Endangered Pleasures

Author: Barbara Holland
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006095647X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Here is a refreshing look at life as it ought to be. Bare feet, gardening, dawdling over the newspaper, oversleeping, and idle summer vacations are infinitely more satisfying than counting fat grams, eating only vegetables, and sitting behind that desk every day. So toss out the guilt and rebel. Don't just stop and smell the flowers--call in sick and lie among them, preferably with a good friend, a bottle of wine, and a handful of chocolates. Endangered Pleasures is a delightful reminder that rest and relaxation are more rewarding than a job performance review. After all, life's too short. Why not have some fun while you're supposed to be living it?

How Not To Run A B&B

Author: Bobby Hutchinson
Publisher: Bobby Hutchinson
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
HOW HARD CAN IT BE?? A HUMOROUS MEMOIR Bobby Hutchinson, a best selling Harlequin romance writer, decides to open a B&B in Vancouver, B.C. Despite never having stayed in a B&B and knowing absolutely nothing about running one, she jumps right in. Strange people from nearby and halfway around the world arrive at her home with their stories and struggles, not to mention their baggage, psychological and otherwise. In explaining why she opened a B&B, she says, "I was far too old for prostitution, the only other job I could think of which might net enough to pay the mortgage." ˃˃˃ HUMOR, A LITTLE TRAGEDY AND MANY LIFE LESSONS. (But mostly humor.) What does a hostess do when a dog rips the bathroom apart? Or gerbils reproduce in the attic? Make wonderful breakfasts and keep on keeping on. ˃˃˃ SURE FIRE BREAKFAST RECIPES Lots of other recipes as well, guaranteed to turn out. And some advice that may or may not work, but what can you lose by trying?

Don't Mr. Disraeli!

Author: Caryl Brahms
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781258131159
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description

Joshua Dread

Author: Lee Bacon
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
For Joshua Dread, middle school is proving to be, well, awkward. Not only do bullies pick on him, but do you see those supervillains over there trying to flood the world? The ones that everyone, including his best friend Milton, are rooting for Captain Justice to take down? They're the Dread Duo, and they just happen to be his parents. As if trying to hide his identity wasn't hard enough, Joshua has started leaving a trail of exploding pencils and scorched handprints in his wake, and only Sophie, the new girl in town with a mysterious past, seems unsurprised. When a violent attack at the Vile Fair makes it clear someone is abducting supervillains, and that his parents may very well be next, Joshua must enlist both Sophie and Milton's help to save them. Well-written, fast-paced, and remarkably funny, Joshua Dread is the first in a series that will appeal far beyond its target audience. “Joshua Dread is funny, action-packed, and a total page-turner. You’ll want to read to the bitter end—unless Joshua’s parents destroy the world first. Which is a distinct possibility.”—Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark & Grimm "Villainy! Mayhem! Family! From supervillains to killer houseplants, Joshua Dread has it all. I couldn't put it down and I didn't dare, not until I'd devoured every last page!" -C. Alexander London, author of the Accidental Adventure series

Sizzling Bacon

Author: A F Scott
Publisher: Austin Macauley
ISBN: 9781528994552
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
Evie struggles hard to move her legs and wonders if a huge, ugly monster has eaten all her delicious sizzling bacon and is now sitting on her bed. She cannot understand why her bed clothes have suddenly become so heavy. As Evie hides under her duvet, she wonders if there really is a monster on her bed; she cannot think of anything else it could be. Evie bravely peeps over the top of her duvet, her eyes widen in shock, and she giggles at the sight in front of her. She has no way of knowing that her day is going to be full of fun, laughter and magical surprises.

The Worst Book Ever

Author: Beth Bacon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999432440
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Most bad books are happy hanging out at rummage sales. Not this bad book. Its goal is to be featured on the Banned Books List. Problem is, no one seems to notice¿ until the book teams up with its boisterous readers. Together, the book and its readers shout, sing, and wiggle their way into the attention of a local librarian. Will the book see its cover on the library wall¿ or will it end up in the recycling bin? Full of bold, colorful graphics and laugh-out-loud humor, The Worst Book Ever is another high-lo book for reluctant readers by Beth Bacon. Uses meta-storytelling and interactivity to get kids laughing, wiggling, shouting¿and reading. Ideal for read-alouds, story time, as well as independent reading for beginning to intermediate reluctant readers.

The Man Who Built Boxes

Author: Frank Tavares
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988877955
Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
"Each story is a minor masterpiece of the writer's craft." "Midwest Book Review" In these twelve stories, you'll meet a remarkable cast of complex, quirky characters tangled up in the limits they've put on their lives. Driven by love or loneliness, like the man in the title, they've boxed themselves in. Frank Tavares tells their stories with humor and compassion. And while the themes may be familiar - crumbling marriages, feuding neighbors, sparring business partners, and the endless searching for what might have been - here they become fresh, unpredictable, and surprising. This exciting debut collection from a first-rate storyteller will haunt and fascinate you long after you finish reading. "Too often, life stuns us with nuances and a mix of emotions that need time and patience to digest. Frank Tavares's greatest gift is in delivering all of these layers and textures in a single pass and doing so with a beautiful taste of humor to make it all palatable. The stories contained in The Man Who Built Boxes run the whole gamut from painful to absurd to pure joy and comedy. . . . This is a writer you'll want to know, writing a life you'll be happy you've lived in for a while." Jack B. Bedell, author of Bone-Hollow, True: New & Selected Poems and director of Louisiana Literature Press. "Each story is a minor masterpiece of the writer's craft. The totality of this outstanding collection, while thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end, is also thoughtful and thought-provoking and while works of fiction, resonate with real life experiences of us all. "The Man Who Built Boxes And Other Stories" is highly recommended for personal reading lists and community library collections." "Midwest Book Review"

Profiling Shakespeare

Author: Marjorie Garber
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135891893
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
The title of this collection, Profiling Shakespeare, is meant strongly in its double sense. These essays show the outline of a Shakespeare rather different from the man sought by biographers from his time to our own. They also show the effects, the ephemera, the clues and cues, welcome and unwelcome, out of which Shakespeare's admirers and dedicated scholars have pieced together a vision of the playwright, whether as sage, psychologist, lover, theatrical entrepreneur, or moral authority. This collection brings together classic pieces, hard-to-find chapters, and two new essays. Here, Garber has produced a book at once serious and highly readable, ranging broadly across time periods (early modern to postmodern) and touching upon both high and popular culture. Contents: Preface 1. Shakespeare's Ghost Writers 2. Hamlet: Giving Up the Ghost 3. Macbeth: The Male Medusa 4. Shakespeare as Fetish 5. Character Assassination 6. Out of Joint 7. Roman Numerals 8. Second-Best Bed 9. Shakespeare's Dogs 10. Shakespeare's Laundry List 11. Shakespeare's Faces 12. MacGuffin Shakespeare 13. Fatal Cleopatra 14. What Did Shakespeare Invent? 15. Bartlett's Familiar Shakespeare

In Our Own Image: Fictional Representations of William Shakespeare

Author: David Livingstone
Publisher: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
ISBN: 8024456834
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
This publication looks at fictional portrayals of William Shakespeare with a focus on novels, short stories, plays, occasional poems, films, television series and even comics. In terms of time span, the analysis covers the entire twentieth century and ends in the present-day. The authors included range from well-known figures (G.B. Shaw, Kipling, Joyce) to more obscure writers. The depictions of Shakespeare are varied to say the least, with even interpretations giving credence to the Oxfordian theory and feminist readings involving a Shakespearian sister of sorts. The main argument is that readings of Shakespeare almost always inform us more about the particular author writing the specific work than about the historical personage.

Historicism, Psychoanalysis, and Early Modern Culture

Author: Carla Mazzio
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135261083
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 429

Book Description
First published in 2000. Did people in early modern Europe have a concept of an inner self? Carla Mazzio and Douglas Trevor have brought together an outstanding group of literary, cultural, and history scholars to answer this intriguing question. Through a synthesis of historicism and psychoanalytic criticism, the contributors explore the complicated, nuanced, and often surprising union of history and subjectivity in Europe centuries before psychoanalytic theory. Addressing such topics as "fetishes and Renaissances," "the cartographic unconscious," and "the topographic imaginary," these essays move beyond the strict boundaries of historicism and psychoanalysis to carve out new histories of interiority in early modern Europe.