Charlie and the Yucky, Stinky No-Good Fruit
Charlie and the Yucky, Stinky No-Good Fruit

Author: Shawna Burns

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781631102790

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Charlie, a little Gardenia, loved his beautiful garden of Orange Trees. Charlie found joy in his life and his beautiful fruit trees... until the day Frappie taunted him that his garden was ugly. On that day, a "sad seed" was planted in Charlie's garden and in his heart. That sad seed didn't just stay small! It grew into a great big yucky, stinky tree that caused huge problems for Charlie, his garden and for the entire village of Gardenias. As the Yucky, Stinky Tree slowly grew in Charlie's garden, the sad seed also grew in Charlie's heart and caused him to be mean to the other Gardenias and call them names, just as Frappie did to him. It wasn't long before Charlie's garden was overshadowed by yucky, stinky fruit that fell from the Yucky, Stinky Tree that was overtaking Charlie's garden. Not only was Charlie's garden a mess, but his heart was as well.When Charlie finally decides that he no longer wants the Yucky, Stinky Tree in his garden anymore, he tries everything he can think of to get it out! To Charlie's disappointment, nothing he tries will make the tree disappear. At the point of despair, Charlie hears the Wise Oak Tree whisper words to him that would forever change his garden and his heart. He tells him the "truth" --that his garden is beautiful and not ugly. When Charlie finally decides to believe the Wise Oak Tree and listen to "truth," the Yucky, Stinky Tree immediately disappears from his garden and a happy "seed" gets planted in its place. Charlie's heart finds happiness again and his garden rediscovers it's true beauty. This book was created to help children, both old and young, discover a valuable secret to personal happiness. They will discover how "sad seeds"-- and "happy seeds" affect not only Charlie's heart and garden... but theirs as well.

Ask a Manager
Ask a Manager

Author: Alison Green

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0399181822

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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Author: Cory Doctorow

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2006-05-30

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1429989076

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Cory Doctorow's miraculous novel of family history, Internet connectivity, and magical secrets Alan is a middle-aged entrepeneur who moves to a bohemian neighborhood of Toronto. Living next door is a young woman who reveals to him that she has wings—which grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing machine, and among his brothers are sets of Russian nesting dolls. Now two of the three dolls are on his doorstep, starving, because their innermost member has vanished. It appears that Davey, another brother who Alan and his siblings killed years ago, may have returned, bent on revenge. Under the circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to join a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet, spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who builds miracles from scavenged parts. But Alan's past won't leave him alone—and Davey isn't the only one gunning for him and his friends. Whipsawing between the preposterous, the amazing, and the deeply felt, Cory Doctorow's Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is unlike any novel you have ever read. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Second Self
The Second Self

Author: Sherry Turkle

Publisher: Touchstone

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780671606022

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In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as part of our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheets to explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of our relationship with the world. "Technology," she writes, "catalyzes changes not only in what we do but in how we think." First published in 1984, The Second Self is still essential reading as a primer in the psychology of computation. This twentieth anniversary edition allows us to reconsider two decades of computer culture-to (re)experience what was and is most novel in our new media culture and to view our own contemporary relationship with technology with fresh eyes. Turkle frames this classic work with a new introduction, a new epilogue, and extensive notes added to the original text. Turkle talks to children, college students, engineers, AI scientists, hackers, and personal computer owners-people confronting machines that seem to think and at the same time suggest a new way for us to think-about human thought, emotion, memory, and understanding. Her interviews reveal that we experience computers as being on the border between inanimate and animate, as both an extension of the self and part of the external world. Their special place betwixt and between traditional categories is part of what makes them compelling and evocative. In the introduction to this edition, Turkle quotes a PDA user as saying, "When my Palm crashed, it was like a death. I thought I had lost my mind." Why we think of the workings of a machine in psychological terms-how this happens, and what it means for all of us-is the ever more timely subject of The Second Self. Book jacket.

NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

Author: Richard Spears

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2000-02-01

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0071392041

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The revised and updated third edition of this comprehensive slang dictionary has more than 800 new expressions. Realistic example sentences--provided for each sense of every entry--show how expressions are used in current, everyday American English. Pronunciations and cautionary notes are provided as needed, and a Phrase-Finder Index helps users locate entries quickly.

The Thesaurus of Slang
The Thesaurus of Slang

Author: Esther Lewin

Publisher: Checkmark Books

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780816036615

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Includes jargon, sports slang, and ethnic and regional expressions

Let's Spend the Night Together
Let's Spend the Night Together

Author: Pamela Des Barres

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1556529791

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Presents biographies of twenty-four rock groupies in their own words, including Tura Satana, Miss Mercy, Cynthia Plaster Caster, and Miss B.

Cucina Simpatica
Cucina Simpatica

Author: Johanne Killeen

Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks

Published: 1991-05-08

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780060161194

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Cucina Simpatica brings to home cooks the luscious, lusty food of Al Forno, the acclaimed restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island. Since opening Al Forno in 1980, owners-chefs Johanne Killeen and George Germon have won a loyal following, rave reviews, and many awards for their superb food. The recipes reflect their down-to-earth style of hearty yet simple trattoria and Italian home cooking. Included are detailed instructions for making their renowned grilled pizza. While Cucina Simpatica is organized by courses—from starters, soups, salads, bruschetta, crostinis, and polenta to pizzas, pastas, grills, roasts, braises, vegetables, and desserts—the authors urge readers to be flexible and make their own choices. A grilled pizza accompanied by a small salad may suffice for dinner. Pasta can be served in small portions as a first course or in larger amounts as the focus of the meal. A platter of roasted vegetables makes a fine meatless meal. Cucina Simpatica inspires home cooks to prepare the rustic, robust Italian-style food from one of America's finest restaurants.

The Broad Autism Phenotype
The Broad Autism Phenotype

Author: Anthony F. Rotatori

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2015-03-27

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1784416576

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This proposed volume will provide in-depth coverage about a construct known as the broad autism phenotype (BAP).