All Over It!
Author: Terri Minsky
Publisher: Volo
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781415602713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLizzie becomes so environmentally conscious that she goes to school dressed in a burlap sack.
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Author: Terri Minsky
Publisher: Volo
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781415602713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLizzie becomes so environmentally conscious that she goes to school dressed in a burlap sack.
Author: Geraldine DeRuiter
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2017-05-02
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1610397649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome people are meant to travel the globe, to unwrap its secrets and share them with the world. And some people have no sense of direction, are terrified of pigeons, and get motion sickness from tying their shoes. These people are meant to stay home and eat nachos. Geraldine DeRuiter is the latter. But she won't let that stop her. Hilarious, irreverent, and heartfelt, All Over the Place chronicles the years Geraldine spent traveling the world after getting laid off from a job she loved. Those years taught her a great number of things, though the ability to read a map was not one of them. She has only a vague idea of where Russia is, but she now understands her Russian father better than ever before. She learned that what she thought was her mother's functional insanity was actually an equally incurable condition called "being Italian." She learned what it's like to travel the world with someone you already know and love -- how that person can help you make sense of things and make far-off places feel like home. She learned about unemployment and brain tumors, lost luggage and lost opportunities, and just getting lost in countless terminals and cabs and hotel lobbies across the globe. And she learned that sometimes you can find yourself exactly where you need to be -- even if you aren't quite sure where you are.
Author: Paul Madonna
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2007-04-29
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780872864566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new voice and vision for art as comics and comics as art -- and poetry.
Author: George McKay
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013-10-28
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0472120042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been a single monograph study covering the important intersection of popular music and disability. George McKay’s Shakin’ All Over is a cross-disciplinary examination of the ways in which popular music performers have addressed disability: in their songs, in their live performances, and in various media presentations. By looking closely into the work of artists such as Johnny Rotten, Neil Young, Johnnie Ray, Ian Dury, Teddy Pendergrass, Curtis Mayfield, and Joni Mitchell, McKay investigates such questions as how popular music works to obscure and accommodate the presence of people with disabilities in its cultural practice. He also examines how popular musicians have articulated the experiences of disability (or sought to pass), or have used their cultural arena for disability advocacy purposes.
Author: Janice Barnett
Publisher: Ecademy Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1905823797
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn July 1, 2006, England exited the World Cup after its penalty shootout against Portugal. The authors couldn't help but notice the negativity of both the crowd and the match commentators. They suggest that a radical change of mindset is needed in all who want their national team to win, from players and managers to fans and the media.
Author: Kathleen A. Zins
Publisher: Leisure Arts
Published: 2007-04
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 1601404034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFashion classics? Or classics made fashionable? Leisure Arts has partnered with designer Kathleen Zins to present the 6 fiercely fashionable crocheted sweaters in this 20-page publication called That's You All Over. You're an original. You know what you like, especially when it comes to your wardrobe. So how do you know you've got the perfect pullover? And what does it take for a cardigan to make the cut with you? Maybe it's the way you reach for that certain sweater almost every day, wishing you owned it in every color imaginable. If you crochet, you can have that special garment in every hue and shade you care to create. From a casual hoodie to a "fur-collared" classic, the six designs in this collection are new takes on the history of fashion. And that's you all over. Includes 6 sweaters to crochet in medium weight yarn: Hoodie Cardigan with Ruffle V-Neck Sweater Cropped Jacket Flared Sleeves Cardigan Wide-Collar Cardigan All are for sizes XS, S, M, and L. Released in May 2007, That's You All Over is available at independent needlework stores, craft retail chains, and on our Web site at www.leisurearts.com. Leisure Arts, Inc. is one of the world's largest publishers and distributors of needlework, craft, decorating, entertaining, and other lifestyle interest "how-to" books, and a leading publisher of lifestyle information. &n
Author: Ruth Ozeki
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-03-30
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780142003893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA warm and witty saga about agribusiness, environmental activism, and community—from the celebrated author of The Book of Form and Emptiness and A Tale for the Time Being Yumi Fuller hasn’t set foot in her hometown of Liberty Falls, Idaho—heart of the potato-farming industry—since she ran away at age fifteen. Twenty-five years later, the prodigal daughter returns to confront her dying parents, her best friend, and her conflicted past, and finds herself caught up in an altogether new drama. The post-millennial farming community has been invaded by Agribusiness forces at war with a posse of activists, the Seeds of Resistance, who travel the country in a camping car, “The Spudnick,” biofueled by pilfered McDonald’s french-fry oil. Following her widely hailed, award-winning debut novel, My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki returns here to deliver a quirky cast of characters and a wickedly humorous appreciation of the foibles of corporate life, globalization, political resistance, youth culture, and aging baby boomers. All Over Creation tells a celebratory tale of the beauty of seeds, roots, and growth—and the capacity for renewal that resides within us all.
Author: Shirley MacLaine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-04-05
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1451607318
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“IN THIS THIRD ACT OF MY LIFE, MUCH HAS BECOME CLEARER. SO MUCH IS OVER, AND I AM OVER SO MUCH . . .” At a certain time in life, we all come to realize what is truly important to us and what just doesn’t matter. For Shirley MacLaine, that time is now. In this wise, witty, and fearless collection of small observations and big-picture questions, she shares with readers all those things that she is over dealing with in life, in love, at home, and in the larger world . . . as well as the things she will never get over, no matter how long she lives. Among the things that Shirley is over: people who repeat themselves (“when you didn’t care what they said the first time”); conservatives and liberals; ill-mannered young people; the poison of celebrity (“Why do so many people want to be famous when they see how it can destroy your life?”); being polite to boring people (“If they won’t stop talking, I go into a trance and meditate”); getting older in Hollywood (“How peaceful it is not to have to look particularly pretty anymore or to wear a size 6”). In the opposite camp, there are some things Shirley will never get over: good lighting (“Marlene Dietrich taught me how to light myself”); gorgeous costars (“The vanity of male actors is an impossible wall to scale”); performing live (“Yes, it is better than sex”); and above all, brave people with curious minds (“Fear is the most powerful weapon of mass destruction”). Along the way, she recalls stories of some of the true greats she has known—Alfred Hitchcock, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, the two Jacks (Lemmon and Nicholson)—and ruminates on the state of Hollywood past and present. She recollects her relationships and romances with politicians (including two prime ministers), scientists, journalists, and costars. An unabashed seeker of truth and unrepentant free spirit, Shirley looks squarely at a world that can irritate, confuse, and provoke her, but that can also delight her with its beauty, humor, and future promise. Reading I’m Over All That will make you feel you have been reunited with an old friend who tells it like it is but never takes herself too seriously. Shirley MacLaine may be over all that, but this irresistible book ensures that we will never get over her.
Author: Gerry Abbott
Publisher: Starhaven
Published: 2001-03
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0936315156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Laura Fraser
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2010-06-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0307450910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat's a wise, witty travel writer to do when she reaches forty and is still single? Wander the globe searching for romance and adventure, of course. On a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, to celebrate her fortieth birthday, Laura Fraser confronts the unique trajectory of her life. Divorced and childless in her thirties, she found solace in the wanderlust that had always directed her heart—and found love and comfort in the arms of a dashing Frenchman. Their Italian affair brought her back to herself—but now she wonders if her passion for travel (and for short-lived romantic rendezvous) has deprived her of what she secretly wants most from life: a husband, a family, a home. When her Parisian lover meets her in Oaxaca and gives her news that he’s found someone new, Laura is stunned and hurt. Now, it seems, she has nothing but her own independence for company—and, at forty, a lot more wrinkles on her face and fewer years of fertility. How is Laura going to reconcile what seem to be two opposite desires: for adventure, travel, great food, and new experiences, but also a place to call home—and a loving pair of arms to greet her there? And so, she globe hops. What else is a travel writer to do? From Argentina to Peru, Naples to Paris, she basks in the glow of new cultures and local delicacies, always on the lookout for the “one” who might become a lifelong companion. But when a terrible incident occurs while she’s on assignment in the South Pacific, Laura suddenly finds herself more aware of her vulnerability and becomes afraid of traveling. It seems as if she might lose the very thing that has given her so much pleasure in her life, not to mention the career she has built for herself as a world traveler and chronicler of far-flung places. Finding herself again will be both more difficult and more natural than she imagined. Ultimately, Laura realizes the most important journey she must take is an internal one. And the tale of how she reaches that place will captivate every woman who has ever yearned for a different life.