download or read book Imperealisity written by Gary Wayne and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marty, Steve, and Bailey are three teenagers who have been friends since childhood, living in southeastern Washington state, where their families have lived forever. Marty, who aces school with little studying, is fascinated by every kind of living creature. Steve is kind and caring, always ready to help someone in need. Bailey, with whom Marty is in love, has a power that allows her to occasionally see the futurebut neither of her friends has any idea how far her visions of the future will take them. The teens and their families live on the edge of a beautiful national forest, and it is in this forest that they will find their destinies. As they encounter a mysterious unknown world, they discover things about themselves, raise questions about their pasts and futures, and work to overcome challenges as they help the people they meet along the way. The three young people learn that they are at the heart of a centuries-old prophecy that speaks of outlanders who will heal these lands, protect their people, and set right what has gone wrong. In this fantasy novel, three teenagers travel into a fantastical new place, where their adventures reveal their roles in a prophesy that will change their lives forever.
Download or read book Ziggy The Puppy Place 21 written by Ellen Miles and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home! The Petersons have become experts at fostering puppies until they can find them a perfect forever home. Charles brings home Ziggy, an adorable short-haired black-and-tan dachshund, from an overwhelmed owner at a local dog show. Ziggy is an active, curious little guy, who loves to explore. But when Ziggy manages to dig a hole under the backyard fence, his curiosity leads him into trouble. The Petersons have never lost a dog that they were fostering before! How will they find Ziggy? Where did he go?
Download or read book Attachment written by m. e. Jabbour and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attachment: a novel of war and peace is historical fiction during the 2004 presidential election. Set upon the backdrop of the stunning Oregon coast and exhilarating Colorado Rockies, it weaves a colorful tapestry of global war, American culture, interpersonal psychology, and individual motivation and emotion. "That is a very brave book you have written." Carla Perry; author/poet. "Bought it, got it, read it, loved it!" Michelle Perkins; Exceptional Family Resource Center. "The cat has definitely leaped out of the bag." Rhaine Gonzalez; student. "A live coal." Sandra McRae; author, poet. "Ive started many a book, put them down and never finished them. Yours was read in two days - think that says something, especially since Im opposed to most (or is it all) of what Joe believes in." Judy Mangers. "A GREAT read, Mark... It caught me emotionally--POW--always a sign of ” excellent writing." JoAnn Ray; feminist, university professor. "...the scenes with Bobbie and the relationship between Joe and his father -- particularly the memories of abuse -- how those scenes were done -- WOW WAS I IMPRESSED!!!!!!" Mary Collopy Southworth; Educator. "I read Attachment in two days. I enjoyed it. A good book." John Dicke; Psychologist. "this is one smart beautiful book." Murray Moulding; poet. "I liked your book a lot! Well done." Laura Prichett; Author. Read more reviews, or order also at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1425710395/sr=1-1/qid=1153497973/ref=sr_1_1/002-7042274-7988054?ie=UTF8&s=books And/or: www.myspace.com/mejabbour
Download or read book Show Business Kills written by Iris Rainer Dart and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard-driving movie executive, a beloved soap opera diva, a screenwriter nominated for an Oscar, and a well-known actress married to TV's King of Late Night. Four friends who have led charmed Hollywood lives facing middle age. They have always shared a "Girl's Night Out", but suddenly it becomes a painful vigil as three of the women watch their friend fight for her life in an intensive care unit. She has been attacked by a stalker who is obsessed with all four women. Will the bonds of friendship that have linked them together for years enable them to survive this chilling night?
Download or read book Your Place or Mine written by Portia MacIntosh and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from bestseller Portia MacIntosh! 'A fun, fabulous 5 star rom com!' Sandy Barker 'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin 'Loved the book, it's everything you expect from the force that is Portia! A must read' Rachel Dove Two reluctant housemates. One question: Is this your place or mine...? When Serena is kicked out of her flat, an offer from her friend, Taylor, to house sit for her while she and her husband go travelling could not be better timing. But unfortunately for Serena she’s not the only one to have received this offer... Enter Ziggy: arrogant, messy (and annoyingly handsome) musician, and friend of Taylor’s husband. Living with him is far from ideal, especially when he claims the best room, has loud parties - and the least said about his kitchen manner the better... There's just one solution for Serena – drive him out of the house by being twice as difficult to live with than he is! But Ziggy knows Serena's game and as war ensues between them, being forced together under one roof may result in some unexpected consequences... Don't miss bestseller Portia MacIntosh's laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Download or read book When Ziggy Played Guitar written by Dylan Jones and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And then there was David Bowie, the uber-freak with the mismatched pupils, the low-tech space face from the planet Sparkle. This was Bowie's third appearance on TOTP but this was the one that properly resonated with its audience, the one that would go on to cause a seismic shift in the Zeitgeist. This is the performance that turned Bowie into a star, embedding his Ziggy Stardust persona into the nation's consciousness. With a tall, flame-orange cockade quiff (stolen from a Kansai Yamamoto model on the cover of Honey), lavishly applied make-up, white nail polish, and wearing a multi-coloured jump-suit that looked as though it were made from fluorescent fish skin (chosen by Ziggy co-shaper, the designer Freddie Buretti), and carrying a brand spanking new, blue acoustic guitar, a bone-thin Bowie appeared not so much as a pop singer, but rather as some sort of benevolent alien, a concept helped along by the provocative appearance of his guitarist, the chicken-headed Mick Ronson, with both of them unapologetically sporting knee-length patent leather wrestler's boots (Bowie's were red). 'Most people are scared of colour,' Bowie said later. 'Their lives are built up in shades of grey. It doesn't matter how straight the style is, make it brightly coloured material and everyone starts acting weird.' Suddenly Bowie - a man called alias - had the world at his nail-varnished fingertips, and in no time at all he would be the biggest star in the world.
Download or read book Cocksure written by Mordecai Richler and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the swinging culture of sixties’ London, Canadian Mortimer Griffin is a beleaguered editor adrift in a sea of hypocrisy and deceit. Alone in a world where nobody shares his values but everyone wants the same things, Mortimer must navigate the currents of these changing times. Richler’s eccentric cast of characters include the gorgeous Polly, who conducts her life as though it were a movie, complete with censor-type cuts at all the climactic moments; Rachel Coleman, slinky Black Panther of the boudoir; Star Maker, the narcissistic Hollywood tycoon who has discovered the secret of eternal life; and a precocious group of school children with a taste for the teachings of the Marquis de Sade. Cocksure is a savagely funny satire on television, movies, and the entertainment industry. This is Mordecai Richler at his most caustic and wicked best.
Download or read book Life s Too Short to Be an Underdog written by Dave Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life's too Short to Be an Underdog. is the story of a boy and his dog.and another dog.and yet another one.well, several more after that. Author Dave Smith boldly reveals the sometimes confusing, occasionally tragic, but always amusing history of the 'Smith Family Dog Curse". For so many years the family was denied in their attempts to cultivate a lasting bond with any dogs because of a series of mysterious events. In the midst of the family's pain and heartache, one dog managed to beat the curse and became the inspiration of many spiritual insights for his beloved master. Dave opens up the family history book and invites you to laugh along, secretly hoping it doesn't cost him the vast family inheritance. Life's too Short to Be an Underdog. is a book to share with friends, family, pet lovers, the criminally insane, and anyone else who knows how to read. It will bring smiles to faces of those who remember their own favorite doggie memories and challenge them to look for God's leading in the little things of life.even in the sometimes bizarre antics of a little dog named Ballpark.
Download or read book Zephyr of Change written by Ethan Shaw and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic ruin has descended on Europe. Civil war among the drug cartels in Mexico rages out of control. The United States Federal Government debates endlessly, but does nothing as the ruin in Europe slowly spreads around the world. With the end drawing near, Governor Katherine Brewster calls upon an intrepid businesswoman with a shaky past and the few allies they have to save California before infighting among the cartels spreading north and government corruption destroys them all...and takes the country with them. Meanwhile, Detective Timothy Burns works the streets of Los Angeles on the LAPD Gang Taskforce as turf wars begin erupting out of control without cause or warning. As the body-count racks up, he begins to realize that not everything, including the motives of the government he serves, is as it seems, and may be about to doom them all...
Download or read book Evil s Fancy written by Ralph Arnote and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 1996-01-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willy Hanson, cagey entertainment czar who's seen his share of danger, is in the game again. But this time he's not the quarry, but the hunter. From the glitter of Las Vegas's casinos to the sleaziest dives in New Orleans, from Pacific Coast gin joints to the glitter and danger of Hong Kong, Willy won't rest till he finds his best friend's killer. Up against a gorgeous femme fatale whose turn-ons are kinky sex and murder, and whose partner is a sadistic killer who'd make Charlie Manson proud, Willy's luck may have finally run out. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Funnymen written by Ted Heller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIGMUND "ZIGGY" BLISSMAN isn't the best-looking, sanest boy in the world. Far, far from it. But this misfit child of a failed husband-and-wife vaudeville team has one (and only one) thing going for him: He can crack people up merely by batting his eyelashes. And Vittorio "Vic" Fontana, the son of a fisherman, is a fraud. Barely able to carry a tune or even stay awake while attempting to, the indolent baritone (if that's what he is) has one thing going for him: Women love to look at him. On their own, they're failures. But on one summer night in the Catskills, they step onstage and together become the funniest men -- and the hottest act -- in America. Funnymen is the wildly inventive story of Fountain and Bliss, the comedy duo that delighted America in the 1940s and '50s. Conceived as a fictional oral biography and filled with more than seventy memorable characters, Funnymen details the extraordinary careers of two men whose professional success is never matched in their personal lives. The two men fight constantly with their managers, their wives, their children, their mistresses, and those responsible for their success: each other. The stories recounted about Vic and Ziggy -- and the truths Heller reveals about human ambition, egotism, and friendship -- make Funnymen a wild ride of a novel that is also a rare and imaginative masterpiece of storytelling.
Download or read book Cowards written by W. A. Burgess and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1997-04-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dopers, dropouts, scenesters, and hipsters shark Seattle in search of the next big thing. Or they refuse to search and opt to slide down the dark ladder. No bottom there. No traps. No dead end. There heroin will tell you you're brilliant, you're in touch, you're so, so inside. The addict's path mimics the shape of the worm Ouroboros: its tail forever in its mouth and he ends up where he began. It's the bus you can't get off. Mitchell Slaughter, perceptive but stoned, lures us step by step into his haunting by heroin. The days melt together like this: rain, drugs for breakfast--a spoonful of smack cooked over a flame--scratch the deaf cat, taunt the churchful priests living next door, take a tab, worship a plastic pig. Welcome to an industrial wasteland, the group-house with a freezer full of heroin, the fine spray of blood and vomit on the bathroom wall. Mitch and his mates form The Otis Process, a band named after a heroin addict/holy man they met in a certain quarter of Hell. So the Process screws around, stapling egg cartons to the walls of their practice basement, playing their gigs, blowing off lousy day jobs to brilliantly denigrate the bourgeoisie. There's a chance the band might succeed, but each member falls quicker than the last, and they just can't keep it together. When Ziggy ODs, Mitch takes his cue, which is to seek out peaceful Etta, the woman who will, just maybe, offer some kind of redemption. Moral dilemmas can be images, but addiction and its attendant despair cannot. W. A. Burgess has what few young writers have. His prose is a brilliant shock--the product of a writer writing from an experience, not simply about it.
