A New Kind of Bliss
A New Kind of Bliss

Author: Bettye Griffin

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0758285884

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Griffin is a budding name in mainstream African American fiction. --Chicago magazine After her father's death, Emily Yancy agrees to move back to her dead-end hometown. But she's dreading every minute she'll have to spend in her mother's tiny apartment. After all, she's a forty-three-year-old divorcée who's doing just fine on her own. There are some rewards for dutiful daughters though--like Aaron Merritt, a rich, single doctor with chocolate skin and bedroom eyes. . . Aaron is soon taking Emily to fancy restaurants and inviting her to meet his family. But when the lights go out, something's missing. Enter Teddy Simms, Emily's eighth-grade crush. Teddy hasn't achieved what Aaron has--but he's picked up a few skills in other areas. Will Emily choose a relationship that doesn't satisfy her mind--or an easy compatibility that doesn't quite extend into the bedroom? Or is there some way she can find the best of both worlds? "A compelling drama about three families striving for the American dream." --Booklist on If These Walls Could Talk "Fear and joy practically leap off the pages. A well-written story you will hate to see end." --RT Book Reviews on Once Upon a Project "Griffin expertly explores the universal search for love." --Booklist

The Geography of Bliss
The Geography of Bliss

Author: Eric Weiner

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1448168481

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What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot about who's happy and who isn't. The Dutch are, the Romanians aren't, and Americans are somewhere in between... After years of going to the world's least happy countries, Eric Weiner, a veteran foreign correspondent, decided to travel and evaluate each country's different sense of happiness and discover the nation that seemed happiest of all. ·He discovers the relationship between money and happiness in tiny and extremely wealthy Qatar (and it's not a good one) ·He goes to Thailand, and finds that not thinking is a contented way of life. ·He goes to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and discovers they have an official policy of Gross National Happiness! ·He asks himself why the British don't do happiness? In Weiner's quest to find the world's happiest places, he eats rotten Icelandic shark, meditates in Bangalore, visits strip clubs in Bangkok and drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik. Full of inspired moments, The Geography of Bliss accomplishes a feat few travel books dare and even fewer achieve: to make you happier.

The People Next Door
The People Next Door

Author: Bettye Griffin

Publisher: Kensington Books

Published: 2009-02-24

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780758207388

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Moving into a new development on the Florida waterfront, Lisa Canfield is stunned to discover that her first husband and his new family are moving in next door, and soon past mistakes, old rivalries, and vicious accusations run rampant, forcing them all to find a way to get along. Reprint.

Comporta Bliss
Comporta Bliss

Author: Carlos Souza

Publisher: Assouline Publishing

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 6

ISBN-13: 1614286264

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Sometimes compared to the Saint-Tropez of Brigitte Bardot in the 1950s, Comporta, with its relaxed pace and artistic community, is the ideal destination for those looking to wander off course. It’s the newfound favorite of personalities such as Jacques Grange, Farida Khelfa, François Dumas, the Espírito Santo family, and Madonna, who shares photographs of taking her kids to the beach and horseback riding in the dunes of nearby Carvalhal on weekends. This fishing village boasts swaths of beaches, patchworks of rice paddies, and an ecosystem filled with storks and frogs, all a serene backdrop for the striking homes found there: rustic cabanas and thatched-roof huts reflecting the carefree lifestyle that has become Comporta’s hallmark. This distinctive setting challenges the minds of architects and designers, yielding unique spaces that delightfully blur the line between interior and exterior. Within these pages, the region’s characteristic cobalt blue is reflected from the sky and sea to the walls, shutters, and design pieces that adorn its homes, both picturesque and bold. Discover the beauty and joy of simplicity with Comporta Bliss

Virgil Abloh. Nike. ICONS
Virgil Abloh. Nike. ICONS

Author: Virgil Abloh

Publisher: Taschen

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9783836585095

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Bringing together all the greats--from Air Jordan 1 to Air Presto--Nike and Virgil Abloh reinvent sneaker culture with the collaborative project The Ten and redesign 10 sneaker icons. Experience engineering ingenuity and Abloh's investigative design process: each shoe is a piece of industrial design, a readymade sculpture, and a wearable all at once.

Counterfactual Love Stories and Other Experiments
Counterfactual Love Stories and Other Experiments

Author: BLISS. JACKSON

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781934819975

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Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. From fragmented ransom notes to hanging footnotes, contemporary fairy tales to coded text, interconnecting pieces of modal flash fiction to backwards fractal narratives about gradual blindness, transgressive listicles to how-to guides for performative wokeness, variable destinies in downtown Chicago to impossible dating applications, counterfactual relationships to the French translation of adolescence, the conceptual, language-driven short stories in COUNTERFACTUAL LOVE STORIES AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS are an exploration of not just mixed-race/hapa identity in Michigan (and the American Midwest), but also of the infinite ways in which stories can be told, challenged, celebrated, and subverted.

A New Kind of Normal
A New Kind of Normal

Author: B. A. Smit

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1426975120

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Several years ago, author B. A. Smit's health decided to go on a long walk. Its destination is unknown, but it is still walking. She noticed that she did not feel well after eating, so she started to investigate the complex relationship between the foods she ate eat and the way she felt. She started a series of experiments with her own diet and saw immediate improvement when she removed common culprits such as gluten, dairy, yeast, sugars and soy from her food choices. But as liberating as this information was, she was bored with the limited choices these restrictions presented. As a true food lover, she didn't find plain rice and carrots all that satisfying. She started a personal quest for food that was not only good for her but tasted good as well. This was the beginning of her long journey to A New Kind of Normal. This guide represents the culmination of her independent research. She covers the basics of nutrition, including the roles that carbohydrates, calories, fats and protein have on the body. She also provides a simple meal plan for those seeking to follow a balanced, healthy, gluten-free lifestyle. The recipes she includes are easy to make and completely adaptable to a variety of dietary restrictions. She proves that it doesn't necessarily take a medical degree to know a bit more about how the human body works. You too can benefit from her journey to healthier food choices.

We'll Fly Away
We'll Fly Away

Author: Bryan Bliss

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0062494295

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National Book Award Longlist Title * Booklist Editors’ Choice * CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist * Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction * Paste Magazine Best Book * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults “A compelling and raw story.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “[Bliss dares] his readers not only to see the depths of human complexity, but to care.”—Booklist (starred review) Luke and Toby have always had each other’s backs. But then one choice—or maybe it is a series of choices—sets them down an irrevocable path.We’ll Fly Awayweaves together Luke and Toby’s senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later—from death row. Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke’s wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don’t drift apart first. If Toby’s abusive dad, or Luke’s unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn’t get in the way. Tense and emotional, this hard-hitting novel explores family abuse, sex, love, and friendship, and how far people will go to protect those they love. For fans of Jason Reynolds, Marieke Nijkamp, and NPR’s Serial podcast. Praise for We’ll Fly Away: "Bryan Bliss has written an empathetic and stirring novel about what it means to fight for the outcasts, the forgotten, and even the hated, reminding us that we all have worth. That we are all valuable."—Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking “A poignant story of loyalty, abuse, and poverty. . . . This compassionate and beautifully rendered novel packs an emotional punch.”—KirkusReviews (starred review) “A smart, rugged, all-too-true story of friendship under fire. Believable characters and page-turning tension.”—Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes “This fast-paced read will have teens tearing through chapters to find out why Luke is in jail. . . . The conclusion will leave them devastated. This is [a] touching book about male friendship for fans of Jason Reynolds.”—School Library Journal “The unshakable and unconditional bond between the young men is tested and proves true, a ray of light in the darkness of their stories.”—VOYA

A Book of Bliss
A Book of Bliss

Author: Sourcebooks Inc

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1402224567

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Bliss is serene happiness -- the goodness and joy in life. These paired quotes and contemplations are sure to bring peace to a reader's soul and warmth to the heart. "Anyone can have friends, but being a friend is an achievement." "Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." -- George Eliot "Tea is great on its own, but it's infinitely better when coupled with a book." "Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading." -- Ruth Rendell "Embrace life's passions, but seek lasting contentment." "If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably." -- Plautus More than 150 upbeat thoughts and quotations, in a new giftable package perfect for cheering a friend or loved one