The New and Improved Romie Futch

Author: Julia Elliott
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 1941040160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
From the author of The Wilds, which Publishers Weekly called “a brilliant combination of emotion and grime, wit and horror,” comes a debut novel that is part dystopian satire, part Southern Gothic tall tale: a disturbing yet hilarious romp through a surreal New South where newfangled medical technologies change the structure of the human brain and genetically modified feral animals ravage the blighted landscape. Down on his luck and still pining for his ex-wife, South Carolina taxidermist Romie Futch spends his evenings drunkenly surfing the Internet before passing out on his couch. In a last-ditch attempt to pay his mortgage, he replies to an ad and becomes a research subject in an experiment conducted by the Center for Cybernetic Neuroscience in Atlanta, Georgia. After “scientists” download hifalutin humanities disciplines into their brains, Romie and his fellow guinea pigs start debating the works of Foucault and hashing out the intricacies of postmodern subjectivity. The enhanced taxidermist, who once aspired to be an artist, returns to his hometown ready to revolutionize his work and revive his failed marriage. As Romie tracks down specimens for his elaborate animatronic taxidermy dioramas, he develops an Ahab-caliber obsession with bagging “Hogzilla,” a thousand-pound feral hog that has been terrorizing Hampton County. Cruising hog-hunting websites, he learns that this lab-spawned monster possesses peculiar traits. Pulled into an absurd and murky underworld of biotech operatives, FDA agents, and environmental activists, Romie becomes entangled in the enigma of Hogzilla’s origins. Exploring the interplay between nature and culture, biology and technology, reality and art, The New and Improved Romie Futch probes the mysteries of memory and consciousness, offering a darkly comic yet heartfelt take on the contemporary human predicament.

The New Improved Sorceress

Author: Sara Hanover
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 0756414385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
The second book in this contemporary fantasy series returns to the life of Tessa Andrews as she balances the magical and mundane worlds. Tessa didn't believe in magic, but magic believed in her, and that started a fight for her life. An ancient artifact known as a maelstrom stone has embedded itself in her left palm. It thrives on chaos, which describes her new life perfectly. She battles to find a balance between the ordinary world and the magical one, all while freeing her father from his ghostly state, helping a phoenix wizard restore his rejuvenation ritual, and retrieving the stolen Eye of Nimora for the Broadstone clan. Tessa must also help her mother navigate the rocky road of academia and single motherhood finances, fall in love herself, and steer her college teammates to a divisional championship. She needs friends, both ordinary and magical, by her side. Then a strange and forbidding book of the Dark Arts strikes her with actual power...and Tessa realizes more than ever that there is no I in team--unless it's the one in new, improved sorceress.

New and Improved

Author: Richard S. Tedlow
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 538

Book Description
In a fascinating history of corporate combat, Tedlow recounts the path America chose to become the world's first and foremost consumer society. He describes the confrontations between Coke and Pepsi, Ford and GM, Sears and Montgomery Ward, and others. Illustrated.

The New! Improved! Bob & Ray Book

Author: Bob Elliott
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Bob and Ray's whimsically ridiculous dialogues and subtly satirical glances at the world have regaled audiences for fifty years -- on local and network radio and television, in movies and commercials, on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall, and in three delightful books. In an exclusive performance of skits from their third book, these beloved humorists take you into their world of restrained craziness and of gentle and relentless satire.

Innovation You

Author: Jeff DeGraff
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345530705
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
In today’s frenetic, uncertain world, the “same old, same old” routines are perfect ways to go nowhere fast. What has worked for you before—professionally or personally—no longer gets results. Whether you’ve been downsized, reached the end of a long relationship, or found yourself questioning where you are in life, it’s clear you need to change. To innovate. Make it new. Make yourself new. Now, in this invaluable book, the world-renowned “Dean of Innovation,” Jeff DeGraff, shares his tried-and-true techniques on how to reinvent yourself—creatively and with maximum impact. Innovation You reveals DeGraff’s unique four-step program to bolster your ingenuity and remake your life. From forging ahead in a new career to losing weight to finally pursuing that long-held dream, DeGraff’s strategies are effective and easy to follow. Inside you will learn to • Rethink Innovation: Find ways to think outside the box, seek out diverse opinions, and pay attention to the next great trend. • Rethink Your Approach: Use the Competing Values Framework to identify your natural innovation profile—do you compete, collaborate, create, or control?—and then deliberately draw from the other styles to augment your usual tactics. • Rethink Your Methods: Put your reinvention plan in motion—set specific, realistic, and meaningful targets, cultivate relationships with relevant mentors and experts, and try alternate methods to achieve your goals. • Rethink the Journey: Understand that innovation is a process and that progress comes in cycles rather than a quick straight line. Accept uncertainty, question assumptions, and acknowledge areas where you can improve. Full of invigorating ideas, engaging anecdotes, practical wisdom, and inspiring success stories, Innovation You is your personal road map to reach your highest potential—and experience a bold new way of living.

New Improved Great Pyrenees Dog Training and Understanding Guide Book

Author: Vince Stead
Publisher: vince stead
ISBN: 149296266X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 135

Book Description
Have fun with this new and improved Great Pyrenees dog behavior and understanding book! 1. The Characteristics of a Great Pyrenees Puppy and Dog 2. What You Should Know About Puppy Teeth 3. How to Select Treats To Train Your Dog With 4. Some Helpful Tips for Raising Your Great Pyrenees Puppy 5. Are Rawhide Treats Good for Your Great Pyrenees? 6. How to Crate Train Your Great Pyrenees 7. When Should You Spay Or Neuter Your Dog? 8. When Your Great Pyrenees Makes Potty Mistakes 9. How to Teach your Great Pyrenees to Fetch 10. Make it Easier and Healthier for Feeding Your Great Pyrenees 11. When Your Great Pyrenees Has Separation Anxiety, and How to Deal With It 12. When Your Great Pyrenees Is Afraid of Loud Noises 13. How to Stop Your Great Pyrenees From Jumping Up on People 14. How to Teach Your Great Pyrenees to Sit 15. Why Your Great Pyrenees Needs a Good Soft Bed to Sleep In 16. How to Stop Your Great Pyrenees from Running Away or Bolting Out the Door 17. Some Helpful Tips for Raising Your Great Pyrenees Puppy 18. How to Socialize Your Great Pyrenees Puppy 19. How to Stop Your Great Pyrenees Dog from Excessive Barking 20. When Your Great Pyrenees Has Dog Food or Toy Aggression Tendencies 21. What you should know about Fleas and Ticks 22. How to Stop Your Great Pyrenees Puppy or Dog from Biting 23. What to Expect Before and During your Dog Having Puppies 24. What the Benefits of Micro chipping Your Dog Are to You 25. How to Get Something Out of a Puppy or Dog's Belly without Surgery 26. How to Clean Your Great Pyrenees Ears Correctly 27. How to Stop Your Great Pyrenees from Eating Their Own Stools 28. How Invisible Fencing Typically Works to Train and Protect Your Dog 29. Some Items You Should Never Let Your Puppy or Dog Eat 30. How to Make Sure Your Dog is eating a Healthy Amount of Food 31. Make it Easier and Healthier for Feeding Your Great Pyrenees 32. How to Clean and Groom your Great Pyrenees 33. How to Trim a Puppy or Dogs Nails Properly 34. The 5 Different Kinds of Worms that can harm your Dog 35. How to Deworm your Great Pyrenees for Good Health 36. What You Should Know About Dog Rabies 37. Some Helpful Healthy and Tasty Homemade Dog Food Recipes

The Wilds

Author: Julia Elliott
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 1935639927
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
"At an obscure South Carolina nursing home, a lost world reemerges as a disabled elderly woman undergoes newfangled brain-restoration procedures and begins to explore her environment with the assistance of strap-on robot legs. At a deluxe medical spa on a nameless Caribbean island, a middle-aged woman hopes to revitalize her fading youth with grotesque rejuvenating therapies that combine cutting-edge medical technologies with holistic approaches and the pseudo-religious dogma of Zen-infused self-help. And in a rinky-dink mill town, an adolescent girl is unexpectedly inspired by the ravings and miraculous levitation of her fundamentalist friend's weird grandmother. These are only a few of the scenarios readers encounter in Julia Elliott's debut collection, The Wilds. In these genre-bending stories, teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, Elliott's language-driven fiction uses outlandish tropes to capture poignant moments in her humble characters' lives. Without abandoning the tenets of classic storytelling, Elliott revels in lush lyricism, dark humor, and experimental play. "--

It's New! It's Improved! It's Terrible!

Author: Stephen Manes
Publisher: Skylark
ISBN: 9780553156829
Category : Shoes
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
When Arnold Schlemp gets the fancy new shoes that were advertised on T.V. for his birthday, he gets a lot more than he bargained for.

Good Hardware

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 1888

Book Description

New Improved! Dykes to Watch Out for

Author: Alison Bechdel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
The third collection of work from Bechdel's signature comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For.