Ten Girls to Watch

Ten Girls to Watch

Author: Charity Shumway

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-07-31

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1451673418

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When Dawn lands a job tracking down the past winners of "Charm" magazine's OTen Girls to WatchO contest, not only is she being paid to interview hundreds of fascinating women, but she's also sharing office space with OSecret Agent Romance, O "Charm"'s resident dating columnist, and he just happens to be giving her butterflies.


Ten Girls to Watch

Ten Girls to Watch

Author: Charity Shumway

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-07-31

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1451673426

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A radiant debut novel about stumbling through the early years of adulthood—and a love letter to the role models who light the way. Like so many other recent graduates, Dawn West is trying to make her way in New York City. She’s got an ex-boyfriend she can’t quite stop seeing, a roommate who views rent checks and basic hygiene as optional, and a writing career that’s gotten as far as penning an online lawn care advice column. So when Dawn lands a job tracking down the past winners of Charm magazine’s “Ten Girls to Watch” contest, she’s thrilled. After all, she’s being paid to interview hundreds of fascinating women: once outstanding college students, they have gone on to become mayors, opera singers, and air force pilots. As Dawn gets to know their life stories, she’ll discover that success, love, and friendship can be found in the most unexpected of places. Most importantly, she’ll learn that while those who came before us can be role models, ultimately, we each have to create our own happy ending.


The Big Book of Cyberpunk

The Big Book of Cyberpunk

Author: Jared Shurin

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2023-09-26

Total Pages: 1137

ISBN-13: 059346723X

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A genre-defining—and redefining—collection of the boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient speculative fiction, featuring stories from all over the globe. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” Almost forty years ago, William Gibson wrote the line that began Neuromancer—and a movement that would change the face of science fiction. Award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five countries that both establish and subvert the classic cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic—from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pounding action. Urban rebels undermine monolithic corporate overlords. Daring heists are conducted through back alleys and the darkest parts of the online world. There’s dangerous new technology, cybernetic enhancements, scheming AI, corporate mercenaries, improbable weapons, and roguish hackers. These tales examine the near-now, extrapolating the most provocative trends into fascinating and plausible futures. We live in an increasingly cyberpunk world—packed with complex technologies and globalized social trends. A world so bizarre that even futurists couldn’t explain it—though many authors in this book have come closer than most. As both an introduction to the genre and the perfect compendium for the lifelong fan, The Big Book of Cyberpunk offers a hundred ways to understand where we are and where we’re going.


One to Watch

One to Watch

Author: Kate Stayman-London

Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0525510443

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Real love . . . as seen on TV. A plus-size bachelorette brings a fresh look to a reality show in this razor-sharp, “divinely witty” (Entertainment Weekly) debut. “Effortlessly fun and clever . . . I found the tension impeccable . . . and that made my reading experience incredibly propulsive. Read it in a day and a half.”—Emily Henry, #1 bestselling author of Beach Read and The People We Meet on Vacation NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • Marie Claire • Mashable Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devoted family, legions of Insta followers—and a massively broken heart. Like the rest of America, Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Chad! But Bea is sick and tired of the lack of body diversity on the show. Since when is being a size zero a prerequisite for getting engaged on television? Just when Bea has sworn off dating altogether, she gets an intriguing call: Main Squeeze wants her to be its next star, surrounded by men vying for her affections. Bea agrees, on one condition—under no circumstances will she actually fall in love. She’s in this to supercharge her career, subvert harmful beauty standards, inspire women across America, and get a free hot air balloon ride. That’s it. But when the cameras start rolling, Bea realizes things are more complicated than she anticipated. She’s in a whirlwind of sumptuous couture, Internet culture wars, sexy suitors, and an opportunity (or two, or five) to find messy, real-life love in the midst of a made-for-TV fairy tale. In this joyful, wickedly observant debut, Bea has to decide whether it might just be worth trusting these men—and herself—for a chance to live happily ever after.


New American Best Friend

New American Best Friend

Author: Olivia Gatwood

Publisher: Button Poetry

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 194373514X

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One of the most recognizable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend. Gatwood's poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes. The focus shifts from childhood to adulthood, gender to sexuality, violence to joy. And always and inexorably, the book moves toward celebration, culminating in a series of odes: odes to the body, to tough women, to embracing your own journey in all its failures and triumphs.


The One Year Devos for Teen Girls

The One Year Devos for Teen Girls

Author: Dannah Gresh

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1414386176

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Tattoos. Piercings. Anger. Sexuality. Social Media. Ever wonder how to handle the big issues you deal with at school and with your friends? The One Year Devos for Teen Girls can help . . . each day of the year. 365 daily devotional readings Provides a biblical perspective on 10 categories of topics for teens Invites teen girls to take an action step each day Topics include sexuality, bullying, self-worth, hypocrisy, social media, and more Join teen advocates Dannah Gresh and Suzy Weibel as they break down some of the tough issues teen girls face day after day. Just like trusted big sisters, Dannah and Suzy share from the wisdom they’ve picked up from their own lives and their work with teen girls. While the subject matter is modern, Gresh and Weibel point girls to the unchanging Word of God. They meets girls where they are and simply explain what God’s Word says about the issue. The devotional reads like a handbook on living as a teen girl in today’s society.


The Writer's Reader

The Writer's Reader

Author: Robert Cohen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-01-12

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 162892537X

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The Writer's Reader is an anthology of essays on writing by major writers of the past and present and is designed to introduce beginning writers to the art of writing as well as the life of writing. It draws on the experiences and advice of many of the world's best writers, mainly from Britain and America, but also from Latin America, Asia, and Europe. These essays offer a wealth of insights into the varied ways in which writers approach writing and represent a practical resource as well as a source of inspiration for those who are hoping to become writers or who are, perhaps, just at the beginnings of their career. They include classic as well as less well-known essays, both historical and contemporary, and include, for example, essays on the vocation of writing by Natalia Ginzburg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Danilo Kis, and Jonathan Franzen; thoughts on preparing for writing by, among others, Saul Bellow, Jorge Luis Borges, Joan Didion, and Margaret Atwood; and essays on the craft of writing by writers such as Italo Calvino, Virginia Woolf, and David Foster Wallace. Taken together, this collection is a must-read for any student or devotee of writing.