The Diary of Jinky
The Diary of Jinky

Author: Carole Raphaelle Davis

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0740789066

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My mom used to be somebody, but she doesn't want to remember who that was. She was in movies, on TV, she made records, and was an underwear model. My dad is a writer--or at least he sleeps at the computer a lot." Jinky's "mom" and "dad" might be complainers, but Jinky is just happy to be alive. He enjoys every minute and he can't understand why his lucky, pampered Hollywood parents and their show business friends are such miserable whiners. After all, Jinky's life started badly: My life began in a cage in San Pedro, California. Some creepy guy bought me for his stupid wife and she didn't want me. . . . One night, the guy took me to the pound. They threw me into a cold, wet crate and slammed the gate. . . . I was scheduled to be 'put down' or, as I like to say, murdered. But I got lucky." Now Jinky lives in a beautiful house in the Hollywood Hills. He has a pool and a Jacuzzi and sports cars and a fat blond terrier girlfriend named Finley who loves to lick his ears. Jinky went from an unloved and abandoned pet to sleeping in bed with his mom (a former Pet herself, in Penthouse--she looks good) and eating delicious food off his dad's plate (his mom cooks good, too). Jinky knows what's important in life, and he wishes his mom and dad could stop worrying about their status in Hollywood and enjoy life as much as he does. He can't understand why show business people are always so unhappy, especially the funny ones. Every "pitch" meeting Jinky overhears, every Hollywood dinner he eavesdrops on, every Hollywood barbecue, lunch, and casual encounter in coffee shops is another chance for these people to bitch and moan about "the business." But Jinky's "tail" is not just about his hilariously self-obsessed parents and their friends. And his message is not just that happiness is not about how much we have, but how we love. His is a tale about how hope, perseverance, and even one small act of kindness can change a life.

Vegetarian in Paris
Vegetarian in Paris

Author: Aurelia D'Andrea

Publisher: Book Publishing Company

Published: 2014-10-20

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1570678758

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Paris has long been known as the world's gourmet dining epicenter, but not until now has the French capital been able to claim the coveted "veg-friendly" bragging right. This comprehensive guide explores more than 150 delectable destinations throughout the city's 20 unique arrondissements and arms readers with the information they need to eat well and have fun on their French sojourns. Locating the best South Indian dosas, savory Vietnamese crêpes, French mushroom pâtés, and buttery vegan croissants is now just a few pages away. Dozens of hot new veg restaurants as well as tried-and-true favorites (from macrobiotic and Indian to Chinese and upscale French), itineraries for hungry sightseers, an organic market guide, a compendium of veg cooking schools, a natural-wine primer, tasty tips for dairy-free chocolate lovers, and even an accommodations directory are included. Veggie maps of all 20 districts makes it easy for herbivores to find their favorite destinations.

The Diary of Jinky Dog of a Hollywood Wife
The Diary of Jinky Dog of a Hollywood Wife

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Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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My mom used to be somebody, but she doesn't want to remember who that was. She was in movies, on T.V., she made records, and was an underwear model. My dad is a writer — or at least he sleeps at the computer a lot. "Jinky's "mom" and "dad" might be complainers, but Jinky is just happy to be alive. He enjoys every minute and he can't understand why his lucky, pampered Hollywood parents and their show business friends are such miserable whiners. After all, Jinky's life started badly: My life began in a cage in San Pedro, California. Some creepy guy bought me for his stupid wife and she didn't want me. . . . One night, the guy took me to the pound. They threw me into a cold, wet crate and slammed the gate. . . . I was scheduled to be 'put down' or, as I like to say, murdered. But I got lucky." Now Jinky lives in a beautiful house in the Hollywood Hills. He has a pool and a Jacuzzi and sports cars and a fat blond terrier girlfriend named Finley who loves to lick his ears. Jinky went from an unloved and abandoned pet to sleeping in bed with his mom (a former Pet herself, in Penthouse — she looks good) and eating delicious food off his dad's plate (his mom cooks good, too). Jinky knows what's important in life, and he wishes his mom and dad could stop worrying about their status in Hollywood and enjoy life as much as he does. He can't understand why show business people are always so unhappy, especially the funny ones. Every "pitch" meeting Jinky overhears, every Hollywood dinner he eavesdrops on, every Hollywood barbecue, lunch and casual encounter in coffee shops is another chance for these people to bitch and moan about "the business."But Jinky's "tail" is not just about his hilariously self-obsessed parents and their friends. And his message is not just that happiness is not about how much we have, but how we love. His is a tale about how hope, perseverance and even one small act of kindness can change a life.

Red-Blooded American Male
Red-Blooded American Male

Author: Robert Trachtenberg

Publisher: Amphoto Books

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 160774967X

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A collection of 100 inspired and surprising portraits of celebrities and everymen alike from the award-winning photographer Robert Trachtenberg. Paul Rudd checking out the merchandise; Jimmy Kimmel playing dress up; Jack Black getting a one-of-a-kind pedicure; Elon Musk unveiling his newest Tesla; Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David taking a coffee break. From leading men to comedians, ballet dancers to quarterbacks, war veterans to Broadway veterans, Red-Blooded American Male features more than 100 imaginative, striking, and sexy portraits from award-winning photographer Robert Trachtenberg. Pithy captions about each shoot accompany the photographs, giving readers a peek behind the curtain of a famed portrait photographer's creative process and his world-renowned photographs. Uncovering a unique (and often self-deprecating) side to such talents as Jimmy Fallon, Seth Rogen, Channing Tatum, Waris Ahluwalia, Will Ferrell, and Kevin Hart, this collection goes beyond mere portraiture to challenge conventional notions of masculinity and traditional male imagery.

How Not to Get into Heaven
How Not to Get into Heaven

Author: Ben Zaehringer

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1524875937

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If you're looking for an easy way to get into heaven, by all means do NOT read this hilarious, subversively clever, comic-filled book! The second collection of Berkeley Mews comics by Ben Zaehringer, this book satirizes many of the pop cultural institutions familiar to children of the '80s and '90s, providing a visually delightful and comically poignant send-up of modern life. Filled with flawed views of Santa Claus, hilarious takedowns of Disney movie tropes, and dozens of comics that landed on the front page of Reddit, How Not to Get into Heaven is an uplifting read for comics fans with a slightly twisted sense of humor.

Cities in Asia by and for the People
Cities in Asia by and for the People

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Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789048536252

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This book examines the active role of urban citizens in constructing alternative urban spaces as tangible resistance towards capitalist production of urban spaces that continue to encroach various neighborhoods. The collection of narratives presented here brings together research from ten different Asian cities and re-theorises the city from the perspective of ordinary people facing moments of crisis, contestations, and cooperative quests to create alternative spaces to those being produced under prevailing urban processes. The chapters accent the exercise of human agency through daily practices in the production of urban space and the intention is not one of creating a romantic or utopian vision of what a city "by and for the people" ought to be. Rather, it is to place people in the centre as mediators of city-making with discontents about current conditions and desires for a better life.

Deliciously Foxtrot, 43
Deliciously Foxtrot, 43

Author: Bill Amend

Publisher: Foxtrot

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781524869762

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The first FoxTrot book collection in two years includes two-and-a-half years of full color FoxTrot Sunday comics packed with Bill Amend's delightful artwork and signature geek humor. From failed experiments in coding to family camping trips, there's never a dull moment in the Fox Family. Deliciously FoxTrot gathers all of these gags and good times together in one epic collection that will be the perfect gift or self-purchase for FoxTrot fans everywhere.

Girl Without a World
Girl Without a World

Author: Sean McKeever

Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785144199

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Captain America's sidekick Rikki Barnes is transported to another dimension where Captain America is dead and she has never existed, and she must reconnect with her brother and return to crimefighting as the superhero Nomad.