Reasons to Be Cheerful

Author: Nina Stibbe
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316309354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
From "the reliably hilarious" (Entertainment Weekly) author of Love, Nina: a brilliantly funny and heartbreaking story of growing up and finding the independence you might not actually want . . . Teenager Lizzie Vogel has a new job as a dental assistant. This is not as glamorous as it sounds. At least it means mostly getting away from her alcoholic, nymphomaniacal, novel-writing mother. But, if Lizzie thinks being independent means sex with her boyfriend (he prefers bird-watching), strict boundaries (her boss keeps using her loo) or self-respect (surely only actual athletes get fungal foot infections?) she's still got a lot more growing up to do. The winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, Reasons to Be Cheerful is a novel that lives up to its title, confirming Nina Stibbe's status as one of the most original and delightful writers at work today.

Bouncing Forward

Author: Michaela Haas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501115138
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
"The first book of its kind in the new science of posttraumatic growth: A cutting-edge look at how trauma survivors find healing and new resilience,"--Amazon.com.

Reasons to be Cheerful

Author: Mark Steel
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Trade Division)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
As a youngster Mark Steel was always politically aware, but he didn't realise political activism would be so life changing. Reasons to be Cheerful is the memoir of an activist of 25 years standing.

Paradise Lodge

Author: Nina Stibbe
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316309338
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina. After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm," fifteen-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal teenager. Just when it looks as if things have settled down, her mother goes and has another baby. On top of that, Lizzie's best friend has deserted her for the punk craze, which Lizzie finds too exhausting to commit to herself. But Lizzie soon gets more commitment than she bargained for when she takes a job as a junior nurse at Paradise Lodge, a ramshackle refuge for the elderly that has seen better days. It's no place for a teenager, much less one with as little experience emptying a bedpan as Lizzie. What begins as away to avoid school and earn some spending money (for the finer things in life, like real coffee and beer shampoo) quickly turns into the education of a lifetime. Lizzie encounters a colorful cast of eccentric characters -- including a nurse determined to turn one of the patients into a husband (and a retirement plan); an efficient but clueless nun trying to modernize the place; and Lizzie's unlikely first love -- who become her surrogate family. When Paradise Lodge faces a crisis in the form of a rival nursing home with enough amenities to make even the comatose jealous, Lizzie must find a way to save her job before she loses the only place she's ever felt she belongs. A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Paradise Lodge proves that it's never too early -- or too late -- to grow up.

Reasons to be Cheerful

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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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365 Reasons To Be Cheerful

Author: Richard Happer
Publisher: Portico
ISBN: 9781906032968
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part One

Author: Toni Kent
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781494340544
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
A selection of the best essays from the relentlessly optimistic writer, Toni Kent. Tired of the corporate merry-go-round, Toni broke free of her big business chains to pursue a long held dream of becoming a freelance writer and a happier human being. She created her blog 'Reasons to be Cheerful' as a means of charting her journey from stressed out 'executive' to freelancer via topics as wide-ranging as Facebook being a pet-lovers paradise, trying to avoid gadgets despite working in the tech industry, the perils of control underwear and the horror felt by her husband at having to pretend to be a uterus during a particularly earnest NCT meeting. If you've ever fallen over at a wedding, accidentally set fire to your kitchen in the pursuit of culinary excellence, paused Sunday lunch to wipe a smelly bottom and returned to eating without batting an eyelid, or sung your heart out in a field then this book is for you.

High-speed Empire

Author: Will Doig
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997722987
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 107

Book Description
The story of the world's most audacious infrastructure project. Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combined. Now, China is pushing its tracks into Southeast Asia, reviving a century-old colonial fantasy of an imperial railroad stretching to Singapore; and kicking off a key piece of the One Belt One Road initiative, which has a price tag of $1 trillion and, reaches inside the borders of more than 60 countries. The Pan-Asia Railway portion of One Belt One Road could transform Southeast Asia, bringing shiny Chinese cities, entire economies, and waves of migrants where none existed before. But if it doesn't succeed, that would be a cautionary tale about whether a new superpower, with levels of global authority unimaginable just a decade ago, can pull entire regions into its orbit simply with tracks, sweat, and lots of money. Journalist Will Doig traveled to Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore tochronicle the dramatic transformations taking place -- and to find out whether ordinary people have a voice in this moment of economic, political, and cultural collision.

Arboretum

Author: David Byrne
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1786899515
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
For over thirty years, besides making music, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as the archaeology of music as we know it, architectural photography and the uses of PowerPoint. Now he presents his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings exploring the form of the tree diagram. Arboretum is an eclectic blend of science, automatic writing, self-analysis and satire. A journey through irrational logic - the application of scientific rigour and form to irrational premises, proceeding from careful nonsense to unexpected sense. The tree diagram is a form that might reveal more about yourself than you dreamed possible.

14,000 Things to Be Happy About.

Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 0761154833
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 625

Book Description
With more than 1.5 million copies in print, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About is the iconic impulse gift book that celebrates all the little things that make life worth living. Now it is even more of a mood-altering pick-me-up, with the use of cheerful watercolors throughout plus redesigned pages, all of which give this new edition a fresh, joyous feeling. At the heart, though, is its unique list of thousands of items, places, thoughts, and moments that make us happy. No opinions, no explanations, no asides or footnotes. It’s mesmerizing. And as an antidote to the all-too-many things to be unhappy about, it could not be more welcome. a sweet tooth twirling a baton driving as you wish your kids would artistic license an express lane reaching a compromise ripe peaches on a summer's eve dinner rolls playing in autumn leaves A unique way to unplug, relax, reminisce, practice gratitude, and change your mood to an upbeat and happy one! (The book cover and interior were updated with a new color design in September 2023; some customers may receive an earlier version of the book.)