Revenge of the Paste Eaters

Author: Cheryl Peck
Publisher: 5 Spot
ISBN: 0446507091
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
The author of Fat Girls and Lawn Chairsis back with a funny and poignant new collection of personal stories about growing up a misfit. A collection of stories for anyone who shuddered at the idea of senior prom, Revenge of the Paste Eaters is about the way the experiences of childhood stay with us and shape us into adults. Cheryl Peck applies her signature wit to more personal stories and reflections-about hurting people and getting hurt, about discovering who you are and who you want to be, about feeling "not good enough," and about being bigger-physically and mentally-than many of the people surrounding you. This is a wickedly funny view of what it's like to be a middle-aged woman in middle-America, and what really happened to the kids who were different.

Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs

Author: Cheryl Peck
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759509859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
Naughty cats, quirky family members, and experiences as a large gay woman in the heartland of America: Cheryl Peck has a potpourri of poignant -- and laugh-out-loud hilarious -- stories to tell about growing up, love, and loss. With self-deprecating humor and compassionate insight, she remembers the time she hit her baby sister in the head with a rock, how her father taught her to swim by throwing her into deep water, and the day when -- while weighing in at 300 pounds -- she became an inspirational goddess at her local gym. Filled with universal stories about a daughter's love for her parents and the eternal quest for finding meaning in it all, this book reveals many seemingly unremarkable moments that make up a life -- the weighty events that, like fat girls sitting on lawn chairs, just won't let go.

Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare's England

Author: David B. Goldstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107039061
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
Goldstein presents a lively analysis of Shakespeare, Milton, religious writers and recipe book authors from the perspective of communal eating.

New Books on Women and Feminism

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Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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The Advocate

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Languages : en
Pages : 72

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The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.

That Is All

Author: John Hodgman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101653507
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
John Hodgman—bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert," minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire—brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. In 2005, Dutton published The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, marked by the distinction that all of the fascinating trivia and amazing true facts were completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. At the time, Hodgman was merely a former literary agent and occasional scribbler of fake trivia. In short: a nobody. But during an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred. He became a famous minor television personality. You may ask: During his whirlwind tornado ride through the high ether of minor fame and outrageous fortune, did John Hodgman forget how to write books of fake trivia? The answer is: Yes. Briefly. But soon, he remembered! And so he returned, crashing his Kansas farmhouse down upon the wicked witch of ignorance with More Information Than You Require, a New York Times bestseller containing even more mesmerizing and essential fake trivia, including seven hundred mole-man names (and their occupations). And now, John Hodgman completes his vision with That Is All, the last book in a trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. Like its predecessors, That Is All compiles incredibly handy made-up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes. It picks up exactly where More Information left off—specifically, at page 596—and finally completes COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE. Look out for John Hodgman's latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.

Shakespeare Studies

Author: Susan Zimmerman
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 0838641202
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Shakespeare Studies is an international volume published every year in hard cover that contains essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from both hemispheres. Although the journal maintains a focus on the theatrical milieu of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, it is also concerned with Britain's intellectual and cultural connections to the continent, its sociopolitical history, and its place in the emerging globalism of the period. In addition to articles, the journal includes substantial reviews of significant publications dealing with these issues, as well as theoretical studies relevant to scholars of early modern culture. Volume XXXIV continues the journal's series of Forums, in which a group of scholars address an issue of importance to early modern studies. The Forum in this issue is entitled "Is There Character After Theory?" Organized and introduced by Raphael Falco, it features Tom Bishop, Dympna Callaghan, Jonathan Crewe, Christy Desmet, Elizabeth Fowler, and Alan Sinfield. Volume XXXIV also includes three essays: Roger Chartier on "Jack Cade, the Skin of a Dead Lamb, and the Hatred for Writing"; Julian Yates on "Stealing Shakespeare's Oranges"; and Anston Bosman on " 'Best Play with Mardian': Eunuch and Blackamoor and Imperial Culturegram." Susan Zimmerman is Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York. Garrett Sullivan is Associate Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

Author: Neal Wyatt
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838909362
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Navigating what at she calls the " extravagantly rich world of nonfiction," renowned readers' advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subject's position in readers' advisory interviews. Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her "read-around" and "reading map" strategies Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction 'bible' for readers' advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!

Yin and Yang corona

Author: Li Donghao
Publisher: Sellene Chardou
ISBN: 1304491900
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 2590

Book Description
The new book "Mian of Yin and Yang" can be said to be the longest preparation work of Xiao San. Before Douro started writing, this book "Mian of Yin and Yang" had been conceived with Douro. Just because the setting of Douro was made first, Douro was created first. At that time, Yin Yang Mian completed the outline first, and was temporarily named Dionysus. In the year of creating Douluo, Xiao San kept collecting all kinds of materials for Yin and Yang Corona, perfecting his outline and setting.

Norman 2

Author: Stephen Lancaster
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738766232
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Norman the Possessed Doll Is Back...and Revenge Is His Only Desire At the end of the paranormal bestseller Norman, investigator Stephen Lancaster gave the haunted doll his own room, which seemed to make him quiet and content—until now. This terrifying sequel reveals that a spirit like Norman can never truly be at rest, and he's determined to put Stephen and his family through hell. Norman 2 chronicles the doll's latest horrifying attacks on the Lancasters. On Christmas Eve, Norman sets his room and himself on fire. Soon after, he starts a fire in the barn. He even severely injures Stephen's dog. When the attacks become much worse, Stephen is forced to accept that something must be done to stop Norman...permanently. Find out how it all ends in this unputdownable book. Includes a foreword by the late Rosemary Ellen Guiley, author of Haunted by the Things You Love.