Yeah, I Said It

Author: Wanda Sykes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416505571
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Wanda Sykes reduces people to tears -- tears of laughter. She's done so as a stand-up comic, a sitcom star, and a sports commentator for years now, and in the process she's gained a huge fan base nationwide. Now that she's conquered television, she's applying her genius to her first book, Yeah, I Said It. Here, Wanda presents hilarious and uncensored commentary on sex, family, politics, celebrities, and much more than she could ever say in a sound bite. But then again, she's a genius with a sound bite too. Here's what she says about men and football. "I used to think that football took place in this overbearing male-only environment that bled masculine domination. But the more I attend, the more I realize these football fans could actually be experiencing the straight man's gay pride parade. You see men painting each other's faces in bright colors. You see men proud to wear another man's last name on their shirt. You see some men wear no shirt at all....Hot wieners on every corner as you walk up to the main competition. Men open the back of their trunks for a little tailgating." Here's what she says about women: "Women are taking stripper classes in hopes their men will stop going to strip clubs....You can't compete with those strippers....You gotta have...the stripper mentality. In other words, the ability to lie like a dog for a measly buck. A stripper will tell your man anything for a dollar. 'Oow, I thought you were Brad Pitt.' " An uproarious and irreverent collection from one of today's foremost comedic talents, Yeah, I Said It is Wanda Sykes at her uncensored best. Here, she channels her sharp wit into funny bits on the truth as she sees it from the halls of government in Washington, D.C., to the red carpets and boardrooms of Hollywood. Imbued with her razor-sharp voice, these essays showcase Sykes's sidesplitting candor and her trademark brand of comedy.

Say It Ain't So

Author: Josh Berk
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307930076
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Lenny, Mike, and Other Mike are back in school for the glory that is seventh grade, and this year, Mike is determined to make catcher on the middle-school team. When Mike's hard work pays off and he wins the coveted postition, Lenny is a little jealous, but he'll settle for being the team's unofficial announcer. The team has a brilliant new pitcher, Hunter Ashwell, and though he's a bit of a jerk, he and Mike have a great pitcher/catcher dynamic that could make the team champions. But things take a strange turn when Hunter's perfect pitching streak goes downhill, and Lenny suspects foul play—specifically, someone stealing Mike's catcher signals. But who could be responsible, and why?

Analysing Casual Conversation

Author: Suzanne Eggins
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781845530464
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
This book develops a systematic model for the analysis and description of casual conversation in English, based on a large body of authentic data.

Issue VII Prose and Poetry Edited By JP Reese and Matthew Porubsky June 23, 2012

Author: scissors and spackle
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105889882
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91

Book Description
scissors and spackle began in 2011 with the belief that words, in their purest form both cut and repair, sometimes simultaneously. We are a sanctuary for words without homes. We are language without boundaries. Issue VII, guest edited by JP Reese and Matthew Porubsky, features the poetry and prose of Thomas Fox Averill. Other contributors include: Heather Bell, Jules Archer, Mathieu Caller, Andrews Stancek, Alex Pruteanu, Meg Tuite, Stella Robbins, James Claffey and more. An exceptional collection of established and emerging writers, scissors and spackle Issue VII showcases the best in new poetry and fiction

Theda Surviving the Past and the Present

Author: Theda Brothers
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469135590
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
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Battery Hens

Author: Ray Martin
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1906221596
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Buddy Lee may only have been twenty in 1963, but he was the underpin in the Lee household. He tries his best to hold everyone and everything together in this pacey comedy drama, especially his gorgeous younger sister Bridget when she takes a shine to a young thug Stacey Griffin.

Subjugated Man

Author: A.D. Ford
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469153661
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 491

Book Description
Would the world be a better place if women were in charge? Heads of state and world leaders are now women, they have changed the world to be how they want it to be. With women in charge they have stopped the days of mail order brides, now we live in a world of rental husbands. We live in a world where men are secondary, used for whatever women want. Men are trained to be whatever their owner wants them to be: enforcer, worker, bodyguard or personal slave. Sold into slavery when he was a baby, Scott Magentas life is to be seen not heard, to be touched but never loved. His life is filled with death and pain while he is forced to be nothing but a glorified one night stand for the rich and powerful. Slaves are treated like show animals, they make their owner money and if they misbehave they can be punished by their owner. When the whole world doesnt see you as a person how can you be one?

Imagine

Author: Heather Nichole Rice
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450040381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101

Book Description
Joann Penki questions love what it is, how it makes a person, and what its worth; she finds out. Joann comes across confusion and acts on feelings and uncovers her lust for women. feelings also surface for someone while shes with someone else. there is a greater good who tries to come in between the love that she has discovered lets just say there is balance in her relationship that creates an epic love story and original masterpiece. This book Is full of drama, lust & supernatural romance.

Under the Dusty Moon

Author: Suzanne Sutherland
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459732030
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Victoria Mahler, the only daughter of rocker Micky Wayne, spends an accidentally eventful summer climbing out from under her mom’s shadow and embracing her love of video games. Will Vic figure out who she is away from Micky? And will that cute stoner boy and a group of feminist game-makers help her out?

Blind Sight

Author: Meg Howrey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307379612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
This spellbinding story introduces the unforgettable seventeen-year-old narrator, Luke Prescott, who has been brought up in a bohemian matriarchy by his divorced New Age mother, a religious grandmother, and two precocious half-sisters. Having spent a short lifetime swinging agreeably between the poles of Eastern mysticism and New England Puritanism, Luke is fascinated by the new fields of brain science and believes in having evidence for his beliefs. “Without evidence,” he declares, “you just have hope, which is nice, but not reliable.” Luke is writing his college applications when his father—a famous television star whom he never knew—calls and invites him to Los Angeles for the summer. Luke accepts and is plunged into a world of location shooting, celebrity interviews, glamorous parties, and premieres. As he begins to know the difference between his father’s public persona and his private one, Luke finds himself sorting through his own personal mythology. By the end of the summer Luke thinks he has found the answers he’s been seeking, only to discover that the differences between truth and belief are not always easy to spot, and that evidence can be withheld: when Luke returns home, his mother reveals something she knows will change everything for him. With Blind Sight, Meg Howrey gives us a smart, funny, and deeply moving story about truth versus belief, about what we do and don’t tell ourselves—with the result, as Luke says, that we don’t always know what we know.