Life Is Short (No Pun Intended)

Author: Jennifer Arnold
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476794774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
"Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein have inspired millions as stars of TLC's hit show The Little Couple. Though they both have dwarfism, they have knocked down every obstacle they have encountered together with a positive, can-do attitude. The show has featured the lives of Jennifer (a respected neonatologist) and Bill (a successful entrepreneur) from their marriage in 2009, to the launch of their pet shop, to the adoption of their children, to Jen's overcoming cancer"--

No Pun Intended

Author: Thomas Emmett
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
This book is a small collection of some of my favorite jokes. This special edition paperback is now fully illustrated. It is designed to be read during times of sadness, or quarantine. Included inside are such things as puns, yo momma jokes, pick up lines, Chuck Norris sayings, knock knocks, elderly jokes, and insults. This 2020 edition will also feature jokes appropriate to the current world situation.

Who Am I Without Him? (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title)

Author: Sharon Flake
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 142313253X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Guys and girls get together, get played, and get real. Who Am I Without Him? is a Booklist Top Ten Romance Novel for Teens and is "breaking new and necessary ground" in twelve short stories about guys and girls falling in and out of love and relationships, testing out ways to communicate with one another, respect each other -- and respect themselves. This is a complex, often humorous, and always on-point exploration of today's teens determined to find love and self-worth . . . any way they know how. Note: this is potentially going to be in a bind-up with You Don't Even Know Me.

How to Order the Universe

Author: María José Ferrada
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 1951142314
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
A San Francisco Chronicle and Southwest Review Best Book of the Year and A World Literature Today Notable Translation of the Year “A dreamscape of a book. I adored this compelling, wise, and utterly unique coming-of-age tale.” —Tara Conklin For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D’s life as a traveling salesman. Enchanted by her father’s trade, M convinces him to take her along on his routes, selling hardware supplies against the backdrop of Pinochet-era Chile. As father and daughter trek from town to town in their old Renault, M’s memories and thoughts become tied to a language of rural commerce, philosophy, the cosmos, hardware products, and ghosts. M, in her innocence, barely notices the rising tensions and precarious nature of their work until she and her father connect with an enigmatic photographer, E, whose presence threatens to upend the unusual life they’ve created. María José Ferrada expertly captures a vanishing way of life and a father-daughter relationship on the brink of irreversible change. At once nostalgic, dangerous, sharply funny, and full of delight and wonder, How to Order the Universe is a richly imaginative debut and a rare work of magic and originality.

Life in the Garden

Author: Penelope Lively
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525558381
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and life Penelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards of her childhood home in Cairo to a family cottage in Somerset, to her own gardens in Oxford and London, Lively conducts an expert tour, taking us from Eden to Sissinghurst and into her own backyard, traversing the lives of writers like Virginia Woolf and Philip Larkin while imparting her own sly and spare wisdom. "Her body of work proves that certain themes never go out of fashion," writes the New York Times Book Review, as true of this beautiful volume as of the rest of the Lively canon. Now in her eighty-fourth year, Lively muses, "To garden is to elide past, present, and future; it is a defiance of time."

The Nest

Author: Kenneth Oppel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481432346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description
“The Nest leaves a lasting mark on the memory.” —The New York Times Book Review Steve just wants to save his baby brother—but what will he lose in the bargain? Kenneth Oppel’s (Silverwing, The Boundless) haunting gothic tale for fans of Coraline, is one of the most acclaimed books of the year, receiving six starred reviews. Illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen. For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it’s just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming ominously from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered. All he has to do is say “Yes.” But “yes” is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back? Celebrated author Kenneth Oppel creates an eerie masterpiece in this compelling story that explores disability and diversity, fears and dreams, and what ultimately makes a family. Includes illustrations from celebrated artist Jon Klassen.

Short Ribs

Author: David J. Hardwicke
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525535803
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
This volume is the first of an intended series of comedic fiction, based on observations and reflections on the world as we create and perceive it in an everyday sense. These reflections are contained within the various puns, riddles, micro-stories and cartoons herein, flavoured by the liberal dusting of a dry sense of humour. Elements of life common to all of us are found here, expressed in a minimalist manner so that you, the reader, form the true image in your head, as pertinent to your life. The words simply plant the seed. Just be warned that the seed may provide unexpected fruit, but this is fully intended. If life were to be fully predictable, it would have no life in it. To laugh at our own foibles is to be content with ourselves, even if only for a moment or two. We trust you will embark with us on a voyage of introspection, celebration and pure imagination as we set out to explore the frontiers of the human experience and the nether-reaches of pure silliness. This combination sets us free of the weight of world for a time, opens our hearts and minds to recall the many roads and milestones of our lives, while wrapped in the warm hug of humour. Come with us. We have cookies!

Get Off Your "But"

Author: Sean Stephenson
Publisher: Wiley + ORM
ISBN: 0470448059
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
A psychotherapist and motivational speaker’s “powerful and practical” guide to overcoming negativity and self-sabotage—with a foreword by Anthony Robbins (Publisher’s Weekly). “This book will show you how to move beyond your limitations and begin to experience and share your gifts at the highest level. . . . Read this book in its entirety, follow the lessons closely, and watch as your life transforms into a masterpiece filled with an abundance of bliss, passion, and gratitude.” —From the Foreword by Anthony Robbins In addition to presenting Sean Stephenson's unbelievable life story, Get Off Your “But,” offers anyone who needs to conquer fears and insecurities a hands-on guide for overcoming the forces of negativity and self-sabotage. Sean—a successful psychotherapist—shows what it takes to overcome the big bumps in the road, eliminate excuses, end insecurities, and ultimately stand up for happiness and success in life. As Sean explains, anyone can fall victim to the “Buts”: “But” Fears (BUT what if I fail . . .) “But” Insecurities (BUT I’m not good enough . . .) “But” Excuses (BUT there’s no time . . .) Get Off Your “But” offers a practical guide for putting fear behind you and building the inner resources to become self-confident at work and at home. It's time to get off your “but” and start leading the life you dream.

It's Not the Size That Matters: Embracing Life with a Micropenis

Author: Katy Scott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781973168089
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
If you ever find yourself saying, "Does Size Matter?" This book is ideal for those who face Encounters with a Less-Endowed Partner.It's a book for men with a tiny penis, they may make special orders for tiny condoms online, because even the smallest condoms available in stores are too baggy and just slip off.It's not a self help book. But for those who know what it's like living with a little willy, this is for them.It's also THE BEST SECRET SANTA BOOK!

Stitches

Author: Anne Lamott
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594632588
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Book Description
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything “Lamott’s …most insightful book yet, Stitches offers plenty of her characteristic witty wisdom…this slim, readable volume [is] a lens on life, widening and narrowing, encouraging each reader to reflect on what it is, after all, that really matters.”—People What do we do when life lurches out of balance? How can we reconnect to one other and to what’s sustaining, when evil and catastrophe seem inescapable? These questions lie at the heart of Stitches, Lamott’s profound follow-up to her New York Times–bestselling Help, Thanks, Wow. In this book Lamott explores how we find meaning and peace in these loud and frantic times; where we start again after personal and public devastation; how we recapture wholeness after loss; and how we locate our true identities in this frazzled age. We begin, Lamott says, by collecting the ripped shreds of our emotional and spiritual fabric and sewing them back together, one stitch at a time. It’s in these stitches that the quilt of life begins, and embedded in them are strength, warmth, humor, and humanity.