Author: Lois Nicholls Publisher: Impact Unlimited Books ISBN: 0980486831 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 90
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A series of frank and humorous columns navigating everyday life from the perspective of a fifty-something former newspaper and magazine journalist.
Author: Hilary Levey Friedman Publisher: Beacon Press ISBN: 0807083283 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 290
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A fresh exploration of American feminist history told through the lens of the beauty pageant world. Many predicted that pageants would disappear by the 21st century. Yet they are thriving. America’s most enduring contest, Miss America, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020. Why do they persist? In Here She Is, Hilary Levey Friedman reveals the surprising ways pageants have been an empowering feminist tradition. She traces the role of pageants in many of the feminist movement’s signature achievements, including bringing women into the public sphere, helping them become leaders in business and politics, providing increased educational opportunities, and giving them a voice in the age of #MeToo. Using her unique perspective as a NOW state president, daughter to Miss America 1970, sometimes pageant judge, and scholar, Friedman explores how pageants became so deeply embedded in American life from their origins as a P.T. Barnum spectacle at the birth of the suffrage movement, through Miss Universe’s bathing beauties to the talent- and achievement-based competitions of today. She looks at how pageantry has morphed into culture everywhere from The Bachelor and RuPaul’s Drag Race to cheer and specialized contests like those for children, Indigenous women, and contestants with disabilities. Friedman also acknowledges the damaging and unrealistic expectations pageants place on women in society and discusses the controversies, including Miss America’s ableist and racist history, Trump’s ownership of the Miss Universe Organization, and the death of child pageant-winner JonBenét Ramsey. Presenting a more complex narrative than what’s been previously portrayed, Here She Is shows that as American women continue to evolve, so too will beauty pageants.
Author: Connie Goldsmith Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 146771612X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 92
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In 1946, as part of the Cold War arms race, the US military launched a program to test nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific Ocean. From 1946 until 1958, the military detonated sixty-seven nuclear bombs over the region's Bikini and Enewetak Atolls. The twelfth bomb, called Bravo, became the world's first nuclear disaster. It sent a toxic cloud of radiation over Rongelap Atoll and other nearby inhabited islands. The testing was intended to advance scientific knowledge about nuclear bombs and radiation, but it had much more far-reaching effects. Some of the islanders suffered burns, cancers, birth defects, and other medical tragedies as a result of radiation poisoning. Many of the Marshallese were resettled on other Pacific islands or in the United States. They and their descendants cannot yet return to Bikini, which remains contaminated by radiation. And while the United States claims it is now safe to resettle Rongelap, only a few construction workers live there on a temporary basis. For Bombs over Bikini, author Connie Goldsmith researched government documents, military film footage, and other primary source documents to tell the story of the world's first nuclear disaster. You'll meet the people who planned the test operations, the Marshall Islanders who lost their homes and suffered from radiation illnesses, and those who have worked to hold the US government accountable for catastrophically poor planning. Was the new knowledge about nuclear bombs and radiation worth the cost in human suffering? You decide.
Author: Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0449814793 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 146
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Collects six stories of the Bikini Bottom gang, including "Hooray for Dads!," in which SpongeBob and his dad compete in the annual Dads and Kids Day at Mussel Beach.
Author: Michele Guinness Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310250595 Category : Women Languages : en Pages : 324
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What does it mean to be a woman today? What have women inherited from their radical, risk-taking sisters of the past? And how does God view this half of humanity? Michele Guinness invites us on an adventure of discovery, exploring the biblical texts, the annals of history and the experiences of women today in search of the challenges and achievements, failures and joys, of women throughout the ages.
Author: Terry Rowan Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1312120479 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 136
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A Comprehensive Film Guide to Beach, Bikini, Surfing and Music films that appeared at the Drive-Ins in their hey day. Stories on the actors, pretty gals, and musical groups, who all appeared in these wonderful films. Read about the history of Swimsuits, Surfing, and Drive-Ins. Also other triva that pertain to the genre and other B-movies. Included is a look at classic beaches from around the world. The Top 25 Best Beaches.
Author: Linda Gerber Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 144063095X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 151
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A fun, sexy, murder-mystery romance for all teen sleuths! Aphra Behn Connolly has the type of life most teenage girls envy. She lives on a remote tropical island and spends most of her time eavesdropping on the rich and famous. The problem is that her family?s resort allows few opportunities for her to make friends?much less to meet cute boys. So when a smoldering Seth Mulo arrives with his parents, she?s immediately drawn to him. Sure, he?s a little bit guarded, and sure his parents are rather cold, and okay he won?t say a word about his past, but their chemistry is undeniable. Then a famous rock star?s girlfriend turns up dead on the beach?strangled by her own bikini top?and alarm bells sound. Is it too great a coincidence that Seth?s family turned up just one day before a murder? As the plot thickens, Aphra finds that danger lurks behind even the most unexpected of faces. . . .
Author: Jim Pinnells Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1789015847 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 296
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Diana and Ed have everything – youth, happiness and success – until the birth of a brain-damaged daughter devastates their world. While Diana finds it hard to connect and rejects the baby, Ed, unable to understand his wife’s coldness, loves and cares for the child. When Diana is offered a job at the UN in Bangkok, she flees from the situation, only to find herself alone, rootless and frightened for her sanity. Although Ed visits her in Bangkok, the distance between them remains. They can talk but they cannot communicate. The situation worsens when Ed, an artist who paints images of reflections, is mistaken for a blood-buyer by a gang in Bangkok which trades in human blood on the illegal international market. The gang runs blood-farms, where children with interesting blood groups are milked for their blood. In disgust and horror, Ed decides to infiltrate the gang partly to save these small children, and partly to appease the self-hatred that consumes him - Ed blames himself for the damage to the brain of his own beloved daughter. Reflections is the story of love lost and love recovered in a whirlwind of abuse, exploitation and infamy. It plays out in the seamy bars and luxury hotels of Bangkok, on the filthy streets, and in the ancient warehouses of Chatuchak. Deceptions, kidnapping and a desperate love rocket the book to an end that will keep readers guessing until the final page.
Author: Merri Maywether Publisher: Merri Maywether ISBN: Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 404
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Let The Games Begin James has one weekend to prove that Marianna belongs with him. Marianna thinks the perfect opportunity for change has presented itself when her rich aunt invites the family to play a game. James knows his wife is unhappy. He sees the family competition as the perfect way to connect and have some fun. Neither expected the game would open doors to reveal family skeletons that have the power to sabotage more than a marriage. Can James win the game and win the wife, or will the damage caused by his efforts push her further away? The Chance to Win Her Heart Jorgen is her older brother's best friend. Eric is her childhood nemesis. Gina gets caught in a trap that breaks her heart and has the potential to ruin her reputation. After a series of failed relationships, Eric Sandberg heeds his parents' advice to court a woman who is set to inherit more than him, Gina Davidson. Her father agrees with the pairing, so it should be an easy match. Except Eric didn't take into consideration that she'd remember how poorly he treated her when they were growing up. Nor did he expect Jorgen Backman's attempts to keep her for his own. Gina's father has made it clear. Marriage is in her future. He doesn't want his daughter to be alone when he moves on. When all the cards are on the table who will she give the chance to win her heart? The Missing Piece Of My Puzzle The first to have a baby and the only one of her friends who isn't married, Amanda Darling wants her happily ever after too. One by one, Amanda helped her friends navigate the waters of love to find the man meant to be their husband. Determined to have a happy ending of her own, she issues her long-term boyfriend what she thinks is an irresistible ultimatum: either they get married, or they break up. To her surprise, he walked out the door, leaving Amanda alone to pick up the pieces of her life. As she contends with the life of a single mother, Amanda reconsiders her definition of happily ever after. One that involves forging new friendships, chasing after her dreams, and closing doors to the past. Faced with the possibility of losing Amanda to the life she's building without them, Rick, along with her friends and family, find themselves working together to mend bridges. Can they convince her that being with them is the missing piece of the puzzle in her life, or will she go on to build another one on her own?
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