Doing My Own Thing
Doing My Own Thing

Author: Nikki Carter

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2011-01-28

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0758272235

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Success is never easy. Neither is staying real. . . Sunday Tolliver's hard work and talent have finally paid off-she's got a smash album and mad-money beyond her wildest dreams. But earning fame is a lot easier than dealing with it. Sunday's diva cousin, Dreya, and bad-boy rapper, Truth, will do anything to get payback and wreck her reputation. Her gifted new collaborator Dilly has every reason not to make Sunday's crucial follow-up album a hit. And a new reality show starring Sunday is making her love life way too hot to handle. Now she has to figure out who's fake, who's for real, who's down, and who's really got her back. And the only way she can take control of her success is to keep making it her way. . . Praise for Nikki Carter "For celebrity-drama lovers everywhere." --Kirkus on Not a Good Look "Nikki Carter is a fresh, new voice." --ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Essence bestselling author ". . .(a) hot new teen series." --Mitzi Miller, Essence bestselling author

Doing Our Own Thing
Doing Our Own Thing

Author: John McWhorter

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1446473228

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Once languages become written, they change. Only in writing does language develop the artfulness and richness that we associate with a Shakespeare, a Proust or a Whitman. Yet over the last forty years, the English-language has effectively gone into reverse - taking our lead from America and the legacy of the 1960s, our culture increasingly privileges the oral over the written, spurning the art of elaborated, 'written'-style language in favour of returning to the state of a spoken culture. Parallel developments have occurred in music. In this controversial and thought-provoking book, John McWhorter argues that the 1960's rejection of cultural traits associated with the Establishment, as well as a democratic celebration of what anyone can do over what requires training or talent, has led to our culture being increasingly impoverished, both intellectually and artistically...

Doing Our Own Thing
Doing Our Own Thing

Author: John McWhorter

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-09-09

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0593330544

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“McWhorter is a gifted young linguist who seeks to understand the change in our verbal habits rather than just bemoan it, and his analysis is insightful, richly documented and, yes, eloquently written.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate and The Language Instinct In Doing Our Own Thing, critically acclaimed linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter traces the precipitous decline of language in contemporary America, arguing persuasively that casual everyday speech has conquered the formal in all arenas, from oratory to poetry to everyday journalism—and has even had dire consequences for our musical culture. McWhorter argues that the swift and startling change in written and oral communication emanated from the countercultural revolution of the 1960s and its ideology that established forms and formality were autocratic and artificial. While acknowledging that the evolution of language is, in and of itself, inevitable and often benign, he warns that the near-total loss of formal expression in America is unprecedented in modern history and has reached a crisis point in our culture such that our very ability to convey ideas and arguments effectively is gravely threatened. By turns compelling and harrowing, passionate and judicious, Doing Our Own Thing is required reading for all concerned about the state of our language—and the future of intellectual life in America.

You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here
You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here

Author: Frances Macken

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1786077671

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'This atmospheric debut looks like a rural Irish coming-of-age novel, but it’s cleverer, darker, more unreliable.' Daily Mail AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN IRISH INDEPENDENT CRITICS CHOICE FOR CHRISTMAS WINNER OF THE BERYL BAINBRIDGE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD, 2020/2021 AN IRISH TIMES, IRISH INDEPENDENT and SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'TITLE TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020' Katie, Maeve and Evelyn have been friends forever. Outspoken, unpredictable and intoxicating, Evelyn is the undisputed leader of the trio. But Katie’s dream of escaping their tiny rural town for a new life in Dublin confronts her with a choice: to hold onto a friendship that has made her who she is, or risk leaving her best friend behind. Told from Katie’s witty, quirky perspective and filled with unforgettable characters, this moving, immersive and very funny study of sisterhood takes a keen-eyed look at the delights and complexities of female friendship, the corrosive power of jealousy and guilt, and the people and places that shape us. Compellingly readable and effortlessly sharp, fizzing with the voices of rural Ireland, this is an unmissable novel from a dazzling new talent.

Our Own Agendas
Our Own Agendas

Author: Margaret Gillett

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0773513396

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Our Own Agendas is the second collection of essays by McGill women. The first, A Fair Shake, was published a decade ago. The second volume both reflects the current climate of openness and shows that many barriers remain to be challenged. Our Own Agendas makes a lively and enlightening contribution to our understanding of women's experiences and to Canadian social history.

A Product of My Own Environment
A Product of My Own Environment

Author: Deshaun Hassan

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2022-06-12

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1669823083

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I am especially dedicating this book to my father (rest in peace). They say that all good things will eventually end, well for me, that is not the case. This book is the new beginning of bringing back to life the people and things thought to have come to an end. I decided to name this book “A product of my own environment”, because; all of us are just that. Growing up in Chicago IL, my environment naturally put inside of me to never speak on things I knew nothing about, and not to mind the business of others. This was all part of everyday survival.

Buzzin'
Buzzin'

Author: Bez

Publisher: White Rabbit

Published: 2022-11-03

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1399605097

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At the height of his initial, turn-of-the-1990's infamy as the maraca-wielding dancer with 'Madchester' giants Happy Mondays, the pop-eyed Mark Berry, forever known to the world as Bez, was visibly a danger to society. He became the so-called Chemical Generation's bug-eyed pied piper, every weekend leading millions out to oblivion and beyond, as they adopted his E-gobbling party lifestyle. Neither an accomplished musician nor even a very good dancer, Bez was a prime candidate for fleeting celebrity, soon to sink into 'Where Are They Now?' obscurity. That, however, never happened, nor does it show any sign of happening. Through Black Grape, the second band he co-fronted with the Mondays' Shaun Ryder, and his ever-presence in the mass media, Bez's popularity has grown exponentially, his star rocketing ever upwards. When he bowled into Celebrity Big Brother in 2005, he ended up winning the series, as viewers came to understand his fundamental decency and sunny outlook. His adult life has been extraordinary: unbelievable scrapes with mortality, periods of financial ruin, mindfuck moments like when David Bowie genuflected before him, and enough narcotic-strewn hi-jinx to fill several more volumes of memoir. This is the story of a bad lad who has turned his life good, tracing his passage from early-thirty-something casualty to middle-aged politician, eco-warrior and bee-aficionado.

What is the Carat of Your Diamond?
What is the Carat of Your Diamond?

Author: Diana L. Turner

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2023-06-28

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1685269915

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WHAT IS THE CARAT OF YOUR DIAMOND? refers to knowing your worth as a woman, and I share some of my most intimate secrets with you about things that I’ve experienced in my life. This book shows and provides you with information on how to forgive and go forward with your life. This book will also touch your heart in a special way. There will be moments of tears. There will be moments of joy and laughter. Throughout all our trials and tribulations, pain, sorrow, hurts, disappointments, mentally abused, physically abused, molestation, failures, and our bad choices, we also learn how to remain standing. This book is a guide to finding out what your value is, and once you have determined that, you begin to see yourself differently, and for me, I see myself as a transparent three-dimensional precisely cut diamond in the eyes of God. We are women of depth, length, and breadth no matter where we are standing and being viewed of everyone. We will have a fluorescent reflection of brightness. This is a reminder of no matter what we went through in our lives, we were and still are beautiful and created marvelously. We reflect God’s goodness and greatness all around us at every angle, and when the Son shines on us, we sparkle and shine, and we could be blinding to the unprotected natural eye. We are children of the Most High God. He is our knight and shining star, and we are the perfectly cut women that he created us to be.

New York Magazine
New York Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1997-12-15

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

The B-I-B-L-E Volume 3
The B-I-B-L-E Volume 3

Author: Jan Harthan

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2009-07-29

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1615790195

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The Bible is God's Holy Word. It is the firm foundation to build our life upon. The B-I-B-L-E is a series that presents God's Word in a language and style accessible to children and early readers. Proverbs offers a wealth of advice for being happy and successful. Stay close to God, and keep good ideas in your heart. Then you will be thinking right. Then you will make good choices. Be careful about the words you say. Treat others with kindness. Have a happy heart. Romans teaches that everyone is far away from God. We can never be good enough to be right with God. Obeying the rules is not the way to be right with God. The only way to be right with God is to trust in Jesus. We need to ask him to forgive our sins. Then we will be part of God's family. Sin will not be the ruler of our life anymore. God will be the ruler of our new life. He will help us do what is right. www.thebible4kids.com Jan Harthan and her husband, Dave, have served with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1971. They worked for 19 years in Brazil and 10 years in Mozambique. She is a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Jan's passion is to help children understand God's Word at an early age. Her passion is to nurture in children the habit of daily reading of God's Word. A teacher by training, a copy editor by experience, and a follower of Jesus Christ by choice, she is utilizing her gifts to produce a paraphrase of God's Word that will grow and nurture children after God's own heart.