Through heartbreaking, often comic, genre-non-conforming pieces spanning the past 10 years, Rachel Zucker trains her relentless attention on marriage, motherhood, grief, the need to speak, depression, sex, and many other topics. Part poetry, part memoir, part lyric essay—and not limited by any of these categories—SoundMachine is a book written out of the persistent feeling that the human voice is both a meaningless sound and the only way we know we exist.
Los Angeles, they say, is a siren. Calling all of us not born in this in this city, like the Whore of Babylon to an end-of-the-world orgy. It's easy for those of us recent additions to this freakshow-sex party to ignore that this city is followed by an immense history that still lingers along the streets (and the gutters) we walk everyday. New Angelenos truly enthralled with their home have years of reading ahead of them, starting with the apocalyptic Day of the Locust. For the slackers just mildly interested in getting some head from Los Angeles, there is only one book: Come Down From the Hills and Make My Baby. Reading Cole Coonce's pornographic love letter to Los Angeles is like skipping ahead in the history textbook straight to the Rodney King beating. After all, those of us here and now really cannot do without a little knowledge of the decade from which our city has not recovered. Loosely factual, this novel follows the indifferent musical career of the experimental-punk-noise outfit Braindead Soundmachine, the drunken exploits of the band members in East Hollywood when it was actually seedy, and the narrator's post-modern love for Los Angeles as he watches it burn on TV during the L.A. riots from a sports bar in Oregon. This book is worth picking up for its sexy, nihilistic description of transvestite strippers alone. But as a historical document, it's priceless.-Evan George, Los Angeles Alternative Press
Designed around a practical "practice-what-you-teach" approach to methods instruction, Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher is based on current constructivist philosophy, organized around 5E inquiry, and guided by the National Science Education Teaching Standards. Written in a reader-friendly style, the book prepares instructors to teach science in ways that foster positive attitudes, engagement, and meaningful science learning for themselves and their students.
Stop chasing sleep and start welcoming rest with these 150 peaceful, nighttime meditations to make falling back to sleep easier than ever. There’s nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night and being unable to fall back asleep. Now with Midnight Meditations, you can be gently guided back to sleep faster than ever. These 150 peaceful, soothing meditations help you welcome and embrace the rest, relaxation, and restorative sleep every night has to offer. With these simple, guided meditations you can tune out distractions that hinder your rest and tap into the tranquility of the night. In Midnight Meditations, you will discover how to calm your racing thoughts, stop chasing sleep, and start receiving an undisturbed night’s rest so you can make the most of your days.
f you follow the 6 realistic steps that are outlined in this book, your baby will be sleeping through the night a full 12 hours. This book is written by a mom. As a result, the advice is made up of steps that make sense, provides flexibility, and it works! Because this is written by a mom, you also get to skip all of the fluff and get right into what to do and HOW to do it. The author, Katrina Villegas, knows you don't have time to read about philosophy while in the throws of sleepless nights, and she gets right to the point. This book is for you if: You want your baby sleeping a full 12 hours at night. You are pregnant and planning ahead or have a newborn. It's fantastic to start from birth. You have an older baby and are struggling with nighttime wakings. You can still use the tactics in this book and get your baby sleeping those full 12 hours. You want a full night's sleep yourself. You want your baby to be happy and healthy. You want to prioritize sleep for everyone in your household. You want to TEACH your baby how to sleep. You want to teach your baby how to fall asleep without needing to be rocked or held. You want to make sure your baby is getting enough daytime sleep. You want to ensure your baby is eating enough throughout the day, so they don't need more food at night. You are interested in gentle sleep training techniques. So. whether you are pregnant and planning ahead for when your newborn arrives, have a newborn already, or even a 10 month old, this book is for you and can help you teach your baby how to sleep through the night. 6 EASY Steps that Any Parent Can Implement You may have read some baby sleep methods before and walked away scratching your head. Many parenting books tell you WHY you should implement certain solutions, but they don't really tell you HOW. This book focuses on how to implement everything so you can see quick, sustainable success. If you are looking for baby sleep solutions that involve gentle sleep training, this book is right on track for your needs. Sleep training means teaching your baby to sleep well. This book teaches you how to focus on your baby's needs during the day, so your baby can be set up for sleep success at night. So, your question might be how to get your baby to sleep through the night, but to solve that, you really have to implement a few easy tactics during the day. Don't worry, this book also tells you how to tackle those night time wakings, and at what ages they should even be expected. The tactics outlined in this book are basically all of the baby sleep training essentials that you need to put into place to have your baby learn how to sleep through the night in an easy way that is not forced upon them. Also included in this book: Specific feeding and nap schedules for baby's first FULL year, broken down by age. A chart featuring the recommended wake times for baby's first FULL year, broken down by age. To go with this, Katrina also created a companion workbook that you can find by clicking on the Baby Sleep Solutions series, called Baby Schedules Planning Guide to help you in your journey! Useful Data: Teaching Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night Katrina did a quick poll of like-minded parents- parents that implemented similar tactics to the ones implemented in this book. In a poll of 300 people that use basic techniques like these from birth, 80% have their baby sleeping a full 12 hours at night before the age of 6 months! ★★★★★ Get your book today while you still can at this special pricing!
Much has been written about Tommy Mottola, one of the most powerful, visionary, and successful executives in the history of the music industry. He discovered, developed and launched the careers of many superstars, including Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Gloria Estefan, and is credited with creating the "Latin Explosion." He has had the privilege of working alongside Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand, the Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, and Ozzy Osbourne, amongst other music giants. This is his story--a story of the modern music industry, from Elvis to the iPod--through the eyes of the man who made much of it happen. Hitmaker recounts how a kid from the Bronx--and a college dropout--became one of the music industry's most creative and controversial CEOs. For the first time, Tommy lays bare the facts behind the most sensational aspects of his life, such as being married to and developing the career of Mariah Carey, managing Michael Jackson's emotional ups and downs, and the power struggle with his onetime boss and mentor Walter Yetnikoff. Hitmaker will take you inside this world of power, money, and fame as he recounts the fascinating dealings with countless icons, and what it was like to be at the top when the business suddenly changed. Tommy's story is one that will never be duplicated--and here it is, in his own voice, for the first time.
