Download or read book The Big Apple Took a Bite Off Me written by Kim lee and published by Kim Lee. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Emily in Paris, there was Kim in NYC. Swap out Crazy Rich Asians for Crazy Broke Asians, lured by the city that never sleeps in search of their American dreams. Kim was ready to take a bite off the Big Apple, but the Big Apple decided to take a bite off her. This memoir showcases a SoHo-living, straight girl in an LG, sans the BTQA+ world. Kim's NYC adventure started in 2001, and she faced serious challenges. Everything from being a diamond runner to being laid off from her advertising job due to discrimination. She battled racism, gender bias, and xenophobia before 'Woke Culture' even had a name. She shares her colorful life, from her rooftop parties that attracted more than just party-goers to surprising romantic encounters and shocking revelations in the midst of a feminist sexual revolution. She gives the scoop on her brushes with the drug scene, the porn industry, and even her bond with a homeless man. Plus, she's got some juicy stories about dating a mysterious actor, surviving NYC's biggest blackout, and celebrity run-ins. This book is a shout-out to those who braved the Big Apple, fell through the cracks, but kept going. To her, it's not about success, it's about courage. This is a tale about finding your place in a new world, finding comfort amidst chaos, finding love, and getting stronger through setbacks and failures. Tidbits and photos at: FB: Big Apple Took a Bite Off Me IG: #Bigappletookabiteoffme

Download or read book Talitha Cumi written by Sailor Stone and published by Mystica Holdings LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting conclusion to the the Girl on a Cross trilogy, Talitha Cumi is here! In book three of The Girl on a Cross trilogy, Russell comes center stage as he begins to tell Maria about the evil that came at him and his friends in the summer and fall of 1981. Agent Cooper Latchet is in way over his head with Tamera and her hauntingly sexual ways. Benny tries to man-up after a lifetime of living in the gutter. Holly is still being stalked by Chase, and Maria sets out on a journey to find her way home from the dark world of her coma while being pursued by the same spiritual evil that was after Russell in his own childhood. Meanwhile, Maria's attackers are coming at her one more time. You can instantly download the final installment of this triumphant saga and read it now! This book, novel is: Girardian, Mimetic, Scapegoat, Mimesis, Christian, Catholic, dark, thrilling, thriller, NY, New York, suspenseful, Charleston, times, Myrtle Beach, Tennis, Rivalry, Revenge, funny, best seller, humorous, epic, inspirational, exciting, sacrificial, dark Christian fiction, Girardian fiction, Angels and Demons, heaven, hell, Peach country, orphan, love story, trending, family, Vietnam, singing, tennis champion, friendship, enemy, car racing, police, beach, super nova, cross, crucifix, cosmic, sexual obsession, obsessive relationships, coming of age, saga, family and friends, orphan friendship, love story, second chance marriage, music novel, rock novel, tennis love story, tennis novel, PTSD, healing, new wave novel, punk novel, chart trending, abusive husband.

Download or read book Tiger Takes the Big Apple written by David P Reiter and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Book 4 of the Project Earth-mend Series, Earth is under threat by starships from a distant galaxy sent to destroy humanity before its pollution can spread to other planets. Mick of the Min-Min is in fact Commander of the Abell 2218 strike force. Vanquished by the Kangaroo at the end of Tiger Tames the Min Min, Mick and his robots retreat to the outer reaches of the solar system to plan a new all-out assault on Earth. Tiger the Cat, Wanda the Blue Tongue, Number 12 the racing camel and Syd the dizzy crow team up with Prince, Eudora and Tark, extraterrestrials in disguise, and other species – as well as President Obama and Madonna to head off the confrontation over the skies of New York City (the Big Apple). On their way to New York, they sign up other species to Project Earth-mend like polar bears, timber wolves, beavers, bats, and even the national emblem of the USA, the Bald Eagle. Before the battle, the Team makes their case at United Nations for unity among all living beings, but will it be too late to defend the planet? Will we pay the ultimate price for ignoring Climate Change?

Download or read book The Treasure Hunters Club written by Tom Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking mystery about a secret society, nautical charts, cryptic clues, and a fabulous treasure to die for—perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Benjamin Stevenson. For nearly a century, tourists have ventured to the idyllic seaside town of Maple Bay in search of a legendary lost pirate treasure, though locals know there’s more than just gold buried in the sand. As the paths of three strangers converge in Maple Bay, the truth is about to be blown wide open. Peter Barnett is rapidly approaching forty with little to show for his life when a mysterious letter invites him to Maple Bay and the mansion his estranged family has called home for generations. Seventeen-year-old Dandy Feltzen is isolated and adrift following the death of her beloved grandfather until a tantalizing clue sets her on a mission to solve the mystery he spent his entire life chasing. Cass Jones has given up on her dream of being a successful author when an unexpected opportunity lands in her lap: a housesitting gig in remote Maple Bay, where she stumbles on the perfect subject matter for her breakout book—and the handsome sailor who might be just the person to help her research it. Peter, Dandy, and Cass have never met, but they’re on a collision course with each other and the mystery that has defined Maple Bay for centuries. None of them are prepared for the shocking truths that may still be buried there, or the fresh bodies piling up.

Download or read book Handsome Rich Man in My Hand written by Cheng Zi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zhou Yuxin had studied hard from a village girl, and after graduating, she had squeezed into a big city. She had to work so hard to stop herself from rolling her eyes. It was not easy, and only he knew how bitter and spiteful it had been. Dignity had been worthless. Faced with his superior's intentional actions, as long as he was able to control his own safety, he could bear with it. Men look forward to rich and beautiful, women like rich and handsome. But who would have thought that the person beside you was not the person you were looking for? Perhaps, just by an accident, you can find your happiness. The So What had to pay attention to those things.

Download or read book The Life Of Donald Brickman written by One Tusk and published by One Tusk. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about past experiences. Most of what’s in this story is fiction. However, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. View through the eyes of Richard Tucker, whose best friend is fellow student Donald Brickman. The two are the same age who like to go to high school parties, enjoy surfing, skateboarding, but sell illegal drugs also. Richard Tucker’s documentation or memoir is a first person perspective about life, growing up with friends, family, romance, and also including the trials and tribulations of becoming an adult. Drug use and abuse, becomes prevalent in the small town of Sunnyville where they live. The town influences, develop Richard Tucker’s unique point of view about society, religion, and politics.

Download or read book Growing up the Greek Way in the Big Apple written by Mike Pappas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you grow up Greek, you grow up differentlyespecially in the culturally rich city of New York. Mike Pappas was born just after the start of World War II to parents who left Greece seeking a better life. In this memoir, he recalls his boyhood adventures in vivid detail, sharing memories that are sad, bizarre, insightful, and fun. Growing up in New York City and being a first-generation Greek immigrant was an adventure in and of itself. It was a time everybody remembered and treasured. Mike Pappas recalls his familys quirks and the many old traditions he tried to adhere to but often failed to carry out. Caught between two worlds, he enjoyed the best of both of them. Here are the varied experiences of Lent and Holy week and hidden aspects of Greek Orthodox life that are woven into everyday life. Explore two worlds and discoveror relivewhat it means to grow up as a Greek American. This memoir is full of insight, enthusiasm, and honesty about what it was like Growing Up the Greek Way in the Big Apple.

Download or read book Antkind written by Charlie Kaufman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bold and boundlessly original debut novel from the Oscar®-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York. LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • “A dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon . . . propelled by Kaufman’s deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bull’s-eye wit."—The Washington Post “An astonishing creation . . . riotously funny . . . an exceptionally good [book].”—The New York Times Book Review • “Kaufman is a master of language . . . a sight to behold.”—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND MEN’S HEALTH B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film made by an enigmatic outsider—a film he’s convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. His hands on what is possibly the greatest movie ever made—a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece that took its reclusive auteur ninety years to complete—B. knows that it is his mission to show it to the rest of humanity. The only problem: The film is destroyed, leaving him the sole witness to its inadvertently ephemeral genius. All that’s left of this work of art is a single frame from which B. must somehow attempt to recall the film that just might be the last great hope of civilization. Thus begins a mind-boggling journey through the hilarious nightmarescape of a psyche as lushly Kafkaesque as it is atrophied by the relentless spew of Twitter. Desperate to impose order on an increasingly nonsensical existence, trapped in a self-imposed prison of aspirational victimhood and degeneratively inclusive language, B. scrambles to re-create the lost masterwork while attempting to keep pace with an ever-fracturing culture of “likes” and arbitrary denunciations that are simultaneously his bête noire and his raison d’être. A searing indictment of the modern world, Antkind is a richly layered meditation on art, time, memory, identity, comedy, and the very nature of existence itself—the grain of truth at the heart of every joke.

Download or read book The Islandman written by Tomás Ó Crohan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1978 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomas O'Crohan's sole purpose in writing The Islandman was, he wrote, "to set down the character of the people about me so that some record of us might live after us, for the like of us will never be seen again." This is an absorbing narrative of a now-vanished way of life, written by one who had known no other.

Download or read book Bob Dylan Performance Artist 1986 1990 And Beyond Mind Out Of Time written by Paul Williams and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Dylan: Performing Artist 1986-1990 And Beyond is the third volume of US critic Paul Williams' widely acclaimed writings on the music and performances of Bob Dylan. In this final edition, Williams assess the influence of Dylan upon the later generations, the artist's self-proclaimed Never Ending Tour, as well as dissected two classic Dylan albums, Time Out Of Mind and Love And Theft. No stone is left unturned as the author charts the shifts in musical style and the response of this remarkable and unpredictable artist to the ever-changing musical landscape. A candid portrait of the independent and controversial singer/songwriter in an increasingly chaotic industry.

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Download or read book Manhattan Seeds of the Big Apple written by Gloria Waldron Hukle and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-06-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Review August 2009-Manhattan Seeds of the Big Apple A wonderful glimpse into the l7th centuryDutch andNative Americans " Saturday afternoon I beganreadingManhattan Seeds of the Big Apple and finished the next evening! I couldn't put it down! It moves swiftly, is humorous (those pigs),is frightening (the Indian attack),is timely (moral issues, womenissues & concerns with Tennake Waldron wisely planning how to adjust to governmental changes), has well developed, intriguing characters,and gives wonderful glimpse intonot only the lives of Resolve and Tennake'sand other Dutch and Native Americans, but also intomy own French Huguenot ancestors.My ancestors,Jean Bodin and his wife, were first recorded asbaptismwitnesses ata Dutch Reformed Church,New York in 1677. He owned land on Statan Island and died there in 1694. Thank you for writing such a fascinating family. I can't wait to read the next books you have written!Keepwriting!" Bonnie Shufelt -New York More information at www.authorgloriawaldronhukle.com In 1653, lower Manhattan was a Dutch community of about 120 houses, its people protected by a fort and a log wall which stood as a defense against Indian attacks. Todays Wall Street follows the line of that ancient plank wall. Sheriff Resolved Waldron, his wife, Tennake, and their three children lived at the present day crossing of Wall Street and Broadway. There along with them on Block B, across the street from the Dutch West India Companys enormous garden, resided Augustine Herrman, Peter Schaefbanck, the jailor, Hendrick Hendricksen, and Domine (clergy) Samuel Drisius. These were but a few of America's first immigrants. This is their story. More information go to www.authorgloriawaldronhukle.com News December 2009 Manhattan Seeds of the Big Apple available in soft and hard cover and soon to be available as ebook

Download or read book Taking a Bite Out of the Apple written by Rob Janoff and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you brand a revolution? In his engaging new book, Taking a Bite out of the Apple: A Graphic Designer's Tale, Rob Janoff - designer of the world-famous Apple logo - shares what it was like to live through the heady days of the home computer revolution. From his fateful meeting with Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley as a young art director in 1977, to his current position heading up an international branding company with his Australian business partner, Rob's career continues with its focus on distilling a client's business personality into a memorable icon. Taking a Bite out of the Apple is an intimate view into how Rob's design for a young, start-up company became a defining moment in a long career. After working on national brands like Apple, IBM, Intel, Kraft and Kleenex at top US agencies, Rob now enjoys working with a diversity of companies from Japan, Italy, Australia, China and the UK. Telling the true tale of how the globally loved icon came to be, Rob offers insight and inspiration to young people considering the field of graphic design - and to the young at heart who share his love of memorable graphics. Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite Taking a Bite Out of the Apple: A Graphic Designer's Tale (Hearing Others' Voices) is a nonfiction memoir for young adults written by Rob Janoff. While he had gone to college to study industrial design, Janoff was more intrigued by the creative possibilities that graphic design seemed to offer. Indeed, his whole outlook on the world seemed to point him in that direction. He had had some success in designing logos for new tech companies when he went to work for the Regis McKenna Agency in Silicon Valley. That tech experience led his boss, Regis McKenna, to offer him a somewhat off-the-wall assignment. Janoff's mind was far away as his boss discussed the assignment, but eventually the words "apple" and "computers" broke through his distraction. Janoff even knew of Steve Jobs, the iconic inventor who, with his partner, had turned a garage into the birthplace of the personal computer. But how to render Steve's concepts into a logo? Janoff's mind kept toying with the idea, his hand quickly sketching and erasing ideas as they paraded through his imagination. Then he hit on it. Rob Janoff's nonfiction memoir for young adults, Taking a Bite Out of the Apple: A Graphic Designer's Tale, is a beautifully written and fascinating account by the designer of the world-famous Apple logo. Anyone who loves computers and has an interest in how the personal computer came to be will have as much fun reading this book as I did. But there's more to this memoir than tech history. Janoff's description of how he tackled the project, working feverishly with a bowl of apples as inspiration is a joy to read. Any creative person should find Janoff's story inspiring, and his smooth conversational style makes following along as he works towards that one perfect image a grand and entertaining experience. Taking a Bite Out of the Apple: A Graphic Designer's Tale is most highly recommended.

Download or read book Belle in the Big Apple written by Brooke Parkhurst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Belle Lee, a vivacious, tart-tongued daughter of Mobile, Alabama, decides that the only way she'll ever make a name for herself as a journalist is to leave the family paper and head to New York,she soon realizes just how daunting life in the big city can be. An outsider desperate to carve a place for herself in the cutthroat world of New York journalism, Belle marches all over town in her kitten heels and her single Chloé suit to hand-deliver résumés and smiles, and to beg for a job from the indifferent or downright hostile office drones. She refuses to give up. With heroic persistence,a wicked sense of humor and a taste for the gourmet, Belle sees what it takes to become a New Yorker. She flirts with a gorgeous young man on the subway, only to learn later that he's stolen her purse; braves the judgmental stares of her neighbors; goes on a series of hilariously disastrous dates and then, finally, she catches her big break: a job as a production assistant at a conservative twenty-four-hour news network. Belle throws herself into her work, sure that her talents will be noticed. All the while, she suffers the sexually suggestive commentary of one of the station's better-known male anchors, doggedly fetches scripts and pulls footage in the wee hours of the morning while working the midnight shift. Belle even maintains her Southern charm, baking cakes for her coworkers and befriending the office security guard. Things start to look up when Paige Beaumont, the channel's star female news anchor, takes Belle under her wing. Paige shows Belle the ropes, dispenses career advice, includes her in the office gossip and also sets her up on dates at restaurants where, before, Belle had only dreamed of one day being inside. But when Belle uncovers the truth behind an illegal network deal that may jeopardize the election of female presidential candidate Jessica Clayton, she realizes that intelligent and ambitious women need to stick together -- and she has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. With thirty recipes for everything from Bribe-Your-Coworkers Pound Cake to Single-Girl Sustenance and how to make the perfect Manhattan -- all told in the delightful and plucky voice of a determined and saucy young woman -- Belle in the Big Apple is about finding love in the most unlikely places, following your dreams and staying true to yourself.

Download or read book Nobody written by Allan A. Zarbock and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At school, he's confronted with indifferent administrators, both over-demanding and hardhearted teachers, and a variety of bullies. At home, he's simply left alone--forgotten--to fend for himself. His father is long gone and barely a memory. His mother isn't abusive or cruel, yet she's more concerned with surviving her own life than being a mother to Nobody. Therefore, all Nobody can hope for in life is to survive, one minute at a time, which leaves little ambition for homework. Even though life seems like a sick, twisted joke with the laugh always at his expense, Nobody searches inside himself to find strength to endure and eventually overcomes his fate. Nobody understands that it's up to him to find his own path as he tries to decide whether or not to drop out of high school.

Download or read book Mi Karnival of Papier M ch written by Kenny Attaway and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mi Karnival of Papier-mâché is an honest, intelligent and unapologetic memoir chronicling the life and times of Miyor Paul Toussaint who throughout his conquest to become great never gives up hopes of not only become a fashion designer, but a better being along the journey. The-mâché novel follows the life and times of the starving artist/fashion designer from his struggling in not so humble beginning in Haiti and finishing out the conquest in the great city of Paris, France. Aside from his journey out of Haiti into Paris to fulfil a lifelong dream, he must make peace with decisions and information unearthed and move his world towards change-including how to be a better friend The novel addresses the difficulties of becoming a welcomed black fashion designer, his on/off battles with various addictions (sex, drugs, and alcohol), but the world’s sometimes ugly reflections with inspiring and make changes along the way. Papier-mâché also explores the island of Haiti’s ongoing problems with being accepted by the rest of the world-as does Miyor. Astonishingly, regardless of the struggles and pains Miyor triumphs on and through the bright lights of Paris and beyond to become all there is to be- his way while on the road to the riches, ending with presenting to you with a ticket to his Karnival of mâché. a little messy, but presentable.