Download or read book The Fat Girl Bus written by Byron C. Taylor Sr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction Depicted in the early 1990s in Bansfield, NY, this novel explores the controversial attitudes of the school district’s administrative powers and their approach on what to do about the education of pregnant teenage students. The time line spans from the fall semester through the spring semester, approximately eight months in the lives of the principal, students, parents, and the school bus driver at Parker High School, the school dedicated exclusively for pregnant teenage girls in the Alternative School For Educational Advancement program (ASFEA). When the ASFEA comes under severe scrutiny, Mrs. Bernese Thompson, the principal at Parker High, digs in deeply, to fight for the survival of the school and the students she is professionally and personally committed to support. After experiencing the previous year’s mayhem, she thoroughly believed that it prepared her for anything unexpected that could possible come her way. Never could Mrs. Thompson have suspected nor could she have been prepared for what lay ahead. There is much more beneath the surface at Parker High. Secrets have grown in the silence of denial that now propels impending storms. Amy, Hippie, and Mrs. Burrell, the school bus driver, have to let go of their reluctance to deal with the underlying problems beneath the surface, when an unexpected tragedy forces them to act. Even though faced with overwhelming responsibility and obstacles in their young lives, some of the girls never lose sight of their dreams, while others are stripped of their dreams and much more. There was never a dull moment on the school bus in usual circumstances, but the engaging, dramatic and enlightening sequence of events at the core of this story becomes a rite of passage for them all. However, there is a bright lining in the storm clouds when the strong winds have blown and finally cleared the air. Thankfully, something wonderfully transformative occurs, for at least, most of them.
Download or read book Til The Fat Girl Sings written by Sharon Wheatley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-04-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Download or read book The Fat Lady Never Sings written by Steven Reilly and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football is life in the tiny community of Derby, Connecticut. But when three high school seniors allow a twenty-eight year winning streak to end, they are forever branded as "losers". The three determine to seek redemption by playing on the baseball team, where they forever leave a mark on this small Connecticut town. The Fat Lady Never Sings is the remarkable true story of the 1992 Derby Red Raiders as told by one of its assistant coaches, author Steve Reilly. The smallest school in the league, Derby qualifies for the state baseball tournament and ultimately advances to the championship game. Under the towering lights of Middletown's Palmer Field, the Red Raiders face off against Terryville. But in the last inning, the Raiders trail by two runs and are down to their final at bat. With one out remaining, the "fat lady" prepares to sing as the quarterback steps into the batter's box. "The Fat Lady Never Sings is a marvelous adaptation from an exciting era of Derby High School Sports which blends emotion, humor and ultimate success."-Bill Pucci, Valley Times Sports Editor who will enter his fortieth scholastic season this fall.
Download or read book Fat Girls Hiking written by Summer Michaud-Skog and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the founder of the Fat Girls Hiking community, this inclusive and inspiring guide to the great outdoors will inspire people of all body types, sizes, abilties, and backgrounds.
Download or read book Who Says the Fat Lady Has to Sing How to Overcome the Eight Fears That Make Us Quit on Our Lifelong Dreams written by Bob Wosczyk and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Times are tough. People are losing their homes, their jobs, and to top it all off, the cost of gasoline is going through the roof. Good news is hard to find these days. It almost makes you want to quit on the game of life. Are you starting to lose your will? Is the fat lady getting ready to sing? Whatever you do-DON'T LET HER! Scream at the top of your lungs, "WHO SAYS THE FAT LADY HAS TO SING?" Make the decision that TODAY will be the day that you stop living in fear, and start living for your dreams! This book will help you conquer the eight fears that make you quit on your lifelong dreams: Fear of the Extraordinary Fear of Rising to New Heights Fear of Our Shadow Fear of Our Spouse Fear of Moving Targets Fear of Failure Fear of Unworthiness Fear of Our Life's Purpose When you're fearless you'll live with passion and excitement. When you're fearless, you won't quit. And when you're fearless you can scream out to the world, "WHO SAYS THE FAT LADY HAS TO SING?"
Download or read book The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness written by Susan Koppelman and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning a century, from Kate Chopin and Fannie Hurst to J. California Cooper and Elana Dykewomon, this bold and deeply satisfying anthology of women's stories explores women's relationships to, and perceptions of, their physical selves. Addressing the peculiarities, the pleasures, and the shames of body politics, these stories of bodies that refuse to be contained offer a variety of perspectives on fully inhabiting the flesh. Whether celebrating bodies deemed transgressive or simply daring to acknowledge that such bodies exist, these diverse literary representations of fatness render the excessive body brilliantly, unapologetically visible. Book jacket.
Download or read book The New Moon With the Old written by Dodie Smith and published by Corsair. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians, an unusual adventure in which humour and more than a touch of strangeness are inextricably blended. When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is too occupied with his London business to see very much of them. Richard, the eldest, is a composer; Clare, whose true talents (if they can be called that) have not yet disclosed themselves, dreams of courtly romance; Drew is collecting material for a novel; and Merry, still at school, has her heart set on a stage career. Jane is warmly welcomed into this happy household and feels her luck is too good to be true. However, the private world of Dome House is fated to break up as Rupert flees England under threat of prosecution for fraud. He asks Jane to break the news to the children, who must now fend for themselves, and to do what she can to help them. However, the Carringtons are extremely unusual young people and the story of the eclectic choices they make next is an absorbing and unpredictable one.
Download or read book Being the Fat Girl written by Suzann Dodd and published by BookCountry. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fat Girl reaching the end of the pain she could stand, (at the age of fourteen) decides to kill herself. But then, considers that she should give herself "Me Gifts" before she ends it all. She should read every book, see every movie, go to every play, concert and whatever there is, before she goes.
Download or read book Lost Cain written by T. Daniel Wright and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAIN MCALLISTER’S birth on the bank of the Mississippi River during an earthquake becomes a small-town story of infamy and forever changes the strong, troubled women who love the little boy. Though shunned and bullied throughout his childhood, hope arrives when a new preacher and his family move to town and Cain finds what he has always longed for – a best friend. The fate of the friendship takes a deadly turn when a young girl with a secret comes to visit and the tiny town in the Arkansas Delta ignites into spiritual revival. Lost Cain points a microscope at the political brand of Christianity taking root in the 1960’s and 70’s, illuminating the “Culture Wars” in a way that is poignant and impossible to ignore. All the hot button issues are here, yet they’re explored with such a gentle bluntness that even the most inflammatory events feel natural, justified and believable. Lost Cain will make you laugh, then cry, then laugh again – a hilarious, tender look at a fading town struggling against both the encroaching waters of the Mississippi River and the coming cultural change in small-town America.
Download or read book The Dark Place written by Mildred Davis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Edgar Award-winning author of They Buried a Man comes a novel of strangling horror! "As a thriller or serious novel, powerful and rewarding." -- Anthony Boucher, New York Times Mildred B. Davis is an American novelist whose books generally fall into the suspense/mystery genre. Katherine (Davis) Roome, her daughter, and a published author herself, helped Mildred break a 30-year publishing silence by working with her to turn some previously unpublished manuscripts into the Murder in Maine series.
Download or read book e Lower Secondary Levels English Model Compositions written by Kwan Hui Choo and published by Singapore Asia Publishers Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a great resource of IDEAS for common composition topics. And to show how these ideas can link to become a continuous story, a MODEL COMPOSITION on the same topic is included for reference. The varied topics are written in different styles, intended to present different text types. Each topic begins with ideas in short phrases for the paragraphs in a composition. Interesting words used are printed in bold, and these words are explained in the “Vocabulary” box at the bottom of every IDEA page. A complete composition on the same topic is presented showing how the ideas are linked and how the paragraphs flow. Students can learn how to present their ideas in short descriptive phrases when working on their drafts. The model compositions also show the various techniques and ways of linking ideas and sentences. By reading more, a student will be able to express himself clearly and write better compositions. Students will find this book useful as a learning resource for composition writing.
Download or read book Black Cat Weekly 28 written by Larry Niven and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Cat Weekly #28 features another interview by acquiring editor Darrell Schweitzer—this time with Larry Niven.. It originally appeared in Thrust, a review and critical essay magazine published by Doug Fratz in the 1970s. As Darrell has observed, these old interviews fall “somewhere between oral history and paleontology.” It’s always interesting to compare where at author was in his career almost 50 years ago to where he is today. For this issue’s mysteries, we have an original story by Bruce Arthurs, thanks to editor Michael Bracken. Barb Goffman has selected “The Chess Room” by Elizabeth Elwood. And we have a second classic novel from Mildred Davis. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself tale by Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Sweet and Charlie Blythe)—no issue would be complete without one. Editor Cynthia Ward has selected “Miles to Go” by Linda D. Addison for this issue. Great stuff, especially if you like music. (Who doesn’t?) Leslie Perri’s “Under the Skin,” Randall Garrett’s “Stroke of Genius,” and Lester del Rey’s “Mine Host, Mine Adversary” round out the classic reprints. Great reading. Here’s the complete lineup: Non-Fiction: “Speaking with Larry Niven,” an interview by Darrell Schweitzer [interview] Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “The Return of Dodge Tombstone, Outlaw,” by Bruce Arthurs [short story] “A Secret Admirer,” by Hal Charles [solve-it-yourself mystery] “The Dark Place,” by Mildred Davis [novel] “The Chess Room,” by Elizabeth Elwood [short story] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Milez To Go,” by Linda D. Addison [short story] “Under The Skin,” by Leslie Perri [short story] “Stroke Of Genius,” by Randall Garrett [short story] “Mine Host, Mine Adversary,” by Lester del Rey [short story]
Download or read book The Skit Book written by Margaret Read MacDonald and published by august house. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of skits written by young people with instructions for performance. The skits are arranged under such categories as "Cumulative Actions," "Silly Singers," "Skits With Trick Endings," "Skits From Jokes," "Musical Ensembles," and others.
Download or read book All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers A Novel written by Larry McMurtry and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young writer hits the dusty Texas highway for the California coast in this “brilliant . . . funny and dangerously tender” (Time) tale of art and sacrifice. Hailed as one of “the best novels ever set in America’s fourth largest city” (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers is a powerful demonstration of Larry McMurtry’s “comic genius, his ability to render a sense of landscape, and interior intellection tension” (Jim Harrison, New York Times Book Review). Desperate to break from the “mundane happiness” of Houston, budding writer Danny Deck hops in his car, “El Chevy,” bound for the West Coast on a road trip filled with broken hearts and bleak realities of the artistic life. A cast of unforgettable characters joins the naïve troubadour’s pilgrimage to California and back to Texas, including a cruel, long-legged beauty; an appealing screenwriter; a randy college professor; and a genuine if painfully “normal” friend. Since the novel’s publication in 1972, Danny Deck has “been far more successful at getting loved by readers than he ever was at getting loved by the women in his life” (McMurtry), a testament to the author’s incomparable talent for capturing the essential tragicomedy of the human experience.
Download or read book The Apartment on Midwest Boulevard written by Joanne Edwards and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great experiment of the worldwide web of the internet has connected the world globally and recreated the world into a global village. The outcome of this experiment remains a mystery.A civilized and progressive society succeeds when it remains private. A savage and regressive society succeeds when it remains public and is governed by the laws of the tribe. Will artificial intelligence one day do all our thinking for us?The invention of the television was the world's first addiction to screens. And like the internet, is now open twenty-four, seven, every day of the year. Both inventions are used by societies in homes and businesses for entertainment, communication, information, and shopping. Now we live in the modern world of the digital age of handheld mobile devices of screens that are also open twenty-four, seven, every day of the year. We can now access entertainment, communication, information, and shopping while moving around in public places and riding metro buses and subways.The availability of screens has moved the global village to a more socially isolated global village rather than a more connected global village. Face to face conversations are becoming rarer simply because it is easier to use a screen.I have found myself to feel frightfully alone among a crowd of people who are looking at their handheld mobile devices while in public places and riding metro buses or subways.Physical diseases can be controlled or cured with medicines. The only cure for hopelessness, despair, and loneliness is human companionship, love, and a hug. Perhaps our modern lives have too many different pieces which are changing too fast for many of us to understand. A wise old owl lived in an oak;The more he saw, the less he spoke;The less he spoke, the more he heard;Why can't we all be like that bird?-Edward Hersey Richards
Download or read book Perspectives a Course in Narrative Comprehension and Composition for Caribbean Secondary Schools written by Cecil Gray and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1982 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting anthology of 22 stories by Caribbean writers is aimed at Secondary school students beginning their early preparation for the CSEC Examination.
Download or read book PEN for Freedom written by Biao CHEN, Yu ZHANG, Carol DETTMANN and Bonny CASSIDY and published by Independent Chinese PEN Center. This book was released on 2022-06-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization beyond borders based on free association of those who write, edit, translate, research and publish literature work in Chinese and dedicated to freedom of expression for the workers in Chinese language and literature, including writers, journalists, translators, scholars and publishers over the world. ICPC is a member organization of International PEN, the global association of writers dedicated to freedom of expression and the defence of writers suffering governmental repression. Through the worldwide PEN network and its own membership base in China and abroad, ICPC is able to mobilize international attention to the plight of writers and editors within China attempting to write and publish with a spirit of independence and integrity, regardless of their political views, ideological standpoint or religious beliefs. ICPC was founded in 2001 by a group of Chinese writers in exile and in China, including its founding President LIU Binyan, a prominent author, journalist and activist who passed away in exile in USA on Dec. 5 2005, Dr. LIU Xiaobo and his wife LIU Xia residing in Beijing. In November of same year, ICPC was approved as a chapter of the International PEN at its annual congress in London. Since then, ICPC has made vigorous efforts to promote literature worldwide and defend the freedom of expression, writing and publication in China, and been deeply concerned about the state of civil society and open discourse there.
