Download or read book Still Weird written by Gahan Wilson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty-five years, Gahan Wilson's unique perspective on the world has been making people laugh. His cartoons have been found in the pages of National Lampoon, Playboy, and The New Yorker. Still Weird, Wilson's first major collection, includes selections from the whole body of his work, plus 100 brand-new cartoons and 100 more that have never before been published in book form. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Weird Al written by Lily E. Hirsch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Expanded Edition features even more insights on “Weird Al” Yankovic, including his activities during a tumultuous 2020 and 2021, diving deeper into the world of the iconic man who has made a career out of making us laugh. Funny music is often dismissed as light and irrelevant, but Yankovic’s fourteen successful studio albums prove there is more going on than comedic music's reputation suggests. Lily Hirsch weaves together original interviews with the prince of parody himself, creating a fresh take on comedy and music’s complicated romance. She reveals that Yankovic’s jests have always had a deeper meaning, addressing such topics as bullying, celebrity, and racial and gender stereotypes. The Expanded Edition celebrates Yankovic’s vast influence on musicians, comedians, and performing artists as well as what the man has meant to fans—in a time of uncertainty, Yankovic has served as a much-needed bright spot for many. From his love of accordions and Hawaiian print shirts to his popular puns and trademark dance moves, Weird Al is undeterred by those who say funny music is nothing but a low-brow pastime. And thank goodness. With his good-guy grace still intact, Yankovic remains unapologetically and unmistakably himself. Reveling in the mischief and wisdom of Yankovic’s over forty-year career, this book is an Al-expense-paid tour of a true comedic and musical genius.
Download or read book Weird written by Olga Khazan and published by Hachette Go. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn why the concept of "weird" is being reclaimed and turned into a badge of honor, used to show how being different—culturally, socially, physically, or mentally—can be a person's greatest strength. Most of us have at some point in our lives felt like an outsider, sometimes considering ourselves "too weird" to fit in. Growing up as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, Olga Khazan always felt there was something different about her. This feeling has permeated her life, and as she embarked on a science writing career, she realized there were psychological connections between this feeling of being an outsider and both her struggles and successes later in life. She decided to reach out to other people who were unique in their environments to see if they had experienced similar feelings of alienation, and if so, to learn how they overcame them. Weird is based on in-person interviews with many of these individuals, such as a woman who is professionally surrounded by men, a liberal in a conservative area, and a Muslim in a predominantly Christian town. In addition, it provides actionable insights based on interviews with dozens of experts and a review of hundreds of scientific studies. Weird explores why it is that we crave conformity, how that affects people who are different, and what they can do about it. First, the book dives into the history of social norms and why some people hew to them more strictly than others. Next, Khazan explores the causes behind-and the consequences of-social rejection. She then reveals the hidden upsides to being "weird," as well as the strategies that people who are different might use in order to achieve success in a society that values normalcy. Finally, the book follows the trajectories of unique individuals who either decided to be among others just like them; to stay weird; or to dwell somewhere in between. Combining Khazan's own story with those of others and with fascinating takeaways from cutting-edge psychology research, Weird reveals how successful individuals learned to embrace their weirdness, using it to their advantage.
Download or read book Keep Austin Weird written by Red Wassenich and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Wassenich's, who coined of the phrase Keep Austin Weird, entertaining text and over 180 color photos show the colorful places, people, and doings in Austin, Texas' capital city. Tour the Cathedral of Junk built with over 700 bicycles. Meet Leslie, the cross-dressing perennial mayoral candidate. Party at the Spamarama, Austin's premier weird cook-off. Keep your eyes peeled for the cruising art cars. For the adventurous, there is no better guide to Austin!
Download or read book Weird U S written by Mark Moran and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel guide of sorts to an array of local legends, folklore, and secrets in the United States. Includes characters, roads, abandoned sites, and roadside attractions.
Download or read book Kids Are Weird written by Jeffrey Brown and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As he's shown in his previous hugely popular books, Jeffrey Brown has a real gift for finding humor in quirky yet universal truths. Now the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess brings his witty comic observations to terrestrial parenting in this perceptive book celebrating the more surreal moments of raising a child. In charming colorful panels, Brown wryly illustrates his fiveyear- old son's take on the world around him, from watching TV ("Elton John looks pretty in that shirt") to playing with toys ("This truck can survive on very little water") to odd requests ("Don't feel happy at me"), capturing the sweetly weird times that mothers and fathers everywhere experience with their own curious, pure-minded kids.
Download or read book The Summer of Weird Harold written by Eric Walker Williams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not so far away there's a quiet little place where the sun always shines, the water stays warm all year, and your neighbors want to kill you. Twelve-year-old Kayla Minnix loves the swamp on the far side of the lake and is devastated to learn that Art Guilafante has plans to destroy it. Two creepy neighbors and a string of near-fatal accidents have her convinced of one thing: someone's out to scare her family into leaving Bass Lake. Can Kayla find out who it is, survive her summer, and save the swamp at the same time?
Download or read book Chambers s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beautiful Melody written by Trish Milburn and published by Trish Milburn. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’re talented, good-looking and falling in love. Kang Seuk-Chim, leader of K-pop superstar group SBG, rarely has time to himself to relax, so when his childhood friend Park Seo-Ho invites him to his wedding on beautiful Jeju Island, he jumps at the chance to get away. What he doesn’t expect is for the trip to bring upheaval into his life, both good and bad. While there, he reconnects with the third member of their childhood trio, Melody Kim, who moved to the United States when they were all 12 years old. But the girl who could once put both him and Seo-Ho to shame on a skateboard or bike has grown into a stunningly beautiful woman, one toward whom he feels an immediate attraction. But when photos of them together get splashed all over the internet, ones that appear scandalous, he’s faced with not only protecting Melody from angry fans but also the very real possibility that he’ll have to leave SBG to protect his fellow members. Following her father’s death, Melody Kim has moved back to South Korea so that her mother can find solace in family and old friends. She’s happy to reconnect with her own childhood friends but is stunned when she meets Chim again, because all the magazine photos and TV appearances do not do him justice. The best part is that despite being a worldwide star, her friend seems every bit as kind and humble as he’d been as a kid. But a fun weekend before she starts her new job as a language instructor is turned upside down by someone out to make some quick money or do damage to SBG—or both. While trying to clear their names and protect those they care about, both Chim and Melody find themselves unexpectedly falling for their best friend. But is confessing that love worth the risk of losing the friendship?
Download or read book EC Archives Weird Science Volume 4 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 "collects Weird science #12-#15 and #5-#6, originally published between May 1950 and April 1951 by I. C. Publishing Co, Inc."--Copyright page.
Download or read book The EC Archives Weird Science Volume 4 written by Al Feldstein and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Paul Tobin! The Weird Science archives take flight at Dark Horse! This volume collects the complete Weird Science issues #19–#22 and Weird Science-Fantasy #23–#24 in glorious remastered color! Don’t miss any of the sci-fi classics from such visionary artists as Wally Wood, Al Feldstein, Harry Harrison, and Harvey Kurtzman! * Dark Horse reprints the famous science-fiction comic series!
Download or read book Keep Christianity Weird written by Michael Frost and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus is different. Go and do likewise. Many Christians have become comfortable letting the world mold them instead of being set apart by God. And many churches have traded in their biblical roots for complacent conventionality. But Jesus and the church are anything but conventional. The hallmark of our faith is that it sees the world differently than the world sees itself. We are called to be eccentric—off center, unique, different; not conformed to the patterns of the world but transformed by the renewing of our minds. By the grace of God we are not only dissatisfied by sin but increasingly uncompelled by conventionality. So resist the allure of acceptability. Get back to the unsafe roots of our faith. Be equipped to surprise the world with the Good News it didn’t even know it was waiting for. Challenge the way things are by living a life that has been truly set free by Christ.
Download or read book Electro written by Elise Brassell and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electro: Book One – The Thunder Series By: Elise Brassell Electro is your average high school girl with average high school worries, except for her ability to control lightning and run at super speeds. Along with her super-powered friends, a shape-shifter and a water manipulator, Electro will have to come out of her shell, learn who she truly is, and find her place in the world. With danger at every turn, she will need to make difficult decisions on whom they can trust. Written in an unconventional style for a coming-of-age, superhero story, Electro has something for everyone who enjoys an adventure and a good story.
Download or read book Dark Desire Book 3 written by Naomi West and published by MBK Hanson Inc.. This book was released on with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book 3 and the finale of the Dark Bad Boy Hitman Romance series! I’ve got blood on my hands and vengeance on my mind. But taking her changed everything. My brother was never the same after he came home from the war. The medicine was supposed to help him. To quiet his demons. But it only set them loose. Now, he’s on death row for a crime that never should have happened. Bad pharmaceuticals are to blame. More specifically, the bastards who make and sell them. So I’m gonna hunt down the people who poisoned my brother’s mind. And I’m gonna force them to pay for what they did to my family. But I didn’t expect evil to take the form of a curvy, icy woman. Emily West is a wicked temptation and a symbol of everything wrong with the world, all at once. My mind is whirling. Do I take her or do I break her? I’d better decide quick. Because the cops are banging on the door. And if they catch me with a gun at the head of a Fortune 500 CEO… I’m gonna get tossed in a cell of my own. *** Dane is a savage, filthy bad boy hitman who will stop at nothing to get the vengeance he seeks in this dark romance with sex from bestselling bad boy mob romance author Naomi West. DARK DESIRE is a new adult contemporary romance novel that will leave you gasping with its steamy intimate scenes, dark twists, and a surprise ending that you’ll never see coming. So get your hands on this romance love story today!
Download or read book Atalanta written by L. T. Meade and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weird City written by Joshua Long and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Austin’s rapid economic and creative growth and local attitudes toward the Texas capitol’s transformation as an urban center. Austin, Texas, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is experiencing one of the most dynamic periods in its history. Wedged between homogenizing growth and a long tradition of rebellious nonconformity, many Austinites feel that they are amid a battle for the city’s soul. From this struggle, a movement has emerged as a form of resistance to the rapid urban transformation brought about in recent years: “Keep Austin Weird” originated in 2000 as a grassroots expression of place attachment and anti-commercialization. Its popularity has led to its use as a rallying cry for local business, as a rhetorical tool by city governance, and now as the unofficial civic motto for a city experiencing rapid growth and transformation. By using “Keep Austin Weird” as a central focus, Joshua Long explores the links between sense of place, consumption patterns, sustainable development, and urban politics in Austin. Research on this phenomenon considers the strong influence of the “Creative Class” thesis on Smart Growth strategies, gentrification, income inequality, and social polarization made popular by the works of Richard Florida. This study is highly applicable to several emerging “Creative Cities,” but holds special significance for the city considered the greatest creative success story, Austin.
Download or read book The Boy in the Bush written by David Herbert Lawrence and published by London : Secker. This book was released on 1924 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
