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Book Judy Uncensored

    Book Details:
  • Author : Debra Salonen
  • Publisher : Loner Llama Press
  • Release : 2024-04-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Judy Uncensored written by Debra Salonen and published by Loner Llama Press. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your first attempt to re-ignite your sex life includes a 911 call… Judy Banger may be 50-something, trapped in a dead-end job, and worried her get-up-'n-go got up and went, but she wasn’t ready to throw in the towel…until her old friend’s “little blue pill epiphany” ended badly. Like harps and angels bad. When the meet-cute of your life includes a black lace bustier, fishnet stockings and a whip named Gerald… Gorgeous, sexy Judge Wilson "Wiley" Canby may project the smoldering angst of every romance hero Judy ever fantasized about. Too bad her timing is as rotten as her luck…unless the nearly retired widower needs help exploring his naughty side. “Tears, laughter, and sensuality hallmark this delightful novel as heroine Judy Banger, in fits and starts, finds unexpected happiness. I also couldn't help but applaud the fabulous judgment of Judge Wiley Canby!” LT review

Book Judy Does Christmas

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  • Author : Debra Salonen
  • Publisher : Loner Llama Press
  • Release : 2024-04-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Judy Does Christmas written by Debra Salonen and published by Loner Llama Press. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holiday party trial-by-fire? Isn’t there a law against that? Newlywed Judy Banger-Canby has a secret: she's no fan of Christmas. Her “Ho-ho-ho” is more “Ho-ho-hum.” Too bad she never had that all-important “holiday” talk with new hubby Wiley "Elf-on-the-Bench" Canby before saying, “I do.” Because when it comes to celebrating Christmas, she’s a definite: “I don’t.” It’s just a party…to prove how much he loves his new wife. Judge Wiley Canby is baffled by Judy’s lukewarm reception of his brilliant idea: throwing a giant Christmas blowout to close one chapter of his life and usher in a new beginning with the woman he loves. He gets that she's never hosted a gala and his friends didn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat for her, but it’s Christmas…the season of good will. What could possibly go wrong? "A fun story, that can give you a new lease on the holidays, just when they can seem overwhelming." ~ PatternDance

Book Unconditional Uncensored

Download or read book Unconditional Uncensored written by Marybeth Sheridan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unflinching personal memoir of a mother's journey as she discovers her spirituality and strength while watching her child endure a devastating disease called Epidermolysis Bullosa. Her journey takes her through the twists and turns of the medical world. Told with a raw frankness and candor. The love is unconditional and the stories are uncensored.

Book Uncensored Fantasies

Download or read book Uncensored Fantasies written by Danielle Engle and published by Rosebud Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut of a hot new voice in lesbian erotica. In a world where so many stifle their emotions, what woman doesn't yearn for a little old-fashioned honesty -- even if it means revealing one's own secret desires? Danielle Engle's heroines do just that -- and a great deal more -- in their quest for sexual fulfillment.

Book From Scratch

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allen Salkin
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 1101636475
  • Pages : 470 pages

Download or read book From Scratch written by Allen Salkin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty Years of Dish from Flay and Fieri to Deen and DeLaurentiis... Includes a New Afterword! “I don’t want this shown. I want the tapes of this whole series destroyed.”—Martha Stewart “In those days, the main requirement to be on the Food Network was being able to get there by subway.”—Bobby Flay “She seems to suggest that you can make good food easily, in minutes, using Cheez Whiz and chopped-up Pringles and packaged chili mix.”—Anthony Bourdain This is the definitive history of The Food Network from its earliest days as a long-shot business gamble to its current status as a cable obsession for millions, home along the way to such icons as Emeril Lagasse, Rachael Ray, Mario Batali, Alton Brown, and countless other celebrity chefs. Using extensive inside access and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, and employees, From Scratch is a tantalizing, delicious look at the intersection of business, pop culture, and food. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Book Bradbury Beyond Apollo

Download or read book Bradbury Beyond Apollo written by Jonathan R. Eller and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-08-22 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated storyteller, cultural commentator, friend of astronauts, prophet of the Space Age—by the end of the 1960s, Ray Bradbury had attained a level of fame and success rarely achieved by authors, let alone authors of science fiction and fantasy. He had also embarked on a phase of his career that found him exploring new creative outlets while reinterpreting his classic tales for generations of new fans. Drawing on numerous interviews with Bradbury and privileged access to personal papers and private collections, Jonathan R. Eller examines the often-overlooked second half of Bradbury's working life. As Bradbury's dreams took him into a wider range of nonfiction writing and public lectures, the diminishing time that remained for creative pursuits went toward Hollywood productions like the award-winning series Ray Bradbury Theater. Bradbury developed the Spaceship Earth narration at Disney's EPCOT Center; appeared everywhere from public television to NASA events to comic conventions; published poetry; and mined past triumphs for stage productions that enjoyed mixed success. Distracted from storytelling as he became more famous, Bradbury nonetheless published innovative experiments in autobiography masked as detective novels, the well-received fantasy The Halloween Tree and the masterful time travel story "The Toynbee Convector." Yet his embrace of celebrity was often at odds with his passion for writing, and the resulting tension continuously pulled at his sense of self. The revelatory conclusion to the acclaimed three-part biography, Bradbury Beyond Apollo tells the story of an inexhaustible creative force seeking new frontiers.

Book Turbulence and Restoration

Download or read book Turbulence and Restoration written by Timothy H. Cook and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...in my dream, I was right here, and by that, I mean I was sitting exactly where I'm sitting now, and I was enjoying the ale and bread that was on the table. And Craycroft was right there with what looked like a gathering of young men, and he was telling a tale; but let me tell you, it was no ordinary tale. It was of a book with men of power seeking it out; but it was eventually found by a young friar who lost everything to obtain this book. And Craycroft told us that there was one on this island who had seen this book, someone called Drachma." In Turbulence and Restoration, the third installment in the Drachma series, a riveting compilation of fantasy, magic, and medical discovery, Bob Gilsen and Judy continue in their quest in search of the only man who has all the answers to their mysterious circumstances. How did they travel through time and through the ages back to the fifteenth century? Why were they there, and would they ever go back? Who was this elder of the forest responsible for their travel back in time? Would they ever meet him? And what secrets lay written in the pages of the elusive Book of Drachma? Find out the fate of Bob, Judy, and their medieval entourage as they journey through the island of Shepperton in search for the answers that will surely only bring more questions about their fate in a history that could forever change their future.

Book Tampa Bay Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2000-09
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Tampa Bay Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tampa Bay Magazine is the area's lifestyle magazine. For over 25 years it has been featuring the places, people and pleasures of Tampa Bay Florida, that includes Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. You won't know Tampa Bay until you read Tampa Bay Magazine.

Book The King and I

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  • Author : Herbert Breslin
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2005-10-11
  • ISBN : 0767915089
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book The King and I written by Herbert Breslin and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the scandalous international sensation: brash, candid, and utterly hilarious, Luciano Pavarotti’s longtime manager tells all. The name “Luciano Pavarotti” is as central to the world of opera as high C’s and dueling sopranos. Pavarotti has had, quite inarguably, the most successful career in the history of the operatic profession, having gone from a once-reserved but brilliant tenor to a media-stupefying superstar. In The King and I, Herbert Breslin, Pavarotti’s publicist, manager, and friend for thirty-six years, reveals, in a fashion that is witty and bitingly frank, the truth about that white-hot career in all its delicious grandeur. Full of jaw-dropping anecdotes about the most famous divas and disputes of the past three decades, The King and I even features an afterword by the famed tenor himself. A one-of-a-kind read, The King and I is the ultimate backstage book about the greatest opera star ever.

Book Rebel Without a Cause

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. David Slocum
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • Release : 2005-09-27
  • ISBN : 0791482340
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Rebel Without a Cause written by J. David Slocum and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five decades after the production and initial release of Rebel Without a Cause, this book examines both the complicated historical moment in which the film was made as well as its continuing and pervasive influence on film today. The contributors track how the film continues to speak to diverse audiences as a touchstone for imagined anxieties over adolescence and coming-of-age, traditional values of family and community, threats from abroad, and the provocations of mass or consumer society. Although the specific sources and motivations for rebellion have shifted, what has persisted is the film's singular power to represent rebellion in what could otherwise be seen as the everyday, and to move viewers to ponder its causes.

Book After the Revolution

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eleanor Heartney
  • Publisher : Prestel Publishing
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book After the Revolution written by Eleanor Heartney and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in a provocative 1971 essay. Her penetrating critique serves today as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators examine the achievements and influence of twelve representative contemporary women artists: Louise Bourgeois, Nancy Spero, Elizabeth Murray, Marina Abramović, Judy Pfaff, Jenny Holzer, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Ann Hamilton, Shirin Neshat, Ellen Gallagher, and Dana Schutz. Insightful essays, illustrations of key works by each artist, and a comprehensive bibliography make this an engaging introduction to contemporary women's art and an essential reference"--Cover.

Book Jesus Comes to Me As Judy Garland

Download or read book Jesus Comes to Me As Judy Garland written by David Pickering and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. LGBTQIA Studies. JESUS COMES TO ME AS JUDY GARLAND explores themes of sexual orientation, spirituality, family, and aging, often using smart humor and sharp observation. These poems are much like the old Cadillacs that Pickering clearly loves, big and powerful and roomy, and they are full of interesting companions kibitzing in the back seat--Bette Davis, Bob Ross, Judy Garland, Lucille Clifton, Marlene Dietrich, Vincent Van Gogh, and yes, Jesus. This collection is an affirmation of spirit and the variety of ways it manifests in the contemporary world. While these poems sometimes navigate dark and complex territories, Pickering is a confident driver, and the reader always feels safe riding shotgun in the front seat. So, settle into the leather-trimmed aqua brocade... and step on it. You're going for a ride.

Book Mobile Urbanity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Neil Carrier
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • Release : 2019-07-11
  • ISBN : 1789202973
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Mobile Urbanity written by Neil Carrier and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increased presence of Somalis has brought much change to East African towns and cities in recent decades, change that has met with ambivalence and suspicion, especially within Kenya. This volume demystifies Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, showing its historical depth, and exploring the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation. In so doing, it offers a vivid case study of the transformative power of (forced) migration on urban centres, and the intertwining of urbanity and mobility. The volume will be of interest for readers working in the broader field of migration, as well as anthropology and urban studies.

Book Spy

    Spy

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990-09
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book Spy written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism. It was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all. There's no magazine I know of that's so continually referenced, held up as a benchmark, and whose demise is so lamented" --Dave Eggers. "It's a piece of garbage" --Donald Trump.

Book Group Techniques

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gerald Corey
  • Publisher : Brooks/Cole
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Group Techniques written by Gerald Corey and published by Brooks/Cole. This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook of techniques, designed to supplement theory or practicum books, explores the place and the usefulness of techniques, as well as their abuse. The authors hope to stimulate creativity in the readers approach to group work and to encourage group leaders to develop their own therapeutic styles. They there-fore offer this book as an outline for leaders to build upon in adapting techniques for their own situations, not as a cookbook of recipes to be rigidly followed. The goal is not to catalog techniques for every conceivable situation, but to teach leaders how to adapt the techniques presented and to develop others sensitively, crea-tively, and appropriately..The authors primarily assume that techniques are means, not ends, and that they are fundamentally at the service of the client, not the therapist. The book is especially strong on the leaders executive functions in the group: maneuvering and facilitating the group to optimize its effectiveness and relying on the members themselves to do the majority of the therapy. In addition, the authors hope to stimulate interest in the philosophical and ethical dimensions of group work, and they make reference to the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) ethical guidelines when relevant.

Book Alice Neel  People Come First

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kelly Baum
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2021-03-15
  • ISBN : 1588397254
  • Pages : 259 pages

Download or read book Alice Neel People Come First written by Kelly Baum and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For me, people come first," Alice Neel (1900–1984) declared in 1950. "I have tried to assert the dignity and eternal importance of the human being." This ambitious publication surveys Neel's nearly 70-year career through the lens of her radical humanism. Remarkable portraits of victims of the Great Depression, fellow residents of Spanish Harlem, leaders of political organizations, queer artists, visibly pregnant women, and members of New York's global diaspora reveal that Neel viewed humanism as both a political and philosophical ideal. In addition to these paintings of famous and unknown sitters, the more than 100 works highlighted include Neel's emotionally charged cityscapes and still lifes as well as the artist’s erotic pastels and watercolors. Essays tackle Neel's portrayal of LGBTQ subjects; her unique aesthetic language, which merged abstraction and figuration; and her commitment to progressive politics, civil rights, feminism, and racial diversity. The authors also explore Neel's highly personal preoccupations with death, illness, and motherhood while reasserting her place in the broader cultural history of the 20th century.

Book Dangerously Funny

Download or read book Dangerously Funny written by David Bianculli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour -- the provocative, politically charged program that shocked the censors, outraged the White House, and forever changed the face of television. Decades before The Daily Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour proved there was a place on television for no-holds-barred political comedy with a decidedly antiauthoritarian point of view. In this first-ever all-access history of the show, veteran entertainment journalist David Bianculli tells the fascinating story of its three-year network run -- and the cultural impact that's still being felt today. Before it was suddenly removed from the CBS lineup (reportedly under pressure from the Nixon administration), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a ratings powerhouse. It helped launch the careers of comedy legends such as Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, featured groundbreaking musical acts like the Beatles and the Who, and served as a cultural touchstone for the antiwar movement of the late 1960s. Drawing on extensive original interviews with Tom and Dick Smothers and dozens of other key players -- as well as more than a decade's worth of original research -- Dangerously Funny brings readers behind the scenes for all the battles over censorship, mind-blowing musical performances, and unforgettable sketches that defined the show and its era. David Bianculli delves deep into this never-told story, to find out what really happened and to reveal why this show remains so significant to this day.