Way Too Cool

Way Too Cool

Author: Shannon Winnubst

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0231539886

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of cool have informed the American ethos since at least the 1970s. Whether we strive for it in politics or fashion, cool is big business for those who can sell it across a range of markets and media. Yet the concept wasn't always a popular commodity. Cool began as a potent aesthetic of post-World War II black culture, embodying a very specific, highly charged method of resistance to white supremacy and the globalized exploitation of capital. Way Too Cool follows the hollowing-out of "coolness" in modern American culture and its reflection of a larger evasion of race, racism, and ethics now common in neoliberal society. It revisits such watershed events as the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, second-wave feminism, the emergence of identity politics, 1980s multiculturalism, 1990s rhetorics of diversity and colorblindness, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina, as well as the contemporaneous developments of rising mass incarceration and legalized same-sex marriage. It pairs the perversion of cool with the slow erasure of racial and ethical issues from our social consciousness, which effectively quashes our desire to act ethically and resist abuses of power. The cooler we become, the more indifferent we grow to the question of values, particularly inquiry that spurs protest and conflict. This book sounds an alarm for those who care about preserving our ties to an American tradition of resistance.


Too Cool for This School

Too Cool for This School

Author: Kristen Tracy

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2015-02-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0375872965

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Twelve-year-old Lane Cisco has good friends, a secret boyfriend, and the position of sixth-grade captain at Rio Chama Middle School, but life gets complicated when her off-beat cousin Angelina arrives for an extended visit.


Earl's Too Cool for Me

Earl's Too Cool for Me

Author: Leah Komaiko

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2003-05-13

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0060519142

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The antics and adventures of cool boy Earl include riding on the Milky Way, growing a rose from his fingernails, and swinging with gorillas.


Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly

Author: Alan Madison

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0307978044

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It's hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders. Poor Velma—people can barely remember her name. But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory—a place neither of her sisters has ever been. When a monarch roosts on Velma's finger and won't budge for days . . . well, no one will forget Velma ever again. Acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Kevin Hawkes and author Alan Madison celebrate everything butterfly—from migration to metamorphosis. Watch as Velma Gratch metamorphosizes from a timid first grader into a confident young scientist!


I Can Read Pete the Cat

I Can Read Pete the Cat

Author: Kimberly Dean

Publisher: Scholastic

Published: 2017-06-19

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780545864572

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"Pete the Cat can't decide what to wear to look cool at school. Pete learns it's not what you wear, but how you wear it that makes you cool"--Back cover.


Way to Go

Way to Go

Author: Tom Ryan

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2012-04

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1459800788

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Danny thinks he must be the only seventeen-year-old guy in Cape Breton – in Nova Scotia, maybe – who doesn't have his life figured out. His buddy Kierce has a rule for every occasion, and his best friend Jay has bad grades, no plans and no worries. Danny's dad nags him about his post-high-school plans, his friends bug him about girls and a run-in with the cops means he has to get a summer job. Worst of all, he's keeping a secret that could ruin everything.


Outfox

Outfox

Author: Sandra Brown

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1455572179

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From the #1 NYT bestselling author: After a thirty-year search for a serial killer, FBI agent Drex Easton becomes a suspect's next-door neighbor -- but can he navigate a shocking series of twists and turns to track down the truth? FBI agent Drex Easton is relentlessly driven by a single goal: to outmaneuver the conman once known as Weston Graham. Over the past thirty years, Weston has assumed many names and countless disguises, enabling him to lure eight wealthy women out of their fortunes before they disappeared without a trace, their families left without answers and the authorities without clues. The only common trait among the victims: a new man in their life who also vanished, leaving behind no evidence of his existence . . . except for one signature custom. Drex is convinced that these women have been murdered, and that the man he knows as Weston Graham is the sociopath responsible. But each time Drex gets close to catching him, Weston trades one persona for another and disappears again. Now, for the first time in their long game of cat and mouse, Drex has a suspect in sight. Attractive and charming, Jasper Ford is recently married to a successful businesswoman many years his junior, Talia Shafer. Drex insinuates himself into their lives, posing as a new neighbor and setting up surveillance on their house. The closer he gets to the couple, the more convinced he becomes that Jasper is the clever, merciless predator he's sought--and that his own attraction to Talia threatens to compromise his purpose and integrity. This is Drex's one chance to outfox his cunning nemesis before he murders again and eludes justice forever. But first he must determine if the desirable Talia is a heartless accomplice . . . or the next victim.


Too School for Cool

Too School for Cool

Author: Brenda Ponnay

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781532427039

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Go Back to School with a Laugh! Too School for Cool is a collection of illustrated jokes about the one thing all kids know and love: school! Get your children excited (or at least ready to laugh) about a new school year or just a regular-old school day with this collection of funny jokes for the school-age set. Here's a silly one: What do elves learn in school? The elf-abet! Too School for Cool is part of the Illustrated Jokes series from Brenda Ponnay. Other titles include: Fart-tastic Knock Knock Red, White and Blue Knock Knock, Boo Who? Knock Knock, Moo Who? It's Snot Fair! Knock Knock, Lettuce In! Knock Knock, Blub Blub!


The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

Author: Randy Pausch

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340978504

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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.